hacky_engineer

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by hacky_engineer 3mo ago
I made a book, Simple Machines Made Simple, and I got about 11k copies shipped to my house about two weeks ago. I'm now trying to fix all the books and get them shipped out. They are books with little mini demos in them, and about 80%
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by hacky_engineer 8mo ago
Sent. Thanks!!
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by hacky_engineer 8mo ago
Thanks! I'll look around and see if I can find anyone that specializes in this kind of thing.
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by hacky_engineer 8mo ago
Yeah, this would be safer, but is anyone going to find the product if it's listed as "MyBrand attachment sleeve for location sensor and TV remote control." instead of "Attachment sleeve for Airtag and Samsung Frame Remot
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by hacky_engineer 8mo ago
Thanks! Yeah, I'll go through Brand registry. I'm guessing I need to get my account reinstated first somehow though.
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by hacky_engineer 8mo ago
I would love to hear all your thoughts. Send me an email?
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Tell HN: Amazon has deactivated my seller account
79 points by hacky_engineer 8mo ago|75 comments
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Redacted Material in Some Epstein Files Is Easily Recovered(nytimes.com)
3 points by hacky_engineer 9mo ago|0 comments
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Simple Machines Made Simple Book(hackylabs.com)
3 points by hacky_engineer 11mo ago|0 comments
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by hacky_engineer 2y ago
In the video they mention it was painted and looked like a genuine conker.
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by hacky_engineer 2y ago
But it's still the one we have...
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by hacky_engineer 2y ago
If you're in firefox, try disabling Enhanced Tracking Protection.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
This makes me so happy. Thanks so much for sharing!
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Yeah, this is a known issue with the light flickering on the cover page. Send me an email and I can get you a replacement.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Reach out to me again and I can get you a replacement.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Hey, this is my book! Thanks for sharing! I just posted an update today to all the backers about the the sequel for Big Babies book. I'm hoping to start shipping in the next couple weeks.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
This is sad.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Also, the signup flow is pretty painful. I have to upload a document, then pay, then go to my email and click on a link, that sends me another link to my email to sign in, then I complete the sign in, and it shows me the order information.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Upload up to 10MB file size? How does that work if the context length is only 4097?
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
This should be a ShowHN. Also, requiring a login with google is a turnoff for me.
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
I think it's supposed to use the microphone to record your answers possibly? But it's not doing that for me either. I just get 15 seconds, and then "you failed."
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
It forced me to login, and I hate logging into stuff, so I didn't try it. But I like the idea. Another wrapper for GPT? Did you do any tweaking to the model? I think I've seen that developers can add training data to the model to
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by hacky_engineer 3y ago
Some feedback: Firstly, this is loading full res photos on the homepage, which making the site extremely slow to load. You should generate some small thumbnails so that loading times aren't so terrible when looking at these gallery pag
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Astrolabe(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by hacky_engineer 4y ago|0 comments
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
Thanks for the tip! Everyone's been complaining about google recently about how the results are all just SEO garbage now. I could easily see ChatGPT become the goto for asking programming questions.
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
I pay for a budget app. https://www.monarchmoney.com/ But somehow I got in on their beta, and felt like they did a good job and wanted to continue to support them. But they've been around for quite a few years now, so
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
I was hoping smarter people than me would have responded by now; I apologize, because it kind of looks like you're only going to get me. One strategy would be to write a blog post about how google and twitter won't approve your ad
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
Putting up a landing page is useless, unless you are going to actively drive traffic to it. And those leads are going to convert much much better if you can deliver some value on that page. I put up a landing page 4 years before I had my p
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
I was working on a NLP(ish) idea for a while and got a descent prototype put together, but haven't had time to take the project past that. The idea was to train a model to classify tone of voice (a kind voice, angry voice, whiny voice,
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by hacky_engineer 4y ago
I am working on a baby book called Computer Engineering for Babies ( https://computerengineeringforbabies.com ). The biggest question I have is an SEO/branding one. I have about 3 brand names, and I don't know how to str

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