<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: NoZebra120vClip</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=NoZebra120vClip</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:49:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=NoZebra120vClip" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Disney 'Cracks Down' on Mickey Mouse 'Steamboat Silly' Pirates"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You know how films and TV show different, fake UIs when a character works on a computer? GUIs and their elements are copyrighted.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:41:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39180411</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39180411</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39180411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Comparing dd and cp when writing a file to a thumb drive"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Distrowatch.com is a site promoting use of Linux and BSD.<p>"eject" is a Linux command which attempts to safely disconnect removable media.<p><a href="https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/en/man1/eject.1.html" rel="nofollow">https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/noble/en/man1/eject.1.h...</a><p>TFA doesn't mention filesystems at all, sort of jumps in where we find the block device. Things could become messy if the device were mounted while the copy is attempted.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2024 18:11:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179858</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179858</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39179858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "In loving memory of square checkbox"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Around 2015, I authored my résumé in LibreOffice, and I sprinkled in an assortment of bullet points. Some were indented. I used open squares, filled squares, open and filled circles, right-arrows, stars, etc.<p>I brought it into an employment center for critique, and my mentor informed me that those shapes all had different meanings and functions. It was a wake-up call for me.<p>I am not a UX/UI designer, so my experience with the UI elements in applications had been intuitive, and moreover, disconnected from the activity of authoring a non-interactive document.<p>So I believe that these UI features were imitating paper-based forms. Those ovals or circles on Scantron sheets: you'd better not fill in more than one per line! And being named "radio buttons": yes, if you pressed "AM" then the "FM" button popped out. If you had six presets in a car--wait a minute, those were oblong...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 08:48:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163681</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163681</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Comparing dd and cp when writing a file to a thumb drive"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For removable media, I believe that finishing up with "eject" would be the safest way to ensure that all writes were committed to the hardware.</p>
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<p>Speaking of managing at scale and splitting well:<p><pre><code>  the reverse lookup domain name corresponding to the address

