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thomas··on E Ink Waveforms are a closely guarded secret
I'm looking for an e-ink monitor (along the lines of https://cloudconfusing.com/2018/09/18/e-ink-monitors-ready-f... ). Would this work for that?
thomas··on Memtest86+ probably kills system controller on Lenovo Thinkpad T500 laptop
Update the title please
thomas··on Discover dev – a daily digest of engineering blogs
Very cool! How are you generating the tags?
thomas··on “Manager READMEs” from some tech companies
One out of 12?
thomas··on “Manager READMEs” from some tech companies
Reads like managers dictating how they are and how things are going to be.

Employee number whatever: Here are your new instructions, deal with it.

thomas··on Finding the longest straight line you could sail without hitting land
Cool idea. Totally new to me.
thomas··on Reconsidering the Hardware Kindle Interface
Great read, but how to you get to the front page with 3 votes?
thomas··on U.S. Watersheds, a map
Super cool! You can see how that becomes drinking water, by region or zip code at https://mytapwater.org/ or https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/
thomas··on Ask HN: Why Intel and AMD share the same design flaw?
Was wondering the same thing! Experts please jump in.
thomas··on Verizon’s Go Unlimited Plan Will Soon Work in Mexico and Canada – The Verge
Had a heck of a time dealing with Verizon battery issues so I spun up https://www.ontbattery.com to help people out. Hope the Mexican and Canadian customers get better support than we do in the US!
thomas··on Nokia Removing the Pulse Wave Velocity Feature from Their Body Cardio Scales
Nokia scale? I'll stick with one of these... https://www.coffee-scale.com
thomas··on Introducing the new Google Search Console
Wondering the same thing! These new releases tend to get a lot prettier but they almost always lose important, lesser-known features
thomas··on Why It’s OK to Block Ads (2015)
Great line: "You still get the flypaper even if you don’t get the swatter. A product or service does not magically redesign itself around your goals just because you block it from reaching its own."
thomas··on Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music
OK great. And then is that Semantic UI?
thomas··on Show HN: Discover, Listen and Discuss Classical Music
Awesome site! Really like how it's build, how it works, etc. Any chance you'd do an explainer on how you built it, why you built it, etc? Sort of how indie hackers handles these things? I'd love to learn more.
thomas··on Coffee – Resources for home espresso
Amusing but outdated. Maybe check out https://www.49mmtamper.com for more up-to-date information on the La Pavoni and other espresso machines.
thomas··on Ask HN: New attempt at mobile markup – keep or bail?
Keep it, definitely an improvement (and a nice surprise!)
thomas··on Researchers Say Data From an Island in Quebec Proves Humans Are Still Evolving
>> But this article feels like 50% uninspired travel diary...

Exactly. Could have done with something half the length (and twice as informative).

thomas··on Should I buy LED or CFL light bulbs?
Great comments here, and interesting article. If anyone is interested, here is a book on LED lighting: http://www.amazon.com/LED-Lighting-Primer-Future/dp/14493347...

covers all the basics - CFL lifespan, lumen depreciation, etc.

thomas··on Microsoft's MS-DOS is 30 today
covered: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811865
thomas··on CEO/CTO Dashboard
that's actually kinda slick. is much API work required or do I just have to plugin a few keys? Surprised a haven't seen that before!

update: http://vimeo.com/19006092 not bad, looks like uses oauth and that sort of thing when possible

thomas··on CEO/CTO Dashboard
no

sounds like you want a mashup of a lot of different tools- analytics with your issue tracker plus collaboration tool.

thomas··on Inventor answers questions about the fanless spinning heatsink
followup to this one: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2754725
thomas··on Is it a tech boom or a bubble?
Let's keep asking this same question and maybe someone will come up with a good answer.
thomas··on Anyone want some Spotify Invitations?
yep, thanks. i figured it out.

you have to start here: https://www.spotify.com/us/invitation/

thomas··on Anyone want some Spotify Invitations?
gah, none of these seem to work
thomas··on Ask HN: Did anyone else get a Google Chrome Laptop yet?
same
thomas··on The No. 1 reason for unfriending on Facebook? "frequent, unimportant posts."
anyone surprised? probably the same goes for unfollowing on twitter
thomas··on Ask HN: Super fast video hosting?
Agreed. I wouldn't overthink this one. The larger video sites have pretty great performance worldwide.
thomas··on Ask HN: Which advertising networks would you like to see benchmarked?
federated media, netshelter, advertising.com, burstmedia
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