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scott_hardy

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scott_hardy··on The Future of Podcasting
Also Soundcasts [1], which turns non-pro SoundCloud pages into podcasts.

[1] https://www.soundcasts.net

scott_hardy··on Autonomous Plant Watering
These reasons are (casually) mentioned in the post:

* "the deeper your reservoir the more efficient the water gets pumped. As the water gets consumed, the pump gives less output"

* "If the reservoir runs dry the motor won’t catch fire. That apparently is a thing water pumps."

* "Since the water is only going through a simple tube and not an expensive motor, you can pump a nutrient solution. If you want to pamper your plants, we don’t."

scott_hardy··on Show HN: Illustrio – Search, customize and download illustrations
Also ran into the pricing modal issue when I clicked through to one of the designs [1]. Using OSX Chrome 50.0.2661.102

[1] https://app.illustrio.com/detail/percentage/55803bfd7ca4ca2e...

scott_hardy··on The Case for SoundCloud
A couple friends and I made this (UI still a work in progress) to solve this exact problem: https://www.soundcasts.net
scott_hardy··on Effeckt.css – Performant CSS transitions and animations
It appears the project is all but dead: https://github.com/h5bp/Effeckt.css/graphs/code-frequency
scott_hardy··on GitLab Pages
I especially like that they have added configuration options to the .gitlab-ci.yml. If I am not mistaken, this means your project can auto-deploy using an arbitrary build process. Here's what an example .gitlab-ci.yml looks like with a GitLab Pages build configuration: https://gitlab.com/pages/pages.gitlab.io/blob/master/.gitlab...

A couple friends and I made something similar for GitHub Pages using Travis CI as our static deployment build-and-deploy host. For example, here's what our .travis.yml looks like: https://github.com/L33T-KR3W/soundcasts-web/blob/master/.tra... and here is the actual deploy command that is being run to `git push` to GitHub Pages: https://github.com/L33T-KR3W/soundcasts-web/blob/master/pack...

The GitLab approach is cleaner and requires less tooling. Nice work!

scott_hardy··on Enveloupe: An API for snail mail
I made a little side project that I use to send postcards to my grandma: https://github.com/scott113341/post

It sends the requests to the Lob API directly, so you there's no price markup! $0.70 for a 4"x6" postcard and $1.50 for a 6"x11".

scott_hardy··on AlphaGo beats the world champion Lee Sedol in first of five matches
What an amazing game to watch. Congratulations to the AlphaGo team, and good luck to both players in the next four games!
scott_hardy··on Netflix Is Now Available Around the World
Good catch! If anyone is wondering, the map shows 87 countries.
scott_hardy··on TSA can now force you to go through body scanners [pdf]
At the top of page 4:

TSA is updating the AIT PIA to reflect a change to the operating protocol regarding the ability of individuals to opt out of AIT screening in favor of physical screening. While passengers may generally decline AIT screening in favor of physical screening, TSA may direct mandatory AIT screening for some passengers as warranted by security considerations in order to safeguard transportation security.

scott_hardy··on Paris Attacks Plot Was Hatched in Plain Sight
You could always just buy a used car. Makes things a little more expensive, but not much more.

Terrorists will find a way to terrorize if they want to. The world is so chaotic and leaky that you can't stop people from doing stuff like this.

scott_hardy··on Show HN: %%30%30: A Game
Amazing. I always love seeing these sorts of harmless, fun ways that bring attention to these strange edge/corner case bugs.
scott_hardy··on Show HN: Pantastic
Great idea! One suggestion in terms of design--the FAQs are difficult to quickly scan/read because the line heights are the same for questions and answers. Consider adding additional spacing between Q/A groups for better hinting at where an answer ends and a question begins. Great idea though, and best of luck!
scott_hardy··on Startups, Fix Your Blog Links
I actually thought the exact same thing when I was browsing the Flattr blog. I spent a good 10 seconds looking for a link to the real site before giving up and manually changing the URL.