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naraic0o commented on Ask HN: Why no transflective LCD portables?    · Posted by u/networked
theragra · a year ago
Me too. For some reason, I have a soft spot for these displays, also eInk.

I've recently bought Hisense hibreak phone just because I am interested in these things.

naraic0o · a year ago
and… how is it? i’m tempted to get one too but privacy concerns are holding me back. how hard is porting lineageOS to a new device? ha.
naraic0o commented on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data   heatpumpmonitor.org/... · Posted by u/protontypes
tikkabhuna · 2 years ago
Is that just the website? Is there a way to export the raw data?
naraic0o · 2 years ago
there's an export button at the bottom of the table which copies a CSV to your clipboard.
naraic0o commented on An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data   heatpumpmonitor.org/... · Posted by u/protontypes
oakesm9 · 2 years ago
A lot of these are UK based systems which are installed by installers with Heat Geek[0] training.

They're an interesting company who's trying to fill in the lack of training that traditional gas heating installers have to properly install air-to-water heat pumps in the UK. They also do homeowner training courses and a guarantee scheme on their certified installers (they'll fix the system for free if the SCOP is below a designed level).

They did a series of videos with Skill Builder[1] (who's a bit of a heat pump sceptic) where they fixed a badly installed heat pump that was causing a lot of issues. That install is currently 7th on the linked website[2] with a SCOP of 4.5 (450% efficient). Obviously a bit of a sale pitch from them, but there's loads of interesting information about WHY they're making the changes that they are.

[0] https://www.heatgeek.com

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BesfqnHPxLU

[2] https://heatpumpmonitor.org/system/view?id=196

naraic0o · 2 years ago
it's funny actually, i've been binging their videos the past few weeks, since i'm looking into buying a home in need of renovation, and was happy to see their logos as part of one of the default columns.

they claim also to be mainly motivated by the climate crisis and are even, now, developing an open source water heater, which... you don't often hear about in industries such as home appliances or heating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFBbArwAXS8

i'd love to install an air-to-water heatpump myself, but i'm untrained and i guess i'm feeling a bit of the dunning–kruger effect while learning from the heat geek videos.

naraic0o commented on Ask HN: Anyone looking for contributors for their open source projects    · Posted by u/mr_o47
k8sToGo · 2 years ago
Link gives a 404
naraic0o · 2 years ago
github search is not available if you're not logged in to the site... works after login.
naraic0o commented on The Ladybird browser project   ladybird.dev/... · Posted by u/defied
Hrun0 · 2 years ago
The current dispute between the EU and Apple has nothing to do with Safari though and is about the Apple store, not sure how that's relevant?
naraic0o · 2 years ago
no, they're also forcing Apple to allow other browser engines on iOS, which was previously banned. other, third party iOS browsers still used the safari webkit engine.

> In addition, apps that use alternative browser engines — other than Apple’s WebKit — may negatively affect the user experience, including impacts to system performance and battery life.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/01/apple-announces-chang...

naraic0o commented on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird   ifixit.com/News/90137/vis... · Posted by u/zdw
slipheen · 2 years ago
It’s not intended to be a consumer replaceable connector. People opened up the device and figured out that you can get to that cable, but it’s not mentioned anywhere and not designed to be used directly.

They’re not trying to force a new connector on anyone - they don’t even sell anything that uses it that part.

It’s the way one proprietary part talks to another proprietary part.

If you want to charge the system through USB-C, it has a port for that on the battery pack.

naraic0o · 2 years ago
It designed to be consumer replaceable https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT214013
naraic0o commented on Ask HN: How many of you are consciously downsizing your devices/going retro?    · Posted by u/FerretFred
DoingIsLearning · 2 years ago
Slightly off topic questions: - You are running Debian 12 on an Android tablet? - Can you specify the tablet specs and what sort of battery life you get out of it?
naraic0o · 2 years ago
i think they meant that it's an android tablet, with the app termux with some sort of chrooted environment inside:

https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Debian

naraic0o commented on Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)   web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/... · Posted by u/cryingpotato
zooweemama · 2 years ago
That sounds interesting, could you share a link? I couldn’t find anything obvious by Googling. Thanks!
naraic0o · 2 years ago
could it be "Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip"?
naraic0o commented on STM32 family grows to microprocessor/Linux level with STM32MP1   st.com/en/microcontroller... · Posted by u/unwind
dreizehn · 2 years ago
Haven't these been around for a while? I seem to remember it's been at least a couple of years. Where's the news? Where's the context that makes this chip noteworthy?
naraic0o commented on Nintendo 64 Test Cart ROM   gamingalexandria.com/wp/2... · Posted by u/ecliptik
colechristensen · 2 years ago
naraic0o · 2 years ago

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