Hacker News: ObsoleteNerd

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?"

ObsoleteNerd — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 10:59:30 +0000

That’s so cool. I had no idea this was a thing and it’s right up my alley.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Audacity 3.0"

ObsoleteNerd — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:52:34 +0000

Basically there's 2 versions of the database file, the old (KDB) and the new (KDBX) which has more features/fields/etc.

For the clients, 2.x uses KDBX files, but is also compatible with the older KDB files, while 1.x can only use the older KDB files.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted"

ObsoleteNerd — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:28:40 +0000

I YouTube-dl anything/everything I think I might like to watch again. Tutorials, reference videos, music videos, you name it. Storage is cheap and YouTube has proven they’re not a place for long term storage.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted"

ObsoleteNerd — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:26:46 +0000

The fish big enough for google to care about are all protected from this stuff.

YouTube is completely and utterly broken for anyone smaller than “I make tens/hundreds of thousands for google and have a management team to handle my YouTube issues”

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "YouTube can now warn creators about copyright issues before videos are posted"

ObsoleteNerd — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:17:31 +0000

I thought the exact same thing fwiw.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "“When the entire household goes to bed, I do curl development for 2 more hours.”"

ObsoleteNerd — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 00:54:51 +0000

Yup: https://curl.se/docs/mqtt.html

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Audacity 3.0"

ObsoleteNerd — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:29:05 +0000

Audacity is up there for me with those open source projects that deserve to go into some form of OSS Hall of Fame.

Audacity, VLC, Blender, KeePass, Inkscape, OBS, etc (there's many more but those are the ones I use regularly). Programs that have been around forever, are used by millions every day, and yet continue to do it (and do it damn well) just because they want to.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Audi abandons combustion engine development"

ObsoleteNerd — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 04:22:28 +0000

Abandons NEW combustion engine development. They’re still developing their existing combustion engine platforms further and aren’t giving up on ICE.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon"

ObsoleteNerd — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 01:55:09 +0000

Absolutely. I gladly pay for YouTube Premium, Subscribe to Twitch streamers I like to remove ads there, and other services that do an ad-supported free tier than a premium ad-free tier.

Other replies to me are reading me wrong, I didn't say "I hate ads therefore I believe no one should ever use ads", I said "I hate ads and would happily pay for me to personally not see them". Telegram can fill their apps with ads if they want, for those that can't/won't pay, as long as there's an option for us to pay and not see them.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Telegram is booming but needs advertisers and $700M soon"

ObsoleteNerd — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:37:48 +0000

I’ve used Telegram for years now, along with almost all my family and friends. I’m a huge fan of it, and it’s basically the only IM I use anymore (other than Signal with some tech friends).

If Telegram adds ads, rather than offer us a chance to just pay them, I’ll delete it instantly and push everyone I know to do the same.

I absolutely despise ads of any kind, and go to a decent amount of effort to block them from appearing on any device in my household. I’m totally happy to (and do) pay for useful services/content but if you don’t give me the choice of paying and just stick ads in it then it’ll disappear off my devices instantly.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "OctoPrint"

ObsoleteNerd — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 01:41:45 +0000

GCode Viewer is included with OctoPrint, it lets you preview the loaded GCode layer by layer before/while printing, and can sync to the print in realtime too.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Flipper Zero: Tamagochi for Hackers"

ObsoleteNerd — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:21:21 +0000

Ok that's fair, I hadn't seen that. They really should have more "real" photos/videos of it on their website then. A flashy website full of renders then a link to a Github that's 99% empty and full of "We're at Stage 0" etc just gave off lots of warning signs to me personally.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Flipper Zero: Tamagochi for Hackers"

ObsoleteNerd — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 00:01:43 +0000

Is this anything more than a pipedream at this point? I've seen it come up multiple times over the last year, and yet a quick skim through the Github shows that there's not really anything done other than some basic planning/brainstorming. Seems a bit early to be taking preorders.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Hackers Break into Security Cameras, Exposing Tesla, Jails, Hospitals"

ObsoleteNerd — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:13:59 +0000

As someone who spends a fair few weeks a year in hospital, the idea of internal hospital security cameras being connected to the internet at all is absolutely fucking horrifying. It's people at their most vulnerable, and FTA it says it was even cameras aimed at the beds, not just hallways and public areas.

The fact that ANY internet-connected camera system can be considered HIPAA compliant is ridiculous. Anyone who's had any exposure to the internet in the last 20 years has seen dozens of stories of cloud-connected cameras being exposed online... baby cameras, security cameras, etc. Combine that with the number of big hacks increasing, and the idea of any internet-connected camera being "secure/private" should basically be laughed at.

What will happen? Nothing. The hackers will be blamed, not the managers/executives who thought this was a good idea in the first place, or the multiple tiers of people who are responsible for security in these companies.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "RSS as a Facebook alternative"

ObsoleteNerd — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 23:05:56 +0000

I had no idea they did that, and that's a really genius idea. I'd happily pay that for sites I like reading so I can pull the content in and read it how I want to rather than deal with the absolute dumpster-fire of a mess that the modern web is.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Download the Entire Wikimedia Database"

ObsoleteNerd — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:03:43 +0000

I've been wanting something like this for ages. I always thought the Kindle not having the full Wikipedia archive as an optional install was a massive missed opportunity, especially back when the Kindle had the keyboard at the bottom. It would have literally been the Hitchhikers Guide as explained in the books.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic"

ObsoleteNerd — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:04:19 +0000

His entire point is trying to get stuff working (even for a few seconds) using cheap hobbyist printers and not requiring skills in metal fabrication or any special equipment.

With that goal in mind, I think he does incredibly well on his projects.

Of course other people can do better with CNCs and years of engineering/fabrication skills. That's like saying it's not worth playing with DIY "anything" because other people can do it better than you.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "YouTuber Builds Working 3D-Printed Turbojet Engine and Tests It in His Attic"

ObsoleteNerd — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:01:46 +0000

Integza is that perfect mix of entertaining and actually-impressive-science. Every video he puts out is doing stuff no one (or very few people) have tried, and his passion for it all shines through regularly.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "LastPass Android app has got 7 trackers in it"

ObsoleteNerd — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 11:38:32 +0000

Yeah I’ve been using Keepass with a synced db for about as long as it’s been around and never had a complaint. Got most of my family doing the same and they like it too... and no longer use petname1234 for every single website.

New comment by ObsoleteNerd in "Two days with Volkswagen’s electric ID.4"

ObsoleteNerd — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:21:47 +0000

The real "Beetle of EVs" will be something that is priced down around the Honda Civic, Mazda 3, etc. AUD$30k (~USD$20k) or so. The first major brand to come out with an EV comparable to that class of car, with local warranty/servicing/etc, just like the Beetle was then or the Civic/3/Golf are now, will be the one that gets true adoption. Until then it's just a "rich person's toy".