<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Otternonsenz</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Otternonsenz</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:10:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Otternonsenz" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Project Gemini"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To be fair, I believe this protocol existed before Google’s thing, if I remember right.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 05:44:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45961768</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45961768</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45961768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "OpenAVMKit: A Free and Open Source real estate valuation library for Python"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Honestly not expecting to see an answer to a question I had for myself and other residential appraisers who want to have our own AVMs to run thru, that we can develop ourselves!<p>Was at a conference last week where I was trying to figure out where to start with automated value models, and this is perfect.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:36:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941804</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Then this might serve as an interesting opportunity for you to sell leads or direct them towards the info you’re scraping from.<p>Tho if it works as free advertisement on either side, that’s a win-win.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:50:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435690</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435690</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43435690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Show HN: We made a photo search engine for homes for sale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Zillow, OpenDoor, Redfin, and Realtor.com all pay for API access to the largest Multiple Listing Systems (except for Realtor because they are the ones that are selling the access).<p>They then use their own “special” algorithms to give their price estimate based on “relevant” factors by what you are describing.<p>Your real issue is that the agents putting these homes on the market have a financial stake in it selling, and own copyright to all the pictures and descriptions of their listings. So you have more liability if you are scraping their info.<p>Another issue is who is the target audience for this? Most serious homebuyers are going to use an agent or a trusted partner for a transaction, and are not excited about compounding layers of hurdles to purchase a home<p>I am a residential real estate appraiser in the US and real estate technologist, which is why I bring up these points.</p>
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<p><p><pre><code>  Location: South West US
  Remote: Preferred 
  Willing to relocate: For the right company
  Technologies: PHP, XML, JavaScript, some Powershell
  Résumé/CV: Can supply Residential Appraisal License as needed
  Email: brian.lovejoy@realmetricsaz.com
</code></pre>
I’m not looking to be hired for any full time position, but rather to be a subject matter expert for those who are doing business in residential appraisal, the residential housing space, or require better understanding of the secondary mortgage market for their startup.<p>As one of few young people in my profession, there is much potential in making a fairly opaque industry better known, and I’ve seen very few of my older peers interested in sharing the knowledge we hold (which is also why it is so hard to get into this profession).<p>I work full time in my geographic area, but I am able to set my schedule to my liking, so if I am someone who seems worthwhile to talk with, don’t hesitate to reach out!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:13:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42934288</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42934288</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42934288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am curious, with the way you are using “<1% are going to pay for music on here”, is that to be read as “no more than 1% are going to pay for music on here” or that “less than 1% are going to pay for music on here”?<p>Is your point that people aren’t willing to pay for things if they have a choice not to?<p>Or is it that independent artists should be grateful that people see their work at all and that “most” people will just think they are a grifting sociopath?<p>Not sure what your issue with my comment is, but I’m interested in what you meant, as I feel I’m missing context that only you have at the moment.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:26:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42516450</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42516450</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42516450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Blackcandy: Self hosted music streaming server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Because a person might be willing:<p>-to directly support artists with buying the albums or songs at full price, rather than letting Spotify barely pay artists anything for their music (especially independent ones without industry connections)<p>-knowing you own your library and that once you’ve purchased media, there is nothing to take it away other than the sands of time taking back its silicate<p>-one does not need unlimited access to songs they will never hear, especially when natural discoverability on Spotify is so so versus trawling through sites like Bandcamp, Earmilk, RCRDLBL (I know it doesn’t exist anymore), or other places where new artists show their work in a way that Spotify doesn’t provide</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:58:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42515564</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42515564</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42515564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: How do infrastructure providers calculate cost to compute?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From the outside of the hosting business, but with a less-than-shallow understanding of computer and networking history, I am befuddled at hosting costs (cheap as they may be even for how they’ve been historically).<p>Is there a way to find the actual cost to compute a given task in terms of electricity consumption, or has this been a solved problem and hosting companies just add their proprietary sauce and then charge for the end result?<p>I’m curious in this way, because I’d love to be able to host for clients in my geographical area, but I don’t want to over-charge more than what it is actually worth to run the infrastructure.<p>At the core of my question is understanding the basic economics of hosting in relation to electrical consumption and hardware wear. I’d guess the outer layer of my question has a bit to do with knowing the true cost of hosting rather than how to make the most off of clients for simple services.<p>Appreciate any and all input!</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40300339">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40300339</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2024 16:59:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40300339</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40300339</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40300339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wonder if this will muddy the waters for searching about info for the Gemini protocol..<p>I have no use for machine learning like this, and definitely not what I thought when I saw the headline.  Hope the pivot works well for alphabet, but odd nonetheless.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 17:53:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39305129</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39305129</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39305129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Why I Like Obsidian"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nicole is great, and someone who is a fantastic resource for all the cool ways people use the software!<p>Her and a bunch of others are active on the Obsidian discord, and from the TTRPG specific Obsidian group, they released a fantastic resource in:
