Hacker News: InvaderFizz

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Canvas"

InvaderFizz — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:16:40 +0000

Same for me on macOS 15 on a M2. It's just Firefox, and I don't run much in the way of extensions there. Just 1Password and uBlock Origin.

I haven't noticed it lately, but that's because I've switched to almost exclusively Claude usage as of late.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "2M MPH galaxy smash-up seen in unprecedented detail"

InvaderFizz — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 13:02:35 +0000

When put in that context, it seems rather slow.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "The Smallest Thing in Go"

InvaderFizz — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:15:28 +0000

Still is. I made a basic http responder last week and it was under 4mb static compiled for a scratch docker container. I didn't even have to resort to compression, just stripped debug symbols.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "PR process killing morale and productivity"

InvaderFizz — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:46:42 +0000

I agree. Even within my own org there is some nitpicking, but it's almost always about style consistency for our shared codebase, which is valid.

If your PR doesn't pass lint checks, it doesn't get merged. And the only reason it would fail the lint checks is if your pre-commit hooks didn't fire.

There is no argument of 2,4,8 space vs tabs, because the code you commit is run through the linter.

Write however you want for the things that don't matter, the formatter always wins.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "I Didn't Need Kubernetes, and You Probably Don't Either"

InvaderFizz — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:44:59 +0000

I run clusters on OKE, EKS, and GKE. Code overlap is like 99% with the only real differences all around ingress load balancers.

Kubernetes is what has provided us the abstraction layer to do multicloud in our SaaS. Once you are outside the k8s control plane, it is wildly different, but inside is very consistent.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "M4 Macs can't virtualise older macOS"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 16:51:44 +0000

32bit ARM and aarch64 are wildly different instruction sets. 32bit ARM may as well be x86 or MIPS as far as running it on aarch64 hardware, it is going to require just about the same level of emulation(memory models may be similar which would help, but that's about it).

Unlike x86/64, the 32bit silicon is entirely gone in most aarch64.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Looking for a Job Is Tough"

InvaderFizz — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 03:07:40 +0000

I'll review resumes of any referrals from my network. Usually provide tips or areas they need to show more substance in. I won't submit any network referral to my company's internal recruiter unless they stand out and fit a need.

The proximity to my network doesn't need to be strong, but your resume does.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Bitcoin has made a new all-time high price"

InvaderFizz — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:49:36 +0000

Place it as a sell order on the trading book, above the current price. That way you are a market maker, and pay no fees.

50BTC is small potatoes, you aren't going to move the market.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 23:02:45 +0000

It's not, but I'm saying you have the option to compare the two with an outside reference at the time of voting. You keeping the result on your phone after would be entirely your decision.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Hacking the T2S+ Out of Fear: Get Lock-In Thermography for Free"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:35:59 +0000

USB-C iPhones work with all kinds of USB-C hubs, devices, keyboards, mice, Ethernet adapters, etc out of the box.

As far as I have seen, USB-C on iOS devices has no authentication restrictions for anything.

The device in the article already has an iOS app, so while there may be a needed app entitlement, I don't think there are any showstoppers for making an iOS app for this particular thermal camera.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:18:19 +0000

Which is what troubles me about making auditable digital voting systems. I'm not sure how you could do it while preserving the secret ballot.

About the best I can come up with is a QR code displayed on the screen and on a printout that you can compare with a third party phone app. Machine results are tabulated, and the QR code sheet is put in a lock box separately. This at least provides some way to compare what the computer says you voted versus the QR backup ballot for audits. I'm sure there are holes in my idea.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "SpawELO – small free matchmaking system for LAN parties"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 19:59:53 +0000

Reminds me of a group of friends that played call of duty together in the CoD4/WaW days. Individually we were mid-tier players on average. As a group, we completely dominated. We all knew each other's strengths, weaknesses, and general tactics. There was often no need to communicate specifics because we knew where each other would be and what we were doing.

We were always giddy when we got matched with a clan, especially if they were a mouthy crew.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Hurricane Milton's Impact: 70 Florida Cities See 50%+ Drop in Internet Traffic"

InvaderFizz — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:59:01 +0000

I spend most of my time in the path of hurricanes, we lose power 5-10x per year for between 1 to 8 hrs on average.

When we lose power the battery backup for the modem takes over(15hrs runtime), and we have other portable batteries to recharge our phones multiple times.

If things get really bad, we can pull out the camping solar panels and keep the phones charged. At that point, I expect the fiber will be down anyways and cell service is probably all that would be available.

Works quite well. I can usually still complete my work day on my laptop without issue.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Hetzner introduces GPU server for AI training"

InvaderFizz — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 12:37:50 +0000

VRAM is such a small portion of the BOM that they could double it, keep the same margins, and the MSRP would only increase by like $300.

The problem isn't margin on the consumer cards, the problem is competing with their even higher margin workstation cards.

New comment by InvaderFizz in ""Jurassic Park inspired more people to go into biotech than any academic paper""

InvaderFizz — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:58:52 +0000

Sadly, you can drop "them" from your statement and its accuracy stays about the same.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Show HN: Interactive map of the convenience store "turf war" in Japan"

InvaderFizz — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:45:30 +0000

Unfortunately, a side effect of the devaluation of the yen is that food quality at conbinis has decreased as they try to maintain price points. I recently spent a few weeks in Tokyo and there was noticeable difference in quality versus a few years ago.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Sanding UI"

InvaderFizz — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:10:15 +0000

This is really fun. A usability note, at least on Safari on iOS, you have to put the protocol for a web page to load. If you just put www.cnn.com without the https, it never loads.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "Void captures over a million Android TV boxes"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 21:15:49 +0000

Linux intentionally has an unstable driver ABI in part to make life a living hell for vendors who don't want to upstream their drivers.

Windows on the other hand maintains a very stable interface and has no desire to maintain vendor drivers.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "The Podcast Index"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:48:53 +0000

Anecdotal, but I know the guys behind this. They're about as much free speech absolutists as you'll find. They're not going to remove anything unless it presents a large legal problem for them not to.

New comment by InvaderFizz in "My 71 TiB ZFS NAS After 10 Years and Zero Drive Failures"

InvaderFizz — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 02:03:13 +0000

Additionally unless it's changed in the last six years, you should pretend ZFS dedupe doesn't exist.