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9 times out of 10, all these IoT devices really do is add another node to a botnet.

The only problem with correctly using the Em or En dash is that people will automatically assume the text was written by an LLM -_-

So a few days ago Elon Musk blocked all links to Signal from the X platform and now this... Could be a coincidence but the timing sure is sus.

Not to distract from the project but if anyone is interested in eink tablets with LLMs, the ViWoods tablet might be of interest to you.

Oh wow, this great! Is it your project? Either your post deserves more upvoted, or this link deserves it's own post. Thanks for this one! <3

Yeah that's a fair point. A modest annual fee is probably the way to go, especially since exercism is a service you dip in and out of (at least I do).

I was doing some Exercism tasks the other day and then saw this so if only felt right that I make a donation. Looking at some of the comments there seems to be a number of people who have also just made a donation.

Given the state of every service becoming subscription based, I can definitely see a lot of subscription fatigue. Maybe an alternative route you could try is the annual wikipedia "We want to keep this free. Please help us buy donating". I think a lot of people appreciate the service but a lot of the times it's easy to forget that running a service like exercism can get expensive, and would be willing to donate, given a compelling enough reminder of this.

Personally I find notifications on a watch to be exceptionally annoying so I almost always have my watch set to sleep mode. The only thing I use the watch for is to tell the time, track my sleep, heart rate, and steps. I'm not sure if sleep mode affects the accuracy of the tracking but it does make my battery life last for a good 2-3 days.

Same. Additionally, it would be far more lethal if an explosion where to happen at the security gates rather than on an actual plan. The bottle necks caused by these security checks means there are potentially 1000s of people penned into a tiny room. On paper the checks make sense, but in reality their implementation creates a much greater potentially danger zone for passengers.

This 100ml restriction makes absolutely no sense at all. If someone wanted to carry out a suicide attack, it would stand to reason that their goal would be to maximise the damage they cause. If that assumption is correct, then it would make little to no sense to detonating it on a plane with a max capacity of 200-500, when the alternative would be to detonate it in the security hall. The delays caused by these 100ml checks create a bottle neck in airports which leads to potentially 1000s of people penned up in a small room waiting to have their deodorant taken away from them. Surly an explosion happening at the security gates would lead to far greater tragedy than the one they are trying to guard against. Absolutely absurd.

I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but if it came out the handful of companies that always seem to populate the duty-free area where lobbying to keep security checks in place, I can't say I would be surprised as I'd imagine it being a rather lucrative location to sell deodorant's shampoos, and other basic hygiene essentials.

This is not my project. I came across it and after experimenting a bit with it thought it was worth sharing with the community.

From the 2022 data I could find about Facebook's financials, it seems pulling out of the EU would cost Facebook 25% of it's revenue... Good luck to anyone attempting to justify that decision to shareholders.

Your concerns about the potential pitfalls of establishing a censorship regime are 100% warranted. However the paradox of tolerance, as described by Karl Popper, is quite relevant here. Popper posited that for a society to remain tolerant, it must have the right to be intolerant of intolerance. This seems contradictory, but the essence is that unchecked tolerance can eventually be exploited by the intolerant, jeopardising the very foundation of a tolerant society. Popper emphasised that the intolerance which shouldn't be tolerated is that which refuses to engage in "rational argument". It's crucial to strike a balance to ensure the preservation of free speech while preventing its misuse.

Sorry if this is a silly question: The article states that if the companies fail to comply then they can be issued with fines worth 6% of the company’s annual revenue. What would happen in the even where one of the companies just said "Nope. We're not paying it."? In that case I assume the offending company would be dragged into lengthy and expensive legal battles against the EU. But is it likely that the EU could or would also block access to the services offered by these companies?

Given that you're the sole backend developer with a focused vision for the app, the Server-Informed UI approach described in the article could work well for you. It simplifies the backend architecture and makes it easier to coordinate with your frontend team.

However, for long-term scalability, you might run into issues with this approach. If so, take a look at "Bounded Contexts," a technique in Domain-Driven Design that helps break down your application into manageable, scalable units.

This approach would also be a nightmare if you ever decided to refactor the frontend. You'd be forced to do double the work since failing to update your backend would probably result in nonsensical legacy naming... I'd also dread to think what would happen if you also used the backend to serve a mobile app. You'd end up spending 40% of your time trying to figure out what to name fields before eventually going full circle and reverting back to logical generic names :|

I recently came across https://imglarger.com/ which is an AI image enlarger. I haven't used it yet so can't give a review, but they there is a free plan you can try and even their paid tiers seem reasonably priced.

