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greendude29 commented on Show HN: Known – Semi-smart plant labels   knownplants.com/... · Posted by u/commondream
greendude29 · 2 years ago
Cool idea. I'm guessing most of the value to your users is in the content in your app since the hardware can be replaced by bookmarks for those have >10 or so plants.

For me, I'd more excited about well organized plant content than the NFC hardware. Is there a preview of the content itself? That's where I imagine most of the "features" will be.

greendude29 commented on Show HN: FrameOS – operating system for single function smart frames   frameos.net/... · Posted by u/mariusandra
mikepurvis · 2 years ago
How does a dedicated frame device save power over a generic TV display? Doesn't it boil down to the same underlying parts?
greendude29 · 2 years ago
A TV will likely have multiple inputs like HDMI, USB, Cable, etc and hence presumably more parts, more complex board and higher power needs.

I might be wrong, but that's an assumption.

A 'feature' of the Samsung TV that copes with this is that it has a motion sensor and turns off when no one is around. Would love an open hardware version of this.

greendude29 commented on Show HN: FrameOS – operating system for single function smart frames   frameos.net/... · Posted by u/mariusandra
greendude29 · 2 years ago
Thanks for posting, this is a fun space to see more software in.

Indirectly related, but I'm in the market for a 32inch+ screen which can be used for a photo frame. With the exception of Samsung's Frame, I haven't been able to find other products which is surprising to me because it seems like such a simple use case. Here's what I've found so far:

- TVs and monitors: downside is keeping these on 24-hours isn't great for energy consumption

- color e-ink: these are of course usually a maximum of 13 or so inches

- Samsung the frame - alas, has good features and a good look, but downsides are expensive(!) and Samsung(!!)

Do you have any recommendations?

greendude29 commented on Show HN: Draw Fast – Real-time AI image generation based on drawings in a canvas   stablediffusionweb.com/Re... · Posted by u/liuxiaopai
greendude29 · 2 years ago
I really can't figure out what relation the doodle has to what's generated. I draw a dot, I get a cat as per the prompt. I add another dot, or a line; the newly generated image changes, but there's no predictability. We can call this 'AI', but is there really any intelligence here?

Seems like a call to stable diffusion's API without any real intent.

greendude29 commented on Smallpox Has Been Eradicated   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Era... · Posted by u/taspeotis
greendude29 · 2 years ago
This...is news?
greendude29 commented on The death of a public intellectual   thmsmlr.com/public-intell... · Posted by u/judiisis
greendude29 · 2 years ago
> First it was Jordan Peterson, then it i was Eric Weinstein, then Chamath, the list goes on. Most recently, it’s been Peter Zeihan.

These are not intellectuals, let alone public ones. They are all American and follow a 'clickbait' model to public discourse. Seems like you repeatedly fall for it and enjoy doing so. Nothing here reflects any form of intellect.

greendude29 commented on Microsoft Teams is blocking Firefox Nightly   teams.live.com/_#/unsuppo... · Posted by u/faebi
behnamoh · 3 years ago
Controversial opinion:

I used to like Firefox but at some point you have to accept the reality: No developer likes to have 2 backlogs, one for Chrome and one for FF. IMO It's better to adopt Chromium-based browsers and put pressure on Google to avoid letting it become the sole decision-maker about the web.

greendude29 · 3 years ago
It's not a controversial opinion as much as it is incongruent.

> IMO It's better to adopt Chromium-based browsers and put pressure on Google to avoid letting it become the sole decision-maker about the web.

But by using chromium/blink-based browsers, you have already taken the pressure off Google. You have already given them what they want, so you've forfeited your hand.

For anyone out there who values the swiftly fading open-ness of the Internet, Firefox or other smaller FLOSS browsers are the right tools of choice.

greendude29 commented on Tell HN: DuckDuckGo's privacy extension is adding an inline popup to web forms    · Posted by u/mustacheemperor
greendude29 · 3 years ago
I saw the headline on your post and felt horrified.

I then read the details and I'm no longer horrified.

There is a difference between advertising your own services vs injecting ads from other parties. Injecting ads from other parties could imply sharing of personal data which would be worrying.

There is no breach of the DDG implicit user contract here which is low tracking and privacy.

greendude29 commented on Tell HN: DuckDuckGo's privacy extension is adding an inline popup to web forms    · Posted by u/mustacheemperor
user3939382 · 3 years ago
Maybe the CEO can jump on here again and give us a bunch of back-peddling double talk about how they’re misunderstood, as when they were caught censoring news results.

I no longer trust DDG and switched to Kagi. Whether that’s better for privacy I’m not sure but at least their business is driven by user payments and not ads.

That my quoted search terms don’t get blatantly ignored was actually the impetus to move.

greendude29 · 3 years ago
> Maybe the CEO can jump on here again and give us a bunch of back-peddling double talk about how they’re misunderstood, as when they were caught censoring news results.

I must have missed this, what's this about censoring news?

greendude29 commented on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)    · Posted by u/whoishiring
greendude29 · 3 years ago
Craft seems really interesting. Applied.

u/greendude29

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