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trbleclef··on Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s
I bowled some in the 90s. Back then these were still common:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1tMSdAswo4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhSoGizjxo

trbleclef··on A walking tour of surveillance infrastructure in Seattle (2020)
What's that quote about essential Liberty and temporary Safety again...
trbleclef··on The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf]
How would Knuth opine on consummate Vs, I wonder...
trbleclef··on SDF Public Access Unix System
But where am I gonna run my eggdrop bot??
trbleclef··on Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?
I noticed Guitar Center also using a TUI when I was in there last.
trbleclef··on Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?
My dad recently retired but his company was still using Pick as of a year or two ago. They also had a one-dude maintenance plan. I wonder if it was the same dude.
trbleclef··on Ask HN: My family business runs on a 1993-era text-based-UI (TUI). Anybody else?
Just the fact that you can use the keyboard is brilliant. I teach high school and most of my computing tasks are in lowest-bidder web GUI messes (lousy UX, no hotkeys) and take so much longer than a keyboard interface would. Even taking roll takes a minute or two longer than it used to.
trbleclef··on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash
In Florida, condominium associations (COA) and homeowners associations (HOA) are not legally the same thing, but in discussions like this people often refer to them interchangeably. There is a big difference between an HOA requiring mowed lawns and paint colors and a COA that maintains roofs, pools, playgrounds, common elements, etc. People will refer to Surfside as a reason HOAs are important but the Champlain Towers was a condo.
trbleclef··on Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House
If McBroken.com can stay up...
trbleclef··on Open Source Society University – Path to a free self-taught education in CS
I've been using IRC for almost 30 years. We communicate pretty easily
trbleclef··on Mark Zuckerberg says social media is over
*** Ja mata!
trbleclef··on Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Is Over
Mark Zuckerberg Says Social Media Are* Over
trbleclef··on John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change
I'm driven by all four. That's why I'm here! My point is that current culture as a whole allows for a large deficit in individuals' understanding the humanities. Especially around here, you will see comments suggesting that the humanities are not necessary, or are not viable career paths, etc.

It's not that one drive is more important than the other. It is that we as a contemporary society often treat arts that way. Your drive is vital too!

trbleclef··on John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change
Your comment will rattle a few cages here but I honestly think about this all the time, as one of the minority of music educators around HN. The blind spots (or perhaps a STEM vs STEAM upbringing) are unfortunate. We are possibly the only — or one of an incredibly small number of — species that even makes sounds solely for enjoyment and aesthetics. The humanities are what make us us.
trbleclef··on John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change
One of HN's few(?) music appreciation professors here: in fact, I start every term posing this question. It's hard to teach music appreciation before a group of humans can agree where music begins and ends :) At the end of the day, like everything else it's a certain degree of statistics and a certain degree of subjectivity.
trbleclef··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
Many are probably already in HMDB.

https://www.hmdb.org/

trbleclef··on Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion (1998)
Just remember, you can't watch a Warner Bros. movie without a Warner Bros. ball cap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSMj5M9w2qA
trbleclef··on Tesla worker killed in fiery crash may be first 'Full Self-Driving' fatality
This all feels very MCAS to me.
trbleclef··on Someone stole a Jasper radio station’s 200-foot tower, owner says
The one in the article looks like a stripped down Long Lines[0] microwave tower, not anything at all like a radio broadcasting tower.

[0]https://long-lines.com/

trbleclef··on Sudo for Windows
They'll be sent directly to -- MARK --.
trbleclef··on Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced
Sucks for Gemini... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
trbleclef··on Pinball Map: Crowd-sourced worldwide map of public pinball machines
What is the best way for an amateur to synthesize a similar site? I have used Google My Maps for a much smaller, manually updated map of air hockey tables.
trbleclef··on A Boeing passenger jet's nose wheel fell off just before takeoff
That's Airbuses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPUWaaXMvcg
trbleclef··on Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models
Azul also has 40 ATRs and (naturally) Embraer. They actually do operate 2 Boeing 737-400 for cargo use.
trbleclef··on Kayak's new flight filter allows you to exclude aircraft models
It absolutely happens, I had a WN flight on a MAX 8 last week that was changed to a 737-800 the day before.
trbleclef··on Judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines
They also have free wifi, which even Southwest still doesn't offer.
trbleclef··on The ghost of a colonial road on the eastern side of the Chrysler Building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Post_Road
trbleclef··on Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
That doesn't mean it's fast
trbleclef··on Masterpiece was hanging above an elderly French woman's hot plate
Federico Castelluccio https://www.cbsnews.com/video/sopranos-star-uncovers-paintin...
trbleclef··on Suzuki Omnichord Heaven
Ha! Always surprised by what shows up on HN. I am sitting near two aging Omnichords right now.
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