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New comment by Tempest1981 in "'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows"

Tempest1981 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:27:41 +0000

I think they tried that, and people hacked around it:

https://www.engadget.com/2227710/a-dollar2-sticker-let-me-by...

New comment by Tempest1981 in "'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows"

Tempest1981 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:19:46 +0000

"I'll let you guys introduce yourselves..."

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Americans are rallying against data centers. Surprisingly few are getting built"

Tempest1981 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:44:43 +0000

In that case, try the "Blue Cube" method, like the old Onizuka Air Force Station near Moffet Field.

https://heritageparkmuseum.org/blog/what-is-the-blue-cube

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Americans are rallying against data centers. Surprisingly few are getting built"

Tempest1981 — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:16:53 +0000

I'm surprised they haven't tried painting them "Go Away Green", vs stark off-white monoliths.

https://themeparkarchitect.com/go-away-green-disneys-paint-c...

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Flock – Chilling Effects: Long Island's Emerging Open-Air Prison"

Tempest1981 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:02:03 +0000

> The list includes a school district near Syracuse, a casino's tribal police force in Connecticut, the Fort Worth, Texas police department 1,600 miles away, and Home Depot Corporation, a private company

Can any private corporation request/buy access? Or is Home Depot special?

Found this: https://corporate.homedepot.com/page/immigration-activity-ou...

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Moonshot built on 20k Nvidia chip cluster from Alibaba"

Tempest1981 — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:42:19 +0000

> Either they have Blackwell

From the article:

A person familiar with Moonshot’s procurement strategy confirmed that the company does indeed have a channel for accessing Blackwell processors via Southeast Asia. They didn’t specify whether this was a rental channel...

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Vehicle Motion Cues"

Tempest1981 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:17:45 +0000

I like the "bubbling" dots effect that occurs in an airplane when making a turn. Anyone know the reason?

I guess they're moving in the opposite direction of the turn to force the perception of turning.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "My Images Are Dithered"

Tempest1981 — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:59:12 +0000

Reminded me of how Safari removes the first word from tab titles

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters"

Tempest1981 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:45:28 +0000

Effective Sept 1

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches"

Tempest1981 — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:33:29 +0000

I wonder if an early built-in string class would have been 8-bit or 16-bit UCS-2? Would have been hard to stomach 16-bit storage and performance.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "My two-part desk setup (2025)"

Tempest1981 — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:13:56 +0000

Yep, even more-so with a corner desk (L-shaped). Although there are times my work involves both papers and computer, and the quick swivel of a corner desk is great.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Peter Neumann has died"

Tempest1981 — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:36:31 +0000

https://cacm.acm.org/news/in-memoriam-peter-g-neumann-1932-2...

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Linux security mailing list 'almost unmanageable'"

Tempest1981 — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:42:18 +0000

At my job, multiple people have vibe-coded bug-triage utilities. They're great for grouping duplicates.

But now we need an AI tool to consolidate the triage utilities.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Waymo recalls U.S. robotaxi fleet after vehicle swept away in flood"

Tempest1981 — Wed, 13 May 2026 06:31:11 +0000

Is it a hardware fix?

Or a software fix, but can't be done OTA?

New comment by Tempest1981 in "IBM didn't want Microsoft to use the Tab key to move between dialog fields"

Tempest1981 — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:19:28 +0000

Ctrl-F6 ?

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others"

Tempest1981 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:16:53 +0000

Parent is using "backuped" to mean "likely in some cloud (latest version)". And that may explain why BB excludes .git folders.

You are using it to mean "maintaining full version history", I believe? Another important consideration.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

Tempest1981 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:42:23 +0000

What tools are needed to redo the anodized color? Is it doable at home?

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

Tempest1981 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:18:25 +0000

My Cmd-TAB frustration is I'm usually moving the mouse while I press it, causing the mouse to select some unwanted app. It doesn't help that the row of apps forms a solid bar across the center of my display.

Wish I could ignore mouse movement when the app switcher is displayed.

New comment by Tempest1981 in "Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates"

Tempest1981 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:02:29 +0000

Thanks, the previous title was easy to miss: "Veracrypt project update"

New comment by Tempest1981 in "How to make a sliding, self-locking, and predator-proof chicken coop door (2020)"

Tempest1981 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:47:54 +0000

I enjoyed this movie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Biggest_Little_Farm

Similar challenges, but attempts at natural solutions (not easy, so much complexity)

Trailer: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UfDTM4JxHl8