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I was wondering about the same and found this video very helpful. It may not be truly ELI5, but close enough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTnUcSj-QPA
Re:Claude Opus 5.5 on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @12:52PM (#49804326)
Totally! So unnecessary and annoying.
Re:Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative on Monday August 17, 2026 @07:57PM (#49339354)
Vibe coders rejoice! Vibe coding is even easier now =)

Jokes aside, this is a smart move by Cursor. As you can probably tell by the comments here, it's not for the experienced developers, but it will be a natural choice for vibe coders.

Re:An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail on Monday August 17, 2026 @05:01PM (#49337579)
I wish they would improve their iOS app. It does leave a bit to be desired.
The point still stands, but in what world can you build a 50TB NAS for $1,000 these days? I want to go there
Re:Aaron Rodgers secretly funded his town's Flock-style cameras on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @02:01PM (#49276331)
Yeah, sounds like a clickbait. Did you notice the paid sign up at the bottom? I guess we will never find out...

"Hey! Are you new here? The rest of this story is only for paid subscribers. Upgrade to read it all."

My guess is that the higher plans will be next, especially as more people upgrade to those and maximize their usage.
Hey, a Cessna 150 is cool airplane! I started my training on my local airport 152. I think Aviation101 uses one of those for his YouTube channel.

Thanks for the feedback. There are other general purposes ePaper devices out there meeting that need (TRMNL comes to mind). I wanted something smaller for my desk that looked like a cockpit instrument. That's why I created this.

I am curious to see if there is more general use demand for this form factor.

Show HN: PaperMETAR – An E-Paper Aviation Weather Display for Pilots

https://papermetar.com/

Hi HN!I created an ESP32 driven weather display for pilots that looks like a cockpit instrument. The goal was to move METAR off the phone screen and onto the desk where it is always visible. It’s a dedicated, "always-on" desk accessory that fetches real-time aviation weather and renders it onto a high-contrast e-paper display. It also has a quiz mode to help student pilots learn and test METAR...

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Re:Apple M5 chip on Wednesday October 15, 2025 @12:25PM (#45594944)
Apple has also seemingly stopped caring about the quality and efficiency of their software. You can see this especially in the latest iOS/iPadOS/macOS 26 versions of their operating systems. They need their software leadership to match their hardware leadership, otherwise good hardware with bad software still leads to bad product, which is what we are seeing now.
https://bolt.new/ "Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps." according to them.
Re:1Password to Add Telemetry on Saturday April 29, 2023 @08:02PM (#35758512)
FYI, I spent some more time troubleshooting and might have found the root cause. I had switched to 1Password 8 Beta before it was released because I enjoyed the updated UI. Once version 8 was officially released, I switched to the Stable channel, but the desktop app was stuck on the old beta version. So, beta was old, but the extension kept getting updated likely causing the bad behavior.

I uninstalled the macOS beta app and reinstalled the stable version. It seems to be working fine for the last day or so.

Re:1Password to Add Telemetry on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @11:54PM (#35723114)
That's so frustrating. I hope they figure this out soon.
Re:1Password to Add Telemetry on Monday April 24, 2023 @04:58PM (#35693196)
I have enjoyed how quickly 1Password was adopting new technology and features while still staying stable. It just worked. Lately, that hasn't been the case. Recently, the browser extension, which is my main interface for 1Password, has been acting up.

I use browser extension in Edge on macOS. I am on a page signing up for a new website and want to save credentials. It doesn't. Keeps erroring out. Disabling and re-enabling extension, and then refreshing the tab finally fixes it. I reached out to customer support and they told me to sign out to force refresh the cache. I did it, but the problem wasn't fixed.

1Password needs to fix the bugs that their customers are already reporting, instead of alienating their users with telemetry. I don't think the learnings from telemetry will be worth the damage it will cause to their brand.

  Some may ask why we didn’t announce these role reductions with the ones we announced a couple months ago. The short answer is that not all of the teams were done with their analyses in the late fall;
I am torn on this. How does the decision to have at least two layoffs affect employee morale? Is that not worth waiting?
Re:Update from Silicon Valley Bridge Bank CEO on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @08:42PM (#35162010)
My guess is they are probably looking for a buyer, who will likely roll everything into their offering. So, the more they can get back, the higher the sale price.
Re:CircleCI Layoffs on Wednesday December 07, 2022 @05:26PM (#33901225)
I don't know about CircleCI specifically, but generally, pre-IPO companies are pushed to reinvest profits in favor of aggressive/continued growth, instead of profit. Most companies intentionally overspend, but now that the investments are drying out, they are changing their posture. So, I would guess it's the former, i.e., letting people go to reduce the risk of running out of money.

At the same time, depending on how the business is doing, some investors might look for exits too instead of plateau or later raising another round. So, it could be both.

FYI, there is a project in github where I am starting to add specific asks. Any help would be appreciated! https://github.com/CV19Assist/app/projects/1
Re:Asana files to go public via direct listing on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @12:30PM (#22238339)
That's a not a very helpful feedback, especially for folks that might be looking into using them. Any chance you can share more on what you don't like?
Re:13.3" full color ePaper display on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @05:36PM (#21996519)
Lol, I have never heard it put this say, but seems exactly right: "hugged to death"! =D
Re:How I automate my home on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @10:43PM (#21932854)
Even if there was a manual, the darn things keep changing and every unit has it's own set of quirks! =) Sometimes it feels like there is no quality control. You would think that by now someone would require a mandatory recall program, but it hasn't happen yet...

I only have one, but I have heard that a second one could be a hit or miss. In some cases, it will help fix the first one, but in other cases it has resulted in getting spoiled itself.

Re:Azure services in South Central region down on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @11:35AM (#17909736)
South Central has been down since early morning; around 4/5 AM Central. I am really surprised and disappointed that they haven't been able to get it back yet.