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New comment by nsbk in "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch"

nsbk — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:41:21 +0000

I was on the market for a 128Gb M5 Max and went with the Studio + an Air for about the same money

New comment by nsbk in "MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch"

nsbk — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:31:12 +0000

My god the prices. Good thing I lost interest in high-end laptops. Beefy desktop + light laptop is how I roll nowadays

New comment by nsbk in "Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear"

nsbk — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:14:42 +0000

Well, it's solar and sits in my balcony sooo...

Just kidding, I know what you mean. I actually started with true balcony solar and evolved into the battery+inverter setup and couldn't be happier

New comment by nsbk in "Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear"

nsbk — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:11:24 +0000

Definitely! I'm using a Zendure SolarFlow 800 Pro [0] and two solar panels. That unit is the battery and micro inverter all in one. It just plugs into one of your home outlets. I also installed a Shelly power meter [1] that the SolarFlow can talk to and learn about your usage trends, and also prevent it from feeding power back to the grid if you want it to.

The SolarFlow 800 Pro goes for around 500 euros, and good quality solar panels for ~120 each. ~100 for the power meter and ~70 for the brackets to install the panels on. Oh and maybe ~40 for cables.

You can also use the battery as a massive power bank with a 240V outlet on camping trips xD

[0] https://zendure.com/products/solarflow-800-pro [1] https://shellyspain.com/shelly-pro-em-50.html

New comment by nsbk in "Solar power is becoming bigger than nuclear"

nsbk — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:08:15 +0000

Im running such system in sunny Valencia and with just two panels I’ve cut my monthly spend in half.

The system is quite smart, it charges the battery up from the grid when electricity is cheap and discharges during peak hours. Legally it’s limited to 800W, but you can set it up to a much higher output.

New comment by nsbk in "Siri is so bad at everything"

nsbk — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:35:23 +0000

Siri is the only thing in the whole universe which can make me rage. Not computers, not $dayjob, not my car, not getting lost while riding a rally in the desert, not people. Siri. Only Siri can do that.

New comment by nsbk in "Mistral Large 4"

nsbk — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:31:45 +0000

Nice! Once they make it available through their API I will be happy to support them. My local Qwen3.8 27B is serving me well, but I miss the speed and concurrency that comes with subscriptions, and I am not currently paying for any.

Tais-toi et prends mon argent!

New comment by nsbk in "Suits Are Better Tech Than Modern Clothes"

nsbk — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 07:31:06 +0000

Very cool. I'm now actively searching for a yukata. Thanks for sharing!

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:23:51 +0000

Oh I’ve been mostly plant based for years, maybe that helps explaining the difference

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:28:31 +0000

No, mostly cycling (~200km+/week with one 100km+ ride) and 30 minutes of daily yoga

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:26:17 +0000

~5g most days, ~10g if I didn't sleep well. I'm currently 68kg

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:25:04 +0000

Definitely! I would not recommend it to make up for lack of sleep for extended periods of time.

One of the things I'm trying to do better lately is to have a good sleep hygiene. Sun in the eyes early in the morning, no caffeine for the first 60 waking minutes of the day (adenosine absorption period), no screens 2 hours before bed and whatnot. Still, some nights I will just wake up in the middle of the night and won't be able to get back to sleep, then it's when I feel creatine helps

Edit: Typo

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:19:15 +0000

The overall fitness is going to definitely have a positive effect on the perceived energy levels (my Vo2 max is at its highest ever). On the other hand, I have been very fit at other times in my life but have never experienced this "my head can just go on" feeling before. I used to take conscious breaks, do NSDR between meetings and other energy-replenishing tricks because I __needed__ them. It feels like now I don't

New comment by nsbk in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"

nsbk — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:08:00 +0000

This is such a crazy substance. I'm 43 and I feel like I have more energy than I have ever had before. I started taking it during recovery from a bad ankle fracture since it helps building muscle mass. Once the ankle was better I took up CrossFit, and kept on taking creatine because why not, it helps replenish ATP so I will be able to give the extra-push when working out, I thought.

What is blowing my mind though is that at $dayjob my team is going through a crazy crunch to deliver a very strategic project and some of us are pushing 10-12h days often. I'm in hour 12 today for the second day in a row, and my head is not tired at all. Turns out the brain also uses a lot of ATP too, specially during demanding cognitive tasks so I guess it is creatine that is keeping the engine running smoothly even after so many hours.

I will like once every week or two have a poor night sleep. These days I take twice the dose and I don't feel like I'm sleep deprived at all. Feels like cheating! And apparently no side effects at all so far. Well, maybe I'm working too much.

New comment by nsbk in "Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations"

nsbk — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:49:54 +0000

Fair! Also, I would love to build this myself as I'm moving out of the city and to the countryside soon.

I'm based off Spain, so I'll be happy to contribute if I find missing Iberian and Mediterranean species, or if some cool feature idea comes up :)

New comment by nsbk in "Show HN: An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations"

nsbk — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:40:10 +0000

Very cool, but IMO not mentioning https://theodore.net/projects/AvianVisitors/ as an inspiration is a very ugly move from the author

New comment by nsbk in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nsbk — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:43:40 +0000

Well played! I guess we’ll never see such prices anymore.

With regards to the wireless power on, I was definitely not the trail blazer. I’m just using https://github.com/Thunkar/bc250-esp32-switch

New comment by nsbk in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nsbk — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:03:37 +0000

Hello fellow Spaniard! I just checked the prices and they don't make any sense anymore. A few weeks back you could find the board in Aliexpress for 150eur, now it's twice that price or even more. I got mine fom eBay, didn't think of checking Aliexpress at the time. As per the other parts, I got a quite fancy Metalfish PSU [0] (was on sale when I got it), a power button [1] from Ali (not necessarily needed) and an ESP32 [2] for the remote power on. Then a high pressure fan, I went with Arctic P12 Pro [3]. Wifi and BT adapters whatever works on Linux will work.

[0] https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005009609601844.html

[1] https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005011847734240.html

[2] https://es.aliexpress.com/item/1005007479144456.html

[3] https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0DJDC74BP?th=1

New comment by nsbk in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nsbk — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:19:41 +0000

In my particular case the HDMI goes directly into a sound bar which does not have a DP input. I assume most people building a box like this will connect it to a TV, which is most commonly HDMI-only. So technically not a strong requirement but practically almost

New comment by nsbk in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nsbk — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 15:53:38 +0000

First time I hear about WoWLAN, thanks! I will check if it can work with my cheap usb Wifi adapter.

Yours seems a bit too eager though! I wouldn't want the thing to start up every time I get home as it turns the projector on, which lowers the projector screen, which blocks the (small) apartment's main entrance when lowered and would make me enter home on my fours ¯\_(ツ)_/¯