<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: TrueGeek</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=TrueGeek</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:09:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=TrueGeek" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Creating a Garmin "MCP""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been using the unofficial Garmin APIs as well, but instead of an MCP I wrote an app that waits until my watch syncs after I wake up and then grabs all of yesterdays data and puts it into a Notion db.<p>It's been working great. The Claude morning brief compares my sleep, HRV, training status, calendar, and weather and then tells me when and how hard to workout that day.</p>
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<p>I don't know why you're getting downvoted. There are some very AI-style sentences in this article. GPTZero says "We are highly confident this text was human written and polished with AI"</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICS02VK42oU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICS02VK42oU</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275981">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49275981</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>If you're near the Maastricht / Aachen area:<p><a href="https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/" rel="nofollow">https://www.meetup.com/euregiotechmeetup/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:18:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181793</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181793</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49181793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Show HN: FablePool – pool money behind a prompt, and Fable builds it in public"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So the completed sample was estimated at $0.35, actually cost $0.52, but spend $0.55<p>This bot is almost as bad as I am at estimating projects.</p>
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<p>> it identified items in our AWS that saved us $250 a month<p>I gave Claude Code access to the Azure CLI and had it review usage. It found a couple servers that were underpowered, but it also found a lot of things that weren't being used at all. The total reduction was $40k a year.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:05:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147581</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147581</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "They Said It Would Cost $54M. We Said "No Thanks.""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We're having the users who understand the business processes use Claude to create clickable demos. Then these are presented to the engineering team to re-build. The users are loving it because they can ask for exactly what they want.</p>
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<p>But if you get tired of flagging them, you know what to do</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 12:32:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021605</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021605</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48021605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> As PRs, would you still then need to remain self-employed (forever)?<p>Nope, once we get PR we have the same rights as citizens except: we can't vote in national elections, and we can't leave the country for too long without losing the residency permit.<p>> I've bookmarked your website for further inspiration<p>Haha, last blog post was, what, 2 years ago!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170808</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170808</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> What was your final motivator to depart<p>Our main motivator was that we watched our grandparents grow older and just stop moving. I absolutely love America, but you do spend the majority of your time sitting. I'm not inactive, I do ultras, I hike, etc. But that doesn't make up for the fact that we're just always sitting - at home, at work, in the car. We wanted to live somewhere that would force us out of that.<p>> Were ya'll's companies already established<p>I had an LLC I used for contracting in the US, but the DAFT visa required setting up a new Dutch corporation.<p>> Citizens, yet<p>We're currently applying for our first visa renewal. Next time we'll be elligible for PR. Citizenship would require us to give up our US citizenship and I don't want to do that.<p>> is living in Maastricht similar to living in a US state panhandle<p>It kinda is. We don't have a car, but we do have neighbors that only grocery shop in Germany because it's cheaper.<p>> What drew ya'll south (V.e.g: Amsterdam)?<p>I just couldn't imagine living anywhere so flat and so far from forests / mountains. We still don't have proper forests in Maastricht, but I can be in the forests of Belgium or Germany in 20 minutes.<p>> Any suggestions/websites for a single electrician that's been thinking about DAFT for over a decade?<p>No websites, but just as someone who has tried to hire an electrician in both countries it seems like the shortage is greater here. It really seems like you could just come over and have a lot of work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:05:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47168783</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47168783</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47168783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> monetary requirements, which are actually quite low<p>Technically, yes - you are required to hold only €4,500 as an "investment" in the business you create. In reality you will need a lot more. My wife and I spent about €40k to move over which is inline with what others on the DAFT program have said they spent.<p>Completely worth it though!</p>
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<p>I think you're fine. The guidelines also say:<p>> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.<p>I also think the old epochconverter UI was dated. I'll switch to yours</p>
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<p>Just purchased - I don't have any time to play this week but I'm on a train for 6 hours next week and have been looking for a game for my Steam Deck.</p>
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<p>I seem to remember Gates talked about how we would soon have cheap enough storage that a person could record every conversation they ever have for this reason. This was in his '95 book 'The Road Ahead' or maybe I'm remembering it wrong</p>
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<p>Maybe unrelated, but do you have trouble completing CAPTCHAs?</p>
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<p>This is awesome, but it'd be great if you allowed for apps that we wanted to use more, not less.<p>I installed it and added my language learning app hoping to be able to use the API to report if I've studied enough. Unfortunately, it assumed I was trying to use this app less and immediately locked it.</p>
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<p>It recently expired in the US as well</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 07:47:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44133919</link><dc:creator>TrueGeek</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44133919</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44133919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by TrueGeek in "Google shared my phone number"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can set it up in the Twilio studio without having to write code. I'm not 100% positive, but I seem to remember there was a template for it and I just had to fill in the details</p>
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<p>I got a Twilio number to give to Google for my Play store listing. It simply takes a message and then emails it to me.</p>
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<p>Dear Hank and John</p>
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