futileboy
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)
on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:11PM (#46578771)
cool stuff!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (January 2026)
on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:07PM (#46578711)
I threw together a simple patch-style synth to play with the Web MIDI APIs and React Flow. It’s an early experiment and part of my personal “try things and learn” site.
Re:Unpowered cargo gliders on tow ropes promise 65% cheaper air freight
on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:35AM (#39768077)
Couldn't you also just get fuel saving benefits from multiple aircraft flying in formation? https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20205006743/downloads/AI...
I'm surprised that companies like fedex don't do this.
Re:Ask HN: I need ideas to impress fifth graders with technology
on Monday June 03, 2019 @01:00PM (#20085408)
There's an app called Novel Effect that's free that adds sound effects and music when you read a physical book out loud. It's limited to a list a of books and poems, so it won't just work with any book, but it's still a fun tech to demo. It's popular with teachers already, and has a pretty low bar when it comes to ease of use. And it's something they can do on their own too.
Re:Mall landlords struggling to find takers at a price they’ll accept
on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:26PM (#17294848)
I would be a big fan of them converting the locations in to mixed use housing and retail.
Re:Orcas can imitate human speech, research reveals
on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @04:19PM (#16277640)
"Alexa, order more tuna."
Re:React-map-gl – React components for Mapbox GL JS
on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @04:45PM (#15127467)
I think it's way better than the Uber library. We tried both and ended up going with this version and it was much more flexible for our needs.
Re:Jellyfish Proteins Improve the Polariton Laser
on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @02:54PM (#13025336)
I understood some of these words!
Re:Multiple cameras and motion detection on the Raspberry Pi
on Monday January 18, 2016 @12:58PM (#10925748)
I've been playing around with MotionEye OS (https://github.com/ccrisan/motioneyeos/wiki) with a lot of success. I've only tried two cameras, but there is support for more.
Re:A New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should really work
on Tuesday February 18, 2014 @04:26PM (#7261205)
I really like this. My only issue is that the prototype ignores single finger, which to me feels like it should be the most important control. The other issue with number of fingers based gestures is, well, people who are missing fingers. I also think using both the X & Y position could be really useful. Why not tune the radio by dragging up and down and adjust the volume by move right and left, or other combined gestures?
Re:Oldest Domain Names
on Monday September 30, 2013 @12:32PM (#6470492)
They were late to the internet party all around. But when they did decide to get on the ball they put a lot of the leaders out of business by finally putting the TCP/IP stack in the OS. Which really was a good idea in the early 90s.
Re:SEO is bullshit
on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:47PM (#5458172)
Thanks! Hopefully sooner than later. I got all fired up trying to search for a car part, an area of the web I mostly avoid and was surprised to find so many sites still getting ranked highly for doing this.
Re:Timeline editor for JavaScript
on Thursday March 28, 2013 @06:38PM (#5458135)
I like the idea. Doesn't seem to support multi-touch on Windows 8. Nothing in IE 10 renders at all.