Online dating apps sell us hope by exploiting our needs, desires and insecurities.

True for pretty much all social apps.

If I was an athlete and there were condoms with Olympic logo branding getting handed out, I would SO hoard them for souvenirs. Can you imagine?

They’re in Italy. There are farmacie all over the place. They can get store-brand ones.

Explains the Monster cable ‘gold-plated banana.’

Everybody immersed in this technology needs to listen to Meredith. 💯

2023?

First-world problems.

Yes, but what does the cat think about all this?

Have a whole bunch of all of these laying about. For strange combinations of features, can’t beat LilyGo. But you end up having to deal with outdated drivers (i.e. LoRa, GPS, LVGL 8 vs newer 9.x).

If it’s just for a fun DIY project, the Xiao ones are fine, but if it’s something you need for civilians to use, M5Stack Core2/3, Atoms, or CardPuters are worth looking into. They also play nice with ESPHome.

They’re a bit pricier than the low-cost, commodity boards, since they have enclosures. But extra bonus that Espressif actually bought M5Stack, so it’s likely they’ll get the latest processors and still be around.

Disclosure: Have no relation with them other than happy user and using one of the Core2 variants in a project I’m currently working on.

Alex Ziskind on YT tests a number of on-site AI devices: https://youtu.be/QbtScohcdwI

Good thing there are openings in the “Physical Augmentation” division: https://www.engadget.com/transportation/doordashers-are-getting-paid-to-close-waymos-self-driving-car-doors-122711640.html

Curling?

This whole post has a strong ‘Sovereign Citizen’ vibe.

People dropping water balloons off the roof onto the Principal’s head the last day of school.

💯 with wherever Masnick lands.

Not just blindly following, but because anyone coming up with a 230 alternative better have thought through the history and gamed all the potential adverse outcomes.

Sometimes I miss the old Captchas.

Wasn’t “lo-code” a BIG thing a few years ago… that would destroy programming and make every PM a developer? Whatever happened to that? 🤔

Edit: read the HN comments. If I ever go back to consulting, I’m 10x-ing my rate to work on cleaning up this slop. I’m not anti-AI coding and use it for my own projects, but if you just give it a prompt and walk away, you will be very sad later.

There’s a BIG difference between prototypes and something others have to use. As the lo-code folks found out the hard way.

May want to also take a look at Wyze.

Also, anyone looking to buy cameras or doorbells should check for the manufacturer or brand on Shodan to see if they’re compromised. If it’s a no-name cheap one, it almost certainly is or will be.