alexsherrick

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omega ear https://omegaear.com

touch grass https://trytotouchgrass.com

batteryprofit https://batteryprofit.com

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Comment · 1 month ago
I've been making a wireless earbud with a ton of features over the last year. It's taken a lot of time but I'm about to send it to fab. AI can make PCBs but it is very time consuming for complex designs.
Comment · 2 months ago
Nothing to see here...
Comment · 2 months ago
1. Do you fabricate in-house, or through partner fabs? If partners, where are they located?

2. Can you do 6-layer 1+4+1 HDI - laser microvias (0.100 mm), stacked microvias over buried vias, sequential lamination?

3. Can you do via-in-pad fill and planarize (Type VII / VIPPO)? I have ~218 vias on one board needing it.

4. What's your minimum copper-to-copper clearance? Can you do 0.075 mm with a waiver.

Comment · 9 months ago
Hey HN, I built this because I made a super tasty Texas white queso, but then I didn't know where I should keep the recipe. I also realized recipe sites kind of suck. So in the end I made a Github for recipes.

Import any recipe URL and it strips out the life stories and ads. The main thing: you can fork and edit recipes, and it keeps version history so you remember what you actually changed. It's been fun for me because I'm cooking a lot more now because it's easy to keep track of.

I also threw in a scan recipe which uses AI to parse out the text so that it should be easy to import recipes from photos/print/etc.

SvelteKit + Cloudflare Pages + D1. iOS app is live, Android in beta.

Happy to answer any questions.

Comment · 9 months ago
Thanks for the thoughtful feedback, this is exactly the kind of thing that's useful to hear.

To clarify the mechanics: yes, you have to post before you can see anyone else's. The window is monday through sunday, reveal happens sunday 6pm mountain time, and there's a grace period until monday 6pm if you're late. The idea is that everyone posts "blind" without being influenced by what others said.

On the prompts, that's some fair criticism. I've collected a bunch of prompts that I pick through each week. They fall into 3 categories and it is always in order. Q1: Check-in (something about the week), Q2: Fun (something silly usually... this has weirdly been fun to see peoples answers across the friend spectrum), and Q3: thoughtful (something a little deeper but not too heavy). It sounds like you'd prefer it lean harder into the check-in category and it might go that route eventually. I just didn't want people to get bored of the same questions.

Also it is mandatory to post 1 photo, so it's min 1 photo, max 3 photos. I'm terrible at taking photos and it has forced me into trying to take a few more which is good for documenting my life a little bit. Also the life tab becomes your journal. Only you can see it. Once the week is over no one else can see it but you. That was one idea for monetization way down the line somehow leaning into that, but with it being so cheap I just want others to maybe use it and refine it.

Appreciate you taking the time to write this up. Good luck with the board game designs!

Comment · 9 months ago
This is funny. I was just looking at egress fees and stumbled across this post. Thanks!
Comment · 10 years ago
You can get negative day-ahead prices quite frequently due to congestion depending on what lines, generators, transformers, etc are out.
Comment · 11 years ago
I think this is a cool idea; however, after paying $299 you only get 5 calm and 5 energy strips that are guaranteed for one time use. After that they cost $19.99 for another 5. This would be a very expensive "habit".
Comment · 12 years ago
So let me get this straight... you take all the good reservations then you either cancel them or sell them. Way to create something that benefits the people of San Francisco.
Comment · 12 years ago
I have a few associates that would probably invest in this type of company rather quickly. Drop me an email if you want me to pass your name along.
Comment · 13 years ago
this is awesome anthony! really brings me back... i can remember listening to certain weeks with my buddies. hopefully i'll see you at SX this year.
Comment · 14 years ago
This is almost identical to gumroad.com; in fact, it is except for the arrogant teenager. I'm not trying to bring in this massive storm of hate, but propelly is going to have to hustle a lot to get their name out there above gumroad.
Comment · 15 years ago
I must say... I like this.

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