<a href="https://obsidianttrpgtutorials.com/Obsidian+TTRPG+Tutorials/Obsidian+TTRPG+Tutorials" rel="nofollow">https://obsidianttrpgtutorials.com/Obsidian+TTRPG+Tutorials/...</a><p>It has a lot there, and not every DM needs everything in here. However, I love this resource as another way to understand all the different things you could do with and without plugins.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2024 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39042886</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39042886</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39042886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Why I Like Obsidian"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>While not my personal knowledge base yet, my personal use case for Obsidian is probably what gives me the most joy for it: as a Dungeon Master’s Worldbuilding Notes / Interactive DM Screen<p>Where I have used pen and paper in the past to track everything, Obsidian has supercharged my ability to sit down and flesh out my homebrew world in a way that was hard to do for myself prior. On top of the ease of writing and linking together notes, it also allows me to simultaneously tie in my pre-written lore with the session notes I take, so I don’t forget stuff that happens or that my players are supposed to pick up on.<p>I’ve also encouraged my players to use it, so that if they are taking notes on the right things, they can piece together stuff or make their own assumptions to inform how they choose to play.<p>It works for us, I get it’s not for everyone. But versus my old DM Binder in OneNote, it works perfectly for my needs!<p>On a similar, yet separate note, I’ve found the folder/note structure to be conducive to learning new TTRPG rules and essentially having my personal SRDs for different games (currently chunking my way through the Shadowrun 6e SRD and making my own notes or expansions on it to make it make more sense).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:22:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39032152</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39032152</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39032152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Penrose – Create diagrams by typing notation in plain text"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think they were working on an Obsidian plug-in at some point, and got some primitive functionality up, but don’t know what the state of that is currently.<p>So possible rendering point, though I guess falls under browser engine</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05:26:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38997705</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38997705</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38997705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Life Changing Books on Sex and Relationships"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can agree this one is fantastic, and you don’t need to be polyamorous or in a poly relationship to get something out of it. I would recommend it for anyone who wants to be more secure in non-amorous relationships as well, as the stuff in here could easily be applied to those situations.<p>You could probably find other books on attachment theory, but the application of those ideas in a book that is based on the individual and how to navigate your own attachment issues in the midst of multiple relationships is great.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:47:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569653</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569653</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38569653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "KernType – A Letter Spacing Game"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That visual pun was my Typography professor's favorite joke as we were learning about kerning, haha.</p>
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<p>So runs a virtual machine on any type of hardware?<p>I like the idea of computing that works anywhere and is not locked in by vendor, but it seems like this is early enough that they are light on specifics, from my cursory glance.</p>
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<p>Not to my knowledge at this point in time, though I wish there was. Gopher and other small web tech seem closer to the owned platform idea.<p>I would love not having to rent my platform from anyone, but our current system does not support owned domains for a non-technical user who does not have the tens of thousands of dollars to apply for owning their own TLD.</p>
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<p>I’m not at my home Obsidian vault, but now I’m curious if there is a way to make this work within the theme settings for Obsidian.<p>If anyone else gets to it before I do, let me know if it needs some reworking. I’ll post my findings in a reply to this comment once I have the ability!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 15:22:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35042040</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35042040</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35042040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: Where are the open source physical music production tools?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In building out a home recording studio piece by piece, I’ve had difficulties finding gear that is useful but not too out of my current price range (as I do not currently have the extra money). Even for “cheap” mixing controllers or rack effects are  out of my abilities currently.<p>What boggles my mind is that the hardware for some of this gear is nothing new; Motorized faders have been commonplace since the mid 70’s, knobs and potentiometers have been around for a while, and to my understanding most older control boards are simple computers. Is there anyone on HN that might have domain experience in this or could direct me to someone who does?<p>I think making custom hardware for myself and others sounds like a nice hobby in my free time, but it seems like I am not aware of any resources that break down how to get into doing so. I have experience in basic circuit design and can read diagrams, and could stand to build back my abilities to solder from more than a decade of not using them.<p>I do understand that there are Eurorack synths and stuff out there, but I’m more talking about making music hardware at a small scale and making it available for anyone to build upon or learn from.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33834100">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33834100</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 17:58:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33834100</link><dc:creator>Otternonsenz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33834100</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33834100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Otternonsenz in "Ask HN: How to develop GIS program for fantasy maps?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is very much up the alley of what I was looking for. Thank you!</p>
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<p>Actually very up the alley I’m thinking, but still would like to scratch the itch of rolling my own solution.<p>Definitely checking it out and might have to subscribe for a bit!</p>
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