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microscoperon The August 17 outage

Yeah you could probably have a very high free limit that works for 99% of people

microscoperon Ask HN: Has anyone shipped a self-modifying application with LLMs?

Not sure what I’m looking at but I feel like I cracked the mainframe

microscoperon Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

I got a Swift SW380T and have been pretty impressed with it

These are some examples of the quality taken with an iPhone: https://imgur.com/a/Fvgfk7J

When I started out I got a lot of good info from the youtube channel Microbehunter

microscoperon Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

I always thought that looked fun but I would worry about being blown away up too high or into some obstacle like rocks

Is that something that happens to people?

Also how dependent is it on weather? Do you have to monitor the wind to know if its worth going out?

microscoperon Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?

I think a really underrated hobby is amateur Microscopy, I don't know why its not more popular.

Looking at moss, pond water, microbes, tardigrades, paramecia, cells, plants, crystals, stuff around the house

You can get a decent microscope for like $250 and just get a smartphone mount to take high quality pictures/videos.

I feel like with astronomy/telescopes you spend a ton of money just to see a blurry blob whereas microscopes are way more bang-for-buck in terms of how much cool science stuff you can see for cheap.