jedanbik's comments

jedanbik | 3 years ago | on: The lost art of handheld demakes

It really is something to watch a longplay of a demake you played years ago on a television years later after totally forgetting the experience - I think it makes you appreciate the speed of the motion and the compression of the information in 3d space. Even the music is compressed - just the synthesis from the gameboy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b26QnlpaVaA

jedanbik | 6 years ago | on: Commercial submarine trips to the bottom of the Marianas Trench

Keep in mind that these vessels do not have bathrooms.

jedanbik | 7 years ago | on: Saudi Journalist Wore Apple Watch and Recorded His Own Murder in Saudi Consulate

I wonder if he was using "Just Press Record" to record the audio? It has an Apple Watch app and complication, and it automatically syncs to iCloud. It also works independently of the iPhone, and syncs up later. I share the same question as others in this thread: how did the audio get back to the phone?

https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/just-press-record/

jedanbik | 7 years ago | on: Testing the June Intelligent Oven

I really like that this oven has a camera, as well as temperature probes, and that it’s all integrated into the oven’s experience through a app on the phone. Do they have any competitors doing this stuff, or are they alone in doing this right now? I am impressed - they’ve decomposed the idea of what an oven experience usually is (stationary waiting and checking) and shifted it to what it could be (check on it from a distance, data driven shutoff from measurements). Very compelling use of simple features. That’s exciting design!

This enables “Put a turkey in the oven, and run to the store and pick up the frozen green beans you forgot to buy - you always know how the turkey is doing.”

jedanbik | 7 years ago | on: The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now it’s dead

iPhone SE wasn't waterproof.

jedanbik | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Your subjective takes on living a non-boring and pleasant life?

Learn to cook interesting recipes and challenge yourself by shopping at ethnic grocery stores.

jedanbik | 7 years ago | on: The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog By Design

C-SPAN has a section on their website where they show commentary from each supreme court judge regarding their view on cameras in the court:

https://www.c-span.org/special/?camerasInTheCourt

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: A Taxonomy of Technical Debt

Reminds me of risk analysis: Impact times Probability equals Risk.

Contagion seems like a probability factor. Impact is the cost of leaving things unchanged. Fix cost is the cost of fixing the problem.

Risk management in this context then means comparing Impact cost to Fix cost in terms of impact for the business.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: I made a Chrome extension to reveal zero-width characters

Meaning, does it mess this up?

https://emojipedia.org/zero-width-joiner/

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What Social Media are you using outside HN?

I use Nuzzel to track things shared by multiple people that I follow on various platforms such as Twitter that are trending over a given timeframe.

Great if you are interested in getting news from a niche area - let's say you follow 10 high profile VR people on twitter, and then half of them post an article about some VR thing, I'll see that on Nuzzel, and I won't have to scroll through Twitter and mentally cluster/count to know about the hot new thing in VR that VR people are talking about.

http://nuzzel.com/

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: How I Erased Facebook Comments and Likes

Hey Jaruzel,

Do you think you will share the code on github or something similar? Great writeup.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the end to end encrypted desktop messengers?

Cryptocat - not sure how that project is going these days, but here are some links:

https://github.com/cryptocat/cryptocat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptocat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadim_Kobeissi

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: An Amazon Order Might Lock You Out of Trusted Traveler Programs

Nothing like Briggs and Riley! Not a lot of their competitors offer lifetime warranties, but they do. They have replacement components, so you can fix a broken wheel instead of tossing the bag and starting from scratch.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: End of the conference era?

Conferences can be a great way to meet world renowned experts in your field, ask them questions, and network with them.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Amazon announces candidate cities for HQ2

Direct connection from RDU to SEA as of 2015: https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2015/10/01/alaska-...

For Amazon's decision, NC politics probably take points away, but right to work probably adds points in favor.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: How Birds of Paradise Produce Super-Black Feathers

Gotta love bionics!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bionics

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: Monthly subscription airline with SFO-LAX flights starting at $78

Blog link is dead.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Founder claims I never purchased options, but I deposited checks

Find an attorney. Don’t give us any updates. Consider deleting this. This posting could be considered legally discoverable. Not hard to figure out who you are from your submission history. Best of luck.

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: Open source modular synth software lets you create 70s & 80s electronic music

This frustration is why Korg sold so many Minilogues last year.

Check out this Minilogue review playlist by Marc Doty of Automatic Gainsay. You can see what's happening on the oscilloscope while he's explaining things.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAGrtvdn2CyYwV6gxgiXv...

jedanbik | 8 years ago | on: NSA’s top talent is leaving because of low pay, flagging morale, unpopular reorg

That’s the thing about working for the government. You’ll never make more money than the president.