The Baumol Effect and Jevons paradox are related
If you live in the United States today, and you accidentally knock a hole in your wall, it’s probably cheaper to buy a flatscreen TV and stick it in front of the hole, compared to hiring a handyman to fix your drywall. (Source: Marc Andreessen.) This seems insane; why? Well, weird things happen to economies […]
You only live once, self host a NAT Gateway
Society would have you believe that self hosting a NAT Gateway is “crazy”, “irresponsible” and potentially even “dangerous”. But in this post I hope to shed some light into why someone would go down this path, the benefits, and my real experience when implementing this in a real engineering organization. What even is a NAT […]
WBlock: A New Ad-Blocker for Safari
A Safari content blocker for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS utilizing declarative content blocking rules.Supports 750,000 rules across 5 extensions with Protocol Buffer storage and LZ4 compression. Note Looking for a detailed comparison? Check out my comparison guide to see how wBlock stacks up against other Safari content blockers. Performance Architecture 750,000 rule capacity utilizing 5 […]
Google is killing the open web, part 2
I wrote a few months ago about the proxy war by Google against the open web by means of XSLT. Unsurprisingly, Google has been moving forward on the deprecation, still without providing a solid justification on the reasons why other than “we’ve been leeching off a FLOSS library for which we’ve finally found enough security […]
Show HN: 32V TENS device from built from scratch under $100
I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of electronics and the human body —how a few carefully shaped pulses can interact with nerves and muscles. Recently, I built a monophasic TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) device for a family member, specifically tailored for the hand. 🔋 Power Stage The heart of any stimulator is its […]
Show HN: 32V TENS device from built from scratch under $100
I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of electronics and the human body —how a few carefully shaped pulses can interact with nerves and muscles. Recently, I built a monophasic TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) device for a family member, specifically tailored for the hand. 🔋 Power Stage The heart of any stimulator is its […]
WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model
Weather predictions need to capture the full range of possibilities — including worst case scenarios, which are the most important to plan for. WeatherNext 2 can predict hundreds of possible weather outcomes from a single starting point. Each prediction takes less than a minute on a single TPU; it would take hours on a supercomputer […]
Show HN: ESPectre – Motion detection based on Wi-Fi spectre analysis
Motion detection system based on Wi-Fi spectre analysis (CSI), with Home Assistant integration. 📰 Featured Article: Read the complete story behind ESPectre on Medium 🇮🇹 Italian, 🇬🇧 English ⚠️ Disclaimer: This is an experimental project for educational and research purposes. The author assumes no responsibility for misuse or damage resulting from the use of this […]
Replicate is joining Cloudflare
Big news: We’re joining Cloudflare. Replicate’s going to carry on as a distinct brand, and all that’ll happen is that it’s going to get way better. It’ll be faster, we’ll have more resources, and it’ll integrate with the rest of Cloudflare’s Developer Platform. The API isn’t changing. The models you’re using today will keep working. […]
FreeMDU: Open-source Miele appliance diagnostic tools
The FreeMDU project provides open hardware and software tools for communicating with Miele appliances via their optical diagnostic interface. It serves as a free and open alternative to the proprietary Miele Diagnostic Utility (MDU) software, which is only available to registered service technicians. Most Miele devices manufactured after 1996 include an optical infrared-based diagnostic interface, […]