jimmcslim

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by jimmcslim 5d ago
“I’m not saying it is tachyons… but…”
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by jimmcslim 15d ago
With the arrival of H5 bird flu on Australian shores this would be an essential citizen science effort to roll these out.
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by jimmcslim 1mo ago
And Sir Robin Knox-Johnston[1] was the first person to sail single-handedly around the world _non-stop_. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Knox-Johnston
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by jimmcslim 2mo ago
Can this be used to enforce “screen time” for laptops given to children, hopefully in a more effective way than the equivalent systems on iOS and Android?
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by jimmcslim 2mo ago
You might also say that about Terry Pratchett… see Twoflower and The Luggage.
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IDPFlare – Identity Provider Built for Cloudflare(idpflare.com)
3 points by jimmcslim 2mo ago|0 comments
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by jimmcslim 3mo ago
You can! https://www.vestaboard.com
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by jimmcslim 4mo ago
Didgeridoo specifically?, or any instrument that requires circular breathing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
Can you explain how you combine PyInfra and Pulumi? It feels like these are mutually exclusive projects?
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
For the hash-anchored edits, sharing here Can Bölük's original post about the idea https://blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/the-harness-problem/
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
Thanks to Dan Catt [1] for sharing a link to this in his latest newsletter [2], which includes a flip-book style animation of the result of him pen-plotting a number of frames and stitching them together into a video. [1] https:/&#x2F
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Documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro(thesentinel.bbcelite.com)
1 points by jimmcslim 5mo ago|1 comments
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
And indeed it does, in some markets. I'll speak to Australia... here we have the legislated Consumer Data Right [1]. This currently puts obligations on banks and energy retailers to make consumer data accessible via an API, via Authori
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
And I was going to say Mac native as well, but uses Tauri. I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Ideally Obsidian with the Notebook Navigator plugin (strongly inspired by Bear Notes perhaps
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by jimmcslim 5mo ago
Can we have an official Hacker News API that lets me authenticate to my account and grab the submissions and comments that I have upvoted?
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by jimmcslim 6mo ago
THIS. Incredibly frustrating that iOS (I’m not sure about Android) doesn’t provide a way to disable mobile data or Personal Hotspot as part of Screen Time settings.
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by jimmcslim 6mo ago
I’m keen to see if Nabu Casa release an update to the Voice Assist hardware sometime soon. Something with the same fidelity and finish of the Amazon and Google options but open would be fantastic.
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by jimmcslim 7mo ago
Pour one out for the memory of CruiseControl, the OG (?) granddaddy of all CI systems in the form we would recognise them today.
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by jimmcslim 7mo ago
Hah, I was looking at this and going "wasn't this up on HN front page just a few days ago?" and has completely missed Nanoclaw vs Nanobot.
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by jimmcslim 8mo ago
Meanwhile in Australia two teens I am responsible for still have TikTok appearing in their screentime usage and for longer than the time limit I have set for them.
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Singing the Gospel of Collective Efficacy(interconnected.org)
4 points by jimmcslim 8mo ago|0 comments
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by jimmcslim 8mo ago
I think if someone came up with a liquid solution that could be easily carried and sprayed on dog poo, such that it harmlessly (to either the pavement or grass/soil it was deposited upon) dissolved in the space of a few minutes leaving
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by jimmcslim 8mo ago
See also: https://fly.io/blog/code-and-let-live/ and https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/9/sprites-dev/
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Sprites: Stateful Sandbox Environments (from fly.io)(sprites.dev)
2 points by jimmcslim 8mo ago|1 comments
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by jimmcslim 9mo ago
Where is "Cloudflare Cock-Ups" in this chart? https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#internet-ou...
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ChatGPT – Truth over comfort instruction set(organizingcreativity.com)
28 points by jimmcslim 11mo ago|28 comments
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by jimmcslim 11mo ago
Ask yourself "what is intelligence?". Can intelligence at the level of human experience exist without that which we all also (allegedly) have... "consciousness". What is the source of "consciousness"? Can consc
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The Programmer Identity Crisis(hojberg.xyz)
4 points by jimmcslim 11mo ago|0 comments
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GitHub's spec-kit: Toolkit to help you get started with Spec-Driven Development(github.com)
2 points by jimmcslim 1y ago|0 comments
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What's the point of vibe coding if I still have to pay a dev to fix it?(old.reddit.com)
30 points by jimmcslim 1y ago|8 comments

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