I'm working on a production version that allows for the cloning of identification cards with or without RFID using a 7 color epaper display I call psychic paper. Raw BOM is ~$100 I presented it at skywalks and defcon 32. The hardware and software is really all built out the real thing is to find the right epaper display (4.01 inch 7 color display) and an easy way to display the badge. I moved to a pimoroni instead of…
Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
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#942Working on https://usedigest.com , a tool to curate content from any source into a daily email. No this is not just grabbing RSS feeds, we're using tons of APIs to fetch data wherever we can. The goal is to replace the mindless scrolling we all do on a daily basis and try to help people become more productive without the fear of missing out. You can consume the daily email, or read it on the web as we generate a dire…
Looks remarkably similar to Mailbrew. How is it different?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#943I've been trying to work on things that aren't necessarily economically valuable but that are on my mind and I want to share. For example, a carbon footprint calculator that pokes fun at the idea of the individual being to blame for climate change. https://a.mancato.nl/climate-calculator And after seeing my dad struggle to find stuff online because he was seeing so many ads, I made an adblocker ad. https://a.mancato.…
Fun calculator. A little noisy to make its points, but "You could die right now and Shell could continue operating for 6 seconds longer with the carbon you saved" is a powerful statement. I wasted so much energy in my most vigorous years trying to make decisions that literally don't matter at all and felt so important. I could have been building skills to influence policy instead, but the sustainability movement was…
Makes me think of adding a big quote + Tweet this element to the page. E.g:
"I could die right now and Shell could continue operating for 6 seconds longer with the carbon I saved"
- Tweet thisThough maybe a bit too on the nose haha.
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#944During my 8 years of professional SWE career (mostly startups), I've never worked in a company that did not suffer data breach / was hacked. It was always dumb stuff like admin:admin or deploying vulnerable things and forgetting on them. After last one, I was done, left my job and started building Recon Wave [0]. I want to build tooling that will monitor your infra for you and find vulnerable / misconfigured / forgot…
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#945Maintaining a database of Canadian grocery prices. (Reach out to me if you're passionate about rising food prices and/or have economic analysis skills!) Writing articles about & archiving Victorian-era "Artistic Printing" - like the examples at [2]. (Reach out if you're knowledgeable about letterpress printing, brass rule art etc. and want to share your insights) [1] https://jacobfilipp.com/hammer [2] https://www.she…
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#946I'm working on a production version that allows for the cloning of identification cards with or without RFID using a 7 color epaper display I call psychic paper. Raw BOM is ~$100 I presented it at skywalks and defcon 32. The hardware and software is really all built out the real thing is to find the right epaper display (4.01 inch 7 color display) and an easy way to display the badge. I moved to a pimoroni instead of…
Physical pen-testing oriented yeah?
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
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#948Anyone know of a community where you genuinely try each other’s stuff and give feedback? Sometimes lose motivation aimlessly guessing what people want without having users to give actual feedback.
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#949www.learnthewords.app
Re: Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?
#950A chrome extension that lets you chat with any webpage using LLMS! helps avoid a bunch of copy-pasting into ChatGpt. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/rocky-ai/fdjoklehji... 1. Summarize Articles – Get concise overviews of content from sources like HackerNews, Reddit, and more. 2. Quick Information Lookup – Effortlessly locate key details on pages such as developer documentation, car forums, and beyond. 3. Per…