Hacker News: Peanuts99

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Scott Hanselman says he's working on Windows local accounts"

Peanuts99 — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 12:51:21 +0000

I'm curious because Mac OS effectively has the same model. You can use local accounts but it's highly discouraged through dark patterns and selected features of the OS don't work correctly.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Honda is killing its EVs"

Peanuts99 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:50:34 +0000

I'll take the 30 seconds of plugging my car in when I get home than the 20 minute detour to the petrol station. Especially because my electric at nighttime is so cheap. But you do you.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Honda is killing its EVs"

Peanuts99 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:34:39 +0000

Woah hold on there. Where is the evidence for both increased dust and increased pollution levels?

EVs generate next to no brake dust due to regenerative braking, most EVs have mechanisms to forcefully use the friction brakes at some points to stop surface rust for this reason.

It's true they're generally heavier than the equivalent ICE vehicle, but this is usually around 200-300KG heavier - it causes a small increase in tyre wear and associated particulates but these are heavy large particles - the majority larger than pm10. That's a problem for water courses and micro plastics but nothing that'll get in your lungs or bloodstream. Anecdotally, my EV tyres (a particularly heavy model too) have lasted fine - my last set did 53k miles.

ICE cars produce plenty of pm10s, pm2.5s and smaller particles as well as nitrogen oxide, carbon dioxide and plenty of other harmful pollutants that EVs inherently don't. Even the power generated for them is usually produced away from the majority of the population.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'"

Peanuts99 — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:22:45 +0000

Azures physical servers actually use a similar technology apparently. They both have some kind of proprietary HSM module that stores keys on the device and is resistant to tampering. I've read that Azure servers actually break this protection when removed from the rack so the server is made entirely useless if it's removed.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Home Assistant waters my plants"

Peanuts99 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:26:19 +0000

Seems pretty disrespectful to your wife and women in general to be honest.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)"

Peanuts99 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:38:31 +0000

They're also closing down coal plants faster than anyone else and actually faster than planned because of the price of solar. Check your facts.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

Peanuts99 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:47:02 +0000

South Korea has the capability to build nuclear weapons very quickly if needed, they're a nuclear threshold state.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

Peanuts99 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:44:20 +0000

How do you even securely hold an election during a full scale war? Thousands are outside the country or on the front lines. You'd also be creating huge targets at polling stations. Luckily their constitution recognises it's a bad idea to try.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "US orders diplomats to fight data sovereignty initiatives"

Peanuts99 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:56:20 +0000

Context on the first one, she wasn't jailed for the post itself. She pleaded guilty (against her own legal advice apparently) to the crime of inciting racial hatred which carries a prison sentence.

There were other people also arrested at the time who did not plead guilty to this and were not charged.

Also she did call for a hotel filled with migrants to be set on fire while people were actively trying to do just that.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS"

Peanuts99 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 09:45:16 +0000

I use Windows 11 all day and can't agree it's buggy at all, compared to Windows of the past it's very reliable. The worst I can say is they've made some poor decisions about the defaults around ads in the UI. But all of that is easy to turn off.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Podcasting Could Use a Good Asteroid"

Peanuts99 — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 08:48:17 +0000

The whole scene is rapidly being pushed to walled gardens too not published to an RSS feed for the client of your choice. I assume because most Podcasts are now a video affair.

It seems just about every celebrity has started producing one based on the new golden globe award the other day.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985)"

Peanuts99 — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:26:58 +0000

There are intrinsic properties of bread such as calorific content that a celiac can't deny. Same with gold.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years"

Peanuts99 — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 17:32:24 +0000

Nordic countries have essentially eradicated homelessness by allowing the government to take an active interest in fixing the underlying issues that cause it. As a citizen, I don't want the burden of having to fix homelessness, that's what I pay taxes for.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds"

Peanuts99 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 13:27:52 +0000

Not really, but I'll take every opportunity I can to complain about it's impacts.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Britain's railway privatization was an abject failure"

Peanuts99 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:13:48 +0000

I live in the UK and would have to agree with these two. LLU was very successful but also forcing Open reach infrastructure like ducting to be used by Altnet companies such as Cityfibre who want to build out their own networks. I'm with a very small ISP too (Idnet - wonderful company), who provide a fast reliable service over FTTP for less than £26 a month.

On energy, we have many companies competing and offering really diverse products. Octopus were once a small little upstart but they became top dog by providing decent support, incentives and new products such as tariffs that track the wholesale rate - including negative pricing. They've got a REST API that you can use to pull all kind of data out for various home automation use cases - I can't ever imagine a government run company providing that.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again"

Peanuts99 — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:04:14 +0000

I don't think any US cars are capable of being sold without a whole heap of changes. US cars in Europe have been modified to meet the regulations. Same of course for European cars in the US.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind"

Peanuts99 — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:08:01 +0000

China is also the world leader in closing coal power plants too.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"

Peanuts99 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:44:07 +0000

Why not just have more rapid charging and do away with the ICE engine and small hybrid battery altogether.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"

Peanuts99 — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:09:52 +0000

Perversely they're higher partially because of pedestrian safety. More space between the engine and the bonnet and hinges that extend that space when a force is applied to the front of the car to cushion the impact. Euro NCAP has a whole category for pedestrian safety to test exactly these features.

New comment by Peanuts99 in "Electric cars produce far less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars"

Peanuts99 — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:06:40 +0000

I use one peddle driving all the time and manage to keep a steady speed as I'm doing it. Why would you be constantly taking your foot off the accelerator unless you need to slow down?

I'll also throw another anecdote in for this thread, 500hp EV, 50k miles on the tyres.