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by neilfrndes 9mo ago
At our scale I doubt if we can get any cloud provider to write custom contracts. But if I had negotiating power, I completely agree.
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by neilfrndes 9mo ago
We were on AWS for a while. The complexity was way higher than what our team could manage. DOKS is simpler, and this is the first major issue we've hit in many months.
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Tell HN: DigitalOcean's managed services broke each other after update
76 points by neilfrndes 9mo ago|51 comments
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Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space(cnbc.com)
2 points by neilfrndes 10mo ago|1 comments
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by neilfrndes 11mo ago
I loved watching "It's quieter in the twilight", a documentary about how a dedicated team of engineers (mostly retired) are fighting to keep the Voyager mission alive. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt17658964&
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We used to sleep in two segments and how modern shift changed sense of time(theconversation.com)
4 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|0 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
> The screen, which has been dubbed retinal e-paper, has a resolution beyond 25,000 pixels per inch. "This breakthrough paves the way for the creation of virtual worlds that are visually indistinguishable from reality," says a
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Video‐rate tunable colour electronic paper with human resolution(nature.com)
4 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|1 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
The book Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken really opened my eyes about UPF. I highly recommend it. Here is a video of him delivering a lecture at the royal institution about the topic: https://m.youtube.com/watch?
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
While DuckDB is excellent, I've found the spatial extension still has some rough edges compared to more mature solutions like PostGIS. 1. The latitude/longitude ordering for points differs from PostGIS and most standard geospatial
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Deep-Earth Diamonds Reveal 'Almost Impossible' Chemistry(scientificamerican.com)
4 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|0 comments
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Dividing line: The past, present and future of the 100th Meridian (2018)(earthmagazine.org)
2 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|0 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
I found iroshizuku inks faster drying than the other brands I've tried. Paper matters a lot too, I've experimented with many and finally settled on Rhodia.
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Mountain of Ink(mountainofink.com)
125 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|98 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
I agree :) My daily driver is a Pilot Vanishing Point. It's a fountain pen with a form factor of a clickable ball point pen.
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Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library(kqed.org)
3 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|0 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
Home Assistant has an open source smart speaker: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/ It's still in preview.
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
California almost had such a system. NPR's Planet money did a great episode on this called Tax Hero: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/04/03/709656642/epis... Description below is fr
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HIV prevention drug hailed as a 'breakthrough' gets FDA approval(npr.org)
18 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|3 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
I just copy the terminal output, no MCP. The context relevant to most emails is in a CLAUDE.md file.
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
Yup, Claude Code is the real deal. It's a massive force multiplier for me. I run a small SaaS startup. I've gotten more done in the last month than the previous 3 months or more combined. Not just code, but also emails, proposals,
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How I Created a $350M Software Company Knowing Nothing About Software (2015)(techcrunch.com)
20 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|4 comments
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
Veritasium made a video on this topic a couple of years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3OX8nT0w
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
I tried using powder as well, but the dishes weren't coming out as clean. I will give powder another shot when my current liquid runs out
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by neilfrndes 1y ago
For me, moving away from pods to a dishwasher liquid (cascade 3x from Costco) made the most difference. I add some liquid in the prewash and some in the main compartment. I had to figure out the right amount to add in each via trial and err
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Zoom Is Down(theverge.com)
8 points by neilfrndes 1y ago|3 comments
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Polars Cloud: The Distributed Cloud Architecture to Run Polars Anywhere(pola.rs)
261 points by neilfrndes 2y ago|87 comments
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by neilfrndes 2y ago
I read this article the last time it was on HN. I found it an absolute joy to read. This piece provides an excellent introduction to Silicon Valley's origins. Despite living in the area for sometime, I learned so much about the history
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Computer History Museum(computerhistory.org)
2 points by neilfrndes 2y ago|0 comments
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by neilfrndes 2y ago
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