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by kachurovskiy 2mo ago
I'd make all ESP32 controllers the same - same ready-made PCB, plug-in terminals for the controller and screw terminals for inputs and outputs. ESP32-S3 has enough of IO to handle an absurd variety of tasks. You can have at least 40 ES
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by kachurovskiy 3mo ago
I wonder if we're being overly selfish here and ignore the positive effects of democratizing programming and making software more accessible to less well funded causes and organizations. A good software engineer used to cost 100k/
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by kachurovskiy 3mo ago
Instead of the usual knee-jerk it would be nice to see some level-header analysis on mechanics of these things - who pays for the time of the people that decide to push this particular piece of legislation, how they manage to get into the d
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by kachurovskiy 3mo ago
I've had a strange experience this week at a maker meetup in my city. Couple dozen people came to make a short presentation about what they're building and there was a somewhat lively networking with food and drinks. The project q
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by kachurovskiy 4mo ago
I've stopped using YouTube and Reddit since early April and it's been a mixed bag. On one side my interest level has adjusted so that normal activities make sense again - like sitting in the garden or playing a game with my kid. I
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Show HN: Investing Withous Bias or Emotion(github.com)
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by kachurovskiy 9mo ago
Try contacting YouTube creators in your area. Much more cost efficient than any other kinds of ads especially if you pick channels with your target audience IF you can actually get creators to promote you (most won't reply).
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by kachurovskiy 1y ago
Just so that you understand, what that inevitably brings is alcoholism, domestic violence and other depressive deformities. My grandpa died from daily drinking with his factory pals and my grand-grandma has axe damage on her wooden furnitur
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by kachurovskiy 1y ago
That's with federal incentive and likely before they factored in the tariffs. Those 500 parts aren't all coming from US. I wouldn't expect any usable version of it to be below 30k once it's actually available.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
I wonder if a part-time remote job coupled with full time traveling on a budget would have been a more sustainable, enjoyable and productive approach. Hanging with pals in Montreal is cool but it's expensive and not very productive.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
By now the author missed on approx. 2 million dollars of income.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
There's no issue delivering a car from China to Germany but it would have a different charging port, localization issues likely, registration problems imminent and 10% customs + 19% VAT + 17.4% BYD duty. https://www.reddit.c
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
I really wanted to buy BYD in Germany this year but the car prices are 2x what they are in China - e.g. Seal is 45k EUR vs 25k USD with 3m delivery lag, no repair shops or spare parts on hand. Their software game is also quite lacking but I
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
There was a lot of commotion about 2018 GDPR but it turned out to be rather uneventful, some basic practices have been adopted, very few companies were fined a small amount and the question is largely settled. For small companies and indivi
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
There's a certain point in time for any industry where it has a chance to capture both the user and the legislator. Once that happens, prices for consumers start to grow faster than wages because the industry has more money for lobbyin
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
I just added a magic URL in my app that GitHub calls whenever a commit is pushed and the server does `git pull` which in turn causes pm2 to reload the app. So committing anything shows up in production in seconds. Great for smaller projects
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
Classic 2-step move, introduce what you want to ship but add a red herring, remove red herring on the outrage, ship it.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
Seems like the bar on reporting has fallen so low that they don't bother to provide any details to check their opinion whatsoever. What are the actual new requirements that aren't already a de-facto standard? What's the media
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
As per by neighbor: "Not the semiconductor industry. We are looking for qualified engineers everywhere. I don't see this having any impact on salaries."
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
EU citizens always had an option to come and work so work visas only apply for non-EU. Also, the debate in Germany is mostly about asylum seekers and not skilled migration. I haven't heard the thesis "less people, more pay" b
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
When companies only have a 25% chance of approval they'd just submit 4 applicants per position. Most of this volume wouldn't be present if there was no limit.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
https://www.bamf.de/EN/Themen/Statistik/BlaueKarteEU/blaueka... I haven't heard of any discontent with the program from locals or applicants. It's growing, too.
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by kachurovskiy 2y ago
In Germany visa applicants are evaluated based on merit without a lottery for decade and it's working well. US could do something similar instead of using a hole in the fence but it doesn't look like the decision making system is
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
I've switched from Chrome to Firefox couple years ago. Very happy with ad blocking. The few problem are: PayPal asks for an SMS code way too often, some PayPal checkout flows don't work and occasionally some website form isn'
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
Do we have a ChatGPT-style workflow for PCBs on the horizon yet?
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
We're definitely huge fans of paperwork here and it hurts a lot. Want to sell something? Company registration takes months, just getting a business tax ID was 6 weeks for me. To sell electronics, register with Stiftung EAR, then find a
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
This is working as intended and is similar to evolution. Every step brings something new and fades when the time comes. Would suck to still be in ICQ and MySpace world today.
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
It's Shopify on the default theme. Try https://github.com/kachurovskiy/nanoels/tree/main/h4
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
Metal lathe conversational CNC controllers - https://kachurovskiy.com/
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by kachurovskiy 3y ago
Did estimates for my roof months ago, 30k euro for a 10kW array with no storage, "pay-back" time 15 years. Why make a hundred holes in my roof if investing same amount in stock market will 4x in the same time period? Add leak and

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