When you plug a Macbook in with the included two-prong power adapter, sometimes it buzzes slightly when you stroke it gently (ground loop). Im working with a factory to make a grounded duckhead adapter to fix this.
Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
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#142Everything.
- A Highfleet ship optimizer (Highfleet is a fun game where you build ships to wage a pirate / rogue state coup de etat)
- Hypothesis testing tools for my Hunt Showdown matches to determine optimal loadouts https://github.com/jodavaho/kda-tools
- A portable, private, roam-enabled dynamic dns service.
And tons of other stuff at https://aenac.dev
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#143I've been making a proper survival strategy game. I made a few games before but they were only about a week's worth of work each, so I don't count them as "proper".
This time I wanted to make a full-on project with professionally-done models, art, music etc. It's a reverse of the 4X formula - rather than starting as a small country and becoming a vast empire over the course of the game you start off heading a vast empire that's on the brink of collapse and you've got to try and prevent that from happening as long as you can.
I've never run a project with this kind of scope - I've been on them but when you're actually making the decisions it's a real change in perspective.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1830290/Fall_of_an_Empire...
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
#144When you plug a Macbook in with the included two-prong power adapter, sometimes it buzzes slightly when you stroke it gently (ground loop). Im working with a factory to make a grounded duckhead adapter to fix this. https://ibb.co/P4Bjstg
That's actually useful.
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#145I have a small game that I made to experiment with some tech.
https://donotplaythisgame.click/
In short, you accrue points while you aren't playing it, but you have to log into actually get the points (similar to "the game", which you just lost). You get your global ranking only after logging in though.
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#146https://usdc.cool - I wanted to track the supply of the stablecoin USDC, and check against their audits. Another benefit was trying to see what happens to the USDC supply during certain crypto events, like crashes or pumps.
Turns out it's quite interesting. When crypto goes down, many folks sell into USDC, which causes more USDC buying by the exchanges. But when crypto goes up, people often get in with USDC.
So basically: USDC goes up. And since this money is sitting in Circle's bank accounts, imagine what happens when the Feds raise interest rates. $CND is the SPAC supposedly taking Circle public, if it ever goes through.
Re: Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
#147When you plug a Macbook in with the included two-prong power adapter, sometimes it buzzes slightly when you stroke it gently (ground loop). Im working with a factory to make a grounded duckhead adapter to fix this. https://ibb.co/P4Bjstg
I was looking for it for ages. Please make a British version as well! This is neat!
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#148My band: Free Tequila. instagram.com/freetequila
Real musicians don't really make dance music anymore so we figured we would get weird and build a "Dia de Muertos Disco Punk Band". It's a blast. People dress up and come to our shows. We drink, party, dance, and hang out with musicians. Though we get paid, we have to cover the horns and the makeup which are both more money than we make typically. Its still a cool project.
Unfortunately, Covid messed everything up for live music. I have high hopes for this year coming up
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#149I built a satirical social network called shlinkedin. It started as a way for me to learn elixir and make fun of thought leadership with my roommate, and has gradually gotten bigger. It’s all open source and a ton of fun to work on. Everyone is an alter ego (think Beff Jezos or Office Spider), and it’s hilarious to see how much people commit to the characters they create. And I can’t say enough good things about work…
HN hug of death. And well deserved, I had a great time with this one.
I was SO CLOSE to finishing the tale about the Officer Spider who ended up free his former employee of his biggest constraint, TIME, but... then it crashed. I really want to finish that story!
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#150Earlier quoted context omitted.
HN hug of death. And well deserved, I had a great time with this one.
I was SO CLOSE to finishing the tale about the Officer Spider who ended up free his former employee of his biggest constraint, TIME, but... then it crashed. I really want to finish that story!
Damn! Sorry about that. I’m upping the servers right now. Can’t wait to hear the end of this inspirational tale :)