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dave8088··on I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML models
I run both on my phone as a lazy (but flawed) backup strategy.
dave8088··on I'm writing a history of Visual Basic, Chapter 1 is up
It’s like this site is competing for a prize that rewards the best visuals and the worst user experience. There are lessons be learned here.
dave8088··on SonyShell – An effort to “SSH into my Sony DSLR”
Multi thousand dollar pro camera and they can’t figure out the WiFi. Sony’s unwillingness to provide any material firmware updates is so disappointing.
dave8088··on A new PNG spec
The creator of photopea.com is very responsive to user suggestions. I’d recommend contacting him if you haven’t already.
dave8088··on A new PNG spec
You’re awesome. Thanks for making things better.
dave8088··on Testing the Z80 Chip with a 1970s Beauty
An isolation transformer will prevent electric shock should you accidentally put your body in contact with the hot side of the device and earth.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_transformer#Electr...

dave8088··on Google Cache is fully dead
Can you help me understand how you use an LLM instead of google/bing? Did you have to set it up? Got a link to share? Thanks.
dave8088··on A woman bought a vintage dress. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note
How does 25 relate to a wedding?
dave8088··on Rethinking Diabetes – interview with Gary Taubes
Have been tested for the type 1 antibody? I was diagnosed as type 2 cause doctors assume type 1 doesn’t happen in your late 30s. It happened to me. Wasted a bunch of time trying to treat it as type 2.

Not overweight and type 2 is rare.

dave8088··on Wireless TVs use built-in cameras, NFC readers to sell you stuff you see on TV
It’s time for an uprising against the ad industry. There’s far too much money and power at play here. They’ve gone full throttle against at every turn and we just take it.

We need to organize ourselves and educate our friends and families. Let’s boycott the largest ad spenders and get some control back in our lives. I feel like we’re living in John Carpenter's They Live.

dave8088··on DeskHop – Fast Desktop Switching
The J and L keys will skip back and forth 10 seconds.
dave8088··on Stirling-PDF: local web application to perform various operations on PDFs
Their scummy website doesn’t list their prices in any way I can see. Hard pass.
dave8088··on The First Linux Phone Experience on Sony Xperia X with Ubuntu Touch
Was this written by someone who’s first language isn’t English?
dave8088··on History of the PDF
Here’s a link that works: https://www.sensible.so/blog/history-of-the-pdf
dave8088··on Who makes the most reliable new cars?
I have a feeling you’re misremembering the details. Toyota’s have a reputation for being some of the most reliable cars.
dave8088··on Orion Browser by Kagi
What if you want to use a Windows or Linux machine?
dave8088··on Tell HN: Firefox has madea lotof progress. Let the browser wars continue
I think the average NH user overestimates how many people use ad blockers. We’re the minority.
dave8088··on Tell HN: Firefox has madea lotof progress. Let the browser wars continue
Can you bring me up to speed on the thread.sleep issue?
dave8088··on When NASA Used an RC Tiger II to Drill into Space Shuttle Tires
This comment hurts my head.
dave8088··on DigiSpark (ATTiny85) – Arduino, C, Rust, build systems
Seconded on platform.io. Unsurprisingly, they support the Digispark: https://docs.platformio.org/en/stable/boards/atmelavr/digisp... .
dave8088··on Fixing the volume on my Bluetooth earbuds
To each their own, but for me, high quality wireless buds with ANC are worth every penny.
dave8088··on An implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes
“ Most patients with Type 1 diabetes have to monitor their blood glucose levels carefully and inject themselves with insulin at least once a day.”

Once a day lol. Tell me you don’t know anything about Type 1 diabetes without telling me you don’t know anything about type 1 diabetes.

dave8088··on Meta pitches EU to charge a $10 subscription for ad-free Facebook and Instagram
You’ve been able to on Safari for iOS for years: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...
dave8088··on Winklevoss twins secretely withdrew $280M in assets before crypto firm collapsed
These guys could have bought an island and retired in luxury with all that FB money. Instead they jumped on the crypto train. I wonder if they regret this path yet?
dave8088··on μMon: Stupid simple monitoring (2022)
“Everything” is a must have for me. It’s shocking that Windows doesn’t come with local search that works.
dave8088··on Two photographers captured the same millisecond in time (2018)
A couple was captured in the same photo at Disney years before they met: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/06/couple-knows-...
dave8088··on The vital art of talking to strangers (2021)
Can you recommend any resources for learning this sort of thing?
dave8088··on Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
Why would Plex care about this? What motivates them to implement this ban?