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pmx··on I brought my childhood imaginary friend back to life using A.I
>And of course, I integrated #GPT3 with the Microwave's API so it could still function normally as a voice-controlled microwave.

GPT3 was linked up to the API of the smart microwave so it had the ability to turn the thing on

pmx··on Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of 80s Home Computers
Samsung have Dex which is basically this but for android devices obviously. It's "ok" but its still android underneath.
pmx··on Show HN: Free 3D icons, fully customizable online
This is fantastic, the UI is super intuitive and easy to use and the icons have a nice aesthetic. Do you plan to expand this with other icon sets? I'd pay for premium access to that!

Edit: Would LOVE to be able to export animated versions, too!

pmx··on mmWave radar, you won't see it coming
Ripple crypto doesn't own that name in any domain other than crypto so it can be used in other applications without an issue. The name makes a great deal of sense in this context since mmWave uses tiny waves; otherwise known as ripples.
pmx··on I Spent Hundreds of Hours Working in VR
Quest 2 with a link cable (or wireless link if you have great wifi) makes all this a lot easier!
pmx··on Mosquitto: An open-source MQTT broker
We use cloudmqtt at work and we've been really impressed by the price and quality of the product. You made it not worth hosting our own instance!
pmx··on Show HN: Website changes design each time you blink
Variable brightness with an LED is achieved using pulse width modulation, turning it on and off REALLY fast. So no, this won't have any effect on the life of the LED :)
pmx··on Podswap: Keep airpods alive and out of the landfill
Higher volumes require more current, the circuit probably limits what it pulls from the cell until it has learned about it to avoid damaging it.
pmx··on How Intuitive Are Macs Really?
cmd and down arrow to actually open it. I'm used to it now but it still annoys me!
pmx··on Stamper
> Use Chrome on a desktop please!

I hate that we're seeing this nonsense again, we've just got chrome in place of IE

pmx··on Spotify Apps Suck
https://www.youtube.com/premium
pmx··on Sublime Text 4 – Build 4100 has native Apple Silicon support
Some time in the not so distant future all apple computers will run Apple Silicon. VSCode now has AS support. These text editors do a lot of indexing work in the background and can easily hit the CPU quite hard while doing that. It's not unheard of for the fans on my intel mac to spin up when I first open a new project in Sublime Text, anything that makes it more efficient is welcome in my eyes.
pmx··on Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20k euros in damages
Apple's return policies on their hardware are more than reasonable. You have 14 days to return an item (even if it's been used) and you don't need to justify it, you can simply say you don't like it. They don't charge for the OS seperately either so that argument makes no sense.
pmx··on Shopify says remove Stripe billing or get booted from their app store
He's not a merchant he's an app developer with a saas that shopify merchants can use.
pmx··on Statement of SEC Regarding Recent Market Volatility
I think this part is pretty clear:

"In addition, we will act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity that is prohibited by the federal securities laws. Market participants should be careful to avoid such activity."

pmx··on New MacBook Pro models to feature magsafe, no touch bar and more ports: analyst
They weren't magsafe but they had breakaway cables that would disconnect if someone tripped on it.
pmx··on Top scientists warn of 'ghastly future of mass extinction' and climate disruptio
> “ghastly future of mass extinction, declining health and climate-disruption upheavals” that threaten human survival because of ignorance and inaction

The pandemic has taught me that humans will roundly ignore even the most glaring evidence to avoid accepting bad things are happening. I can't see how we're ever going to be able to avert climate disaster when we can't even get everyone to take basic precautions against a global pandemic.

pmx··on I stole the data in millions of people’s Google accounts
EDIT: should have finished reading the article!
pmx··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
I actually really love the illustrations!
pmx··on Crouching T2, Hidden Danger
The right thing to do is follow Responsible Disclosure

https://www.bugcrowd.com/resource/what-is-responsible-disclo...

pmx··on Show HN: I made a site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
Hitting delete had the desired result for me (moving back in the text). Chrome on Mac.
pmx··on One Year with ThinkPad and Linux (From MacBook Pro)
Yes, totally the opposite to my own experience with mac. Getting external displays to work properly has often required nasty EDID hacks and disabling SIP on the machine.
pmx··on Thoughts on Voice Interfaces
There seem to be some efforts to make Mycroft run without an internet connection here https://community.mycroft.ai/t/the-mycroft-personal-server-s...
pmx··on Show HN: Primo – all-in-one IDE, CMS, component library, static site generator
.af can be expanded to "as fuck" - primo as fuck
pmx··on Hash: A free, online platform for modeling
The password rules don't even enforce a strong password. It let me use "Password123!". It just ads friction to the signup process and protects nobody.
pmx··on Humans Not Invited
> They have ... something here: https://dbrand.com/humans.txt

It's hexadecimal, its translates to the below (cut out the middle because it's massive)

There are no humans at dbrand. Below, you will find a list of credits for all past, present, and future robots of dbrand.

robot011 robot012 ... robot998 robot999

Never forget: The more money you spend, the richer we get.

Now get back to work.

pmx··on Linux touchpad like a MacBook: April 2020 update
It's really quite difficult to quantify what's actually different. It feels really precise without being "flicky", using it feels very natural and you sort of forget about the touchpad and just will the cursor on the screen to do as you wish.
pmx··on Rules of thumb for a 1x developer
> despite being very desperate

Could this be why? Desperation has a way of putting people off?

pmx··on The Gov.uk website is a master class in human-centered design
In response to this HN thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22867375

Human friendly doesn't need to be ugly.

pmx··on Uber stops upfront ride pricing in response to California worker law
Uber already works this way here in the UK and in my opinion it's the only fair way to charge for rides. I'm totally ok with paying for the ride I actually took (taking into account traffic and diversions) so that drivers make a decent living.
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