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James Warner
Personal blog · jmswrnr.com/bloghardwareprogramming
James Warner writes JMSWRNR, a personal blog at jmswrnr.com about hardware and programming. Since 2014, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Hacking a Smart Home Device (2024)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-02-20, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a post on firmware issues with the Dell UP3214Q monitor, with setup steps such as matching the SIMULATED_* settings and adding an HDMI cable alongside DisplayPort.
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Most-linked posts?
- Hacking a Smart Home Device (2024)3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-05
What Hacker News says?
I have my UP3214Q working just fine. You need to A) make the SIMULATED_* monitor settings match the 4K ones; and B) use an HDMI cable along with the displayport cable. My instructions are here: http://jmswrnr.com/blog/the-firmware-issues-of-dell-up3214q-...
Comment linking /blog/the-firmware-issues-of-dell-up3214q-and-up2414q-a00-monitors/
on “Nexus 6”Submitted Hacking a Smart Home Device (2024) as a story · 318 points
HN discussionSubmitted Growing Chili Peppers: A Home Guide as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking a ESP32-Based Smart Home Device as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Hacking a Smart Home Device (ESP32 Smart Device –> HomeAssistant) as a story · 2 points
HN discussion