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by zkirill 2y ago
Check out Tcl/Tk. It is cross-platform, simple, stable, has a long history, and runs blazing fast.
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by zkirill 2y ago
I hope that this is having an opposite effect where people are starting to step outside of the walled gardens to look for "the good stuff". Google pulled this shit with us too a few years ago by attempting to force us to share our
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How to mail an SD card with gummy glue(flyingcarcomputer.com)
101 points by zkirill 2y ago|132 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Glad to hear that this passed muster in the food industry. Do you by any chance remember how the SD card was packaged or protected from damage while in transport?
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by zkirill 2y ago
I am opposed to DRM and would never do that.
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by zkirill 2y ago
Subscribe to the mailing list and you'll be the first one to find out! Seriously, though, HN is not my target market. I just needed a sounding board. Although, getting to the front page did grow the subscriber count from 7 to 48 people
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by zkirill 2y ago
I am re-imagining the personal computer to take on the hegemonic order of Apple, Microsoft, and Google (Android). It may be a challenge.
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How to validate a market with development boards and SD cards(flyingcarcomputer.com)
129 points by zkirill 2y ago|115 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Being able to patiently explain something to a layperson using simple words and short sentences, in a sympathetic non-condescending way. The tech industry is in some kind of a communications complexity arms race spiral where normal people h
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by zkirill 2y ago
> The thing is: unless you know what you need to feel good about your product, price-shopping is senseless. For the benefit of future readers who stumble upon this: in the comments of that linked thread you will notice that a Polish lab
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Strategy for EU bootstrapping hardware startups: Don't sell to anyone in EU(flyingcarcomputer.com)
14 points by zkirill 2y ago|4 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Yes, please. Can you email me at poland.qyqa2@8alias.com?
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by zkirill 2y ago
Holy shit. Did you end up going with China after all? Can you share anything else from your experience? I'm in disbelief about what's going on, having emailed at least a dozen labs around Europe and receiving only one reply.
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by zkirill 2y ago
Not a startup yet per se, but I am blogging about building a personal computer that I plan to manufacture and sell starting this Christmas. The next post is going to be about my adventures in trying to figure out how to work with labs to do
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by zkirill 2y ago
I'm working on a personal computer (hardware and OS) that safeguards your attention rather than trying to distract you or trick you into buying something. We've come a long way from owning a "bicycle for the mind". We al
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Ask HN: I was quoted €6K for CE certification
8 points by zkirill 2y ago|10 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
There is no need to make this more complicated than it really is. In this individual's case the conversation could go as follows: > Q: Why do you want to work for us? > A: Because I need the money. Generalization is dangerous and
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by zkirill 2y ago
If Apple pulls out of EU there will be no excuse for a homegrown startup not to take its place. The domestic market is smaller than US and China, but with less competition you stand a chance.
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by zkirill 2y ago
Thanks for replying! This is one of those moments when one is reminded how amazing HN can be. So, for example, if a business sends SiFive $100K and a copy of OpenRISC, they would receive ~300 chips that could then be used in a commercial pr
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by zkirill 2y ago
Sometimes no pricing is offered because the lead quality is judged to be too low to move forward.
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Ask HN: What does RISC-V custom chips for under $100K mean?
113 points by zkirill 2y ago|52 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
I think that in every market there is opportunity for a new market entrant and you can get a few customers just by biting at the statistical distribution. Moving from that beachhead will be the real challenge. You might do everything right
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by zkirill 2y ago
I don't think you're toast. Experienced engineers will always be in demand but this is masked by current economic conditions. I am working on a project ( https://flyingcarcomputer.com ) and struggling with C at the momen
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I'm building a new type of personal computer(flyingcarcomputer.com)
2 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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by zkirill 3y ago
Neat! This is the first time I heard about MapLibre. It seems that you'd use it over Leaflet if you're looking for vector tiles as opposed to raster?
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by zkirill 3y ago
I am mildly concerned about the future of the Spring Framework.
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by zkirill 3y ago
Try any Spanish speaking country.
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by zkirill 3y ago
I wonder if it would be possible to simplify the task further, by removing cell reproduction processes? As far as I understand, an "immortal" non-replicating cell does not exist in nature, but there is nothing that prevents an art
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by zkirill 3y ago
Fantastic work! I would recommend making the "100% Organic" filter more prominent, and simplifying the brand profile page styling. It was a little difficult to read through the text on the brand profile page because there are 8 di
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by zkirill 3y ago
How much power does this require and is it possible to reduce power consumption and run it off a battery?

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