willemlaurentz

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Weekly and monthly backup rotation with bash and rsync(willem.com)
2 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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Offline Music(willem.com)
1 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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Budget Android (€99) vs. Expensive iPhone (€1000) (2018)(willem.com)
61 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|50 comments
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Servicing a robot vacuum cleaner (2019)(willem.com)
44 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|24 comments
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Host your own calendar and contacts server (CalDAV/CardDAV)(willem.com)
3 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
"all hail to the king" :-)
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
These old ThinkPads can be really capable to do some work, even today: https://willem.com/blog/2023-05-01_working-offline-first/
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Using Google Free Android(willem.com)
3 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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Replace your phone with a smartwatch (2023)(willem.com)
1 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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See the Milky Way with your own eyes (2018)(willem.com)
1 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|0 comments
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I see dead people (seriously)(willem.com)
1 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|1 comments
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Please hear me out, I may just have discovered Apple Vision Pro's killer feature (if you allow me the pun): seeing dead people.
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Native, vanilla, iOS development with GPS and Bluetooth LE (2024)(willem.com)
2 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|1 comments
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
I have been working on something of personal interest: a native workout tracking app for iOS. How hard could it be to gather detailed Bluetooth sensor data using native Swift APIs?
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Agree with author that the plane seems to be the only place where it is socially acceptable to wear the skimask. My wife still makes fun of me when I'm working at home with Vision Pro - I wouldn't wear it out in public. See: http
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Building a Game on the Moon(twitter.com)
4 points by willemlaurentz 2y ago|2 comments
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Working on an update for Snake 97 (+40M downloads) from... the moon. Wife thinks I'm crazy doin' the "ski mask thing", but there is something about Vision Pro that keeps me coming back for actual work. I love it. You see
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Thanks Zokier for your comments, original author here: The post for most parts was neat, not disagreeing there. But wrapping it up as some sort of empowering life lesson feels so utterly out of touch that I felt like reminding that it is h
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Original author here from 2020: With regard to value and cost I would like to add the factor 'time' to the discussion. A watch like this can easily last for decades, possibly longer (and it will retain some value, possibly even ap
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
Original author here (from 2020): Thanks! A watch (like any apparel) indeed functions as a communication piece (other than its function of time keeping). Over the years of wearing it I have had only some folks inquiring about what it exactl
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by willemlaurentz 2y ago
author (from 2020) here: This is exactly true: the watch offers a kind of "security by obscurity" most better known watches lack. It is a "if you known you know" thing. At the same time it is a very hard sell (for any po
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
Fellow Vision Pro owner here, I recognise many of the articles critiques, yet I do still enjoy working in augmented reality. Like he says, it is a impressive "v1" product. I know that I might be a little biased as I really organis
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
I love to hear from you dear fellow HN readers on how you deal with refusing requests. Do you get any flack for saying "no"?
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I won't build that (dear customer)(willem.com)
2 points by willemlaurentz 3y ago|1 comments
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
Sure it is, you don't need it to do today's work. Yet, I find it very interesting to explore what tomorrow's work could look like given this approach to 'spatial computing'. Because tech will eventually become cheap
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
Fair point, I am certainly not using Vision Pro all day while I am with my kid - but the point I tried to make is that the rooms can contain items (e.g. toys, etc) that I haven't placed there... the warning of Vision Pro gives for me b
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
It's Blink, connected to a remote machine over mosh inside a tmux shell (and vim).
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback, I'll fix it!
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
They really seem to be glued to the real world, not moving when I move.
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by willemlaurentz 3y ago
I'm, too and will surely follow up on my post.

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