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knaik94 commented on Ask HN: How to do simple heartbeat monitoring?    · Posted by u/benjbrooks
silverquiet · a year ago
Yeah, honestly, I'd like a smartwatch type monitor without any smart features; just something that sits on my wrist and displays my heart rate so I can watch it myself. I've looked a bit, but such a thing hasn't been easy to find.
knaik94 · a year ago
The polar verity sense is what you're looking for. It connects to your phone via ble so it doesn't need a display. It's not as popular as a chest strap.
knaik94 commented on RIP Microsoft WordPad   gizmodo.com/microsoft-wor... · Posted by u/thunderbong
g-b-r · 2 years ago
Just keep in mind that at least in the old versions it had bugs that lead to occasional loss of all the autosaved files.

I don't know if they fixed them since, I haven't used it in three or four years.

knaik94 · 2 years ago
I've never run in to that issue in the last 10+ years of using notepad++ with these plugins. Since my autosave location is dropbox, it's automatically backed up the moment the file is saved. I've set my control+n to a new note and not an empty file. The take notes plugin doesn't rely on the built in temp auto saves.

If a file is saved and then gets corrupted for whatever reason, I can also use dropbox to grab the previous known good version. I've tested it, but I've never had to actually use it.

knaik94 commented on RIP Microsoft WordPad   gizmodo.com/microsoft-wor... · Posted by u/thunderbong
kyriakos · 2 years ago
I use notepad++ on windows and have open all the time. Any more I want to write down I open a new tab. Notepad++ keeps the tabs even if not saved and automatically reopens them next time you start it. Combined with search in open files feature it makes it extremely useful.
knaik94 · 2 years ago
I use the autosave and take notes plugin in notepad++ which makes it perfect for this use case. I have it set to autosave when the window loses focus. And the take notes plugin lets me set a default filename with timestamp and save directory, which I set to my dropbox. The plugin also has an option to delete all empty text files when notepad++ is closed.

It feels as friction free as writing on a physical notepad with a paper and pencil.

knaik94 commented on Happy New Year HN!    · Posted by u/thunderbong
knaik94 · 2 years ago
happy New Year
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merry christmas

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knaik94 commented on Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline', claims DeepMind co-founder   telegraph.co.uk/business/... · Posted by u/pg_1234
bad_username · 2 years ago
The Russian search engine pops up in the comments whenever Google search quality is discussed here. I am sure this is non-organic astroturfing.
knaik94 · 2 years ago
Yandex is a genuinely good alternative. For text search, it isn't overly censored in relation to DMCA risks. Appending terms like 'torrent' actually work. For exact text searching, I found Yandex results to be better.

And Yandex is leagues ahead of Google and Bing in terms of reverse image search.

Google is generally better if you have a more abstract or conceptual query, or if you're not sure what the best term would be.

knaik94 commented on LG halts production of ATSC 3.0-compatible TVs over patent concerns   lightreading.com/video-br... · Posted by u/tech234a
MBCook · 2 years ago
> ATSC 3 was guaranteed to fail the moment it intoduced DRM into the standard. This is the situation with HD Radio all over again.

I don’t see DRM killing many standards. It mostly seems to fail because it’s released too late or to an existing open standard.

I don’t see why HD Radio failed due to DRM. I’d say it failed due to MP3 players and streaming music services meaning people didn’t care, so it wasn’t worth car makers bothering.

knaik94 · 2 years ago
DRM limits hardware options significatly. Open standards are embraced even when they come later, AV1 vs HEVC is a great example. The standard will exist but hardware adoption of the standards is often weaker, which I consider killed. DRM is how the patent holders maintain control over who can use the standards.

The existing standard that people are going to use is the previous version of ATSC without DRM and encryption. Althrough DRM and encryption are not technically the same, they are practically in this kind of situation.

It's funny watching spotify try to move closer to radio with AI generated DJ curation. I hope it dies sooner rather than later so we can reallocate those bands to something more useful.

knaik94 commented on LG halts production of ATSC 3.0-compatible TVs over patent concerns   lightreading.com/video-br... · Posted by u/tech234a
pests · 2 years ago
At the same time YouTube is testing its live-tv style service with channels such as LTT. The channel makes a list of uploads and then its displayed to the user in a 24/7 tv style broadcast.
knaik94 · 2 years ago
I can't imagine myself watching a livestream of something like LTT.

On the other hand, I have listened to 'Lofi HipHop' and 'oldies playing in another room' and aquarium/submarine streams. For videos where it's not live, you can create 'custom' channels with a looped playlist. It doesn't feel the same as broadcast to me.

knaik94 commented on LG halts production of ATSC 3.0-compatible TVs over patent concerns   lightreading.com/video-br... · Posted by u/tech234a
zitterbewegung · 2 years ago
Two wrongs making a right here sort of weird. The local channels around me have started becoming available on online streaming services. Once that really occurs the lines between streaming / cable / terrestrial video are going to keep on blurring. Streaming services that have transformed streaming into more like a cable model don't seem to be sustainable though so it begs the question what will be the future.
knaik94 · 2 years ago
Similar to how most people have shifted to permanent shuffle for the song selection queue, online streaming caused the same shift in how people decide what to watch. Familiary with existing media is what keeps people tied to services, and at some point viewers will move on.

The recommendation system around broadcast media seems immature and doesn't feel personal, the cable model makes it worse. People don't subscribe to every service every month, like they did for cable, people cycle through them. Keeping a viewer will always be cheaper than trying to regain a lost one.

Youtube and Twitch has gained social signficiance and some content is on par with traditional media. Kids who only watch YT, Twitch, and TikTok do not feel left out socially. Memes and social media fill in any gaps. I've noticed that the younger generations are more surprised when a peer doesn't know the Mr Beast YT channel than when they don't know a specific TV channel/show.

I think the future of live events and sports will look like Twitch, with a heavy emphasis on interactability. I think branding for shows/channels will get more focused on the characters/actors and creators. And larger categorization will be based on genre. Basically the same way it works with movies.

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