The "buy me a coffee" button at the end is :chefskiss:

I was excited about this idea, but based on the writing patterns and vague stories I'm pretty sure these writeups are mostly AI slop. For example, this is classic ChatGPT phrasing:

> The growth I’d been celebrating wasn’t real growth—it was just a spike of first-time buyers who never came back.

If I'm wrong, and these were actually written by a human, I'd love a chance to stand corrected and apologize.

I suspect they were developed (maybe AI-written) by a human, but the same human.

There's little variety in the way the stories are told.

I suspect that it will be tough to get folks to add to it, but it's not a bad idea.

One site I regularly visit, is Not Always Right[0]. I suspect that many of the stories are apocryphal, but it is entertaining.

I really miss the US Navy Safety Photo of the Day. That was a riot.

[0] https://notalwaysright.com/newest/

Whether or not it's AI written, these very vague stories are not useful.

To find slop in this submission, you don't have to look any further than the very first picture.

My favorite section in an RFC is "alternatives considered". I've seen many times that an option that had been initially discarded became the solution after review and discussion. It's also a great way to answer later questions about "why didn't you do X instead".

Just imagine being the designer of this thing and sitting at Thanksgiving dinner with your family. "Oh, tedchs, what've you been up to at work?" "Okay well this is gonna sound odd but we invented a camera for your stool... No, not that stool... Yes, it clips onto the bowl..."

My question is, why can Google themselves not just provide a dump to archive.org themselves? Having volunteer middlemen doing the work seems like an artificial crisis.

I've used strings of Twinkly lights for a couple seasons now. They can sometimes be found on eBay for cheap. They're easy to set up, whether standalone or by clustering multiple units into one larger virtual canvas. The app has a lot of good looking animated patterns included.

Wow, what a great name!

I've had the reMarkable 2 for years and it's amazing. FYI, the reMarkable is itself quite hackable. There is a supported way to run an SSH server on it and push your own binaries and other files to use on the device. One example resource for hacks/mods is https://github.com/danielebruneo/remarkable2-hacks .

FYI you can use a universal infrared remote with Apple TV, which might have larger buttons or a more familiar interface. I have mixed feelings myself about the "touchpad" in the apple remote.