willemlaurentz

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Field notes from an intelligence watching Earth(itobserves.com)
1 points by willemlaurentz 7mo ago|0 comments
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by willemlaurentz 9mo ago
Wife loves it ("takkeherrie" /s) - but those who use mechanical keyboards probably understand what I mean with that there is a sort of rhythm in the feedback a mechanical keyboard provides. I wrote this post on it.
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by willemlaurentz 9mo ago
For all of you / us who enjoy reading on e-ink. Plus source code (NodeJS epub-gen, Pandoc and LaTeX)
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
AI got me thinking lately, why would one still want to work? Imagine everybody has access to a near perfect AI. Combine that with robotics and we'll be left wondering what to do next. Some fairies and Gin-Tonic pointed me to a possible
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Just for folks reading this and being unfamiliar with Apple's options, here are some of their capabilities that sets them apart in a UX way: AirPods: can simultainiously be paired with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac. The switching b
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
This, plus one important addition: How many people actually got killed or injured _because_ of iPhone or Watch? Think about it: using screens in traffic or in other situations where your attention to the world is critical. All the best to t
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Following the book "The Power of Strangers" I once did an experiment with talking to random strangers, it is amazing what you'll learn from random conversations: https://willem.com/en/2023-10-13_hello-str
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
More than 50% of the Apple Podcast app's homescreen is dedicated to content I didn't request, just look at it: https://willem.com/en/2025-01-27_podcast-downloader/i_00_Lef... I really wanted something si
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
This is the way to do it, good work and great that you posted this. The first release of my 40 million download app was held together by proverbial ducktape - yet the lessons learned from actually releasing it got me to come up with much be
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
I don't think handwriting will go away, it might become a "proof of work" in an age of artificially generated texts. I recently started including the manually written manuscripts (that I make on my reMarkable) with my blog po
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
After extensive search and trying various apps I found the libre/free Aves Gallery app to be really good. I am curious about what you use or prefer.
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Ask HN: How do you like your RSS feed?
3 points by willemlaurentz 1y ago|1 comments
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
As a metaphor aficionado (book tip: Metaphors we live by), I figured random images would be a lovely way to allow visitors of willem.com to discover stories. Before I knew it, I was in the rabbit hole. Released under AGPL (backstory: https
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Warning for those running Debian and Dovecot under stable. In this new stable release, an update to Dovecot will break your configuration: https://willem.com/blog/2025-06-04_breaking-changes/
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
When things come to a grinding halt if you skip reading the upgrade docs. Learn from my mistake and save yourself some stressful after hours work.
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
One thing that most non-cyclists may not realise, is that (because of your lower speed) it is actually an advantage to keep your cargo sight when riding through an urban area. (You don't want people steal your cargo while waiting for
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Yesterday I finished the Leiden Marathon, it was the hardest 42K I ever completed due to the temperature. Sunny with a clear sky, temperatures climbed to 25°C. Several runners collapsed from heat exhaustion, and one even required resuscitat
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Whoop 5 and Whoop MG(whoop.com)
5 points by willemlaurentz 1y ago|1 comments
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Similar sentiment here: https://willem.com/blog/2025-04-15_vibe-coding/ Its power is as great as its putfalls and the outcome totally depends on how you choose to use it.
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
It can spot the things you tell them to spot. But, natural language (used to tell the AI what to do) is imprecise and lacks unambiguity. Makes me remember Dijkstra's words: https://willem.com/blog/2025-04-15_vibe-c
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
Spot on. Decided to get myself a ThreeJS book instead of vibing my way through. Wrote this post on it: https://willem.com/blog/2025-04-15_vibe-coding/
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
After Pieter Level's success with his flight simulator, I wondered what we could learn from using code generation like he did. What is the power and what dangers lurk in using the LLM's?
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by willemlaurentz 1y ago
No ads, no installs, no accounts. Just play. (don't complain about the lost hours, though...) :-)
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Snake 97(play.snake97.com)
4 points by willemlaurentz 1y ago|2 comments
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
More is to follow, but I’ve decided to open-source Gran Fondo, my iOS app for tracking runs and rides. What started as a subscription-based tool will be shedding its paywall and be released under a free software license. Read this post for
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Just made the switch here to /e/OS on Fairphone: https://willem.com/blog/2025-03-05_durable-smartphone/
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Handwritten, vanilla HTML with a self-self built static site generator (reading the HTML files and doing some fancy 'find and replace'). Get's the job done: https://willem.com/blog/2025-03-05_durable-smar
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Let's rethink frequent upgrading, celebrating wear and tear like a good patina. The phone runs Google Free /e/OS
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Cool! This resonates with my "Offline Music" approach (fed with my own CD collection): https://willem.com/blog/2022-07-17_offline-music/
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Check out this, it might help you with downloading podcasts to the filesystem: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42841416

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