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Re:TmuxAI: AI-Powered, Non-Intrusive Terminal Assistant on Sunday April 27, 2025 @07:11PM (#43815914)
I would want the command to be shorter in `wc -c` terms -- but cool!

Show HN: Obsidian Plugin Sync – CLI tool for easy Obsidian plugin development

https://github.com/wrale/obsidian-plugin-sync

Hi HN,I built this simple command-line tool to solve a specific pain point in Obsidian plugin development. As a new plugin developer, I didn't like the idea of manually copying files from my development directory to the Obsidian vault every time I made changes.Obsidian Plugin Sync automates this process with a single command. It: - Detects plugin ID from manifest.json - Optionally builds your...

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Re:Wrale Agnostic Content Dependency Manager on Monday March 31, 2025 @09:02PM (#43541758)
wrale-acdm is an open-source tool designed to solve the problem of granular, selective content inclusion from external repositories without the complexity and limitations of Git submodules. Built in Rust with clean architecture principles, it enables teams to pull specific folders or files from external repositories while maintaining a clean project history and minimizing dependency footprint.

(toy project published over the weekend)

Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @06:42AM (#42060504)
Edited: nevermind.
Re:The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (2016) on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:11AM (#41787594)
Left handed. Right eyed. Right eared. Mouse with right because I had to in 1992. Overall, I’m unhappy with my brain, so my vote is on it being a bad thing. It’s very discouraging in a left to right language society to smear your own handwriting constantly. Also, guitar tabs and all kinds of other things are built for the majority. I’d much rather be right handed.
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Monday September 30, 2024 @05:19PM (#41702250)
This is my point exactly. People need more than a charger far out at the parking lot’s edge. People need safety and comfort and sometimes food. Convenience stores help but they need to be more plush for this use case. The working model for the lounge should be the frequent flier clubhouses at airports. Nice, secure and cozy.
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:18AM (#41647841)
Agreed. The lounge word in my post is doing a lot of heavy lifting. See below.
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:17AM (#41647830)
Yes. I heard this about Shell recently. The key to this is that the big oil money is coming for this opportunity and it will soon be ceded to them entirely, unless someone goes after it. It’s a multifaceted problem of electrical engineering plus real estate plus supply chain plus marketing. Needs a real team with funding.
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:13AM (#41647772)
Yes, that makes sense, of course, but the point is that there is a business opportunity in the vast wide open world of the US for electric charging to not just be a sidecar to established businesses but rather a destination unto itself. Consider how much money McDonalds has made from people needing a restroom over the years.
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @10:10AM (#41647747)
Well, for one, charging duration isn’t the same as filling a gas tank, so the store needs to be more coffee shop / lounge than convenience store, although those items must be available, too. It really should have an upscale vibe because electric cars are purchased more by higher income families. Spaces for telecommuting should be involved. Think of it as a truck stop but for luxury electric cars. No showers, but cubicles are there. Can I get ycombinator approved for this idea? :) /half sarcasm
Re:Global EV Charging Points with Open Charge Map on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @09:06AM (#41647043)
Someone needs to build convenience stores attached to charging stations. The money is in the store / lounge.
Not much interested in prophylactic anti depression meds for young people. Hopefully, they have something better in mind.
Re:Lactate helps cancer cells resist chemotherapy on Friday August 23, 2024 @10:05PM (#41334947)
Do hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism patients show fewer cancer cases?
Re:How we migrated onto K8s in less than 12 months on Thursday August 08, 2024 @07:46PM (#41197570)
Please just use it as a warehouse scale computer and don’t make mode groups into pets.
Re:Open Source Farming Robot on Sunday August 04, 2024 @11:49AM (#41154278)
So it’s like a giant 2L bottle on its side with the ends cut off and no label? Was the soil inside fully or was this a covering? Very cool
I think I understated the social part. Talking to a teacher is part of it. Not just the gamification.
How about an LLM that talks to you and can see the midi notes you played, fine tuned to the task of course. I think the teacher part of learning pretty much anything is super important because we’re social beings. Hearing “great job” is priceless when you really did your best.
Re:How to Preserve Physical Photos on Saturday July 27, 2024 @10:37AM (#41086879)
Would vacuum seal bags like grocery items are stored in work?
Re:Copying is the way design works on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @09:35AM (#41045886)
This all great but for small time programmers trying to get a company off the ground, acting defensively is justifiable. It’s not always a question of a guy like Carmack having a good time cloning the big corp thing. Sometimes, and even many times lately it’s big corp obliterating inventive small business by releasing their own copy, or they simply use their monopolistic power to drive them into an inequitable sale.

If you’re small time and have a great idea, you’re better off going stealth and this is its own mitigation against destructive copying.

Re:Kawaii – A Keychain-Sized Nintendo Wii on Monday July 22, 2024 @09:07PM (#41041529)
I forgive them for abysmal for one of the first games released for a wildly new platform for them.