Hacker News: pauly

New comment by pauly in "Bring back crappy forums"

pauly — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:39:01 +0000

The thing that killed them for me was the evolution from this simple style that hn still uses to every post being a mini bio for the poster, with tagline and links. But even this objection seems ridiculously dated now.

New comment by pauly in "We're bringing Pebble back"

pauly — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:29:24 +0000

I had my final pebble hardware failure just before they stopped trading. I'll give it a miss.

New comment by pauly in "Using Web Bluetooth to Communicate with Bluetooth Devices"

pauly — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 09:43:37 +0000

I definitely do for something I want to write myself, that behaves like an app, but has zero entry barrier. I am adding PWA best practices to everything I do now "just in case", still not quite sure if it's going anywhere, maybe it is only me. I wanted a "packing reminder" on my phone so I made https://paulypopex.gitlab.io/holiday-reminder/# and it works for me.

New comment by pauly in "Open Location Code: An Open Source Standard for Addresses"

pauly — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:52:15 +0000

what3words has appeared twice recently as a news story on bbc.co.uk I'd not heard of plus.codes even though now I realise I'd seen them on google maps listings

New comment by pauly in "Fitbit is reportedly buying Pebble for around $40M"

pauly — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:30:54 +0000

agreed, nephew got his pebble steel replaced no questions for serious screen issues. I have minor screen issues occasionally though have had mine for a couple of years. Might try for a replacement. Might they send me a fitbit now instead..?

New comment by pauly in "Pipfile for Python"

pauly — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:51:03 +0000

package.json makes so much sense to me, npm has spoiled me also

New comment by pauly in "The Linux Foundation Unites the JavaScript Community for Open Web Development"

pauly — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:49:12 +0000

even simpler open your browser console and just start typing, I've found new ideas by letting the autocomplete there guide me

New comment by pauly in "Bluetooth LED bulbs"

pauly — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:49:51 +0000

I use Lightwaverf in the UK, replacing the switches with their dimmers. They do have limitations (can't query the state and mostly doesn't work with led bulbs) but the form factor is good.

New comment by pauly in "CHIP $9 Computer"

pauly — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 11:37:33 +0000

they're ramping up the availability at the moment, adafruit has them I think http://whereismypizero.com/ - some places only have them as part of a kit admittedly, but I managed to buy one on its own. I'm confident availability is getting easier, and the new version has a camera slot too.

New comment by pauly in "Show HN: Dead Yet? – Keep an eye on dying startups"

pauly — Thu, 26 May 2016 12:20:13 +0000

pretty negative, reminds me of fuckedcompany.com back in about 2000 - that made it into a game, you could bet on which dotcom bubble companies were going to fail.

New comment by pauly in "Pebble 2, Time 2 + All-New Pebble Core"

pauly — Tue, 24 May 2016 14:58:52 +0000

looks like it supports standard watch straps so knock yourself out (steel 1 owner)

New comment by pauly in "Arduino in the size of a AA battery"

pauly — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:13:34 +0000

after the initial batch all manufacturing resource was supposedly moved to the pi 3 so they're still tricky to come by. I'm sure they'll be back though. There's an interview in https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/issues/43/ that explains this I think. I have one pi zero and (like 99% of raspberry pis - or is it raspberries pi? - in the wild) I have not done anything useful with it yet.

New comment by pauly in "Spike Lee Shares His NYU Teaching List of Essential Films"

pauly — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 11:59:11 +0000

Ed Wood or Plan 9 From Outer Space?

New comment by pauly in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016)"

pauly — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 17:22:10 +0000

Holiday Extras | Kent coast, UK | ONSITE | Full-Time | £40-60k

LOADS of tech vacancies http://join.holidayextras.co.uk/vacancies/ Particularly of interest here would be Full Stack Developer. Mostly work is js / node but "In no particular order, we have used the following technologies over the last few years: PHP, Java, Javascript, NodeJS, Ruby, Coffeescript, Python, Cordova/Phonegap, Backbone, React and will continue to always use the best technologies for the purposes of our work" Partly on site but everyone works partly remote, the company is very remote friendly. Good luck, say you heard it from me...

New comment by pauly in "Raspberry Pi 3 on Sale"

pauly — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:52:58 +0000

I have exactly the same! I understood it to be down to network issues, maybe that'll be solved with on board wifi?

New comment by pauly in "Raspberry Pi 3 on Sale"

pauly — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:52:12 +0000

I have them running home automation, energy usage, security cameras, and temperature monitoring (outdoor, and indoor home brew). Plus streaming audio and an inevitible xbmc http://pauly.github.io/lightwaverf/ https://github.com/pauly/raspbrewery http://pauly.github.io/pi-motion/

New comment by pauly in "Raspberry Pi 3 on Sale"

pauly — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 09:49:08 +0000

previously you'd have had a wifi dongle in one slot, plus then maybe mouse and keyboard... likely to be fine with the same power supply for the same use cases as before. Don't try and run your christmas tree off it.

New comment by pauly in "Adblock via /etc/hosts"

pauly — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:04:17 +0000

been doing this for a long time with various facebook related domains - upsets people if they borrow my laptop though.

New comment by pauly in "Adblock via /etc/hosts"

pauly — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 10:01:04 +0000

I thought I had similar, we use Junos Pulse and it rewrites your /etc/hosts file. I think it takes a backup at some point and rebuilds the file from that when it needs to. This means some local changes just disappear. Nothing sinister though afaik.

New comment by pauly in "Show HN: CMS.js – Fully Client-Side JavaScript Site Generator"

pauly — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 14:21:24 +0000

I don't think any "physical web" scanners do right now unfortunately, for example https://github.com/dermike/physical-web-scan (or search for mobile apps called "physical web"). This completely banjaxed my attempt to make an all front end internet beacon recently.