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New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Tesla Wall Connector bootloader bypasses the firmware downgrade ratchet"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:11:23 +0000

I can confirm this. Our Model 3 doesn't charge as fast using a NEMA 14-50 plug connected via the Tesla-provided mobile charger.

When we moved to a new house, we bought a Tesla wall charger, and it indeed charges at higher amps, but I don't know if the extra speed has necessarily been worth it since we primarily charge the car overnight.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "The Onion to Take over InfoWars"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:55:33 +0000

And I'm _still_ laughing. LOL

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:18:27 +0000

Since when was there ever a plan to disable IPv4 on the Internet? Just because IPv6 is around doesn't mean that IPv4 is going to go away.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:19:24 +0000

What a gorgeous sight to behold!

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:18:12 +0000

Where was that coal coming from?

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Addressing Antigravity Bans and Reinstating Access"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:36:38 +0000

I feel dumb. I've never heard of Antigravity until now.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "A list of fun destinations for telnet"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:33:29 +0000

BatMUD is the one I played a long time ago, and has been around for 35 years now. I honestly don't know how active it is these days.

https://www.bat.org

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "A list of fun destinations for telnet"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:31:15 +0000

During the Summer of 1997, I stayed at my university and had a job at the computer lab in the basement of the library. We had four Windows 95 PCs, four Mac Quadras, and then tons of VT terminals. I specifically remember the one at the lab assistants desk being a VT-320. Anyway, it was enough for me to telnet to BatMUD. I got all the way up to level 32 or so (and made some friends!) before I stopped playing. Man, that was a great Summer. Well ... it was great until I got cheated on but that's a whole other story. :-p

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "YouTube Is Degraded"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 13:33:49 +0000

I just went to the site and started watching a video -- seems to be working for me, at least. YMMV

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:07:45 +0000

Except this one is not on the windshield.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Apple Maps claims it's 29,905 miles away"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:07:21 +0000

Looks like a bug that I hope someone will have a fun time fixing.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "What will enter the public domain in 2026?"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:58:06 +0000

Which constitution would that be, again?

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Show HN: I made a down detector for down detector"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:20:08 +0000

Maybe? Maybe not? It depends on the nature of the outage and how motivated their customers are to switch over to a new service.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Six months into tariffs, businesses have no idea how to price anything"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:25:10 +0000

Market forces will prevail.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Discord Is Threatening to Shutdown BotGhost"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:07:21 +0000

We definitely had bots on IRC in the 90s.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Why don't Americans trust experts? Just ask a paranormal investigator"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 12:54:32 +0000

I agree. Lots and lots of them died, as result.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Medical aid in dying, my health, and so on"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:50:42 +0000

What constitutes a sound mind?

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Tue, 06 May 2025 13:51:42 +0000

This came out when I was in high school and it's been one of my favorite movies ever since. I still watch it from time to time.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Whisky is no longer actively maintained"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:45:22 +0000

Yes, CrossOver (which is mentioned in the article) works on Apple Silicon.

New comment by MiscIdeaMaker99 in "Wikipedia is struggling with voracious AI bot crawlers"

MiscIdeaMaker99 — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:59:13 +0000

> Why would you crawl the web interface when the data is so readily available in a even better format?

It's entirely possible they don't know about this. I certainly didn't until just now.