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eiiot

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SWE @ Expo

email: eliot@eliot.sh

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eiiot··on South Pole Signage
https://cuberule.com
eiiot··on Ask HN: What hardware are you running for your home server?
I’ve got an intel nuc and a 2014/15 (not super sure) Mac mini, both running Ubuntu 20.04. Never had any issues with either, they’ve both been running Homeassistant and 15 other docker containers for a few years with no issues.
eiiot··on Ask HN: Best Dashboard for Small Startup?
I’ve used Grafana with varying success for monitoring system metrics & analytics.

https://grafana.com/

eiiot··on The Free Movie
You can see a "preview" of the movie by clicking out of the email box and clicking "PLAY" on the bottom right. It's basically what you would expect from a drawing site hosted on the open internet...
eiiot··on Grumpy Locals Are Sabotaging Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis with Traffic Cones
Doesn’t this just cause the cars to block traffic more?
eiiot··on GPT-4 API General Availability
Yes, that’s an artificial limitation put in place so people don’t abuse plus.
eiiot··on Mineverse
This is sort of liminal. Really cool!
eiiot··on Apollo Back end just made public
Is anyone who has experience with Go able to decipher the instructions in the README?
eiiot··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
Sync too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsync/comments/144jp3w/sync_wi...

eiiot··on Apollo will close down on June 30th
Losing one of the best Apps on the app store is really heartbreaking. Although I'm hoping for Apollo to be open-sourced, it's probably unrealistic.
eiiot··on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
> just please put the same camera technology into the phones so the kids don’t have a childhood of staring up at goggle eyed parents until this tech become sufficiently miniaturised

This section of the video was just weird. The dad playing with the kids with a headset on points more to a sort of dystopian future than a groundbreaking innovation.

eiiot··on iOS 17 makes iPhone more personal and intuitive
> Autofill verification codes received in Mail

> Download maps to use offline

> Turn your iPhone on its side while charging to make it even more useful when you set it down.

> Share AirTag or Find My network accessories with up to five other people.

I've seen a lot of people complaining about this release, but honestly, it seems like they took the time to address a lot of the little things that were wrong with previous (larger) releases. No complaints here, other than the fact that there's still no spotify-like control for apple music :/

eiiot··on Show HN: Trogon – An automatic TUI for command line apps
Does anyone know what terminal is being used in the demo? It looks really clean.
eiiot··on UC Berkeley student who commuted from L.A. will graduate May 19
There's an AMA w/ the student on r/berkeley for those curious about the specifics: https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/13hv95y/i_survive...
eiiot··on Ask HN: Anyone make the switch from Vim to VS Code and not regret it?
I’ve always used VSCode for TailwindCSS and Vim or Zed for everything else. They work well in hybrid, but a minimalist VSCode setup with Vim keybindings is really hard to beat.

VSCode kind of like Wordpress - the more plugins you install the slower it gets. Leave it be and it’s remarkably fast.

eiiot··on Apparently Ad Blockers are not allowed on YouTube. Is this a new thing?
This is a bad take. There’s a lot of genuinely good content on YouTube, it’s just that band content tends to get more attention. Even with the bad content, that’s not a reason for YouTube to “die for good.” Just because you have to spend more time seeking out good content doesn’t make the platform invaluable.
eiiot··on D. B. Cooper
LENNiMO is a great channel that does animation-based informational videos. They have a great video on Cooper: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CbUjuwhQPKs

I’m always surprised this level of content is available for free.

eiiot··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
14866km is a lot of riding! How often do you get out?
eiiot··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
Another cool way to do this would be an ADS-B receiver on your roof. They're about $30-40, and when paired with a Raspberry Pi, a waterproof box, and free software[0] they work really well. Plus, you get a free subscription to a lot of flight tracking services like FR24.

[0]: https://flightaware.com/adsb/piaware/

eiiot··on Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?
This is really sick!
eiiot··on Lofi air traffic control – LAX
If you're interested in listening to more ATC stuff, LiveATC[0] is a pretty good service for listening in while at airports or on a plane (or just while sitting around). I use it when traveling for fun, and it works really well! (The only issue is figuring out what frequency your aircraft is on)

[0]: https://www.liveatc.net/

eiiot··on OpenAI WebGPT (2021)
whoops, thanks
eiiot··on I worked at Google for -10 days
Seems to have received the HN kiss of death...

Archive: https://archive.ph/xdoVH

eiiot··on YouTube suspends a YouTuber's Patreon-exclusive account for self-impersonation
While it does seem a bit odd that all 3 of his channels have almost identical names[0], YouTube/Google's lack of response to its own creators & users is still a disgrace.

Good reminder to back up all of your Google data[1], just in case they determine you've violated some random policy and terminate your account without any warning.

[0]: https://twitter.com/craig1black/status/1645655035517476865

[1]: https://takeout.google.com/

eiiot··on Citymapper Joins Via
I've used Citymapper for maybe 5 years, and while I remain a fan, Transit[0] just seems like a much better product. They support more cities, their user tracking is (generally) more accurate, and (at least in my opinion) their app just better designed & thought out for transit use.

[0]: https://transitapp.com/

eiiot··on Ask HN: Why hasn't YouTube removed those fake MrBeast $1000 giveaway ad scams?
YouTube doesn't have a huge incentive to remove these ads immediately (after all, if they're working, YouTube is making money).

YouTube just generally isn't known for being the best about spam stuff (comments, ads, etc.), so this fits within that narrative.

eiiot··on Computing e to 116,000 Places with a Personal Computer (1981)
Wow, I forgot just how many ads are in older magazines.

Somehow still better than most of the internet.

eiiot··on What’s Wrong with Bananas (2018)
There’s a great freakonomics episode on exactly what’s going on with bananas.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-most-interesting-fruit-...

eiiot··on Ask HN: Is “learn to code” now “learn to drive a big rig”?
Layoffs in the tech sector are happening now, but won't be happening forever. The world is relying on more software, not less. Understanding programming will still be valuable in the future.

Also, just a note on the specific comparison: it's a lot easier to learn to code in one's spare time than to learn to drive a big rig. Learning to code is free, and can remain free until you ship your first product. The same is not true for most other career choices.

eiiot··on Ask HN: State of Free IDEs
Are you getting full use out of VSCode? The main advantage of VSCode (in my opinion) is the community plugins (Vim Keybindings, Tailwind, etc.). What do you feel is missing from your VSCode setup?

Also it's interesting that you find VSCode slow. At least on Mac, I feel like JetBrains is usually less performant.

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