Hacker News: djake

New comment by djake in "Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer"

djake — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:06:59 +0000

If I want to try developing an app for this, should I just wait for the thing to be generally available and try to buy one? Would Apple ever offer some kind of developer preview device?

New comment by djake in "The Sourdough Framework"

djake — Wed, 17 May 2023 00:23:26 +0000

I joined the sourdough bandwagon during the pandemic. I was committed to whole wheat, and had inconsistent (to put it generously) results until I came across Hendrik's Whole Wheat Sourdough Master class[0]. Really great content, and all of the experimentation really showed. I'm happy to see it here!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImVvQMvGZKE

Boston Venture Studio – CEO Criteria

djake — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:57:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bvs.net/ceo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29949631

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Developer built a simpler vaccine sign-up website while on maternity leave

djake — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:42:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/08/us/olivia-adams-ma-covid-vaccine-website-trnd/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27610054

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by djake in "There's another right to repair fight brewing in Massachusetts"

djake — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:38:11 +0000

My understanding is the motivation for Q1 is that vendors will stop including ODB ports since they can rely on OTA mechanisms [1], thus bypassing the intent of the previously enacted right to repair bill. The Globe editorial [2], despite being in favor of Question 1, acknowledges many of the concerns you've laid out. They suggest, as a possible remedy, that the Legislature amend the law if and when voters approve it, and propose "a compromise that requires all cars, including electric vehicles, to keep their OBD ports — which mechanics can currently plug into to retrieve diagnostics data ."

1: "More than 90% of new cars transmit real-time repair information wirelessly, and independent repair shops will soon have limited or no access." https://massrighttorepair.org/ 2: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/13/opinion/vote-yes-ques...

Coronavirus response failed because we didn’t understand the complexity

djake — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 06:08:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/03/what-really-doomed-americas-coronavirus-response/608596/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22682347

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by djake in "Recap of the `funding` experiment"

djake — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 05:52:01 +0000

Why don't npm/yarn/github/etc have explicit support for premium packages that cost money? It can provide revenue for the registry, too.

Napster and LimeWire were cool because people got something for free and, all else being equal, people prefer free to not free; but all else is not equal because free is not necessarily sustainable. If there were literally no way to monetize music at scale, it would not have worked out well for consumers in the long wrong, because there would be far less to consume.

People pay for software regularly. Package managers are marketplaces for software, so it doesn't seem like a huge leap for them to facilitate the exchange of funds. Then feross can charge money for standard if he wants, and people that don't think it's worth it won't pay him and won't see an ad and won't use the software.

New comment by djake in "Google Calendar Event Injection with MailSniper (2017)"

djake — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:30:10 +0000

A Report SPAM button on calendar invites would seem to be in order, so I don't have to manually delete each of these from the same address, and so Google can ban the offending account quickly.

Edit: it appears you can do this on desktop but not mobile: https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/6110973?co=GENIE....

New comment by djake in "Rules of optimization"

djake — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 01:20:51 +0000

Can you recommend where I can see such data? It would be a very useful reference.