<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Ballas</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Ballas</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 19:44:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Ballas" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "Why is Vivado 2026.1 dropping Linux support for free tier?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, currently if you want to run the last version of Xilinx ISE 14.7* in Windows, Xilinx will have you download a linux VM to do so (14.7 was originally supported on Windows, but support was dropped after it broke).<p>On a side note: ISE was discontinued in 2013, but AMD only announced the acquisition in 2020, so I found it strange that those events appear to be linked in your comment?<p>*ISE is still required for any FPGAs older than 7 (like Virtex/Spartan 6).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 07:04:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319964</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319964</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That page compares models that easily fit inside the ram on either GPU. The biggest difference comes when one card can fit a model and the other cannot.</p>
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<p>Then he'll rebrand SpaceX to " X" (a space followed by an X).</p>
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<p>Your Movements May Vary?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:51:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831751</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831751</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47831751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "USB for Software Developers: An introduction to writing userspace USB drivers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, in that case I completely agree. Using it everywhere is a mistake IMHO. I know there might be a stylistic reason for using it everywhere, but I believe less code is better, unless more code makes it easier to understand.</p>
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<p>Why would anybody think more words more better?<p><pre><code>    int main() {</code></pre></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:12:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702655</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702655</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "Wine 11.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That gold rating was last tested with wine 5.0 in 2020. I have tried many times to install Office 2016 after that, and failed because Microsoft keeps changing their login/activation front-end. The last time the issue was with some Edge-dependency. For a while it was possible to get it working with Crossover, and then it broke again. Currently I'm using WinApps for the infrequent project that requires MS Office.<p>That said, I haven't tried Office on wine in the last 2 years, and there have a lot of development in that time...</p>
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<p>Even the unnecessary microcontrollers in modern devices irk me. A fridge does not need a microcontroller. (My issue is primarily repairability - discrete components can be sourced and replaced, microcontrollers with the correct programming usually cannot.)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 05:32:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742985</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742985</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45742985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The wifi devices are cheaper IME, so I created a IOT VLAN that does not have internet access, nor access to my normal network unless it was initiated from the trusted side.</p>
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<p>> Can't understand why manufacturers make this hard as it sells hardware.<p>Because a lot of features that cost a lot of money are only software limitations. With many of the cheaper cameras the max shutter speed and video capabilities are limited by software to make the distinction with the more expensive cameras bigger. So they do sell hardware - but opening up the software will make their higher-end offerings less compelling.</p>
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<p>There is definitely a divide in users - those for which it works and those for which it doesn't. I suspect it comes down to what language and what tooling you use. People doing web-related or python work seem to be doing much better than people doing embedded C or C++. Similarly doing C++ in a popular framework like QT also yields better results. When the system design is not pre-defined or rigid like in QT, then you get completely unmaintainable code as a result.<p>If you are writing code that is/can be "heavily borrowed" - things that have complete examples on Github, then an LLM is perfect.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 05:43:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44981367</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44981367</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44981367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Where I'm from moonlight on it's own will disrupt my sleep frequently enough that even if my neighbor did not forget his back light on, I would still sleep with my blockout curtains closed.<p>When it comes to driving, I would definitely prefer they keep the street lights on, for the increased visibility/safety.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:01:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44783428</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44783428</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44783428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "A study of lights at night suggests dictators lie about economic growth (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Counter fact: In our city district, which is the richest and biggest district of our 600k developed city, we decided to turn off the street lights at night on purpose to help with sleeping better.<p>To me that seems like a really alien solution. What about closing the curtains?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:41:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782720</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782720</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "C++26 Reflections adventures and compile-time UML"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>The rest of us are dealing with old code that is a hodgepodge of older standards and toolchains, that has to run in multiple environments, mostly old ones. It's like yeah, this C++26 feature will come in handy for me someday, but if that day comes then it will be in 2036, and I might not be writing C++ by then.<p>Things seem to be catching up. I had the same view up until recently, but now I'm able to use most of the C++23 features in an embedded platform (granted, some are still missing (limited to GCC 11.2).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:39:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782441</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782441</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44782441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "“No tax on tips” is an industry plant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In my experience they are often confused and sometimes insulted. Generally I found tipping to add friction to the transaction.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 07:16:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44753880</link><dc:creator>Ballas</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44753880</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44753880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Ballas in "Denver rent is back to 2022 prices after 20k new units hit the market"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> But, the convention in the US is that people see their houses as a form of savings.<p>And that is a big part of the problem. You cannot have it both ways, if housing is an investment, it will eventually lead to poorer outcomes for anybody that needs a house and does not inherit one.</p>
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<p>Well, you can have the same functionality with find if you want it:<p>find -type f -exec grep -Hn "_content_" {} \;</p>
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<p>Wow, when did that happen?<p>A couple of years ago I could not get anything OpenGL working over ssh, no matter how hard I tried. Ever since I just accepted that as fact. But I tested it now and it just works!</p>
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<p>In xfce, setting DPI in Appearance works perfectly (in my experience). Just don't try to scale with display settings...</p>
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<p>Eagle does not do cursor warping as far as I know.</p>
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