Hacker News: TwiztidK

New comment by TwiztidK in "End of the road for Google Drive in Transmit"

TwiztidK — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 21:26:10 +0000

Not too long after Parler was kicked off AWS, I was on a call with hundreds of representatives from power utilities about a modeling tool we were transitioning to. It was mentioned that the tool was hosted on AWS and someone suggested they have a fallback plan in case they got kicked off like "other companies".

New comment by TwiztidK in "Launch HN: Silurian (YC S24) – Simulate the Earth"

TwiztidK — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:47:11 +0000

Actually, it seems like a great time to get involved with the grid (at least in the US). In order to comply with FERC Order 881, all transmission operators need to adjust their line ratings based on ambient temperatures with hourly predictions 10 days into the future by mid 2025. Seems like that would present a great opportunity to work directly with the ISOs (which have regional models and live data) on improving weather data.

New comment by TwiztidK in "The gigantic and unregulated power plants in the cloud"

TwiztidK — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:05:49 +0000

> I suspect most grids are extremely easy to hack

I’d expect the opposite. All companies controlling equipment that is part of the “Bulk Electric System” have to be NERC CIP compliant and are audited regularly with large fines for non-compliance. Doesn't guarantee perfect (or even good security) but it’s more likely to be a priority.

New comment by TwiztidK in "JPlag – Detecting Software Plagiarism"

TwiztidK — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:06:04 +0000

Same link confirms that only 11% of undergrads are international students.

New comment by TwiztidK in "GitHub was down"

TwiztidK — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:21:18 +0000

The era of Twitter/X status pages needs to come to an end given how unusable it is if you aren't logged in.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Making your own hot sauce"

TwiztidK — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Cantina Royale’s Tomasa hot sauce (more of a chili oil) is my favorite for eggs or potatoes. It has a nice smoky chili flavor and decent heat level.

https://cantinaroyalhotsauce.com/collections/frontpage/produ...

The runner up (and my favorite sauce for beans and rice) is The Brinery’s Aura Solanales. It’s like a fresher, more vibrant version of Franks/Crystal.

https://www.thebrinery.com/our-products

New comment by TwiztidK in "Show HN: Foosbar – My autonomous foosball-playing robot"

TwiztidK — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 21:27:51 +0000

I'm really curious how this would've looked if he'd taken a mid-range budget approach to vision instead of being able to throw (tens of?) thousands of dollars of industrial motion capture cameras at it. Something like 2-4 global shutter cameras, all running a similar vision filter to what he first demo'd, feeding a kalman filter/state estimator to determine the ball's position. I can't blame hime for following the mantra of "don't build what you can buy (or get from a sponsor)" but it would be cool to see some affordable solutions (or attempted solutions) to this problem.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Ask HN: What are your favourite websites that display a lot of data / tables?"

TwiztidK — Sun, 26 May 2024 22:07:58 +0000

Similar website for those in the US:

https://www.gridstatus.io/home

Shows fuel mix, load, and price data for all of the ISOs. It's been really exciting to watch lately because you can see the huge uptick in solar and battery deployments in markets like CAISO and ERCOT.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Building an e-ink picture frame that displays an iCloud photo album"

TwiztidK — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:38:55 +0000

I have a Google Photos album (shared with a few close family members) that automatically adds photos of my daughter and syncs them with the Aura frames her grandparents have. We've had this setup for the last two years and it works really well. I think it's literally the use-case Aura is targeting.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Let me tell you about me Gear Fabrication Syndrome"

TwiztidK — Sat, 28 Oct 2023 01:38:53 +0000

You're dead on about rigid mounts for the pedals. One of the first issues many sim racers run into with regular cheap pedals and a desk mounted wheel is that they pedals slide once you start braking hard. And with load cell pedals the expectation is that you'll be using even more force, so that problem will just get worse.

As for pedal mounting location, many pedals can be top or bottom mounted if your racing chassis allows for it. However, floor mounted pedals offer the same performance as top mounted, match the majority of purpose built racing cars, and are simpler to mount in a sim racing chassis.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Nvidia AX800 High-End Arm Server on a PCIe Card"

TwiztidK — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 16:00:31 +0000

This is the route I wish Apple had taken with the Mac Pro.

New comment by TwiztidK in "My journey for dual displays with my M1 Pro Mac (2021)"

TwiztidK — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 05:12:14 +0000

I highly recommend the Dell UltraSharp U4919, of which I currently have four (two at home and two at work). Almost my entire department switch to them as soon as they came out.

My other ultra-wide is an ASUS PG348Q. It's crazy how that monitor felt huge when I got it, but it just seems tiny now.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Glorified electric golf carts for all"

TwiztidK — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 05:30:57 +0000

I really love the concept of NEVs but the speed is just a bit too limited to be useful for me. Almost every place I go regularly (work, grocery store, etc.) requires that I briefly travel on a 45/55 MPH speed limit roads where I think the speed differential would cause issues. It's the same reason I generally avoid riding a bike.

It would probably cost more, but I'd something like an electric Suzuki X90 or Samurai with ~50 miles of range and a max speed limit of 55. Pre-pandemic my plan was to pick up a used Nissan Leaf with depleted range for a bargain and use that for all of my local driving.

New comment by TwiztidK in "The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used"

TwiztidK — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 17:55:14 +0000

Many products are released on a yearly basis, but very few people are upgrading every year.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Poor in Tech"

TwiztidK — Wed, 19 May 2021 16:42:38 +0000

Worth considering in many places (especially due to the additional hassle of having a car in some cities) but not viable in others, at least without considerable hardship.

New comment by TwiztidK in "VPN over SSH? The Socks Proxy"

TwiztidK — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:05:31 +0000

I used to use this feature all the time when I was in school. When I lived in the dorms they limited our external connection speed to 8Mbps but all of the department servers I had access to weren't limited (by anything other than the school's connection speed and dated network infrastructure), so if I routed my connection through one of them I could get speeds closer to 100Mbps. It also came in handy if I needed to use sketchy wifi at a motel or something.

New comment by TwiztidK in "Colombia is considering legalizing its cocaine industry"

TwiztidK — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 18:16:34 +0000

The difference is that cocaine use is only really harmful to the user whereas murder obviously involves a third party.

You also have to consider the impact of the policies themselves. Cocaine prohibition may reduce cocaine addiction but it also creates legal issues for cocaine users that are often more harmful than the drug itself in addition to creating the space for a criminal blackmarket to exist and thrive. On the other hand, murder prohibition reduces the number of murders and is generally considered to be worthwhile.

New comment by TwiztidK in "ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected?"

TwiztidK — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:00:01 +0000

That was the point. Despite London being a much larger population center with much higher cost of living, engineers are still paid more in Detroit.

New comment by TwiztidK in "ARM: Can 'crown jewel' of UK technology be protected?"

TwiztidK — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:39:50 +0000

You sure? I just did a quick search for EE salaries in London[1] compared to Detroit[2] (the closest large city to me) and Detroit comes out ahead by a lot. And I'm sure rent is cheaper.

However, I agree that salaries are ridiculous in some cities. I'd love to give living in NYC or LA a shot, but the salaries I see for EE jobs are marginally more than what I make in the middle of nowhere.

1: https://www.indeed.co.uk/salaries/senior-electrical-engineer... 2: https://www.indeed.com/career/engineer/salaries/Detroit--MI

New comment by TwiztidK in "Tesla’s SA big battery just got 50% bigger after goals thanks to Autobidder"

TwiztidK — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 04:45:46 +0000

The time scales it operates in are usually quite a bit larger than systems that would typically be discussed here, but I don't see how "online" would be a descriptor than "real-time".