mtlynch

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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Thanks for reading! >Can you cook? I can cook basic meals, and I still do for a few meals per week. Things like scrambled eggs, steak, burgers, and chicken. >How much time did you you spend arranging a cook and preparing for their arr
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Thanks for reading! For Manhattan, these prices aren't that crazy. It's certainly much more than groceries, but about on par with restaurant delivery.
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   Adventures in Outsourcing: Cooking with TaskRabbit(mtlynch.io)

   86 points by mtlynch 9y ago|62 comments
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Thanks! We put a lot of effort into making the code readable, so I'm glad you found it pleasant to read.
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Hahahaha this is really great
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Cool, thanks for the tip!
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   I didn't mean to imply that gardening in general is easy, just that gardening basic houseplants seems like it's not supposed to be very hard. We did look for gardening supplies that would spread the water out, but everything we fo
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   We did plan for this. The moisture sensor is only powered when we're performing a reading, so probably only a few seconds per day, cumulatively.
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   by mtlynch 9y ago

   Oh that's a good idea. Thanks!
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Thanks for reading. Your project looks really cool! Is your code open source? I'd love to check it out.
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Oh, that's awesome! Doing it outside is interesting because there are a whole different set of challenges. I like your project name.
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Oh, thanks for the feedback. There are holes at the bottom of the planter. Is there something different we need to be doing to get it to drain properly? How much time do you think it should go between waterings? The first batch, we kept wai
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    It's the royal "we". I should have mentioned in the post that I reign over a small kingdom. Kidding, it's a project I worked on with my friend. I maybe should have made that more visible at the top of the post.
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Thanks for the tip! I hadn't seen this.
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Yeah, it drains into a little tray underneath. I'm trying to figure out a better solution for that because we can't see how much water is in the tray, so if too much has drained out, it starts overflowing onto the table with no wa
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    Thanks for reading!
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    by mtlynch 9y ago

    That sounds... undesirable. Electronics is definitely not my area of expertise, so I'm very open to feedback. What do you recommend?
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    Show HN: GreenPiThumb – A Raspberry Pi Gardening Bot(mtlynch.io)

    537 points by mtlynch 9y ago|181 comments
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    How I Stole a User's Siacoin(mtlynch.io)

    292 points by mtlynch 9y ago|71 comments