I don't know how you did it but the tone of your README.md forced my brain to read it in a Sal Goodman voice! Love it! :D

Metaplex's Candy Machine) is the most widely used Solana Program for minting Solana NFTs [Note: Smart Contracts are called "Programs" in the Solana ecosystem].

Metaplex released Candy Machine V2, but Sugar seems to be a brand new rewrite of the program and the successor of CMv2 - However it seems it's still in beta. The CLI just lets you interact with the Solana BlockChain to register NFTs (Setup Mint Authority etc.)

The reason it's written in Rust is because Solana uses Rust. Similar to how Etherium Smart Contracts need to be written in Solidity, Solana Programs need to be written in Rust.

I know it's not the best explanation but I hope it helps clarify things at least a little.

Again, this might just be in my head, but the basic concept is that users create "capsules collections" that are a collection of clothes based on an occasion, where any item in the capsule could be swapped to create a new outfit, in the knowledge that each combination will match (to varying degrees). Then other users can like a combination, and it becomes clear which is the best outfit according to the community... I wanted to extend this later to allow users to search for capsules or outfits that contained items they have added to their wardrobe.

Yeah, those are valid points. That's why I was a bit apprehensive to post my original comment. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of good things about the US! I wouldn't hesitate to move over there if I had the chance - know anyone who could sponsor a visa, by any chance? ;p But it does seem like an exceptionally easy place to slip through the cracks of society, but if you're not in the lower percentile you've probably got it better than most people in the world.

The one point I would have to disagree with the the reasons for voting against their interests. And the only reason for this is seeing the results of the Brexit referendum in 2016. What happened there is people who set themselves up as figures of authority and told the people Brexit was in their interest. They made the fishing industry into the poster child of their campaigns and convinced them they would benefit. The fishing communities in particular where overwhelmingly in support. Perhaps some did try do their own research, but a large part of social media and the mass-media where all pushing the agenda and using scare tactics and any concerns were batted away as "project fear". When you have figures of authority pushing an agenda it's understandable that people will believe them - Why would they lie? But as Jan 2021 rolled around, the fishing industry in the UK is all but decimated (YoY Salmon exports were down 98% in January). So from that perspective, I wouldn't call the voters dumb because it's easy to get caught out by the disinformation that's out there, but for the most part I would say many were naively trusting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Maybe a controversial or skewed observation - But as a European looking (from outside) into the US, it looks like everyone has the impression that they're all millionaires who just haven't made it yet. They don't seem to want to disrupt the status quo, even if it benefits them, incase they're next inline to make it big :/

Been working on a 'FashTech' project - A menswear styling platform - https://www.unstitched.xyz

The idea is to help men learn more about what matches through peer review and by providing a framework to experimentation. By sharing capsule collections other users can mix-and-match different combinations and create outfits that people can like/up-vote. Going further I'm trying to add the ability to find outfits that contian items they have in their wardrobe. With the eventual goal of adding a graphing data base (and possibly some ML, to help try figure out what clothes match - This is usually VERY regional, based on occupation, music taste, and a lot of other factors, the fact that it's so subjective is what makes it a fun project to work on :)

I've build the main app using Rails & VueJS but would be really interested in teaming up with someone technical to help drive the platform forward, but especially somone (no tech skills necesssary) to help build the community and try get more people on board (I have lots of ideas and thoughts on how to do this, but not enough time between a full time job, and trying to build it.

Feel free to contact me on HN or send me an email to paris@unstitched.xyz if you're interested or just wanna chat a bit mroe about it :)

It seems that Blue Origin must be making good progress.

Haha! I did the exact same thing I was wondering what was wrong with either of those stacks

You mean WeChat... Oh, wait...

"The truth will set you free" Despite the cliche, I found the quicker you admit you've made a mistake, the quicker someone with more knowledge can jump in and resolve the problem before it gets worse.

Lol and articles like these are exactly the reason why people feel this way

I'm really confused by the author's arguments

With all of the world’s unheard songs beckoning us with their endless mystery, why would anyone choose to waste their precious listening hours on a podcast?

Why is he trying to compare music to podcasts? Because they're auditory? By that same token, it could be argued why anyone would choose to waste their precious listening hours on music with all of the world's unheard audio books beckoning us with their endless mystery and wells of knowledge and information.

I think the typical route is to go on the IRC channel and ask in there