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achr2··on AvaloniaUI: Create Multi-Platform Apps with .NET
What is the ‘accepted’ view / model separation paradigm for Flutter? I do like the majority of Dart’s language choices.
achr2··on We just launched Sketch Logo AI
The UX looks amazing. What makes this a 'Logo' design tool? The intro video, and many of the examples appear to be artwork, not really logos. Is the output a vector image (a definitive prerequisite for logos)?
achr2··on Kagi.com is unstable for all regions
I have been a paying Kagi customer for the past year and could not be happier. It is a small sliver of sanity showing what the internet could be without the cancer of ad driven anti patterns.
achr2··on Google is picking ChatGPT responses from Quora as correct answer
Always fun when you go to upvote an answer you found useful, only to be told you can’t upvote your own answer… definitely a pensive moment!
achr2··on ZF makes magnet-free electric motor uniquely compact and competitive
There might not be any diodes required if the driver uses a very high frequency DC chopper, the smoothing could be purely reactance + momentum.
achr2··on The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge
I found that funny from the perspective of it invalidating the claim that the bridge was disused. It’s like a Yogi Berra adage.
achr2··on C# Application Markup Language (Csaml): A Preview (2006)
A moment of rage followed by laughter. Well done.
achr2··on DIY Espresso (2020)
I live this life too - my La Pavoni has been going strong for over a decade! Multiple shots a day. Maintenance every once in a while. My additional recommended simple upgrade is to add a momentary switch to bypass the sensors, allowing you to quickly increase the pressure for steaming.
achr2··on DIY Espresso (2020)
I would be worried about carbonic acid production. What about a nitrogen charge instead? Could even improve creama.
achr2··on New calcium material functions as an ammonia synthesis catalyst
Isn't calcium production one of the major contributors to atmospheric CO2 - something like 8% globally due to cement? Would this process be a net benefit or just move the footprint further back in the chain?
achr2··on Painting the Eiffel Tower
Marianne est peut-être pas la meilleure source..
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
Thanks for the correction - yes of course!
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
We need @bkraz to fire up the Applied Science lab.
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
The new video doesn't show anything convincing either - Pyrolytic graphite behaves the same way at room temps due to strong diamagnetism.
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
Pyrolytic graphite looks exactly like this and behaves in exactly this way (without being superconducting) as long as one side is anchored. With a careful array of magnetic poles, graphite will levitate at room temperatures.
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
This is almost certainly a sham. I had hopes before watching the videos, but the only effects shown are normal paramagnetism (from the copper substrate) and diamagnetism (pyrolytic graphite).
achr2··on The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?
Not if a corner is anchored, as is visible in their video. This is an obvious scam.
achr2··on Show HN: I made a customizable iOS browser for minimalists and myself
Amazing! It’s a good differentiator also as this was removed in safari.
achr2··on Show HN: I made a customizable iOS browser for minimalists and myself
I love this. My number one ask is to add a context menu action to open an image in a new tab.
achr2··on Project Aria 'Digital Twin' Dataset by Meta
> All sequences within the Aria Digital Twin Dataset have been captured using fully consented researchers in controlled environments in Meta offices.

The requirement and boastful nature of this heading is a frightening tell against the company/industry's perceived practices.

achr2··on JetBrains Mono Typeface
I greatly appreciate Jetbrains' software. But the only thing that I care about in a code font is balancing legibility with maximizing columns of text. Their overlay comparison to consolas fails on my main concern.
achr2··on 10NES
The game that I cared about most when doing the mod was originally Japanese and then only released in the UK and Australia in English. So the resolution was NTSC compatible. I think there were some PAL exclusives, but I never ran into one that had an issue. Interesting question though!
achr2··on 10NES
Yes it was the sole driver for the mod, but I did end up getting a few other carts - Tintin, and I think a Dragon Ball game. I still have this modded SNES somewhere, I should pull it out and have a nostalgia fix.
achr2··on 10NES
Later SNES games also used a timing check to identify PAL vs NTSC clock frequencies. The mod I did nearly three decades ago was to add a toggle switch with a second crystal that would change the clock frequency and allow the PAL game to be played on an NTSC system. Wait a few seconds while the game booted up and then switch back and enjoy the unreleased in North America "Terranigma".
achr2··on Scams upon scams: The data-driven advertising grift
I am willing to bet that statistically (with the number of mattress companies offering X night returns) that a recent mattress purchaser is more likely to purchase a different mattress within X days than the random public.
achr2··on Show HN: WinGPT – AI assistant for Windows 3.1
This is an amazing reference, thanks.
achr2··on Research papers on ML in Compilers
I know it is irrational - as compilers already perform optimizations that are non intuitive - but my lizard brain really doesn’t like the idea of ML possibly changing semantics at a layer that is unobservable.
achr2··on That’s a huge amount of energy being transferred to the atmosphere
Is there a chart with more recent data?
achr2··on Thales seizes control of ESA demonstration satellite in cybersecurity exercise
What dig? I think your insecurities are showing...
achr2··on Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton Discusses Stock Updates, Industry Prioritization
“Won’t you think of the poor corporations!”

That’s a new one for me. I would find it a lot less condescending to be told a straight “this made us the most money” reasoning. Anything else is obviously BS or incompetence.

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