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jlebrech··on Poland was shockingly liberal during the 1400s
then this happened https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna
jlebrech··on FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen
do we really need auto-injectors? what about a syringe that is administered much faster than a normal syringe? (slight distinction)
jlebrech··on The Total Beginner's Guide to Game AI
I was thinking you could have an AI character play the level and that would reinforce that character's moveset.
jlebrech··on The Total Beginner's Guide to Game AI
Is it possible to use machine learning to have the AI improve itself?
jlebrech··on Alcubierre drive
but if we keep trying there should be a spacefaring equivalent of Moores law?

what if instead of formula 1 we had races in orbit? this would push the boat out.

jlebrech··on Alcubierre drive
how about we just figure out how to get as close as possible to 1C?
jlebrech··on AssemblyAI: speech-to-text API
I want to make a voice assisted keyboard.
jlebrech··on Growers Are Beaming Over the Success of Lasers to Stave Off Birds
they could keep their profit were they also a bird farm.

they could recalibrate the laser for that task.

jlebrech··on First drug to prevent chronic migraines approved by EU
you could also just avoid your migraine trigger, I have and get around 3 migraines a year max rather than having one every month or 2 or 3 a week as a teen.
jlebrech··on Show HN: NES Party – Online Multiplayer NES Emulator Using WebRTC
this should ask the user to upload a ROM manually.
jlebrech··on Half of the Great Barrier Reef Is Dead
at which point will it have a negative on human life? (hopefully just humans)
jlebrech··on Pi-Hole: Why You Need a Network-Wide Ad-Blocker
you could have pi-hole redirect to a site with the same story maybe? or even pi-hole could cache it.
jlebrech··on Why in Hong Kong people choose to sleep at McDonald's instead of going home
there should be an establishment that's open 24hrs for different purposes, Cafe, sandwich shop, bar, club, hotel.
jlebrech··on Freeing the Web from the Browser
One way would be to create a browser/portal(combo) that only indexes webgl/wasm apps for example. and you could still visit the info page about that app via a normal browser but would have to install the specific browser.

the irony is that walled garden might have a valid use case (not to wall from a vendor, but to wall us from old tech)

jlebrech··on The BASIC Engine
and compile it to webassembly? :)
jlebrech··on Introducing the Dweb
something similar to https://zeronet.io/
jlebrech··on The Age of the Wordless Logo (2016)
that's a good example
jlebrech··on The Age of the Wordless Logo (2016)
or maybe "no logo" is the new logo.

just have a unique font made for your brand and nothing else.

jlebrech··on Why Salt Was So Important Throughout History
i should have guessed it, HN has no humor
jlebrech··on Bank of America questions customer’s citizenship, freezes accounts
what type of bank account can you have on a works visa?
jlebrech··on Why Salt Was So Important Throughout History
it's also important for encoding passwords.
jlebrech··on Turbo Button
that could the premise to a movie. a kid finds the magic button his grandparent's basement and flips it.
jlebrech··on Ask HN: What “dumbphones” are available and viable in the US?
I want a qwerty phone with an eink display
jlebrech··on Non-PhotoRealistic Quake (2002)
or some 3d storyboarding, but then you don't need quake, it could be a shader for blender for example
jlebrech··on Non-PhotoRealistic Quake (2002)
you could make a nice story driven game with that shader
jlebrech··on Launch loop
1G for 2000km is really really fast IMHO.
jlebrech··on Launch loop
you could also build a space fountain using drones attached to each other like a snake
jlebrech··on Launch loop
it would also be possible do this by going around in a circle at 2g (a train?) the train could then drag a capsule and let go at a certain speed.

it might have to be at the poles.

another option would be to build a bridge from south america to west africa, and at 1g you'd reach escape velocity.

jlebrech··on Zulip – Open-source, threading-based Slack alternative
we have a stream with 200+ topics.

topics can't be deleted

jlebrech··on Slack Is Buying HipChat from Atlassian
RIP hipchat, piece of crap
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