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Is there any professional software that wouldn't benefit from high information density? Most software design is optimized for the non-users who have to approve it.

I haven’t encountered this bug, but I have been frustrated that there’s no way to give a babysitter temporary access to the cameras in the kids’ rooms. I ended up hosting a local s…

It’s funny that this is probably due to bias in the training texts, right? Humans are way more likely to publish their “Eureka!” moments than their screwups… if they did, maybe mod…

"At some point I realized that rather than do something else until it finishes, I would constantly check on it to see if it was asking for yet another permission, which felt like i…

> wants it moved over to the others side of the utility closet so that when you open the door it is easier to put clothes from there into the dryer That's when you swap the hinges …

This is very cool, congrats on the execution! Seems great for grandparents. Have you tested with older people with frail or arthritic hands? I'm curious how much dexterity and forc…

It's been this way for over a decade: https://www.vox.com/2014/3/31/5563600/everything-you-need-to...

"How Good is ChatGPT [3.5] at Coding, Really?"

I don't know the answer, but there's a famous lost camera owned by a team that perished on Everest before Hillary/Norgay successfully climbed it. It's possible that the camera cont…

Camera limitation – it doesn't capture a full sphere. That's exactly the spot where I also noticed it.

This isn't true for RSUs in the USA. You're taxed on the value at the time when you receive them.

Hopefully, a self-driving car would have waited for a safe opening to make the turn.

A heat pump warms a home more efficiently than using the same amount of electricity for resistive heating. It can do this because it's not generating the heat from scratch; it's mo…

“A hotel that did a business of $10,000 per week in room sales found that its receipts from room sales were less in May than those in April. It looked as if the business was droppi…

Does anyone know if there's a secret advanced option to search by keyword? Some Airbnbs have free bicycles available, but there's no "bicycle" filter (possibly for liability reason…

If you use Chrome, the extension Video Speed Controller: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro...

David Lynch on contemporary product placement, 14 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wh_mc8hRE

This is about the notification that a book is ready for pickup.

It was $39,381 in 2009, $58,230 in 2019 [1]. These are tuition-only, exclusive of room & board, books, etc. The $100k figure is a projection for 2025. [1] https://www.collegetuitio…

I learned about Figma recently, in this HN-frontpage article about fast software: https://craigmod.com/essays/fast_software/ It really is delightfully fast. It's no surprise that t…

Some national parks already have lottery systems for certain areas, e.g. to hike to the top of Yosemite's Half Dome: https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/hdpermits.htm Some more:…