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New comment by svl7 in "Pebble Index 01 – External memory for your brain"

svl7 — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:35:51 +0000

That could be achievable without a battery, using a Piezo button like some Hue remotes... Though not sure with the small form factor.

New comment by svl7 in "Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower"

svl7 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:37:15 +0000

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45675020

New comment by svl7 in "MIT physicists improve the precision of atomic clocks"

svl7 — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:54:18 +0000

This topic of time being a western construct, it's impact on society and life is one of the subjects in the excellent book "Borderliners" [1] by Peter Høeg. A favorite of mine, though I never read the English translation. It's a fascinating topic, and impacts our live more than we might be aware of or care to admit. I started thinking about it in a different way after reading this book.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderliners

New comment by svl7 in "Jiratui – A Textual UI for interacting with Atlassian Jira from your shell"

svl7 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:23:41 +0000

I'd love to work with this. The normal web view is annoyingly slow. Too bad it is not compatible with Api v2 used by on-prem Jira instances.

New comment by svl7 in "Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass tool allows disabling all AI features"

svl7 — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:57:54 +0000

Link to repo as the article fails to even mention it: https://github.com/builtbybel/Flyby11

New comment by svl7 in "Pebble Time 2 Design Reveal [video]"

svl7 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:12:21 +0000

It's visible at ca 6:47 in the video.

New comment by svl7 in "Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans"

svl7 — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:34:44 +0000

For me the database rebuild happens on every boot (NW-A55), no matter whether a file changed it not. It's the one thing that constantly annoys me with this device as it takes several minutes...

New comment by svl7 in "Authors seek Meta's torrent client logs and seeding data in AI piracy probe"

svl7 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:36:11 +0000

However in order to get to the compressed state, the original data would have to be processed in some way as a whole. This would require a copy of the material to be available. In case that copy was attained in an illegal way, what are the implications?

New comment by svl7 in "Authors seek Meta's torrent client logs and seeding data in AI piracy probe"

svl7 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 06:08:58 +0000

While Meta's use of copyrighted material might actually fall under fair use I wonder about the implications of having to use the whole source material for training purposes...

Let's say I quote some key parts of a copyrighted book in an way that complies with fair use for a work of mine. In order to find the quoted parts I have to read the whole book first. To read the book first I need to acquire it. If it was simply pirated, wouldn't that technically be the main issue, not the fair use part in their service? I am an absolute layman when it comes to the subject of law and just thinking loudly. It seems to me that admitting using pirated works could be more problematic on itself, regardless of the resulting fair use when it is clear that the whole content had to be consumed / processed to get to the result.

New comment by svl7 in "Celebrating the timeless allure of Tintin's aesthetics"

svl7 — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:24:17 +0000

What also comes to mind is Yoko Tsuno [1]. I'm not sure how well known this is in the US. The creator Roger Leloup was supporting Hegré on the technical drawings. For people who like the 'ligne claire' style, definitely check it out. The science fiction aspect of it might appeal to the audience on HN.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Tsuno

New comment by svl7 in "Poll: Do you use browser profiles?"

svl7 — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 20:54:57 +0000

Container tabs, often with specific socks proxies. This allows for some immensely useful setups that as far as I'm aware no other major browser can do in such an easy way or at all.

New comment by svl7 in "Do Skis Get Blunt?"

svl7 — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:03:58 +0000

A local shop might as well make things worse if they do not care too much and give your skis the standard treatment (e.g. different angle than before). Once you have a good edge, it's kind of similar as keeping a knife sharpened. No need to really grind every time, a fine polishing after skiing for a day is more than sufficient and makes your edges last a long time. Been using tools from here for 10+ years, they also have informative instructions: https://www.tooltonic.com/