11 interesting things surfaced from HN on 2026-11-01

“I first started by moving all my subscriptions to grayjay(where I also disabled the home page), that way I just click the subscriptions tab and there is everything there, you can even create subscription groups if needed. Then as I had some issues with grayjay desktop(not the mobile app which works great)”

0fflineuser · recommendation · first hand use

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“I found some remote paths on CoMaps in the UK which I walked recently, without the aid of the app I would have not known about these.”

Flere-Imsaho · recommendation · first hand use

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“AntennaPod: the wealth of information and interesting topics I've been exposed to via podcasts is hard to overstate.”

Flere-Imsaho · recommendation · first hand use

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“I use ScreenZen to enforce limited short session for a short list of harmful apps and websites (socials & news), and I configured it to allow a few 5-min-long sessions per day. The short sessions being cut in the middle help me stay informed but break the addictive nature of socials/news.”

liorgrossman · recommendation · first hand use

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“Lamport’s book and or Hillel Wayne’s are both good. State machines as a specification language has always been pretty approachable and also relatively deep.”

johnbender · recommendation

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“If you want to get in to proof assistants Software Foundations is great and the delta to understanding Lean from Rocq is pretty small.”

johnbender · recommendation

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“Highly recommend the photovore BEAM robot if you’ve got a soldering iron. It requires a small solar cell and a few analog components from online suppliers like Digikey.”

gfat · recommendation

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“Watch the video.[2] It's very impressive for 1948 and tube technology. If you've seen an original Roomba, you've seen a similar level of intelligence. Rod Brooks went down this road. But it didn't go very far. There are severe limits to purely reactive robotics. It doesn't work well for anything that moves fast enough that inertia matters.”

Animats · recommendation

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“Another one worth a look is ESPuino (also a german project). Custom PCBs are still available for that one afaik.”

flowingfocus · recommendation

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“Agree, we have Yoto and while I have bought some cards… their “make your own cards” system is pretty much open to whatever you want to do. They seem like a solid company”

mpolichette · recommendation · first hand use

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“I then stumbled across the Casio AE1200, their world timer. As I thought about it, this was the perfect choice. With a 10 year battery, I could just grab it and go (changing the battery whenever I renew my passport), I didn't have to deal with setting a bunch of complications, because the quartz movement just kept it going all the time. It solved the IST problem. The low cost meant that I could travel without having to worry about my watch... if something happened, oh well, get another one. Along with that, I wouldn't make me a target for pickpockets. I had been so caught up in watch culture that I didn't realize being cheap could be a feature in the right context. I've had it for about 3 years now and still smile every time I wear it.”

al_borland · recommendation · first hand use

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