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winslow··on Show HN: 90s.dev - game maker that runs on the web
Does the paint app work for anyone? https://90s.dev/os/#sys/apps/paint.app.js

I tried in both Firefox and Chrome on Linux and picking colors and clicking I can't draw anything. No logs in the console that alert something is wrong.

On a different note I think you've captured the 90s really well. I had a moment of realization that the 90s really were like this. On first look I was thinking this was more 70s/80s terminals. Looking forward to seeing where you take this.

winslow··on Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinators?
Yes, and tanchid are an important fly. However, they don't seem to have much issue in regards to population etc. I'm not exterminating nor killing the flies just protecting the caterpillars. I still lose many caterpillars to the flies. In 2021 when I got 80 successful caterpillars I still had a ton that died from the flies. I was approximately 40% success rate with my caterpillars growing into butterflies the rest 60% died mostly due to the fly.

Thus far in 2024 I have 23 dead from flies. With my other 4 hatched, 11 chrysalis, 12 caterpillars that's 46% dead from flies (thus far) I suspect some of the 12 caterpillars are already gotten by the fly so roughly ~50% dead to the flies thus far.

winslow··on Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinators?
They can travel a far way to setup their chrysalis. Though I've also found that when they disappear they tend to be dead from tanchid flies or something else.
winslow··on Can we stop the decline of monarch butterflies and other pollinators?
I've been planting milkweed for monarchs. We just had 4 hatch today! Another 11 in their chrysalis and 12 hungry little caterpillars.

The biggest pest I've seen personally has been flies. Tanchid flies will lay their egg inside the caterpillar and the larve eats the caterpillars from the inside and they die. So we round up caterpillars we see on our outdoor plants and place them in a protected mesh enclosure with potted milkweed for them to eat.

In 2021 I successfully raised 81 monarch caterpillars to full grown butterflies. In 22/23 we still had some success but I didn't have a garden so we raised 10-20 wild ones. But 2024 we have a house now and a big garden full of milkweed!

Make sure to plant native milkweed in your area!

winslow··on Pi 5 overclocking: Silicon Lottery
That sounds like a lot of fun. Do you happen to have any photos of you tinkering especially with the 10-LED bar temp displays?
winslow··on The origins of the Guinness stout yeast
How did you find you have a yeast intolerance? Was there a test you took? I've had some GI issues that have also limited my consumption of beer despite having previously brewed beer along with many other things I can no longer eat.

If you took a test that determined it was a yeast issue disregard but I'm curious if you've tried things like hop water (carbonated water with hops from beer). If you've had any reactions to that when it's just hops and water.

Does bread give you issues? What about sourdough bread vs traditional bread yeast bread?

winslow··on Apple hunter Tom Brown finds and saves rare apple varieties
You should contact Tom Brown on his website. He states he's always interested in hearing about a lost apple variety.

What's the variety that is near you?

winslow··on Population.io
Bug: How/Why would the "People older than you" number be increasing? The "People younger than you" number is the one that should be increasing due to new births and the older than should be decreasing due to people passing away. It's increasing with the same +3 that the world population clock is increasing by.
winslow··on Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing
"leaking"
winslow··on Generate pitch decks using GPT3 from 1-line ideas
OP, is this just a clever way to see what ideas are the most popular and then build something accordingly? It would be interesting to see if there are any common themes.
winslow··on CNN cutting back on over-hyping everything as “breaking news”
When everything is breaking news, nothing is breaking news.
winslow··on Boeing looked for flaws in its Dreamliner and couldn’t stop finding them
Why is the South Carolina factory worse than Washington?
winslow··on I Just Hit $100k/Yr on GitHub Sponsors (2020)
I think there's a small error in the calculation. The article is from 2020. So looks like he hit 100k about 1 year after leaving his full time job. Using his current sponsor count of 832 and the minimum sponsorship level of $14 he's making $138k/year.

With all that said. There is definitely some survivor bias here. He found a great niche and a appears to already have had an audience which helps tremendously compared to starting from scratch. Not everyone will have the same success experience.

Hoping I can get a similar thing going in the near future.

winslow··on Air cargo is suddenly affordable relative to ocean shipping
I'm having a hard time understanding this snippet:

The intermediary stop in Anchorage, as opposed to flying from Shanghai to Oakland, CA, actually increases total flight distance by around 144 miles but allows the aircraft to carry an additional 45,000kg of cargo (instead of extra fuel) increasing revenue for the trip by around $90,000.

