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rsto commented on Modos Paper Monitor – Open-hardware e-paper monitor and dev kit crowdsupply.com/modos-tec... · Posted by u/RossBencina

exceptione · 14 days ago

Being Dutch I am proud to see NLNet and the EU financially supporting this project.

We deny ourselves so much progress by forcing smart individuals with a passion into conglomerates that are merely busy destroying competition. Small to medium sized organizations have the biggest potential for innovation, and look what two people even can do.

rsto · 14 days ago

It's an interesting project, but I'm confused why they got funded with EU money. Their company is based in Boston and it looks as both of them are living in them US, which suggests neither of them is European citizen or pays taxes in the EU, which ultimately is where the money for these grants comes from. The funding requirements of NLNet state "it is a knock-out criterion for each project to have a "European dimension [...] where a significant contribution towards the vision of the Next Generation Internet initiative also qualifies".

I'm not trying to pick on this particular project, I just found out non-EU projects can apply at all. I hope the majority of NLNet money goes to projects that actually are executed in Europe and build expertise there.

rsto commented on Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution emilygorcenski.com/post/o... · Posted by u/ColinWright

conradev · 5 months ago

Are the protocols compatible enough such that someone could proxy JMAP to CalDAV?

rsto · 4 months ago

Yes, but I am not aware of an existing proxy implementation that would accept JMAP requests and forward these to a CalDAV server, or the other way round.

What I do know for sure is that it‘s feasible for a calendar server to service both JMAP for Calendars and CalDAV. All our work in that regard is open-source in the Cyrus server [1] and is used at Fastmail.

Apart from the exchange protocol one also needs to convert between iCalendar and the data structures used in JMAP. For this, I am currently working on an IETF RFC [2]. Anyone also interested in implementing conversion between iCalendar and JSCalendar, please contact me! We have a test suite for interoperation tests.

[1] https://github.com/cyrusimap/cyrus-imapd [2] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-calext-jscalenda...

rsto commented on Owning my own data, part 1: Integrating a self-hosted calendar solution emilygorcenski.com/post/o... · Posted by u/ColinWright

bflesch · 5 months ago

Would be nice if you use your experience and financial stability of a Google job in order to build a better open-source protocol. Just like when ZX2C4 decided he's fed up with OpenVPN and went to create Wireguard this might be your moment to shine.

IMO the quality of software is only pushed forward by motivated individuals with the right skillset.

rsto · 5 months ago

The JMAP for Calendars RFC [1] is soon to get published by IETF. Disclaimer: I work for Fastmail and am the co-author of RFC 8984 [2] which defines the calendar event data model used in JMAP.

[1] https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-jmap-calendars-22... [2] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8984.html

rsto commented on Garmin Forerunner stuck cycling through triangle screen old.reddit.com/r/Garmin/c... · Posted by u/rsto

rsto · 7 months ago

Users report their Garmin devices becoming unusable and the devices getting stuck in a boot loop. This not only seems to impact Forerunner devices. I experienced the same on my Garmin Forerunner 255 when I went running this morning.

There's also Forbes article now but it refers to the Reddit post: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewwilliams/2025/01/28/garmi...

rsto commented on Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)? · Posted by u/danparsonson

tptacek · 3 years ago

I understand the complaint, because I have read it on HN a lot. I don't understand why people think it's such an interesting story.

Also: is exporting your entire archive (not the bookmarks, but the archived copies) even a feature Pinboard says it has? That's news to me.

rsto · 3 years ago

> is exporting your entire archive even a feature Pinboard says it has?

Yes, it's in Settings>Backup>Archive Backup

I think to remember that idlewords even recommended to do it once in a while. Should I not get my archive backup I guess I can still reconstruct most of it from the Internet Archive. It would just be nice if it worked (but my 5-year subscription will run out soon now anyway).

rsto commented on Ask HN: What Happened to Pinboard (Dec '22 edition)? · Posted by u/danparsonson

tptacek · 3 years ago

"It's an archiving service" doesn't make this drama any more interesting, and, again, it's weird that it keeps happening here. Just stop paying for it if it isn't working for you, and stop trying to use HN to take people own a peg.

rsto · 3 years ago

I paid 5 years in advance after I had zero problems with pinboard for a couple of years. When archiving started to detoriate I contacted support and got ignored. Now I try to take my archive with me and again: it does not work and I get no reply. Maciej has for years marketed pinboard as the sane, stable alternative to VC-money chasing competitors and now for quite some time the service now does not deliver to promise. What you call "drama" most likely are frustrated users who believed in his story.

rsto commented on JMAP: It’s Like IMAP but Not Really (2019) unencumberedbyfacts.com/2... · Posted by u/jbellis

alberth · 3 years ago

Hi Bron - love Fastmail and the innovation you leading.

Question: what do you think is the rough timing on Calendar/Sharing/Contacts/Tasks to be ratified? Within the next year, 2-years, etc?

rsto · 3 years ago

Hi, I am one of the people writing and coding these standards at Fastmail. There are IETF standard drafts for JMAP calendars, contacts and tasks in the works (not just by Fastmail). We aim at publishing them in 2023. You can check the progress in the IETF calext and jmap working groups and we appreciate any input on the mailing lists!

rsto commented on Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us? · Posted by u/tunnuz

viraptor · 3 years ago

It feels more "complete" than "unmaintained" to me. It's pretty basic in what it does, but it does that well. I haven't noticed any bugs as such - what did you find that's actually broken?

rsto · 3 years ago

I am a long-time user and archiving broke on my account at least half a year ago. Despite two support emails I did not get any replies. Feels quite "unmaintained" to me.

rsto commented on Ask HN: How do I get fit and healthy as a software engineer? · Posted by u/throwaway091721

ivan1783 · 4 years ago

Look into cycling, you have a big range of efforts you can do from barely anything to full out and you will any ways put some km's behind you. Its less impactful on the knees and joints in general, running is relatively hard on your joints especially if its on asphalt or hard surfaces. I also sit at a desk (not all day but any way a good part of it) and my go-to is cycling (road, gravel & mountain XC). Starting is easy, find a bike and start pedalling. When you get tired pedal less hard and go home. If you feel like you can do more do a harder effort or sprint, then bring it back to a slower speed, etc. Lots of videos available on youtube.

rsto · 4 years ago

I think this is good advice, except probably for road cycling. Both my physio therapist and Yoga teacher told me that sitting on a road bike is counter-productive to improving my flexibility, given that I already sit at a desk most of my day. Especially the hips will stay in the same angle for a prolonged time.

Edit: if OP is concerned about damaging their untrained musculoskeletal system, then swimming is a low risk activity to get started with sports.