bchip's comments

On: Raspberry Pi Enters Microcontroller Game with $4 Pico

[bchip]

I wish they would of added wifi and bluetooth to the board. This could of replaced esp32s.

[VoxPelli → bchip]

Eg Arduino will launch a board with that, the core here is the new chip, not the Pico board, lots of manufacturers will build boards with the chip

On: The cost of 1GB of mobile data in 228 countries (Feb 2020)

[bchip]

I am in the US. I pay $80 a month for TWO phones. My plan provides unlimited calls, texts, and shared 2GB of 4G data. When my data runs out, my data speeds go to 100kb/s.

[ab_testing → bchip]

You need to look at prepaid options. All major carriers have those. They are not bad if you like in or around a metropolitan area.

TMobile -> Metro PCS

Verizon -> Visible

ATT -> Cricket

[pkaye → bchip]

I'm on a T-Mobile 4 line plan at $30/line. Unlimited everything except I think it deprioritizes data over 50GB/month/line. But I've never exceeded 10GB/month yet.

[jacobkania → bchip]

Does that include phone payments at all? Because it sounds like you’re getting a not so great deal. I’m also in the US and pay that much for unlimited everything on 2 phones

On: Ask HN: What website, from your early days on the net, do you miss?

[bchip]

Myspace

On: Ask HN: How are you preparing for COVID-19 disruptions?

[bchip]

I am buying all the twinkies i can

On: Ask HN: Mac users who have switched to Linux, how do you make presentations?

[bchip]

Give Microsoft Sway a shot!

On: Ask HN: Fastest way to build a crud app?

[bchip]

Here is a way to generate a backend for your app. https://github.com/diegohaz/rest

On: Do you think Apple will move to their own a chip for their next computer?

[bchip]

Tim Cook is so focused on getting rid of the mac line. There is no way iOS can replace macOS anytime soon. So many features are needed to make iOS even appealing for everyday “computer” use. I am a developer, I need access to a full fledge unix system to do everyday work.

https://reddit.com/r/apple/comments/9w7hzq/it_seems_like_for...

[sigjuice → bchip]

Developers can be given various (unappealing) options for everyday work. e.g. "Xcode on iCloud" or an ARM macOS VM on the iPad Pro that is sandboxed and restricted to the hilt with a 'developer App store' bolted on. The App store might include things like Xcode plugins, Unix tools, Homebrew etc. The VM might even even have mouse support :p

On: Ask HN: Best quantum programming framework to learn?

[bchip]

D-Wave Leap is pretty neat: https://docs.dwavesys.com/docs/latest/leap.html

I recommend checking it out.

On: Ask HN: What are the most exciting areas of research in CS right now?

[bchip]

http://www.arxiv-sanity.com/toptwtr