       4321:0:1:2:3:4:567:89ab

   would be

   b.a.9.8.7.6.5.0.4.0.0.0.3.0.0.0.2.0.0.0.1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1.2.3.4.IP6.
                                                                  ARPA.
</code></pre>
<a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3596#section-2.5" rel="nofollow">https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3596#section-2.5</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 06:16:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163030</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39163030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Understanding the world science fiction convention"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> <i>Châteauneuf-du-Pape</i><p>That reads more like "[The] Pope's New Castle" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-du-Pape_AOC" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teauneuf-du-Pape_AOC</a><p>In fact, Avignon was the site of the Apostolic See and indeed, seven canonically-accepted Popes resided there, plus two antipopes. <a href="https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/avignon" rel="nofollow">https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/avignon</a><p>This period also featured Italian antipopes! It was dramatic! <a href="https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/western-schism" rel="nofollow">https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/western-schism</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 23:54:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39161080</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39161080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39161080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "A Wild Claim about the Powers of Pi Creates a Transcendental Mystery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Well, the headline promises A Wild Claim!</p>
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<p>Couple things here:<p>The GP describes resolver software, which corresponds to item 6.3.3, not a caching server. This does specify the same behavior.<p>In RFC terminology, "MUST" > "SHOULD" > "MAY", so there is some wiggle room there.<p>6.3.2 permits Chromium and other apps to hardcode localhost names as such, instead of using a resolver.<p>A very popular vector for adware/malware is to take over the system resolver, or replace the DNS client configuration, so this is one reason Chromium jealously guards 127.0.0.0/8</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:46:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159672</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159672</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Android now lets you transfer eSIMs between your phones"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sending SMS costs $$$, and the gateways are closely-guarded. There are bad actors hammering on logins to elicit SMS codes, and Zelle is charged for the service according to that volume.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:22:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159454</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159454</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Hold on there: WPA3 connections fail after 11 hours"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Here's a nickel, kid." <a href="http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/eta/doc/dilbert.gif" rel="nofollow">http://www.miketaylor.org.uk/tech/eta/doc/dilbert.gif</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 20:17:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159400</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159400</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Shunned in computer age, cursive makes a comeback in California"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Brahmic scripts such as devanāgarī, Gurmukhī, and Bengali are noted for joining glyphs with a long horizontal line across the top (<i>shirorekhā</i>). However, other examples such as Tamil use more curls and curves, and lack the shirorekhā.<p>I am told that one reason for this change was because manuscripts in certain regions used parchment or vellum, and in other regions used palm leaves. Writing on a palm leaf, if you made long, straight horizontal marks on it, you could split the fibers.<p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thiruvaymoli_palm_manuscript.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thiruvaymoli_palm_ma...</a><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm-leaf_manuscript_of_Atthakatha.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palm-leaf_manuscript...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 19:54:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159181</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159181</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39159181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Cruise wasn't hiding accident video from regulators – it had bad internet"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Stopping at red lights can add 10-15 minutes to a motorist's cross-town journey. So does the Pythagorean Theorem. What can you do.</p>
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<p>No, they use a proxy to a virtual private server. Depending on the nature of the proxy and exit node, it may have a uniquely bad reputation, or is collateral damage from other bad actors in that cloud service.<p>Here is the FCC Complaint Center: <a href="https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us" rel="nofollow">https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us</a></p>
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<p>The last time I set up DNS at home, I decided to use a fictitious and undelegated subdomain under my ISP's domain name. This structure did not create any "extra" problems in the short term.<p>But I suppose that I still ran the risk that the subdomain could "become real", or draw attention from security admins, or I would change ISPs.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 07:34:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39153476</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39153476</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39153476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "How French was medieval England?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The sort of compound words which we're discussing appear by a process of <i>synthesis</i>:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_language</a><p>See also: <i>agglutination</i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination</a><p>A <i>portmanteau</i> is different, where parts of several words are blended, rather than retaining the substance of each word in a compound.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blend_word</a><p>And let's not forget xkcd's coinage of the <i>malamanteau</i>:<p><a href="https://xkcd.com/739/" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/739/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 04:56:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152722</link><dc:creator>NoZebra120vClip</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152722</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39152722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by NoZebra120vClip in "Comparing dd and cp when writing a file to a thumb drive"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This example was performed on the block-special device, so there is no filesystem.<p>dd uses a default block size of 512 bytes, according to the manual page: calling write(2) directly means you need to choose a buffer of some size.<p>"bs=" sets both input and output block sizes, which probably isn't the best idea in this case.<p>Block sizes are a tricky subject:<p><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/StatfsPeculiarities" rel="nofollow">https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/StatfsPeculiar...</a><p><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSDsAnd4KSectorsII" rel="nofollow">https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/SSDsAnd4KSecto...</a></p>
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<p>Other currently reserved TLDs:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain#Reserved_domains" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain#Reserved_doma...</a></p>
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<p>We are still working with yes/no questions. While perhaps a landlord may reply with more information, I would phrase them as open-ended: "What can you tell me regarding dog ownership in your community?" That is an invitation to describe pet deposit, size/breed limitations, places to walk them, etc.</p>
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<p>I hosted a friend from Catalonia who was amazed and bewildered by the variety in shelves full of crisps: Chee-Tos, Doritos, Pringles, that sort of thing. And that was in a corner gas station's convenience store.<p>When I visited her in Catalonia, we visited a Carrefour, and I took note of the varieties of olives available. Also, the mounted legs of jamón serrano, curing in the open air. Complimentary olives were served at every Italian restaurant there, and her sister eagerly served me a jamón sandwich at her café.<p>I think she has the better part.</p>
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<p>> bend over backwards<p>That is literally a valid movement of the tongue to produce a retroflex [ɭ].<p>In contrast, Spanish phonology lacks retroflex entirely.</p>
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