Hacker News: broabprobe

New comment by broabprobe in "The Xteink X4 E-Ink Reader"

broabprobe — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 18:42:04 +0000

I love the X3, light enough I can carry it around without noticing it. Battery lasts forever. I don't feel the need for a backlight at all, I love how simple this is.

I know people favor the X4 for the usb-c, and I'm all for universal charging cables. But in my experience the usb port is often the first component to fail in something like this. And that seems super annoying to replace. The pogo pins on the other hand are unlikely to fail. And the cable is not proprietary, you can get compatible cables on Amazon/etc.

New comment by broabprobe in "The tiniest e-reader in the world, and you can build one yourself"

broabprobe — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:23:40 +0000

Agreed, the x3 is incredible. You'll pay 2x what this costs but the ux is phenomenal with Crosspoint

New comment by broabprobe in "Linux, Finally for Everyone"

broabprobe — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:51:43 +0000

it's such a subtle joke as _parts_ of this sound genuinely helpful. But of course not having any terminal access and a read-only fallback are the haha parts I guess.

Bitmoji Anthropology [video]

broabprobe — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:06:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2I0tqgaEVo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47551818

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by broabprobe in "The American Healthcare Conundrum"

broabprobe — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:04:43 +0000

for people who prefer a video intro to the mess of the American healthcare system, Brian David Gilbert has an excellent video on the subject, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wpHszfnJns

he manages to make it a fun and enjoyable topic to learn about which is quite a feat imo

New comment by broabprobe in "Shall I implement it? No"

broabprobe — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:19:56 +0000

this just speaks to the importance of detailed prompting. When would you ever just say "no"? You need to say what to do instead. A human intern might also misinterpret a txt that just reads 'no'.

New comment by broabprobe in "Welcome (back) to Macintosh"

broabprobe — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:23:59 +0000

it's the year of the Linux desktop, again ;)

Yahoo Scout Beta

broabprobe — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:17:39 +0000

Article URL: https://scout.yahoo.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224971

Points: 24

# Comments: 3

New comment by broabprobe in "1000 Blank White Cards"

broabprobe — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:08:42 +0000

around here we call it Pangea

New comment by broabprobe in "Some Epstein file redactions are being undone"

broabprobe — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 18:55:02 +0000

thank you for using the old.reddit link, it’s a small miracle they keep that running…

New comment by broabprobe in "Show HN: A subtly obvious e-paper room air monitor"

broabprobe — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:52:00 +0000

were you able to repurpose your Awair device? Mine has sat bricked since they discontinued supporting it. I'd love to use it for anything if you're able to point to any docs on how to make it useful again?

Jai: The AI vanitas in my home

broabprobe — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 18:57:00 +0000

Article URL: https://z.bindle.institute/jai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45891302

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Rules for politely scheduling a meeting over email

broabprobe — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:43:47 +0000

Article URL: https://z.bindle.institute/rules-for-politely-scheduling-a-meeting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880015

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by broabprobe in "Paris had a moving sidewalk in 1900, and a Thomas Edison film captured it (2020)"

broabprobe — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:24:45 +0000

sad the compression on the video is so high

New comment by broabprobe in "When it comes to MCPs, everything we know about API design is wrong"

broabprobe — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 12:47:39 +0000

I really appreciate the approachable writing!

New comment by broabprobe in "Hosting a website on a disposable vape"

broabprobe — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:44:14 +0000

very impressive, I wonder if it would run Collapse OS (https://collapseos.org/)

How to STOP a robot dog [video]

broabprobe — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:53:56 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44935976

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by broabprobe in "The Who Cares Era"

broabprobe — Wed, 28 May 2025 18:17:39 +0000

there’s a lot to unpack here. Makes me think of the This Is Fine meme. People know the room is burning around them but they just don’t have enough bandwidth to address it.

New comment by broabprobe in "Playing in the Creek"

broabprobe — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:15:36 +0000

huh, I wonder if he has relayed this story multiple times, I’m only familiar with this version, https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/12020560-talking-about-when...

“(talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope) Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don’t know. The moral of the story is, is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don’t realize, or they don’t care, is we’re dancing animals.”

― Kurt Vonnegut

New comment by broabprobe in "Lessons I learned working at an art gallery"

broabprobe — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:38:00 +0000

Curious they say in the first paragraph, "didn’t speak the language" but then seemingly very quickly started attending board meetings and taking notes? With no further mention of learning Danish. Seems like a notable achievement!