Hacker News: CoolThings

New comment by CoolThings in "Collection of Digital Clock Designs"

CoolThings — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:33:30 +0000

Please add: the alien clock from the Predator movie.

New comment by CoolThings in "DeepSeek v4"

CoolThings — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:04:55 +0000

a Beowulf cluster of 256 x Raspberry Pi 3.

New comment by CoolThings in "Google plans to invest up to $40B in Anthropic"

CoolThings — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:09:55 +0000

>> a dashboard that tells you when licenses and certs are close to expiring

Or, Excel > Data > Sort > by the Date column. No dashboard needed, no app needed.

New comment by CoolThings in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

CoolThings — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:45:55 +0000

Seven years ago I bought a Jansport backpack for 50 usd, for daily use. After a year, its zipper broke. Shipping it to Jansport required to pay 15 usd for shipping. So instead, I bought in Walmart a generic backpack for 15 usd, that I still use seven years later. Never bought Jansport again.

New comment by CoolThings in "MEMS Array Chip Can Project Video the Size of a Grain of Sand"

CoolThings — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:48:45 +0000

This might be relevant for Augmented Reality headgear.