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vestrigi··on Passport Photos
Nice idea, maybe even tied to the scroll wheel.

I‘d love to see this in a book that has simple white pages with little cutouts showing only the passport picture of the next page. Then you turn that page around and see the full picture.

vestrigi··on Moral Implications of Being Moderately Successful Computer Scientist and a Woman
Thank you for your submissions! I think submissions like these promote valuable discussions on HN.
vestrigi··on E-Bikes Overtake Buggies for Some Amish (2021)
As an european I feel like 8-10 miles (13-16 km) is a rather long bike commute which would take at least 45 minutes on an ordinary bike. I ride my bike a lot and would occasionally do such a commute but most people aren’t willing to do that at all, sadly.
vestrigi··on "Hacker News" for retro computing and gaming
HN creates visibility for YC startups, e.g. by placing Launch HN posts or the so-and-so is hiring posts
vestrigi··on EU "Chat Control" and Mandatory Client Side Scanning
Many children's rights NGOs also think that the proposal is a terrible idea. This article gives an overview (German) https://netzpolitik.org/2022/massenueberwachung-das-sagen-ki...
vestrigi··on BOOX Palma
I have mine set to a red filter and assigned it to a double tap on the back gesture, which is a blessing at night in complete darkness!
vestrigi··on Sony develops energy harvesting module from electromagnetic wave noise
Question is whether this could harvest enough energy to store it in a small battery to continuously provide power. But really sounds frightening if you change the setup of a few appliances and then suddenly half of your autonomously powered devices don't get enough power anymore because the noise is not high enough anymore.
vestrigi··on Show HN: Just intonation keyboard – play music without knowing music
You might as well want to check out this tool: https://www.harmopark.app
vestrigi··on Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the music industry waged war on the cassette
Responsible disclosure is killing the zero day industry
vestrigi··on Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction
Shouldn’t the post have (2021) in the title?
vestrigi··on The Sourdough Framework
Coincidentally today I baked the first bread that I was really happy with! I have followed this guide and the videos for a few weeks now and I feel like I’ve got a deeper understanding of what’s going on now. Other recipes can also work but it feels much better to know why you’re doing something instead of blindly following someone. Thanks Hendrik!
vestrigi··on Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?
Can you switch to and from the keyboard just as fast or even faster than with a mouse?
vestrigi··on German monks create first powdered beer
Appropriate for Minister-President Soeder’s ridiculous Bavaria One space program.
vestrigi··on I use cheap notebooks
And that women don't get "used up" because they have sex! Truly delightfully disgusting, that analogy. You'd probably need to own a Ferrari to come up with such nonsense.
vestrigi··on Dutch police collecting demonstrators' personal data on a large scale
So how did the police find out about the identities of the 10 people who have never been arrested? Because they posted to social media about them attending a demonstration? How was it connected to them being demonstrators? Where their identities collected during protests but they weren't arrested? Article leaves that open.
vestrigi··on Apple launches its new classical music streaming app for pre-order
Do you have an accessible example for two different recordings of a composition that each shine in their own light?
vestrigi··on Homebrew 4.0.0
Thanks, a quick search on the home brew page brought no guidance on how to configure these settings. I can't remember if this is in the .bashrc or in some other obscure config file, would be great to mention this if you recommend changing settings to your user base.
vestrigi··on IKEA made a smart air quality sensor to track indoor pollution
Isn't the recalibration even a problem of all CO2 sensors, including the IKEA model?
vestrigi··on Sexual loneliness: A neglected public health problem?
And it’s not like that any sexually deprived young man just walks into a brothel like he walks into a pharmacy in Germany. That’s highly stigmatized and I suppose it is in the other countries as well.
vestrigi··on Heat pumps of the 1800s are becoming the technology of the future
I think in the winter it would be fine to move heat from the lake to houses but in the summer it's worse. We're already having problems with lakes being too hot in the summer which results in evaporation, algae build-up and less oxygen. This also promotes invasive species.

Of course, the question is at what scale we can build such systems and if that would raise water temperatures significantly.

I am not a biologist.

vestrigi··on Ask HN: What's your favorite illustration in computer science?
You forgot to include the article!
vestrigi··on Apple headset leak reveals new details and confirms earlier rumors
I'm very curious about the optical hand tracking as the main input. Yes, there's still a lot of progress in that area recently but the main problem remains: it gets really tiring to waive your hands around in front of you and there is no haptic feedback and very quick pressing of different buttons like on a controller.
vestrigi··on Ask HN: How to get better at writing?
On a related note: Hunter S. Thompson simply retyped The Great Gatsby and some Hemingway texts to see how it feels to write such texts.
vestrigi··on Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative
Thank you for posting a different view on this topic. The comment section here feels very one-sided and makes me believe that people aren’t here to critically discuss all views. Honestly I feel very intimidated to write any comments that challenge the opinions here because of the imbalance.
vestrigi··on VR robots are building railways in Japan
I wonder how they implemented the force feedback for the weight perception. In this case it‘s not that difficult because they can use passive haptics/ a grounded haptic display. Nonetheless I‘d like to know how precisely the operator can feel weight.
vestrigi··on JupyterLite: a JupyterLab distribution that runs in the browser
This is really great because I could „install“ it on my pc at work which wouldn‘t let me install any actual downloadable software (not working there as a developer, just office stuff). It almost behaves like a real app, I only need to upload files to the app file system. Totally sufficient for running a small project and figuring things out in pandas or extracting things from a few CSVs. I tried replit.com before but the connection to the vm never really worked well enough, issuing commands took ages. Only other thing is writing PowerShell which I can run surprisingly but that’s far from the flexibility of Python.
vestrigi··on TV Tropes
But using tropes is not a bad thing in general, or what would you say? I think I kinda know what is low quality without looking at TV tropes beforehand.
vestrigi··on Building an e-ink weather display for our home
Care to tell more about what you did with yours and where to start if you‘d want to install a Linux environment? Sounds like a great idea since these precious e-ink screens shouldn’t end up on a landfill yet!
vestrigi··on Ask HN: Comment here about whatever you're passionate about at the moment
I recommend using multiple locks. What is important is their usability: try to make sure that the lock can be attached to the frame and that it doesn‘t rattle, also needs to leave enough space for lock up your bike to things that are not the typical bike rack, like lamp posts. I still recommend U-Locks but they‘re so bulky and can seldomly be attached securely to the frame without rattling, so I ended up putting it into my panniers all the time. If you know that you will always commute to a bike rack that allows you to use one of the smaller, hand-sized U-locks, go for it. A folding lock is less secure but very flexible for locking up and often comes with a great, hassle-free frame mount. A cafe lock is not so secure either but is super quick to lock up. Having a complicated lock routine for a bike you can’t afford to have stolen makes you hesitant to stop for short errands or exploration trips by foot. So try to look out for quick, fun to use ways to add security barriers for thieves, because you essentially want to make it slow to break through those barriers and that it requires multiple different tools. Also, you can hide an AirTag or dedicated trackers in non-obvious places.
vestrigi··on How to prove you know a secret without giving it away
Well, most of the time I attempted a zero-knowledge proof in school I couldn’t convince the teacher ;)

I think the difference is that the teacher already has the full knowledge and learning isn’t as easy as telling a secret once and then the learner can quickly parse it and keep it forever.

Despite that, I’d also prefer to proof I know a topic by writing an essay at home rather than under pressure within an hour under supervision.

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