Why would traveling an extra 144 miles allow the aircraft to carry 45,000kg of cargo instead of fuel? I feel like I'm misreading it.

winslow··on Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
That's pretty awesome. What's going to be your first harvest? How industrial are you going with the farming or are you doing a greener eco way of farming (no till, no fertilizer, etc)?
winslow··on Turntable.fm is back from the dead – and now there are two
Blast from the past. I loved turntable.fm and glad it's making a come back.
winslow··on 20k honey bees took over a tech company’s empty office during lockdown
Yes! Carpenter bees are just as important as honey bees. While they don't create honey like honey bees do these carpenter bees are vital for pollination.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_bee#Ecological_signi...

winslow··on Ask HN: Are we in tech-stock bubble?
If you don't mind me asking, how'd you make 80k passively? Investments, properties, or a "passive" sass/tech product?
winslow··on AWS Lambda pricing now per ms
I don't see why not, assuming it's less than the lambda max run time (15 minutes I believe). Use a python script and an included binary of ffmpeg might work. Note: You'll need to write to the tmp space of the lambda as that's the only place that allows writing to the filesystem and then you'll need to upload it to S3 or elsewhere.

Lambda's are good at batch jobs where you might need to kick off a few of them but not have a dedicated system for it. I've used it to automate manual customer support tasks that are sporadic in requests.

winslow··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020)
Relativity Space (YC W16) | SW, HW, EE, ME, Aero, everything | Los Angeles/Long Beach, CA & Stennis, MS | Onsite (remote during covid)

All Job Postings: https://www.relativityspace.com/careers#job-posts

Bio TLDR: 3D printed rockets

Full Bio: As the first and only company to automate aerospace manufacturing, Relativity’s team solves problems that have never been solved before. Our vision is to build the future of humanity in space -- starting with rockets. We are building Stargate, the world’s first autonomous 3D printing platform for aerospace, and Terran 1, a next generation rocket 3D printed from raw material to flight in less than 60 days with unparalleled iteration speed.

We're hiring across the board software engineer, automation engineer, electrical engineers, firmware engineers, mechanical engineers, propulsion engineers, aerospace engineers, etc.

To apply visit here: https://www.relativityspace.com/careers#job-posts

Feel free to ask questions in thread. I'm a senior software engineer at Relativity Space.

winslow··on Notes on My Colon Cancer
Don't wait until next summer. There's no guarantee that covid numbers will be under better control. Giving a potential cancer/tumor a whole year to grow and spread is IMO a bigger risk than covid.
winslow··on A $500M call option on home gyms
Equinox does charge $300/month per person in the LA area.
winslow··on A $500M call option on home gyms
Elite gyms specifically like Equinox charge $300/month. Yes they are nicer gyms with more/better amenities such as a spa (massage), juice bar, etc. IMO it's mostly a status thing.
winslow··on San Francisco apartment rent prices are dropping fast
Anecdotal evidence, I was able to negotiate $200 off my $3,300 monthly rent in Los Angeles for a 2 bed / 2 bath 1,000 sqft. I think I could have negotiated $300 off but just went with the $200 off for 7 months.

We haven't signed the new lease and are potentially rethinking of signing since cases are starting to spike again and surrounding areas are looking really attractive for similar accommodations at ~$2,500 monthly rent.

We're hoping to buy a house within the next year.

winslow··on The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning
Thanks for sharing. First I've heard of this company. It's definitely an interesting position as they look to be providing the browser (viewer) as well as the ad platform. It's unclear if they are hiding/replacing website ads with their own and how the websites are getting their revenue otherwise.
winslow··on The FBI tracking your browsing history without a warrant might be the beginning
It's clear that the government(s) haven't had people's interest for quite a while now. It's nice for us to vote and protest but we need to take things into our own hands as those forms have yielded little results.

We need to build things and use software that are privacy first.

Such as:

  DuckDuckGo  
  Firefox  
  Signal (actually secure messaging unlike whatsApp)  
  Linux OS  
  TOR  
  Librem 5, is a great open sourced secure phone example
What are some additional things we should be building or looking to build?
winslow··on Citing revenue declines, Airbnb cuts 25% of workforce
Yeah typically happens with each layoff. It's nice that when times are good companies are able to spread the workload more. It helps increase code quality and quality of life for everyone working there. Also part of current employee numbers is hiring to keep up with projected growth etc.

If everything was so easy to build we should all quit our jobs and do our own single developer startup.

winslow··on Patreon lays off 13% of workforce
Sign of the times
winslow··on Librem 5 Is Calling
~12 years ago Android and iOS were at the bare minimum to be considered a phone by making a call and having the basic necessity apps.

It takes time to build something from scratch. Especially the way Purism is building it without proprietary hardware and firmware blobs.

Maybe we should discourage everyone from learning programming when they first print "Hello World"?

winslow··on Librem 5 Is Calling
Awesome progress by the purism team!
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