Hacker News: bleair

New comment by bleair in "StationeryObject"

bleair — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 01:29:30 +0000

Some of these with the letterpress printing or embossed images have a lovely physical and 3d quality

New comment by bleair in "A Detailed Look Into The Making of Tron Legacy VFX"

bleair — Sat, 06 May 2023 09:16:06 +0000

Here DD means the "post" vfx effects house Digital Domain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Domain

The vfx business was and continues to be a "challenging field to work in", but man what an incredible experience it was working there.

Disney Rollerblading Robot

bleair — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 01:00:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/disney-rollerblading-robot-could-be-coming-theme-parks-b1066886.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35162182

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by bleair in "Six months as a full time pancreas"

bleair — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 09:57:22 +0000

May I suggest you look at this project that combines the Dexcom with your pump along with software. It is not a simple turn it on and automatically everything is perfect, however it is by far the best option right now for type 1 diabetics if you are willing to put in the effort to set it all up - which from all the testing and finger sticks indicates you are.

https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/

Acala’s Stablecoin Falls 99% After Hackers Issue 1.3B Tokens

bleair — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:15:15 +0000

Article URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/acala-stablecoin-falls-99-percent-023809537.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32479431

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Google removes app permission display – uses developer description instead

bleair — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 19:08:42 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/google-plays-new-privacy-section-actually-hides-app-permissions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32111715

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

Cryptocurrency plunges as crypto “bank” Celsius suspends withdrawals

bleair — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 01:47:30 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/cryptocurrency-plunges-as-crypto-bank-celsius-suspends-withdrawals/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31733913

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

New comment by bleair in "Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources"

bleair — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:44:23 +0000

The motivations are different, but I think wikipeida is an interesting example where editing / moderation does (mostly) work. Again, I can't see how that could ever work on twitter, but wikipedia is the only large-user-base example of "social media" that isn't horrible.

New comment by bleair in "Pilot FriXion Erasable Pens: A Comprehensive Guide"

bleair — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:38:27 +0000

They are fun / nice-colors to use, but be aware that your writing can disappear over time.

A friend has journals a few years old and on the right 2/3rds of the pages the writing is nearly gone (theory being maybe that side got warmer, but not certain)

New comment by bleair in "The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes"

bleair — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:33:32 +0000

There's also two "open source" systems - https://loopkit.github.io/loopdocs/ - https://openaps.org/

Tidepool is also trying to take the loop project and get a version of it FDA approved.

Both of the open source projects require you to do the work and actively take control of your setup (a cgm plus pump plus phone). They have really nice support communities. I would never go back to not using Loop.

macOS Monterey shows that Zoom continues to use mic regardless of being in call

bleair — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 22:44:59 +0000

Article URL: https://hothardware.com/news/mac-zoom-mute-mic-because-app-is-spying-on-you

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30326372

Points: 63

# Comments: 11

Video shows Tesla full self driving running into pole

bleair — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 13:16:24 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2022/02/04/tesla-full-self-driving-beta-crash-video/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30220692

Points: 25

# Comments: 5

Digital vs. Film, Dune

bleair — Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:44:11 +0000

Article URL: https://ymcinema.com/2021/12/03/dune-was-shot-on-alexa-lf-transferred-to-35mm-film-then-scanned-back-to-digital/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29444570

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Jetson – 1 Person “Drone” / aka VTOL ultralight aircraft

bleair — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:28:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzhREYOK0oo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29235987

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bleair in "Ask HN: How do you create a cross-platform GUI without using Electron?"

bleair — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:15:24 +0000

https://www.fltk.org/ - fast light graphics toolkit https://nanogui.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - nanogui

Everyday Astronaut: Starbase Factory Tour with Elon Musk

bleair — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 07:05:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t705r8ICkRw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28058113

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by bleair in "The Real Story of Pixar"

bleair — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:18:25 +0000

Also relevant

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/ed-catmull-on-wage...

Google engineer who criticized company in viral comics on why he finally quit

bleair — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:45:08 +0000

Article URL: https://mashable.com/article/google-engineer-manu-cornet-comics-critique

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27822379

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bleair in "Installing Windows 11 on Legacy BIOS Without Secure Boot"

bleair — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 02:51:10 +0000

Has Microsoft publicly made it clear that the true reason for the tpm requirement is all about shepherding all users into the windows App Store? As in users might be allowed to install non App Store programs for a while, but the operating system will give complaint/hassle dealings and require the user to go through several extra steps (aka macis). Some future windows releases will likely be licked to only allow Microsoft App Store-signed apps.

New comment by bleair in "Unreal engine 5 showoff demo – preview now available"

bleair — Wed, 26 May 2021 19:01:42 +0000

Preview now available

https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/unreal-engine-5-is-n...