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jurgemaister··on Why I wrote the BEAM book (2025)
One of the early investors worked for Ericsson on Erlang.
jurgemaister··on Libre Barcode Project
> cursive police force
jurgemaister··on The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader
Does anyone know if reading PDFs are supported on this device? I'd love to try it out for reading music while marching.
jurgemaister··on Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods
> Are you suggesting every DL holder knows all the driving conditions?

In my country at least: Yes.

Hydroplaning and driving on ice is part of the compulsory training, including driving on simulated ice on a special course.

jurgemaister··on 245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping
2.231705*10^-13 gram
jurgemaister··on Ask HN: Hearing aid wearers, what's hot?
I dropped my Oticon Opn1 for Airpods Pro. I have moderate to severe hearing loss on one ear and struggle with conversations in noisy environments.

The Airpods are perfect for lowering the background noise and elevating the speech.

And since I use them anyway for music and podcasts, I don't have to remove my aid to listen to music and vice versa.

jurgemaister··on Apple to wind down electric car effort after decadelong odyssey
There are many on the roads in Norway. They've sold 5k of the cargo version so far here.
jurgemaister··on The Deep Sea (2019)
Have a look at transform-when[1]. It might suit your needs. Demo can be seen here[2].

[1] https://github.com/callumacrae/transform-when

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224250/https://samknows....

jurgemaister··on Teaching ChatGPT to speak my son’s invented language
Tesla does this with shadow testing[1]

[1]https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2019/04/29/teslas...

jurgemaister··on Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch
Could this device be used to measure lactate as well? That would be immensly valuable to athletes.
jurgemaister··on Ray Ozzie's latest venture is a cheap IoT board with flat rate connectivity
I know I'm a bit late to the party, but Xplora[1] makes smart watches for children that can be used to call and also has a GPS tracker. They've become very popular here in Norway.

[1] https://shop.myxplora.com/

jurgemaister··on I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
Perhaps this[1] is a solution?

[1]: https://signer.digital/SignerDigitalBrowserExtensions

jurgemaister··on Everything You Need to Know About Tesla’s New 4680 Battery Cell
The Limiting Factor on YouTube has a really good video explaining the concept[1]

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcw3vA0gAMs

jurgemaister··on Tesla says its battery innovations will deliver its goal of a $25,000 car
> Its 2020 now and they still cost around $150

I'd be interested in seeing a source for this. afaik there aren't any public sources on what price Tesla pays for $/kWh at pack level.

jurgemaister··on Nikola 'sets the record straight' – press release
I edited my comment to include a link to the press release itself.
jurgemaister··on Nikola 'sets the record straight' – press release
I also posted a discussion[1] about an article by Electrek that actually looks into the claims of the press release.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24470043

jurgemaister··on Nikola admits to faking video of driving prototype
Follow up on the report[1] published by Hindenburg. Link[2] to the press release by Nikola Corporation.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24436721

[2] https://nikolamotor.com/press_releases/nikola-sets-the-recor...

jurgemaister··on AvastSvc.exe contains a full, unsandboxed JavaScript/DOM implementation
If someone intercepted the communication, they could swap the Avast key for their own, allowing them to decrypt your message.
jurgemaister··on Tesla beats expectations with $3.4B in revenue
As someone who commutes by bike year around in Norway: No, he isn't. Studded tyres isn't rocket science.
jurgemaister··on Linux utils that you might not know
To shreds, you say?
jurgemaister··on The Electric-Car Boom Is Real
In Oslo, Norway, people mostly park on the street as well, and there are a lot of EVs. The municipality provides charging stations around the city, so being outside on a street is not a problem at all. Also, most public parking lots and garages have charging stations as well.
jurgemaister··on The Electric-Car Boom Is Real
This will probably be more than outweighed by the savings in public health due to less pollution. Air pollution kills and harms so many people every year.