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Re:Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?
on Wednesday October 07, 2026 @12:40PM (#49995248)
Don't ever give it up, it won't be $5 anymore.
Re:Ask HN: Making Microsoft Teams Bearable
on Friday July 19, 2024 @01:25PM (#41008817)
We are a Cisco Webex Teams company and apparently this software doesn't allow you to message yourself to do a personal pastebin. This would have been a gamechanger for me. This is a great idea though, thanks for that idea.
Re:Which Security Cameras?
on Saturday June 15, 2024 @08:59PM (#40693865)
Ubiquiti G3 Instant and G4 Instant to a local Ubiquiti UDM Pro SE with an 8TB spinning rust drive. The G4 Instant claims the following: "Smart Detections: Includes person, vehicle, and motion detection, as well as smoke/CO alarm detection on cameras with a microphone."
Re:Ask HN: Any HNers have air quality sensors near-ish 'East Palistine...
on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:28PM (#34823205)
I have an Raspberry Pi 3 with an attached Enviro+ from Pimoroni with the PMS5003 Particulate Matter Sensor. I am about 60 miles South/SouthEast and I have been curious if my device would pick anything up from it. I don't have it outside, but in my basement in my office of a 1953 built home. I am personally more concerned about the water though. We draw our water from a lake as the local reservoir. I never really dug into getting the readings and posting them somewhere for this device/sensors.
Re:Ask HN: What UPS do you use with your Mac mini?
on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:37PM (#34541408)
You'll be able to do this on very low volt amps UPS'es with no problem as long as the included interfaces and software work on Apple MacOS Ventura. I'd bet you'd get 5 minutes or more on like an APC 350VA UPS. A lot of those would let you put the monitor on the surge protector side and not even draw from the battery so it would just be the Apple Mac Mini M2 and the (2) external disks (not sure if these are powered from USB-C or DC to AC adapter).
Re:Ask HN: What should I read next?
on Thursday January 26, 2023 @08:29PM (#34541348)
This book came out not too long ago and is really good.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
What does a misanthropic octopus have in common with Tova, a widowed aquarium employee? Not much, until a friendship develops following a daring tank rescue, and Marcellus McSquiddles happily uses all eight of his tentacles, his three hearts, plus his sharp brain, to solve the soul-scarring mystery of Tova’s son Erik’s disappearance thirty years ago. Utterly original, funny, wise, and heartwarming (be warned: there’ll be tears as well as giggles), Remarkably Bright Creatures will have readers falling hard for an acerbic invertebrate whose intervention in his new friend’s life sets her up for healing lessons in love, loss, and family. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Editor
Re:Ask HN: Why is prepaid mobile second class in the US?
on Saturday November 12, 2022 @03:08PM (#33576520)
US Mobile is really great pre-paid plans on Verizon and T-Mobile. If they had a wearables plan I'd move all my phones over in a second.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you miss, that no longer runs on modern ha...
on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @10:22PM (#33352274)
If you like games like this, check out Tiny Combat Arena. It's EA but it is coming along.
Re:Ask HN: Dark Sky EOL, Which weather app do you like?
on Monday October 10, 2022 @01:39PM (#33154251)
I am really going to miss Dark Sky. I will probably switch back to Weather Underground unless something better comes along.