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dhc02··on How to Replace Your CPAP in Only 666 Days
"The NHS is a failed system that absolutely nobody is envious of"

...except people in the US.

dhc02··on Infinite Craft
Might be worth using farside for the link, which I found out about today on HN.

https://farside.link/https://twitter.com/nealagarwal/status/...

dhc02··on Pocketbase: Open-source back end in one file
I'm no expert, but it seems like raw SQL is supported. From the docs:

"It also exposes app.Dao().DB() builder that allows executing various SQL statements (including raw queries)."

dhc02··on Kagi – Sourcing from Brave Search, improved image search, and new Safari ext
I've been paying for about a year. Every time I'm reminded how much I'm paying, I think it sounds like too much. But every time I sit at a new computer or accidentally use the default Google search on my phone's home screen, I think, "Crap, this is terrible. I'm glad I am paying for Kagi."
dhc02··on Travel routers improve your life [video]
I'm in the same boat. The most reliable solution I've found is a mifi 8800L, which is cheap, works with resellers of Verizon like US Mobile, and tethers over USB, but is annoying since it's larger than a USB stick and requires its own power source.
dhc02··on On Car Seats as Contraception
Yes, he's talking about a study that showed that car seat requirements decrease birth rates because most cars cannot fit more than two car seats in them at one time. The hypothesis is that this causes families to avoid having a third child, and the author is arguing that we should eliminate car seat requirements, or perhaps make them required only for children age two or younger.

Right now in many US states, car seats are required until the age of 12.

dhc02··on Responsive scrollable videos without obscure video encoding requirements
For me, it's pretty good in chrome on a Pixel 6. Absolutely terrible on Firefox on the same phone.
dhc02··on Lithium-ion battery pack prices hit record low
One opposing force to this eventuality is the huge and still-growing RV/camper/boat industry, which has begun shipping some really good, house-sized DC electric appliances lately. It seems like these worlds might one day converge.
dhc02··on Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years
I think about this every single time I read or hear the word ether. "It means an invisible transfer medium. What were they thinking!?"
dhc02··on On not noticing rather too many things
In the context of this metaphor, I would describe ADHD as the inability to get into the zone despite desperately wanting to, and the inability to get out of the zone despite desperately trying to.

Lots of zone time, very little aimed at the targets you'd prefer.

dhc02··on OnlyOffice: Free open source office suite with business productivity tools
My only serious gripe with OnlyOffice is that when opening a CSV, you have to choose an encoding and delimiter, and there is no way to set a default. You must click twice, in two places, every single time you open a CSV.
dhc02··on Google no longer automatically indexes websites?
Love kagi. The first time I got the "your payment was successful" notification I felt like I'd never get that much value out of it. But now, a few months later, I feel like I could never go back.
dhc02··on Ultimate Electronics (2021)
I submit that electricity adheres approximately as closely to the colloquial "water in pipes" model as actual water in pipes does.

Which is to say not very well beyond a certain level of detail. But in neither case is there a more useful first order approximation to use.

dhc02··on NYPD urges citizens to buy AirTags to fight surge in car thefts
Serious question: when some app sends you somewhere after a click/tap on iOS, but doesn't leave you the breadcrumb back link in the upper left corner, how do you go back? Is there no shortcut or gesture? Drives me crazy I can't figure it out every time I grab my son's or my parents' phone to help them with something.
dhc02··on Ask Wirecutter: Can you recommend a not-smart TV for me?
Thanks for this. Some useful info here.
dhc02··on The 'Insanely Broad' Restrict Act Could Ban Much More Than Just TikTok
I'm sorry, but your question is why it took 6 whole days?
dhc02··on Apple passwords deserve an app
Yep, same here. Honestly can't imagine living without it. [Wrings hands as he thinks about 1password's venture funding]
dhc02··on GPT-4
Same for me.
dhc02··on U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri
Small nitpick: 16 300W solar panels is not ~$100k, it's more like $3,000.
dhc02··on Snow Crash Related Items Auction
... except for that one scene.
dhc02··on Mastodon generates more engagement than Twitter. Why?
Just give it time. Remember, before Twitter had algorithms, there were third-party platforms like favstar providing algorithmic virality as a service. I'm sure we'll eventually see similar tools for mastodon, followed by those tools being integrated into the platform, thereby eventually ruining it.

Edit: yep. https://twitter.com/TimHaines/status/1626002333548306432?cxt...

dhc02··on Show HN: Phind.com – Generative AI search engine for developers
Consistency has to be a tough problem to solve for a service like this, since randomness in the choice of each token is part of the magic sauce that makes LLMs work.
dhc02··on Show HN: Noya – A new kind of design tool
This is so impressive. Reminds me of when I (a copywriter) would sit next to a great designer, saying "try this" and "what about that" and watching my nebulous feelings about the thing turn into reality.
dhc02··on Making macOS Apps Uninstallable
Haha that's almost exactly the reaction I had about two weeks ago. "What is everybody talking about?" But then I tried it and yep, I think it's a bit better overall, while there are a couple of little things I'd say I sometimes miss.

The good thing is they're not mutually exclisive, so I've been running both and seeing which one I reach for.

dhc02··on An overview of single-purpose Linux distributions
I was going to suggest this, too. TrueNAS Scale is the quickest and most "it just works" version of bare metal --> docker containers with a web-based UI that I have experienced.
dhc02··on Making macOS Apps Uninstallable
Worth noting that Raycast does a serviceable job of this all by itself, and you probably already have that if you're reading this here.
dhc02··on Show HN: Obsidian Canvas – An infinite space for your ideas
Onyx + obsidian is such a great combo
dhc02··on Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)
Indeed. https://www.thingiverse.com/search?q=Sharrow&page=1&type=thi...
dhc02··on Show HN: I made a pretty relaxing puzzle game
Long press?
dhc02··on <i>: The Idiomatic Text element
Wait isn't Tailwind pushing the vast majority of its users to produce much more accessible websites than they would otherwise?
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