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Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
Hey all! My train the other day was delayed and I got curious where they all were at any given time, so I built a map and figured I'd share it.
Show HN: Trains.fyi – a live map of passenger trains in the US and Canada
Hey all! My train the other day was delayed and I got curious where they all were at any given time, so I built a map and figured I'd share it.
Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer data
$20k bounty was claimed
$20k bounty was claimed
Google Drive files suddenly disappeared
My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar
My toddler loves planes, so I built her a radar
Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating
Choose the browser that best suits your privacy needs
Understanding Deep Learning
Making it clear when we're on a call with you to protect you from fraud
Naev – open-source game about space exploration, trade and combat
Darling: Run macOS Software on Linux
Whisky: Wine supercharged with the power of Apple's game porting toolkit
They're Made Out of Meat (1991)
Show HN: I saw this mind-blowing experiment, so I made a simple version of it
Two browser windows (acting as socket clients) communicate their:<p>- Screen dimensions - (screen.width, screen.height)<p>- Window dimensions - (window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)<p>- Window X/Y position - (window.screenX, window.screenY)<p>...or whichever calculation works best for you.<p>The original work by Bjorn Staal <a href="https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/172732259457002734" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/172732259457002734</a> used localStorage, but I found sockets more fun, because if tweaked a bit, this can be shared with friends.<p>Here's a demo of how it works and the codebase: <a href="https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-sockets/">https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-sockets/</a>
Show HN: I saw this mind-blowing experiment, so I made a simple version of it
Two browser windows (acting as socket clients) communicate their:<p>- Screen dimensions - (screen.width, screen.height)<p>- Window dimensions - (window.innerWidth, window.innerHeight)<p>- Window X/Y position - (window.screenX, window.screenY)<p>...or whichever calculation works best for you.<p>The original work by Bjorn Staal <a href="https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/172732259457002734" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://twitter.com/_nonfigurativ_/status/172732259457002734</a> used localStorage, but I found sockets more fun, because if tweaked a bit, this can be shared with friends.<p>Here's a demo of how it works and the codebase: <a href="https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-sockets/">https://github.com/Momciloo/fun-with-sockets/</a>
Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)
Nvidia sued for stealing trade secrets: blunder showed rival company's code