Hacker News: NoSalt

New comment by NoSalt in "Details of the Daring Airdrop at Tristan Da Cunha"

NoSalt — Fri, 15 May 2026 16:07:11 +0000

Sweet ... I saw the original video just the other day. The fact that they just dropped in from 7K feet, then proceeded to do medical stuff is the very definition of "bad ass".

New comment by NoSalt in "The vi family"

NoSalt — Wed, 13 May 2026 15:33:58 +0000

> "once you learn it, you can be ruthlessly efficient with your editing"

This is no joke. I use it to "massage" data in all sorts of files (.json, .xml, .csv, .txt, etc.), with thousands to millions of lines, in no time at all.

New comment by NoSalt in "Why we lose our friends as we age (2023)"

NoSalt — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:15:23 +0000

Maintaining relationships with other humans is a giant PITA. It's just not worth it.

New comment by NoSalt in "The locals don't know"

NoSalt — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:34:27 +0000

I live an hour away from Washington D.C. Now ask me how many times I want to brave I95 and TONS of tourists, in order to visit the awesome museums and such in DC.

New comment by NoSalt in "Apple, Intel have reached preliminary chip-making deal"

NoSalt — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:07:07 +0000

It was a joke. Sad your sense of humor left you about the same time as your manners.

New comment by NoSalt in "Apple, Intel have reached preliminary chip-making deal"

NoSalt — Fri, 08 May 2026 19:35:07 +0000

What year is this? What happened to the M1, M2, ... MN chips of Apple's? Is Apple going to go with Motorola after Intel???

Obviously I couldn't read the article due to it being paywalled.

New comment by NoSalt in "Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated"

NoSalt — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:23:48 +0000

The legend himself. I feel honored to be within the same thread as he is. I cannot tell you the number of people I have recommended his book to. I have even shamelessly plugged it to my 13-year-old son. :-D

New comment by NoSalt in "Pinocchio is weirder than you remembered"

NoSalt — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:04:39 +0000

As I have aged out of childhood into and through adulthood, I have discovered that MANY of my beloved childhood stories are ... "weirder" than I remember.

New comment by NoSalt in "Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated"

NoSalt — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:59:58 +0000

Wait ... is this THE Cliff Stoll???????

New comment by NoSalt in "The map that keeps Burning Man honest"

NoSalt — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:17:14 +0000

I would love to see a listing of some of the more interesting Burning Man clean-up finds.

New comment by NoSalt in "Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors"

NoSalt — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:19:55 +0000

> "and cost only a few cents each"

Now companies are desperately trying to figure out how to jack up the price to $10.00 each without us knowing they are ripping us off.

New comment by NoSalt in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

NoSalt — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:17:20 +0000

One thing I have discovered about myself [fairly] recently, is that I want, at least, two buttons, preferably three, and a separate track pad. This entire giant surface for multiple mouse buttons and a track pad combined, sucks. Most times, I just use a wireless Logitech mouse with my laptops, but I am not always able to do that. And when I cannot, I am back to hating the monolithic, multi-function pad, button, thing.

New comment by NoSalt in "Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:22:36 +0000

Kind of like a music-version of the Enhanced Games?

https://www.enhanced.com/

New comment by NoSalt in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:20:49 +0000

It's looking more and more like The Matrix was correct ... the end of the 1990s was peak human civilization.

New comment by NoSalt in "The X-Files has made me nostalgic for a time I never experienced"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:18:13 +0000

The X-Files was the right show at the right time; a "bubble" of the '90s, if you will. The internet and mobile technology was nascent. The world was getting bigger, but was still quite "small". I definitely feel quite privileged to have lived through this time, and enjoy all things '90s quite a bit. Any, and I mean any, attempt to remake this show is doomed to failure, and I wish they would just stop. Now, if you will excuse me, I am going to hang out with the Lone Gunmen for a bit.

New comment by NoSalt in "Flock cameras keep telling police a man who doesn't have a warrant has a warrant"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:05:53 +0000

Wow ... how would you like to get arrested in front of friends and family simply because you had an 'O' instead of a '0', or vice versa?

New comment by NoSalt in "Opus 4.7 knows the real Kelsey"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:56:36 +0000

> *"Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him."*

~ Cardinal Richelieu ... or, now, AI

New comment by NoSalt in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:53:32 +0000

Don't you just LOVE how the powers that be make their own rules as they go along???

> "since they don’t have to have markings and can still be classified"

New comment by NoSalt in "Auto Polo"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:38:37 +0000

Vehicles ... dirt track ... large, wooden mallets ... no protective gear ... I see this as an absolute win!

New comment by NoSalt in "The Rotary Un-Smartphone (2023)"

NoSalt — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:37:35 +0000

I would LOVE one of these. If for no other reason than vexing my teenage son.