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New comment by accrual in "Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)"

accrual — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:43:48 +0000

I had one briefly but I think it's important to think through the logistics of using it. Even the small ones are somewhat heavy and cumbersome. I ended up returning mine because it was too much of a pain to set something up and tear it down just to get steps in. Maybe different if one has a dedicated place for it.

New comment by accrual in "Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date""

accrual — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:51:27 +0000

Reminds me of an old fortune cookie message or meme, something like "digital data is made from analog parts".

New comment by accrual in "Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”"

accrual — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:48:19 +0000

Pretty interesting. I wonder if a whitelist against certain columns in the output could help, e.g. this column can only contain valid x86 instructions (e.g. MOV is allowed, M0V is not), this column can only contain hexadecimal (1 is allowed but never "l"), etc. Probably more work than it's worth given the final line-by-line comparison that happens anyway.

New comment by accrual in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

accrual — Fri, 22 May 2026 23:12:07 +0000

> but people with extreme wealth are not bidding up sandwiches, studio apartments

They are, though. Private equity continues to buy apartments and increase rates. States with increasing PE ownership also have increasing rates of cost-burdened renters spending more than 30% of income on rent and utilities, e.g. in Tampa, Phoenix, DFW, and Atlanta. Maybe not specific people, but the ultrawealthy nonetheless drive these changes.

New comment by accrual in "OpenBSD 7.9"

accrual — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:59:20 +0000

While true it doesn't answer why OpenBSD is considered more secure by default than Linux. Despite its BSD roots, macOS has had its share of CVEs:

https://www.cvedetails.com/version-list/49/70318/1/Apple-Mac...

New comment by accrual in "OpenBSD 7.9"

accrual — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:52:42 +0000

> So I use it as a diagnosing tool for my hardware

Same, it's particularly good for troubleshooting older hardware too since most bog standard x86 parts are well supported.

If I have a random ISA/PCI/AGP/PCIe card that OpenBSD can't see or properly initialize, it's probably an issue with the card.

New comment by accrual in "OpenBSD 7.9"

accrual — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:51:12 +0000

Congrats on another successful release, OpenBSD team! Happy user since the 4.x days.

New comment by accrual in "Photo GIMP – A Patch for GIMP 3 for Photoshop Users"

accrual — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:49:32 +0000

There was a short lived project to fork and rebrand under Glimpse with improved UI, but it's been inactive for years. All the links I find are forks of forks, 404s, and parked domains.

New comment by accrual in "1024000^2 Blocks, 2B2T Minecraft Server World Download Project, and Discoveries"

accrual — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:21:09 +0000

Yes, the anarchy and inability to truly protect anything is part of the appeal of 2b2t.

There was an interesting base project wherein the true coordinates were only known to the top leaders. All other builders connected through a custom client that offset the coordinates to hide the true location. If anyone became untrusted, they were simply blocked from the client and could not expose the coordinates. There was care taken to ensure the area outside the proxy was never shown, block place directions were randomized to prevent reversing the proxy, etc.

The base apparently thrived for months or years before finally being discovered and destroyed.

New comment by accrual in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

accrual — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:12:23 +0000

Indeed. As I'm sure the new PE-focused CEO knows, the sale of a company includes not just the typical balance sheet items but also intangible assets such as goodwill. Being sneaky about is an attempt to minimize the loss of such intangibles ahead of a sale.

New comment by accrual in "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden"

accrual — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:54:02 +0000

Yeah, to me this isn't about whether or not it's "always free". It's about the rug pull.

"They put some of the rug back!" isn't enough to restore goodwill in my case.

New comment by accrual in "SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video"

accrual — Sat, 16 May 2026 22:26:17 +0000

A recent example is Megabonk, a rouge-like with procedural levels. Each run is unique but the levels have a consistent theme.

New comment by accrual in "Subnautica 2 Early Access"

accrual — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:09:15 +0000

The requirements say "OS: Windows 10/11" but it's working great on Fedora 43 + 4080 Super, just launched it from Steam.

Subnautica 2 Early Access

accrual — Thu, 14 May 2026 22:07:32 +0000

Article URL: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1962700/Subnautica_2/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141919

Points: 9

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New comment by accrual in "The PSP feels surprisingly present right now"

accrual — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:51:48 +0000

For me the choice of PSP over Vita is just the hardware. The PSP-1000 and 1001 are special pieces of hardware, like the original PS1 or the Phat PS2. They're the iconic design that spawned several variants and a successor.

The Vita doesn't hold such a special place for me; it is superior hardware and arguably a superset of the PSP, but it's not the PSP. It also has 2x the display resolution, so PSP XMB and titles are pixel doubled, losing some of the crispness of the original display where each pixel was 1x1.

Anyway, the Vita is the better console except in the chassis design and historical impact IMO.

New comment by accrual in "Bliss (Photograph)"

accrual — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:49:04 +0000

I never realized there is a bird present in front of a cloud, neat.

New comment by accrual in "What makes a good smartphone camera?"

accrual — Thu, 07 May 2026 01:11:24 +0000

Wow, this is a nice camera app. I usually stick with the stock iOS camera but this is a tangible upgrade. Generous to offer it for free.

New comment by accrual in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

accrual — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:57:41 +0000

> It is a small model, so what utility can I / Google expect from it?

Precedence for shipping models alongside consumer software.

Potentially without consent if it truly is a silent install.

New comment by accrual in "Business Owners Are Worst Clients"

accrual — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:27:48 +0000

I wonder if there's an element of self-selection. The type of people to own a business could be more likely to put up a fight when things don't go their way (e.g. to protect the business and their investments), whereas the typical consumer is more likely to accept things as they are and not fight the business ("whatever, I'll just use another service").

New comment by accrual in "The USB Situation"

accrual — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:20:06 +0000

My Apple Lightning cables weren't great either. They typically either started coming apart at the stress relief sleeve or the contacts would somehow corrode (other cables in the same container were fine).

I settled on buying packs of 3rd party braided cables for myself and parents so we could switch them out more easily.

With MagSafe, I rarely use a cable at all anymore!