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Span Wants To Replace Your Ancient Breaker Panel And Make It Smarterhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8bd7b60bd2438590f3860710aacebe&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fanthonykarcz%2F2021%2F06%2F13%2Fspan-wants-to-replace-your-ancient-breaker-panel-and-make-it-smarter%2F&c=4230850901472458943&mkt=en-usForbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to do more with your consumer gadgets. Circuit breakers, breaker panels, breaker boxes, fuse boxes—no matter ...Jun 13, 2021 5:00 AM
fig.io
Launch HN: Fig (YC S20) – Autocomplete for the Terminalhttps://fig.io?ref=hnHi HN! We’re Matt and Brendan, co-founders of Fig (https://fig.io/hn). Fig adds VSCode-style autocomplete to your existing terminal.We built Fig because of our own struggles in the terminal: we were tired of context switching between man pages, Stack Overflow posts, and Medium tutorials anytime we got stuck. We wanted our CLI tools to be more discoverable.The terminal is powerful, but unforgiving. It emulates the constraints of hardware (like teletype printers and video terminals) that became obsolete a generation ago. There are no built-in affordances. No hints about the 'right way' of using a tool or even finding the right tool for the job. Beginners are thrown in the deep end. And even seasoned developers can screw up their system with a few unfortunate keystrokes.To solve this, we add a UI overlay that is linked with the interactive shell. As you type, Fig pops up subcommands, options, and contextually relevant arguments in your existing terminal. For example, you can type `npm runMay 25, 2021 3:09 PM
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Zhurong rover rolls onto Martian surface a week after landinghttps://spacenews.com/zhurong-rover-rolls-onto-martian-surface-a-week-after-landing/China’s Zhurong rover descended onto the surface of Mars late May 21, a week after the vehicle’s historic landing in Utopia Planitia.May 22, 2021 9:28 AM
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The Best Home Brewing Kits for Making Your Next Great Craft Beerhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8a3c1a38d4427896cd9a66bbedcadb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fproduct-recommendations%2Flifestyle%2Fbest-beer-making-kits-1136861%2F&c=14310025978966732548&mkt=en-usIf you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve finally given up on sourdough starter and are ...May 12, 2021 8:00 AM
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Powerful Minimalist Hammershttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBlVzRKMXJpc21PRmlMOVlWb0xzMXBrYk83NFM0QXJEVWkzQ0RUeWl6bldFY3hDcUJLSkZiNUMxeHhjUGgxRVhCYzk5OUxwejU0RTBuNFhmVnQ4QdIBX0FVX3lxTE5LbXpfQ0Y2eFZkNmxCUF9vb2hWc0ZlejhTZW14SjM3UElPRVBmR1g2TWlwbncxTEJBSWRSaUxLY3hSZWVmRFFXOEVjUjVpX3VjOW93aFdxS3laOF9wUV9z?oc=5Powerful Minimalist Hammers Trend HunterMay 12, 2021 7:00 AM
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Ask HN: Where to find contract work as a developer?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27097426Either here or on reddit I've seen plenty of people mention the option of working as a contractor as a viable option.I have been working as a developer for 12 years. For the first six years of my career I wrote C++ / Python for a finance-adjacent firm.The second half of my career has been the typical full-stack developer stuff. Django / Pyramid / SQLAlchemy backend and several different front-end frameworks like Vue and React.It's enough to say that I'm a generalist and a decent enough programmer.I'd love the ability to work a contract for 6 months to a year and then take a few months off between gigs. But when I search for contract opportunities they seem somewhat rare. Additionally, the contract gigs I find seem to be seeking people who would prefer full-time employment but would settle for the contract as a sort of 'probationary' measure. I never seem to find opportunities where it is seen by all parties as a temporary placement.Am I looking in the wrong place? Are there certain empMay 9, 2021 4:43 PM
spaceflightnow.com
Dragon crew rehearses for launch day, first-look weather forecast looks goodhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2021/04/19/dragon-crew-rehearses-for-launch-day-first-look-weather-forecast-looks-good/After completing a dress rehearsal for launch day over the weekend, the four astronauts gearing up for liftoff Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket are in good spirits and spending time with their families in Florida before heading off on a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. Forecasters with the U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predict an 80% chance of acceptable weather for launch early Thursday.Apr 19, 2021 9:35 PM
