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A project, ZerryBit, are working to do something similar - albeit on a far smaller scale physically than what you’ve done here. Might be of interest to OP or others though - furthe…

I very much enjoy Eric's commitment to new and novel and imaginative hardware. Bought and am loving my Pebble 2 Duo etc - still yet to charge it once in fact! This device doesn't q…

So odd - was listening to an account of this in an Audiobook just yesterday - "Why Nothing Works" by Marc Dunkelman. Was essentially making the point that this sort of thing would …

Just a brief note to say: loved original Pebble, always a regret that my younger poorer self didn't buy one way back when, so bit the bullet straight away yesterday and am signed u…

Yeah, I weighed up the possibility that people would perceive it that way. That also speaks to the negative perception of politics/politicians too of course...

As a former politician, I really don't love this. It's already difficult enough to get people of the capacities that most of us want to see (good, smart, could be employed elsewher…

Too many people seem to be confusing prior product critical commentary being invalid with all product critical commentary being invalid. Apple Vision Pro won't do much as a product…

Irish company Manna have been doing this in two Irish suburbs for a number of years now. They're worth checking out - their CEO Bobby Healy often tweets interesting stuff around pa…

One thing that’s bothering me - the story text says it’s 32 bn kilometres from earth but looking it up it appears to be about 19 bn kilometres. Which is it?

I can definitely see a gap in the market for this now. The present Twitter alternatives (Mastodon, Bluesky, Spoutible) are just too hobbyist or finicky. Meta will presumably bring …

Spurious enough comparison given there were phones , a developed phone market which was 150m+ globally even at that stage, and demonstrated clear use cases for an iphone (an ipod, …

Ha, both the original post and the parent comment made me think of Harry Potter - I wonder if I knew either of you! The world is very small.

Was going to reply along these lines. I was fortunate to live with someone who was working on the James Webb and telling me excitedly about it — back in 2006! Surely even with the …

Completely agree - if the projection from Q2 wasn't also so negative, I would say the market has overreacted a little bit.

On the one hand: Has badly lost its way on content. Can understand why other providers are stripping out legacy content (e.g. old BBC shows), but equally Netflix's own content has …

Not at all the same issue but vaguely relevant — I like the idea of ambiently joining some Twitter spaces without feeling obliged to contribute. Would strike me as a decent trade o…

This is wonderful how this has ended up on the front page of Hacker News. It's one of my favourite pieces I've read in the last few years - I bought the book arising from it - I do…

Just to +1 this - a major reason we picked the car we picked last year was because it had AA. Now, you can upgrade most any system to it, but given we were buying a new vehicle any…

Many thanks. Was there a change in perhaps the hours they could be used, or was it floated perhaps at one stage? I’m nearly certain I read it more than once maybe 3-4 years ago. Ed…

Norway has been leading the pack in this regard for quite some time. A few Government incentives, both financial and for instance the ability to use dedicated bus lanes (now discon…

Very interesting. An idea that has long held interest (har) for me. I note from your comments the socially-laudable aim of attempting to help people in financially vulnerable popul…

I realise I’m probably not in a majority here on this one but: I’m not offended or too bothered by being targeted by ads on Facebook. What I am offended by however is how poor the …

I note the opening says: "(Municipal elections today, May 26, will provide a crucial test for the plan.)" Does anybody with familiarity with the area have a sense of how that test …

I’ve worked on ticket touting legislation for my own Parliament for two years now. It’s surprisingly complex and naturally has an unsurprisingly monied lobby funding opposition. I …

They literally have no parliament, Government or decision making capacity right now. Both days of closures in NI were clear copy and paste efforts within an hour of the rest of Ire…