Hacker News Top Stories with Summaries (January 20, 2024)
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<h1> Hacker News Top Stories</h1>
<p>Here are the top stories from Hacker News with summaries for January 20, 2024 :</p>
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What's that touchscreen in my room?
Summary: Nikita Lapkov discovered a mysterious touchscreen in his apartment, which turned out to be part of an energy monitoring system. The system, created by a company called NETTHINGS, communicates via WiFi and runs on an Android tablet. The energy manager was not functioning due to a missing fuse, which Lapkov replaced. The system's UI was disappointing, but Lapkov managed to access the energy manager's server and explore its data. The device runs on Linux and has an ARM9 CPU with 118MB of RAM. The energy monitoring app consists of two parts: a Pulse app that reads usage data and a Node.js app that displays the data in a web UI.
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