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Consorts, past and future, in Britain’s changing monarchyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb1ea72f1486aac1c4338414cd15f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fconsorts-past-future-britain-changing-123558140.html&c=15329123426840273932&mkt=en-usFILE - In this March 28, 1939 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth with the Lord Mayor of London passes through the Council Chamber of the Guildhall to attend a party and reception in aid of the ...Apr 9, 2021 5:35 AM
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Programmers: Is screen-time something you worry about?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26744123Hi, long time lurker, first time poster here. This is a topic that causes me anxiety sometimes: screen-time.I've been in the industry for 3-4 years now, and from my experience at least, the screen-time of a programmer/developer/engineer in industry is way more than what I was used to while studying computer science.It's 8 hours a day on weekdays, mostly just coding and reading. Then when I get home, there's loads of life-admin stuff I do on the computer: buying, planning, accounting, tracking things, etc. With my locality's COVID lockdown, friends now want to video call after work, and I feel myself drawn into screen-based hobbies, since they're so passive and easy (NetFlix, YouTube). These are very tempting ways to kill time after a day's work.I've considered the possibility that my screen time isn't as big an issue as I think, and that I'm just living in this awkward transition between generations: the last generation viewing screens as invasive sources of addiction, and the new geneApr 8, 2021 9:41 PM
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Show HN: ReadMe Recipeshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26595436Heya HN!I launched ReadMe here a few years ago as a Show HN (and even got the domain by randomly happening across someone giving it away here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6397526), so I figured this was a good place to post our newest feature, ReadMe Recipes.Here's the link: https://readme.com/recipesMost API documentation focuses on Reference Guides, which have the information you need about an API... all the parameters, endpoints, headers, query params, etc. They're really important! However, for a first-time user (or even someone more experienced), it's like handing someone a dictionary and telling them to learn the language.So, we built Recipes, which are interactive, use case-based code walkthroughs aimed at helping you get your users to solve specific problems. Recipes pair a common use case for your API or technical product with a snippet of code and then walk through the code explaining what everything does.Rather than focus on GETs and PUTs and POSTs, Recipes makes itMar 26, 2021 6:42 PM
bing.com
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town beginner’s guide, tips, and trickshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a892e3fadb04d21bb5c9557e9c9875b&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2Fstory-of-seasons-pioneers-of-olive-town-guides%2F22346869%2Fbeginners-tips-tricks-seedling-normal-mode-makers%2F&c=17078863838482430510&mkt=en-usStory of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is the latest farming simulator to be released and just like all the ones that came before it, it’s easy to get lost in the endless list of things to do. In ...Mar 23, 2021 12:00 AM
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Remember Fun? A Short History of the Best Parties in Recent-ish Memoryhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a88eaf14b9b468d9a2e513d62e56ba9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.townandcountrymag.com%2Fthe-scene%2Fparties%2Fa35821291%2Ffamous-parties-history%2F&c=9149853260936419197&mkt=en-usOne of the best parties I ever attended was a bash at George Plimpton’s townhouse on East 72nd Street. I’m guessing it was fall of ’83. For a grad student who’d just taken the train from Syracuse, it ...Mar 22, 2021 4:56 AM
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Ask HN: Allocation of Company Stockhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26522054Hi HN!As a first-time startup founder I have a rosy picture of what I'd like to happen with my company stock, which I know is naive but also "feels right". I'm sure you must have seen other founders with similarly naive ideas, so I'd be grateful for your input.Here's what I'd like to do:---Allocate 1/16th of my shares to friends and family. 1/64th each to my parents for incubating me. 1/192th to each of 6 friends and siblings for business acumen or counsel.Have an initial valuation of £192 million.Intend to take investment by selling 1/16th of my remaining 15/16th shares at a time to the best fit investor at a time, without changing the valuation. So I could hypothetically sell 1/16th to Andreessen Horowitz for £1, and/or 1/16th to my 2nd cousin for £10 million. This assumes I have runway to take investment in good time (as PG says, when investors are chasing you, not the other way around).No change to valuation, no intention to go public.Hire employees with a fixed 1/192th each (whileMar 20, 2021 10:32 AM
