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Re:Why get an expensive Pi when I have an old phone? on Saturday November 14, 2026 @11:12AM (#50498163)
Wow! I'm a big fan of Nerves, but I've only ever used it on Raspberry Pi and Pi Zeros. I have piles of old phones, I'll have to give this a go.
Re:Write some software, give it away for free on Tuesday May 05, 2026 @08:38PM (#48030697)
Text selection is working perfectly fine for me.
Re:They Clean the Balls in a Ball Pit on Thursday October 23, 2025 @07:59AM (#45680844)
I don't think I follow. What is HN doing to the title? Deleting the word "Here's"?
Re:What Dynamic Typing Is For on Monday October 20, 2025 @07:56AM (#45642898)
Sorry to be a little off-topic, but I really like the layout of your site. I'm on a convertible and I switched to tablet mode part way through reading this and was pretty delighted to see all the notes in the margin pop into inline info boxes.
Re:Does our "need for speed" make our Wi-Fi suck? Yes. on Saturday October 11, 2025 @08:48AM (#45548758)
A smart home will definitely run those numbers up. I have about 60 WiFi devices and another 45 Zigbee devices and I'm only about halfway done with the house.
Re:Most RESTful APIs Aren't RESTful on Wednesday July 09, 2025 @09:51AM (#44510049)
There was a proposal[1] a while back to define a new SEARCH verb that was basically just a GET with a body for this exact purpose.

[1]: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-meth...

I genuinely don't understand why some people are still using X.
Re:We’re ending production of Chromecast on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @07:40PM (#41176709)
And if you aren't logged in to that app on the Google TV, you aren't allowed to cast. It's incredibly annoying.
Re:Bento3D on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:55AM (#40428563)
The STL format is unitless, as is OpenSCAD, but the vast majority of CAD software uses units.
Re:Erlang/OTP 27.0 Release Candidate 1 on Friday February 16, 2024 @11:50AM (#39399546)
I don't have a direct answer for you, but the Erlang Ecosystem Foundation seems like a good place to start.

https://erlef.org/

Re:Ask HN: So, what's up with Phoenix (web framework)? on Saturday August 20, 2022 @10:11AM (#32532166)
It's a distributed system either way.

Acknowledging that opens up a whole world of already thought through solutions to problems in distributed systems.

Re:Cool Tool of the Day (1997) on Thursday April 22, 2021 @08:10AM (#26901809)
Linksys released an "iPhone" in 1998 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_iPhone).
Re:OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller on Friday September 18, 2020 @02:34PM (#24520312)
That's super cool!
Re:Red Dead Redemption 2 DRM still has not been cracked (316 days) on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:02PM (#24500016)
... Yes it is