jonahss

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   by jonahss 4y ago

   This is like when all the devs at a company say that management has to stop all feature development for six months while they work on tech debt
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   I used Triplebyte from both sides, as a candidate as well as a hiring manager. I hired some great people from them, but over the past couple years watched as their standards slid, pricing models changed, and sales practices went from friend
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   My friend's company got the interest of investors, and was acquired, after his blog posts got to the top of HN three times in as many months.
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   Wyldcard (e-ink trading cards) DevKit launching on Crowd Supply(crowdsupply.com)

   4 points by jonahss 4y ago|3 comments
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   Thanks to all the HN upvotes in December, open source hardware crowdfunding site Crowd Supply reached out, and is hosting my campaign to sell a Wyldcard DevKit. With a JS or Rust SDK, purchasers will be able to program their own games to ta
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   And today, I have an app on my phone which will summon a self-driving car to pick me up and drop me off (within very strict parameters in space and time).
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   For anyone checking back here: Someone suggested I start a Discord server. Feel free to join: https://discord.gg/DXr2eWPk
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   aha! So there is a catch. Still worth checking out.
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   by jonahss 4y ago

   Oh wow, that's dedication
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Yes please! Email me? jonah@wyldcard.io
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Good point. It would almost make too much sense if GameStop's next crazy investment was an actual game. I'd go along with any crypto stuff they want if they give me a million bux :D
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Oh oh, gotcha. I only ever watched a few episodes when it was on TV in the US. And then a few more episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged ;)
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    I'm going to have to look into that
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Yeah! A few comments have mentioned being able to refresh the cards while upside down, or covered by another. Maybe my next prototype can put the contacts on the edges and have them wrap around or pass through, so they work on both sides. T
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Adding to my list of fictional card games, thanks!
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Thanks!
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Pogo pins were too expensive, I'm (totally mis)using spring fingers.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Oh, if you were willing to spend $50 a card, I think you can get them down to the thickness of a credit card. If you are willing to spend even more, you could bundle the card circuitry with the silicon embedded in the e-ink display already,
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    The whole game development community is embracing ai image synthesis, especially for prototyping.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Oh for sure, I'm hoping to inspire the game developer community. I know a lot of things using electronics have been tried in the past and it usually comes out as a gimmick, but I tried to design these to hide their electronic nature, h
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Thanks! You get it!
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Animations seem to be a tricky prospect for e-ink displays. Definitely possible, but may require more expensive hardware? I've seen pebble watches and remarkable tablets which can do it amazingly well, maybe I just need better firmware
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    I think the road to a new ubiquitous technology often starts with toys.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Ooh yeah, that's doable.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Ah yeah, I played Slay the Spire. I still maintain that it's lame to implement the concepts tied to physical playing cards in a computer that can simulate anything. It's funny how Slay the Spire is a card game which got popular a
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    I've enjoyed his videos :D I guess, sure I could try DM'ing him.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    I didn't realize NFC could deliver enough power for that. I'll look into it.
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Ooh yes!!
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Oh, the screen alone is less than $10. Bought off Alibaba, I think they're so cheap because they're designed for grocery store shelf price tags. Good Display GDEW029T5D
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    by jonahss 4y ago

    Heh, the screens I use are exactly the ones contained in those products. Huh, the battery lasts for ten years? I wonder how many refreshes you get for that. Maybe I should just be using those.....