[HN Gopher] No-Tifier (2017)
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       No-Tifier (2017)
        
       Author : aebtebeten
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2025-12-10 18:36 UTC (4 days ago)
        
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       | jeffreygoesto wrote:
       | A NE555 could be sufficient and even more reductionist. =;-)
       | Circuit example
       | https://theorycircuit.com/ic-555-ic-741/adjustable-duty-cycl...
        
         | atoav wrote:
         | A CD40106 could do the same and would even be more reductionist
         | (and uses less current).
        
           | jeffreygoesto wrote:
           | Touche ;)
        
         | tgsovlerkhgsel wrote:
         | This does the typical "two short buzzes with a break in
         | between". I think that would be hard with a singe NE555, and of
         | course much more annoying/complicated to fine-tune.
         | 
         | Also, the random delay between the notifications.
        
           | jeffreygoesto wrote:
           | Ah, right. With two buzzes it gets complicated again.
        
       | taneq wrote:
       | That's brilliant. A phone'nt, if you will.
        
         | stavros wrote:
         | Come on, phon't.
        
         | naruhodo wrote:
         | A PDA... Portable Distraction Accessory. Or maybe that should
         | be Plywood...
        
       | teddyh wrote:
       | Non-joke version:
       | <https://www.creativeapplications.net/project/durr-shivering-...>
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       | Discussion: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7007731>
        
       | smitty1e wrote:
       | Really needs an update, the No-Tiff-ier, that also doesn't
       | display an image, in addition to the other features.
       | 
       | For 2026, the No-Tiff-AIer extension is planned to also not bury
       | you in slop.
        
       | treetalker wrote:
       | > The medium is the massage.
        
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