Hacker News: DrawTR

New comment by DrawTR in "Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords"

DrawTR — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:52:31 +0000

They mean to have a static single character on the screen and have it change with every keypress. For example, you type "a" and it shows /. You type "b" and it shows "|", etc.

New comment by DrawTR in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

DrawTR — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:20:58 +0000

Seems to be an accidental dangling s at the end of the comment. Try this?

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

New comment by DrawTR in "Welcome (back) to Macintosh"

DrawTR — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:40:22 +0000

Every time I see a comment on the state of Tahoe I look wearily at my current install of Sequoia. I'll have to update at some point. But I'll hold out as long as I can...

New comment by DrawTR in "Personal thoughts/notes from working on Zootopia 2"

DrawTR — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 22:12:07 +0000

I liked the film.

New comment by DrawTR in "How uv got so fast"

DrawTR — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:43:04 +0000

Editing the post to switch five "it's X not Y"s[1] is pretty disappointing. I wish people were more clear with their disclosure of LLM editing.

[1]: https://github.com/andrew/nesbitt.io/commit/0664881a524feac4...

A Better Judging Algorithm for the Largest Hackathon in Wisconsin

DrawTR — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 22:39:06 +0000

Article URL: https://ben.enterprises/hackathon-judging

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46281814

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

New comment by DrawTR in "Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System"

DrawTR — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:42:47 +0000

I see, thanks. I've definitely seen instances where an AP is broadcasting multiple SSIDs with different BSSIDs. I suppose I just thought nothing of it... but that makes sense.

New comment by DrawTR in "Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System"

DrawTR — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 23:14:03 +0000

Do most consumer APs/routers allow you to just change the MAC address on the fly? I don't think the ones I've owned have ever allowed that. But that would certainly be interesting to try (if you were somewhere without any other address interference that would tip it off)

New comment by DrawTR in "Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System"

DrawTR — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 22:38:51 +0000

The SSID (name, like the article mentions) is different than the bSSID (mac address of the access point), so I don't think it would be that easy to spoof.

New comment by DrawTR in "I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer"

DrawTR — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 01:47:14 +0000

I've wanted to make a project w/ a receipt printer for a little bit now. Does anyone have any good suggestions for printer models?

New comment by DrawTR in "I accidentally became PureGym’s unofficial Apple Wallet developer"

DrawTR — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:17:08 +0000

I don't like the baseless LLM accusations, but the code comment

> // Device wants updates! Store that push token like it's bitcoin in 2010

...really had me raising my eyebrows. Along with the mixed em-dash and hyphens and the AI generated images on the page.

New comment by DrawTR in "The Rise of the Japanese Toilet"

DrawTR — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 05:05:46 +0000

I sure hope a few wipes with a paper towel is not good enough for most people who get feces on their hands

New comment by DrawTR in "Busy Bar"

DrawTR — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 01:30:17 +0000

don't people typically say to let thoughts pass by when you're doing meditation? seems like bitter medicine to disallow yourself any fleeting thought

New comment by DrawTR in "The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos"

DrawTR — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 06:04:33 +0000

Wow, that video is way over the top. It's almost creepy that, as the in-video flight attendant is explaining the safety of the seat buckle, the camera is actively panning away from her to focus on the motion of the ball

New comment by DrawTR in "My Struggle with Doom Scrolling"

DrawTR — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:56:22 +0000

yup. it basically becomes a ulysses pact with myself to attempt to make it so i can't just undo the restrictions i set up. what good are the blocking attempts if you can disable them when you get bored? you have to set them up with the intention and foresight that you will try to disable them

New comment by DrawTR in "Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge"

DrawTR — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 07:32:52 +0000

can anyone share what the benefit is over using a self hosted repository host over a service like github/gitlab? obviously you get more power over the interface & such but are there truly any gains over using the larger platforms?

New comment by DrawTR in "Show HN: Map of YC Startups"

DrawTR — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:49:01 +0000

Apparently inspired by a comment on this very post! (Above yours, right now.)

> Cool project, but missed opportunity to name the arbitrary dimensions Y and C...

New comment by DrawTR in "School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study"

DrawTR — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:22:02 +0000

For what it's worth, the product demands $50 for what is essentially a < $1.00 3D printed case and a < $1.00 NFC tag. You could probably (not endorsing it!) find the NFC code online and just dump it to a tag of your own.

New comment by DrawTR in "Google’s AI thinks I left a Gatorade bottle on the moon"

DrawTR — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:12:17 +0000

ahaha. this is so good. they're just so earnest about every bit of praise

New comment by DrawTR in "But what is a GPT? Visual intro to Transformers [video]"

DrawTR — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:42:16 +0000

There's no need for the snark there. I mean 'potential danger' as in the LLM outputting anything inconsistent with reality. That can be as simple as an arithmetic issue.