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qrv3w commented on YesNotice infinitedigits.co/docs/so... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

deanebarker · 19 days ago

Take a look at these posts --

https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/let-me-know/

https://deanebarker.net/tech/blog/notify-one-time/

I'm glad someone finally did something here. I wish you every success.

qrv3w · 19 days ago

Thanks! Had pretty much the same thought process as you, so I made this little tool (yesnotice) to do pretty much that. Its not perfect, but I've been using it a lot and its working great for me (mostly to get notified when certain new packages are updated and TV shows come out...then I don't have to remember so many things!)

qrv3w commented on YesNotice infinitedigits.co/docs/so... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

gregsadetsky · 19 days ago

This is 5% off topic, but just to say that Zack (the person behind this service + Infinite Digits) is (also) a super prolific (and extremely kind) developer/maker/hacker with a ton of exquisite software+hardware musical projects:

- check out https://infinitedigits.co/docs/products/zeptocore/ if you're into sample-y, jungle/breakcore-y audio mangling/button mashing

- and his https://infinitedigits.co/docs/software/collidertracker/ terminal-based tracker

Signed, an honorary member of the Zack Fan Club :-) haha

qrv3w · 19 days ago

Such kind words! I really appreciate it.

Thanks for making the internet a more positive (and springy!) space!

-Zack

qrv3w commented on Playing audio files in a Pi Pico without a DAC antirez.com/news/143... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

qrv3w · 2 years ago

> that we converted the file to 8 bit audio

this actually works surprisingly well!

I did the same thing for a device I made based on the Pi Pico[1], where audio is processed every sample and it stores a bunch of wav files in the flash that can be mangled together. the flash is fast enough that you can jump between samples really quickly to get cool "tunneling" effects that are surprisingly good sounding for such a tiny + cheap little chip.

[1]: https://pikocore.com

qrv3w commented on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another github.com/schollz/croc... · Posted by u/tentacleuno

zelphirkalt · 2 years ago

Tried it with a friend a few weeks ago and unfortunately it failed. It first began transferring the file, then for seemingly no reason I stopped receiving and then after waiting a bit got EOF and the file was not fully transferred. Seems like it is not that reliable in transferring files, or it has requirements, like open ports or so. But then why would it start and then stop trnasferring?

qrv3w · 2 years ago

It would be great if you could make a GH issue explaining your use case. I try to reproduce bugs and could possibly find a solution.

qrv3w commented on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another github.com/schollz/croc... · Posted by u/tentacleuno

AequitasOmnibus · 2 years ago

Just wanted to say that Croc is one of the most reliable and straightforward file transfer tools I’ve ever used. It worked so well that I used it for Android (via Termux) to Windows transfers regularly. I only wish there was a way to use it on iOS but I imagine that’s challenging.

qrv3w · 2 years ago

Thanks for the kindness :) I use it the same way actually! I don't use any Apple products so that's the major roadblock for me to develop against iOS...

qrv3w commented on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another github.com/schollz/croc... · Posted by u/tentacleuno

meindnoch · 2 years ago

From one computer to another? More like from one computer to this guy's server, then from the server to the other computer. Sounds pretty suboptimal if you want to send anything but few kilobyte files.

qrv3w · 2 years ago

This is actually not uncommon at all for anything on the internet. You can see for yourself actually using this command:

``` > traceroute news.ycombinator.com ```

On my computer, most packets take a route that passes through 10+ computers.

I think its not a solved problem to consistently be able to patch two computers on the internet directly.

qrv3w commented on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another github.com/schollz/croc... · Posted by u/tentacleuno

pepa65 · 2 years ago

About relying on the developer to provide the relay server (this was early 2022):

The cost of croc is mostly bandwidth - over 8 terabytes of data is sent every month through croc! That's amazing to me since I started this project just as a way for me to share files with friends. Four years ago, the public relay server only costed $5/month, but now it is costing me $40-50/month. The higher cost is enabling file transfers for thousands of people all around the world.

qrv3w · 2 years ago

Thanks! The usage has only gone up - now in 2023 the croc public relay has been using 20 TB of bandwidth every month :| I like to write software that runs forever, but this will get difficult to run in the future if usage keeps climbing.

qrv3w commented on Croc: Easily and securely send things from one computer to another github.com/schollz/croc... · Posted by u/tentacleuno

tptacek · 2 years ago

A more popular and, I think, carefully analyzed alternative, from which croc was inspired, is Magic Wormhole; a good Golang implementation that compiles down to a single binary is wormhole-william:

https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william/releases

I believe croc has some features wormhole doesn't (and some anti-features, like being able to pick curves and hashes). But also just that it's worth knowing that Magic Wormhole is kind of the "default" tool that does this.

qrv3w · 2 years ago

I think the main advantage that I like croc over many utilities is that it can resume file transfers from where it left off. I'm not sure if wormhole has this yet. Of course torrents do this, but I find sharing via torrenting still not super easy for the layperson.

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