Phyphox – Physical Experiments Using a Smartphone https://phyphox.org/
phyphox
Your smartphone is a mobile lab.
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Sensors
Phyphox allows you to use the sensors in your phone for your experiments. For example, detect the frequency of a pendulum using the accelerometer or measure the Doppler effect using its microphone.
Data Export…
Follow us:
Features
Sensors
Phyphox allows you to use the sensors in your phone for your experiments. For example, detect the frequency of a pendulum using the accelerometer or measure the Doppler effect using its microphone.
Data Export…
Seven countries now generate nearly all their electricity from renewables (2024) https://www.the-independent.com/tech/renewable-energy-solar-nepal-bhutan-iceland-b2533699.html
The Independent
Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy
Scientists say we have reached an ‘irreversible tipping point’ that will see fossil fuels phased out
We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees https://blogfontawesome.wpcomstaging.com/we-have-a-99-email-reputation-gmail-disagrees/
Blog Awesome
We have a 99% email reputation. Gmail disagrees. - Blog Awesome
Oooooh boy. Let’s get this out of the way first. Email sucks. Now to the how and the why. We’re builders. We love making tools to help designers and developers live a little bit easier. We’re pretty good at it. Marketing, though? We do our best, but the truth…
Bring Back Idiomatic Design (2023) https://essays.johnloeber.com/p/4-bring-back-idiomatic-design
Johnloeber
#4: Bring Back Idiomatic Design
I’m part of the desktop software generation. From Windows 95 to Windows 7, I grew using mostly-offline software on computers operated via mouse and keyboard, well before tablets and smartphones. Recently, I’ve been missing one particular part of that era:…
Show HN: Oberon System 3 runs natively on Raspberry Pi 3 (with ready SD card) https://github.com/rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native/releases
GitHub
Releases · rochus-keller/OberonSystem3Native
This is a version based on v2.3.7 supposed to eventually run natively on PC i386, Raspi Model 3b and Olimex ESP32-P4-PC, using existing bootloaders instead of Oberon0 - rochus-keller/OberonSystem3N...
I gave every train in New York an instrument https://www.trainjazz.com/
Trainjazz
Every train, a note.
A jazz combo played in real time by every active NYC subway train.
Show HN: boringBar – a taskbar-style dock replacement for macOS https://boringbar.app/
boringBar
boringBar - Taskbar Dock Replacement for macOS
A taskbar-style Dock replacement for macOS with desktop-aware windows, previews, pinned apps, and badges.
Android now stops you sharing your location in photos https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/android-now-stops-you-sharing-your-location-in-photos/
Terence Eden’s Blog
Android now stops you sharing your location in photos
My wife and I run OpenBenches. It's a niche little site which lets people share photos of memorial benches and their locations. Most modern phones embed a geolocation within the photo's metadata, so we use that information to put the photos on a map. Google's…
US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional https://nypost.com/2026/04/11/us-news/us-appeals-court-declares-158-year-old-home-distilling-ban-unconstitutional/
New York Post
US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Friday declared unconstitutional a nearly 158-year-old federal ban on home distilling.
DaVinci Resolve – Photo https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/photo
Blackmagicdesign
DaVinci Resolve – Photo | Blackmagic Design
Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others https://rareese.com/posts/backblaze/
jj – the CLI for Jujutsu https://steveklabnik.github.io/jujutsu-tutorial/introduction/what-is-jj-and-why-should-i-care.html
The M×N problem of tool calling and open-source models https://www.thetypicalset.com/blog/grammar-parser-maintenance-contract
The typical set
Tool calling, open source, and the M×N problem
Tool calling with closed-source models is seamless. You pass a list of functions to the API, the model calls them, you get structured JSON back.