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robhlam

217 karma · joined March 2, 2018

I work at sepura.com Personal interests include microcontrollers, spectroscopy and computational photography.
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robhlam··on What are these artifacts on Google Maps?
Could they be real water waves? Perhaps from boat wakes?
robhlam··on Ask HN: Does DDG no longer honor "site:" prefix?
For your firefox issue, does your search string start with “site:”? I’ve had issues with “site:” at the start of search strings apparently being interpreted as a url protocol. Prefixing searches with “and “ seemed to help.
robhlam··on Developing a food-safe finish for my wooden spoons
I treat the spoons and ladles I carve with food grade organic flax/linseed oil and roast in a fan oven at 180 deg C, giving a robust coating that is also very safe. A few coats are required to fill all the pores in the wood for a beautiful satin finish but all the coats can be completed in a couple of hours total. Colours start at a something slightly darker than the natural oil colour and darken to the colour of chocolate depending on how long they’re in the oven for. The smell is of hot cooking oil unless you go for full chocolate brown in which case it starts to smell of burnt oil and a bit smoky. Fully dry your item first and heat it up slowly in the oven to 180 deg C before applying the first coat so that all areas cure and colour equally. Saturate the wood initially then wipe off all excess with a paper towel which you can then use to add the subsequent coats. Check on the spoon and remove any drips that appear during roasting before they harden. Silicone oven mitts are great for handling the spoons while hot.
robhlam··on Show HN: Onlyrecipe 2.0 – I added all features HN requested – 4 years later
Thank you for this!

[comment about issue that is present in original recipe removed]

robhlam··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)
I think you want to post here instead: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45800465
robhlam··on SF Studios launches YouTube channel for Nordic film classics
The youtube channel referenced appears to be https://youtube.com/@SFStudiosClassics
robhlam··on Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted tools
That doesn’t really convey that these bug reports were for real issues and greatly appreciated unlike the slop that Daniel is known for complaining about which I think that’s the real story here.

I will spend longer considering my title next time.

Cheers!

robhlam··on Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted tools
It’s clear my attempt to keep the gist of what Daniel said while keeping under the title character count didn’t hit the mark.

How would you have worded it?

robhlam··on DailyNugg – Keep Learning with a Nugget of Tech Information a Day
Before signing up I’d like to have a clear idea of what the nuggs are like. Could you put some samples on your main page?
robhlam··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
VividQ Ltd. | Cambridge, UK | Full Time | onsite (option to WFH 3 days a week) | https://www.vivid-q.com/

VividQ is 3d creating displays with focal depth.

We are well funded having completed our last round in January and are expecting to raise series A in summer 2023.

By using real time diffractive holography (CGH) to place content simultaneously at arbitrary optical depths we enable non-fatiguing mixed reality within arm's reach.

Starting with algorithmic breakthroughs we have grown to be a team of more than 40 people building the hardware, software and content for display systems.

We currently have a wide variety of openings including: Infrastructure Engineer, Product Manager, Product Owner, Quality Assurance Engineer and Senior Software Engineer

Apply directly at https://vividq.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?source=aWQ9MTk%3D

robhlam··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)
VividQ | Cambridge UK | ONSITE

We are a pre series A startup making real-time diffractive holographic displays a reality. Our current prototype has tens of depth layers running real-time in CUDA (compared to Hololens’ rumoured 2).

We’re currently looking for a Senior C++ and CUDA Developer and a Product Manager. https://www.vivid-q.com/company/careers/