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HDD Clicker generates HDD clicking sounds, based on HDD Led activity

https://www.serdashop.com/HDDClicker
23•starkparker•2h ago

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catapart•57m ago
What absolute nonsense. I love it!
beardedmoose•52m ago
Im all for this. I miss the tactile feedback of older hard drives, you knew the computer was actually doing something. New computers are too quiet, like electric cars.
neilv•50m ago
If it hooked into the OS, it could generate even more appropriate sounds:

* past SMART errors => knock of death sound

* unrecovered errors => head crash sound

RedShift1•41m ago
There's probably a way to do this in software? Like some cars simulating engine noises through the speakers...
bn-l•1m ago
But then you need to install something. Probably give it some perm.
thepryz•30m ago
Reminds me of adding a Taptic Engine™ to a flash-upgraded iPod classic.

https://eoe.works/collections/shop-all-ipod-video-ipod-class...

moron4hire•20m ago
I didn't realize you could get Taptic Engines. I had wanted some about 10 years ago while I was working on a haptic data glove project, but Apple kept them under tight wraps because they own the patent and wanted them exclusive to their devices. I ended up using small pager motors, but I really think Taptic Engines would have made for a much better experience, both because they are smaller and because they are 3 axis linear vibrators, instead of a single axis rotary vibe.
hengheng•27m ago
I have a watercooled workstation (don't ask), and one day I made it spin up the pump when the chips heat up. I believe it goes from 17% pwm to 18% whenever any chip is more than 15°C warmer than the water. Changes nothing, and you wouldn't set it up like that.

But the immediate frequency change is enough for me to anticipate a delayed reaction. "Oh, computer is computing. Reach for coffee."

OpenThread - Google open-source implementation of Thread

https://openthread.io/
1•pabs3•2m ago•0 comments

Show HN: AI Dognames Generator is built all by Claude Code in 24hrs without code

https://dognames.vip/en
1•yeeyang•12m ago•0 comments

WatchWitch: Interoperability, Privacy, and Autonomy for the Apple Watch

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07210
1•pabs3•17m ago•0 comments

WatchWitch – Android Interoperability for the Apple Watch

https://github.com/seemoo-lab/watchwitch
1•pabs3•19m ago•0 comments

Google to Pay $2.4B in Deal to License Tech of Coding Startup, Hire CEO

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-to-pay-2-4-billion-in-deal-to-license-tech-of-coding-startup-hire-ceo-b9b94bbc
2•Handy-Man•21m ago•1 comments

Cheeky Computer Scientist replicates Quantum Factoring record with a dog [pdf]

https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf
2•sebgan•28m ago•0 comments

Harvard takes down sites for minorities, LGBTQ, and women amid DEI purge

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/7/10/college-fas-end-diversity-offices/
2•chirau•29m ago•0 comments

Tradecraft in the Information Age

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2025/cia-ai-technology-spies/
1•jvilalta•29m ago•1 comments

D-lactic acid production from methanol via UV mutated Komagataella phaffii

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214030125000069
1•PaulHoule•30m ago•0 comments

Show HN: VibeKin – Gated Discord Tribes via Personality Matching

https://tgc.fly.dev
1•madebywelch•31m ago•0 comments

GeoArrow and GeoParquet, and the Future of Geospatial Data Analysis

https://cloudnativegeo.org/blog/2024/12/interview-with-kyle-barron-on-geoarrow-and-geoparquet-and-the-future-of-geospatial-data-analysis/
1•marklit•32m ago•0 comments

UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/online_safety_act_misinfo/
1•Bender•33m ago•0 comments

Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/defenses_against_ai_scrapers_beaten/
1•Bender•34m ago•0 comments

Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/airman_admits_dating_app_leaks/
2•Bender•35m ago•0 comments

Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones

https://www.972mag.com/drones-grenades-gaza-chinese-autel/
3•Qem•37m ago•1 comments

Microsoft was able to delete some of our packages without notice

https://github.com/NuGet/Home/discussions/14413
4•nozzlegear•41m ago•0 comments

Apple and Masimo Faced Off in US Appeals Court This Week

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/apple-masimo-spar-over-apple-watch-import-ban-us-appeals-court-2025-07-07/
2•Bogdanp•45m ago•1 comments

I got tired of writing prompts. So I built Glyde

https://glydeapp.vercel.app
1•siddak_•59m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I built an AI to answer health, diet, and fitness questions

https://healthpalai.netlify.app
2•GainTrains•1h ago•0 comments

How to Kill a Leading AI Product by Trying

https://apnews.com/article/grok-4-elon-musk-xai-colossus-14d575fb490c2b679ed3111a1c83f857
2•jonnycomputer•1h ago•0 comments

Tell HN: uBlock Origin on Chrome is finally gone

1•ipsum2•1h ago•3 comments

DOJ Statement of Interest on Suppression of Competition Through Deplatforming

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-suppression-competition-marketplace-ideas
2•sandwichsphinx•1h ago•5 comments

Where to Find Cofounders?

1•thoth001•1h ago•1 comments

I made a Random Web Button for fun (randomweb.click)

https://randomweb.click/
1•Lunalin•1h ago•2 comments

The unholy alliance that killed the AI moratorium

https://www.theverge.com/politics/704424/ai-moratorium-ted-cruz-steve-bannon-trump
2•anigbrowl•1h ago•0 comments

11 years ago this man predicted what social media platforms were turning into

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdxzvQG3aic
1•thoth001•1h ago•0 comments

The evolution of signaling and monitoring in plant–fungal networks

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2420701122
2•westurner•1h ago•0 comments

What to know about plasma exchange therapy

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/well/plasma-exchange-longevity.html
1•bookofjoe•1h ago•1 comments

AMD's Magny Cours and HyperTransport Interconnect

https://chipsandcheese.com/p/amds-magny-cours-and-hypertransport
3•brian_herman•1h ago•0 comments

Diving into Plasma Bigscreen

https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen/
2•LorenDB•1h ago•0 comments