Hacker News: BenjiWiebe

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "What's That Burning Smell?"

BenjiWiebe — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 18:21:20 +0000

The issue wasn't heat generated by excessive current, but heat generated by excessive resistance and normal current.

Mag breakers and fuses won't help. A thermal fuse could work,provided it was thermally bonded to the bad connection. So you'll need a lot of thermal fuses - one at every potential bad connection.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "KOReader"

BenjiWiebe — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:44:50 +0000

Eink doesn't emit light.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "DMARC has been public since 2012 but most company domains still don't enforce it"

BenjiWiebe — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:33:13 +0000

One awesome thing that SPF/DKIM/DMARC did... Now that spammers have "adapted", it means they can't say their email is from @mybank.com, or @microsoft.com, or @facebook.com, etc!

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol"

BenjiWiebe — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:05:09 +0000

Not a lot of whimsy and delight in having your glue joint fail because the delightful & whimsical website gave bad advice.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "HMD Touch 4G"

BenjiWiebe — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:17:55 +0000

5G has more range than 4G on the same frequency bands. 5G UWB has less range than 4G.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"

BenjiWiebe — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:41:56 +0000

You can actually ditch the GUI and go to the command line with OpenWrt and do custom/weird/power-user stuff to your heart's content.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"

BenjiWiebe — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:40:01 +0000

Looks like OpenWrt supports that model, so going that route would be an option of not having locked down software.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Fake food delivery site for the dopamine"

BenjiWiebe — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:23:58 +0000

I just had double jaw surgery so I'm "eating" though a straw (or syringe).

At least I can order regular food with this.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%"

BenjiWiebe — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:07:35 +0000

Maybe just the best marketed?

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered in-person final; scores fell 50%"

BenjiWiebe — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:10:32 +0000

If you see chips where a chippy is working, that's fine.

If you see sparks where a sparky is working, get a different sparky. :)

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "FDA rejects petition to set PFAS limits in food"

BenjiWiebe — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:31:24 +0000

I think people getting blood usually have lost a bunch of their own first. And blood isn't usually given just for fun, it's to save their lives, i.e. PFAS isn't a huge concern at that point.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

BenjiWiebe — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:35:28 +0000

Btw, flash powder (at least the pyrotechnic variety as opposed to that used for camera flashes) is actually a primary high explosive.

Primary = easy to activate, doesn't need an explosive initiator. High explosive = detonates rather than deflagrates.

And for bonus points, most flash powder is self-confining in very small quantities. Means a little pile of powder will detonate even if not enclosed.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Delta flight hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport on Fourth of July"

BenjiWiebe — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:24:06 +0000

Our dog is not ok with fireworks or gunshots. He either goes into the basement (normally off limits) or into the bedroom (mostly off limits) when he hears them.

However it also took him quite a few years to get over his fear of thunder.

I think he'll survive even though he'd be included in the 83%.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "The family keeping watch over a 52-year-old pot of soup"

BenjiWiebe — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:51:01 +0000

Probably because they don't know any Italians (in Italy), just Italian Americans.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "“Beyond the limit”: Satellites and mirrors in space pose threat to the night sky"

BenjiWiebe — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:07:39 +0000

Did you know that if you stay up a bit later* than twilight, the satellites disappear?

*The later you stay up the more disappear, until the middle of the night. But they're most obvious shortly after dark.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "County with 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity'"

BenjiWiebe — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:13:37 +0000

Just to compare it to my rural county: Henrico county: pop 345,000, 237 sq miles, 1455 population per sq mile Marion county: pop 11,600, 954 sq miles, 12 pop/sq mi.

So it might be a small county but it sure ain't rural!

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "Framework's 10G Ethernet module exposes USB-C's complexity"

BenjiWiebe — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 18:36:40 +0000

In fact, just to for single mode fiber. Looking on fs.com, single mode cables are slightly cheaper, and the optics (for 10G) are $30 to MMF's $25.

And you get much better future proofing with SMF. And if you do need a long fast run, SMF is what you want.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero"

BenjiWiebe — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 12:56:27 +0000

Cameras and screens. /s mostly

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "We’re making Bunny DNS free"

BenjiWiebe — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:32:36 +0000

(Before Linode was acquired) I called in and quickly got on the phone with a live human who was very familiar with the product and helpful, and sounded (accent) like US-based support.

At the time I was paying $12/month IIRC.

New comment by BenjiWiebe in "We’re making Bunny DNS free"

BenjiWiebe — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:21:46 +0000

Me neither, but I found the $3 option with an even quicker glance.

https://tnahosting.net/hybrid-vps/