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Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

fiftyacorn wrote: post #235
mavamaarten wrote: post #81

I live next to a school, so there's a low speed limit (30 km/h). Still, people drive like race drivers and the city hasn't ever responded to the residents' hopes of introducing a speed camera. I wanted to have some data on how many people speed, the max speed recorded, that sort of thing. Things the city should be doing after many complaints of dangerous driving and people being almost killed on zebra crossings. I ha…

i think part of the problem is 30mph/48kmph doesnt feel fast - and to get people to drive slower manufacturers need to design cars so 20mph/32kmph feels faster

Ironically, the lower you are to the ground, the faster it feels - everyone should drive a sports car!

(conversely, I drive a motorcycle sometimes which puts my head at or just over roof height of most cars, it makes 80 km/h not feel as fast. Mind you, the added road overview also helps)

Anyway. Narrow / winding roads and speed bumps will definitely make you want to drive slower. We have 'cars are guests' roads inside cities too, which are roads designed and coloured like bike paths (= red asphalt).

But the opposite is also true; I got a speeding ticket once, the road was a 4 lane, separated directions asphalt ring road... but the speed limit was 50 km/h.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

01jonny01 wrote: post #169
mavamaarten wrote: post #81

I live next to a school, so there's a low speed limit (30 km/h). Still, people drive like race drivers and the city hasn't ever responded to the residents' hopes of introducing a speed camera. I wanted to have some data on how many people speed, the max speed recorded, that sort of thing. Things the city should be doing after many complaints of dangerous driving and people being almost killed on zebra crossings. I ha…

I'd rather put up with the speeding than aasking for the government to intervene.

The speeding itself isn't the problem. The increased risk of accidents is - and since this is around a school, it involves young children.

"I'd rather put up with the speeding" implies you don't have kids and you only consider the noise nuisance, not the safety risk. Very self-centered.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by donohoe »

jonwinstanley wrote: post #415
donohoe wrote: post #406

I’ve always wanted a large wall mountable e-ink display that I could update periodically - and it didn’t need to be plugged in (or drill holes in a wall to hide the power cable). The displays are really expensive so I’m looking at taking 12 kindles apart and mounting them in a 3x4 grid. They cannot seamlessly touch at the edges so I’m looking to include that as part of the larger aesthetic then ignore it. I’ve figure…

Hey, this sounds cool. I played around with turning an old kindle into a wall mounted display a while back and got frustrated at how buggy the process was. I managed to get my own image displayed on the device but sometimes it wouldn't update, sometimes it would drop power way too fast after a full charge. I think I would use an eink display and a raspberry pi if I ever revive this project.

Yeah, I setup a Kindle that relied on the experimental web browser to open a web page over HTTP (for subway updates). The reliance on wifi meant I had to charge it often but since it was on kitchen counter that was ok.

For this I am jailbreaking the Kindles and relying on the screensaver functionality to pull down an image every 3 hours (will adjust based on power usage - only need 1 update per day tbh). This should require less power than the experimental browser using a web page with Javascript to refresh.

Collectively this will be a bit more abstract (no seamless NYT front-page experience) but I think I can get creative.

I need to see if 12 Kindles with USB cables across 1 or 2 hubs, each hub powered by a removable battery-pack is safe to hang on a wall :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

MortyWaves wrote: post #387
j_bum wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An absolute word salad. Dead internet theory

At first I thought it was meant to be funny but yeah, this has to be some AI slop surely.

Nah, no shade on the poster but AI slop would be better written, more saccharine and emphatic. You have to provide an AI generator very specific writing style prompts to come up with the same thing.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by ideashower »

renegat0x0 wrote: post #82

I am maintaining the internet on the github. Take a look. [0] https://github.com/rumca-js/Internet-Places-Database I use it for various projects, like simple search [1] https://rumca-js.github.io/search?page=1&search=emulation [2] https://rumca-js.github.io/search?page=1&search=amiga

Would be cool to see sites mapped on a network graph.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by DavidPP »

1. My personal website. -> I spent so much time ingesting content, I finally realized I need to produce some too.

2. A AI assisted brief generator -> clients often have a hard time articulating their requirements for new projects.

3. Prototyping the UX of "my" version of the perfect "process aware" editor. More organized than a Wiki, more flexible than tools like Jira, Aha and all. Not ready to share a public link yet. My goal is share my mockup in a week or two.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by xerox13ster »

apsurd wrote: post #132
j_bum wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

An absolute word salad. Dead internet theory

"being a grand dad" is his answer. and he colored it. it's not that deep so as to upset you. darklake just practicing his creative writing.

Colored it a corporate beige.

Who the heck is so brain broken as to talk about their grandchild as a startup project and their family as a frigging team.

I have to almost need to see this as AI in order to maintain sanity because there’s no way an actual human being talked about a child—their human grandchild like he was a product.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by donohoe »

ideashower wrote: post #448
donohoe wrote: post #406

I’ve always wanted a large wall mountable e-ink display that I could update periodically - and it didn’t need to be plugged in (or drill holes in a wall to hide the power cable). The displays are really expensive so I’m looking at taking 12 kindles apart and mounting them in a 3x4 grid. They cannot seamlessly touch at the edges so I’m looking to include that as part of the larger aesthetic then ignore it. I’ve figure…

Dang this is a cool project, I'd love to follow along anywhere. Are you posting about your progress online?

No, but maybe I will. All my notes are in a messy Google Doc right now.

I have a month sabbatical coming up and that was when I was planning to do all the physical work. Right now just validating the idea on paper and working with 2 kindles to ensure the approach is somewhat viable before I try and get 7 or 10 more Kindles of the same model

If I actually move forward in a meaningful way I'll do a write up and follow-up here.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2025)

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Post by konschubert »

AndrejXY wrote: post #425
konschubert wrote: post #389

I am still working in my epaper calendars, now making a 10 inch display: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... More broadly, I’m working on replacing my day job with something more exciting and impactful. I think the most excitement and impact can be found in a startup, so that’s what im trying to get into now!

Nice! On your site it says "The calendar data can come from one or more calendar providers". Is the connection direct (e.g. data flows from Google to epaper calendar), or via the app installed on the user's phone, or does it need your servers in-between?

I have a backend that connects to the calendar providers and then renders the content for the display.
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