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Launch HN: PingPong (YC W21) – Video messaging for remote teamshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26377761Hi HN,I'm Jeff, co-founder and CEO of PingPong (https://getpingpong.com), where we help remote teams collaborate and stay connected by exchanging video, voice, and screen recordings asynchronously. Think of it as Marco Polo or Snapchat (sans ephemerality) for globally-distributed product teams.We got the idea from our own experience on a different startup. Murphy, the co-founder and CTO, lives in Nigeria, and I live in the US (Utah). We had five other team members spread across three countries and four time zones. The problem for me as a team leader was how to share my ideas, feelings, and updates in a way that felt authentic and conveyed energy. I felt like I was spending my entire life either typing in Slack or scheduling Zoom calls at terrible hours. I had been kicking around the idea for our product in my head for months. At some point, I began thinking more about how to improve communication for distributed teams than what I was working on. In February 2020, after my second child Mar 7, 2021 5:30 PM
spaceflightnow.com
SpaceX nails Starship landing, but rocket explodes minutes laterhttps://spaceflightnow.com/2021/03/03/starship-sn10-test-flight/The latest prototype of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle — Starship SN10 — took off from the company’s South Texas test site and flew to an altitude of more than 30,000 feet Wednesday, then descended to a controlled vertical landing after two previous test vehicles crashed at touchdown. Minutes later, the 16-story test rocket exploded in a fireball, but the test flight appeared to be a major step forward in the early stages of the Starship test flight program.Mar 3, 2021 1:50 AM
bing.com
How to Make a Cuba Librehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e0fedc4449afbba2e9ec5f1c0822&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.esquire.com%2ffood-drink%2fdrinks%2frecipes%2fa3769%2fcuba-libre-drink-recipe%2f&c=14192586423885394257&mkt=en-usA Cuba Libre is a rum and Coke with lime. Only the rum and Coke lacks a certain something—besides the lime. A rum and Coke is the order that you, 21 years and one hour old, stammered at the bartender ...Feb 11, 2021 1:26 PM
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How to Make a Cuba Librehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d48e520e4384ab78778b8d63401c&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.esquire.com%2ffood-drink%2fdrinks%2frecipes%2fa3769%2fcuba-libre-drink-recipe%2f&c=14192586423885394257&mkt=en-usA Cuba Libre is a rum and Coke with lime. Only the rum and Coke lacks a certain something—besides the lime. A rum and Coke is the order that you, 21 years and one hour old, stammered at the bartender ...Feb 11, 2021 1:26 PM
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How to Make a Cuba Librehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e53e7ab2474ab27c493f7510a5f2&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.esquire.com%2ffood-drink%2fdrinks%2frecipes%2fa3769%2fcuba-libre-drink-recipe%2f&c=14192586423885394257&mkt=en-usA Cuba Libre is a rum and Coke with lime. Only the rum and Coke lacks a certain something—besides the lime. A rum and Coke is the order that you, 21 years and one hour old, stammered at the bartender ...Feb 11, 2021 1:26 PM
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How to Make a Cuba Librehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e76a42c1423d97baa435e569227c&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.esquire.com%2ffood-drink%2fdrinks%2frecipes%2fa3769%2fcuba-libre-drink-recipe%2f&c=14192586423885394257&mkt=en-usA Cuba Libre is a rum and Coke with lime. Only the rum and Coke lacks a certain something—besides the lime. A rum and Coke is the order that you, 21 years and one hour old, stammered at the bartender ...Feb 11, 2021 1:26 PM
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How to Make a Cuba Librehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e986b9014516bcb72f290f26c3d6&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.esquire.com%2ffood-drink%2fdrinks%2frecipes%2fa3769%2fcuba-libre-drink-recipe%2f&c=14192586423885394257&mkt=en-usA Cuba Libre is a rum and Coke with lime. Only the rum and Coke lacks a certain something—besides the lime. A rum and Coke is the order that you, 21 years and one hour old, stammered at the bartender ...Feb 11, 2021 1:26 PM
