Hacker News: nolan879

New comment by nolan879 in "Why Nextcloud feels slow to use"

nolan879 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:28:04 +0000

This also happened to me with my nextcloud, thankfully I did not lose any photos. I transitioned to Immich for my photos and have not looked back.

New comment by nolan879 in "Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?"

nolan879 — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:26:28 +0000

Not yet! I'm a mechanical engineer by trade, so my C++ is horrendous. I am still in the very early phases of this project, once I get past the hardcoding all of my variables I will share some more.

New comment by nolan879 in "Ask HN: What are you working on (September 2024)?"

nolan879 — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 20:24:32 +0000

Working on a HomeAssistant plugin to control my home from my Macintosh SE/30. Compiling with retro68 and using my bluescsi for wifi.

New comment by nolan879 in "Porsche's idea for a six-stroke internal combustion engine"

nolan879 — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:57:26 +0000

I Do Cars did a tear down of the M96 engine from a 986 Boxster S. Seeing inside of them, it makes sense how these motors cost $20K to teardown, rebuild and remedy Porsche's cost cutting in their first water cooled engine. I would own another 986 or 996 in a heartbeat. Tear down video: https://youtu.be/qrkALiq5hTU?si=0OmBKYcim-cflJEy

New comment by nolan879 in "MacRelix – Unix-like features for classic Mac OS"

nolan879 — Mon, 13 May 2024 01:39:56 +0000

I wonder if there would be a way to adapt this to also use MacTCP instead of OpenTransport.

New comment by nolan879 in "The IMEI Code: Your phone’s other number"

nolan879 — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 19:56:42 +0000

Carriers have been blacklisting IMEIs for at least 10+ years. Since phones tended to be carrier-locked back then you couldn't go to a new carrier without being in good standing to get your device's unlock code from the old carrier. Now that devices are available unlocked by default, it is probably harder since it would require carriers to communicate IMEIs?

New comment by nolan879 in "Switch off bad TV settings"

nolan879 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:00:23 +0000

There are some business/enterprise displays offer a "framework" approach by using a RPI CM4 to control everything. Unfortunately, that is out of reach for most consumers lacking a corporate sales account.

New comment by nolan879 in "MastApple//C, a Mastodon client for the Apple II (//C and ][e)"

nolan879 — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:15:06 +0000

I love that you have created a way to use HomeAssistant with your AppleII, do you have any screenshots of it running?

New comment by nolan879 in "Privacy friendly ESP32 smart doorbell with Home Assistant local integration"

nolan879 — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:29:48 +0000

UniFi doorbell requires a UniFi NVR, and maybe UniFi console/ AP. The non-pro doorbells require wifi. POE is only an option on the with the Pro doorbells via a proprietary USB-C to POE cable.

New comment by nolan879 in "Classic fountain pens"

nolan879 — Tue, 02 May 2023 16:39:01 +0000

I love my Esterbrooks, I was gifted a green model J many years ago, and I use it frequently at home. I recently purchased an SJ from an antiques market, and revived it with a new ink sac ($20 all in), this pen now lives on my desk at work. I prefer their lighter weight to the Pilot Metropolitans.

New comment by nolan879 in "ManyCam dishonored my lifetime license"

nolan879 — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:44:13 +0000

in 2015 I bought a lifetime license for SpeedDial2 Pro, but in 2021 they switched to a yearly subscription model to sustain upkeep and development. I am thankful that their team has grandfathered in lifetime licenses for use of the core feature set. I believe the new features that came after the subscription model are only for the new subscribers.

New comment by nolan879 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)"

nolan879 — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 18:36:17 +0000

Location: SE, Michigan Remote: Yes, hybrid preferred Willing to relocate: No Technologies: Mechanical engineering, CAD, Injection molding, automotive interior engineering Résumé/CV: nolanorr.com Email: norr(at)umich(dot)edu

New comment by nolan879 in "A dozen USB chargers in the lab: Apple is good, but not quite the best (2012)"

nolan879 — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:33:50 +0000

I'm still using mine to power a qi charger. Everything about the HP Touchpad was overbuilt, I got mine during the firesale.

New comment by nolan879 in "Ask HN: Where are all the mechanical engineers?"

nolan879 — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:33:28 +0000

We're here! Just lurking for interesting posts!

New comment by nolan879 in "The best apples for apple pie"

nolan879 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:14:15 +0000

To me the cosmic's flavor was a little too sweet, I've noticed that the availability is also much scarcer than honeycrisp (at least in my area). I will agree that the texture was MUCH crisper though!

New comment by nolan879 in "Wet/Dry Vacuum Buying Guide (2019)"

nolan879 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:30 +0000

Project Farm really does some very helpful consumer research videos, he is quite active in reading the video comments for suggestions too.

New comment by nolan879 in "Uses for an old Android device"

nolan879 — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:46:54 +0000

I discovered the other day that you can use your old android phone as a server for OctoPrint, a 3D printer controller that runs off a web interface. I am going to give this a try using my old OnePlus 3T.

https://github.com/feelfreelinux/octo4a

New comment by nolan879 in "What are your most used self-hosted applications?"

nolan879 — Wed, 04 May 2022 18:19:59 +0000

Portainer - Docker management via web Sonarr/Radarr/ Bazarr/ Jackett - Linux ISO manager qBittorrent- Linux ISOs Overseer - So my family can request Linux ISOs Plex - Streaming content for family Nginx Proxy Manager - Too lazy to configure reverse proxies by hand Homebridge/ Homeassistant - Home automations and HomeKit integrations Hammond - Vehicle expense tracking Octoprint - Mainly used to check on my printer without standing up Heimdall - Launchpad for all sites hosted above