josters
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Comment · 2 days ago
I recently got into reviving old tech and was looking at a Nokia 3210. The main challenge is that these only work on 2G which is getting shut down in more and more countries across the world.
There are 4G mainboards you can buy and projects like https://www.nokia3310lteproject.com that aim to bring them into the modern world but for me these don't go far enough as they try to preserve the original UI. For me, the ideal device would be a 4G/GPS/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth-capable Nokia brick with modern interpretations of apps for maps, music, messaging etc. with optimized user interfaces for the limited screen space their tiny LCDs offer.
Comment · 14 days ago
HNowledge[1], a free iOS app for browsing the HN stories and comments I've upvoted. Made it to fit the way I browse HN, which is upvoting mainly what I find interesting and may want to come back to. The app lets you browse by date, domain or score, add notes and export. Apart from syncing your upvotes from HN, everything stays local without any tracking.
[1]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hnowledge/id6813417548
Wanes[2], an Apple Health logging interface for tracking how long symptoms last. I tend to have headaches quite often and the way Apple lets you enter that data is pretty limited, so I created an app which starts a Live Activity for one or more symptoms using widgets, Control Center or Siri. You can change the severity rating while it runs and stop it from wherever you are on your phone (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Siri).
Comment · 1 month ago
A copy of Resurrection by Tolstoy I found on the street. Really enjoying the way he is able to portray characters in such profound ways.
Also still working through Civilization and Capitalism by Fernand Braudel.
What I finished recently and was really surprised by: Der Geisterbanner by Karl Friedrich Kahlert from 1792.
Comment · 1 month ago
Was it this[1]?
Comment · 2 months ago
Very nice! I’ve built something similar for Berlin[1] which is based on a digital surface model to also accurately cast shadows from trees, hills and bushes.
[1]: https://sunsit.io/
Comment · 2 months ago
Working on making an old Nokia 3210 use 4G because 2G is being shut down within the next two years in most European countries.
As it currently looks I need to design my own PCB with a modern LTE module and make it connect to all the peripherals. Thought it would be a nice project to get into electronics, soldering etc. Also really enjoying the constraints of an 84x48 LCD screen and how to implement "modern" technology like GPS navigation or design the UI for a music player.
Comment · 3 months ago
> It’s a disciplined practice of observation, experimentation, critique,
revision, and aesthetic judgment that serves to develop creative ideas
I wonder where an increasing share of AI-generated entertainment vying for attention will take our skill for discerning aesthetics and creativity. Not only does it require the creator to actually care enough and go the extra mile to create something novel and maybe even outside of the generative realm, but it also requires enough people to be focused and attentive enough to then consume this with a similar discipline without solely relying on summaries and generated shortcuts (e.g., go to an art gallery, look at a painting, be present with it and define one's own meaning instead of watching a 15-second clip about it with AI-generated voice over and explanation text). In that vein I commend the project's constraint for the ideation phase to stay as analog as possible.
Comment · 3 months ago
Thank you for putting into words how a lot of AI prose makes me feel. 'Persistent mic drops' is the most accurate way I have seen it described and I would even argue the 'this-not-that writing' is part of it. Setting up a chain of ever increasing seemingly powerful phrases to then conclude in a final statement which may or may not actually explain the core concept.
It also made me think of the Feynman Learning Technique[1] or learning by teaching in general: being able to accurately explain in simple terms requires to fully grasp the concept and noticing gaps in the explanation is an insight to the explainer to evaluate and understand those parts again at a deeper level. An AI arguably does not have this understanding and will happily drive home any point we have asked it to make.
In a way I think it's tied to the other discussion from today[2] where it was posited that domain knowledge makes you better at prompting LLMs and, consequently, would enable you to also better structure and evaluate explainers. But then again, explaining well is a different skill altogether.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_by_teaching#Plastic_p... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49161518
Comment · 3 months ago
Thanks for letting me know, maybe I need to get back into it. I always enjoyed the speed with which I could prototype new ideas and even get them installed on a phone or tablet.
Comment · 3 months ago
This reminds me of LiveCode[1] (aka Revolution and MetaCard) which I’ve used quite a bit about a decade ago. Was also inspired by HyperCard. Just checked their site again and it seems they’ve discontinued the open source version and have pivoted to an AI-assisted drag and drop UI builder.
Comment · 3 months ago
It wouldn't if you own the full chain, i.e. have knowledge of both the on-device salt and hash AND the server salt and hash. However, in the scenario of using a third party like TelemetryDeck you as the developer would not be able to link the device hash to the server hash because you never see the latter.
So, my reading is: if there would be some mechanism (or a third party) which obfuscates the server hash so that you cannot tie it back to the device hash and only tells you "we've seen this device already" it could be anonymous. Of course, it also heavily depends on what other data you associate with that.
Comment · 3 months ago
Nice writeup and I really like the minimal aesthetic of your site!
On unique users: I wonder if there is a way to set this up to work similar to TelemetryDeck's double-hashing anonymization[1]. Did you look into that before deciding to go purely session-based?
[1]: https://telemetrydeck.com/docs/articles/anonymization-how-it...
Comment · 4 months ago
We are giving our dog Fluralaner/Bravecto[1] against ticks which paralyzes and kills them when they bite, drastically reducing potential exposure to Lyme disease. Unfortunately not approved for humans and therefore an interesting inverse: humans can get vaccinated against TBEV but not against Lyme disease whereas dogs can get vaccinated against Lyme disease but not TBEV.
Comment · 4 months ago
Nicely done! Would be interesting to sort by upvotes and/or comment count as well.
Then also HNowledge[1], a free iOS app for browsing the HN stories and comments I've upvoted. Made it to fit the way I browse HN, which is upvoting mainly what I find interesting and may want to come back to. The app lets you browse by date, domain or score, add notes and export. Apart from syncing your upvotes from HN, everything stays local without any tracking.
[1]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hnowledge/id6813417548
Wanes[2], an Apple Health logging interface for tracking how long symptoms last. I tend to have headaches quite often and the way Apple lets you enter that data is pretty limited, so I created an app which starts a Live Activity for one or more symptoms using widgets, Control Center or Siri. You can change the severity rating while it runs and stop it from wherever you are on your phone (Home Screen, Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Siri).
[2]: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wanes/id6811679904