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New comment by aduty in "Mercedes‑Benz starts large‑scale production of electric axial flux motor"

aduty — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:25:54 +0000

Since they're relatively compact they will probably start stacking them. Like pancakes.

New comment by aduty in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

aduty — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:42:32 +0000

You realize that the EU as a whole believes this and actively attempts to enforce it on citizens of other countries, right?

New comment by aduty in "All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)"

aduty — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:31:55 +0000

Brushless motors are popular now, but if you get the cheaper cordless tools they'll still have brushed motors. I have some Black & Decker 20V ones that do it. They tend to have less torque but I don't need Milwaukee or Makita tools just for diy around the house.

New comment by aduty in "The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing"

aduty — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:17:28 +0000

So what are you, 200?

New comment by aduty in "Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?"

aduty — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:09:13 +0000

LOL, no.

New comment by aduty in "The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing"

aduty — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:59:59 +0000

Sure, relative to the universe, but it's more than those who haven't had idealism beaten out of them by the world.

New comment by aduty in "The threat is comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing"

aduty — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:32:27 +0000

> Then the social paradigm needs to change. Is everyone just going to roll over and die while AI destroys academia (and possibly a lot more)?

My 40-some-odd years on this planet tells me the answer is yes.

New comment by aduty in "15 years, one server, 8GB RAM and 500k users – how Webminal refuses to die"

aduty — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:42:44 +0000

I remember when 16 MB was considered a lot. Then again, I also remember when graphics acceleration was considered optional.

New comment by aduty in "Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450 km range"

aduty — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:26:30 +0000

Anyone who thinks this should give it a try.

New comment by aduty in "Why the global elite gave up on spelling and grammar"

aduty — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:51:54 +0000

Pretty grate either way.

New comment by aduty in "Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues"

aduty — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 19:35:37 +0000

Lars was always a scumbag.

New comment by aduty in "Waymo blocking ambulance during deadly Austin shooting"

aduty — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:53:27 +0000

Start disabling and towing their cars and watch a solution magically appear.

New comment by aduty in "I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's “free” and ad-supported"

aduty — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 13:24:00 +0000

You forgot the part where they charge you to get rid of the ads but then the ads come back anyway so you're paying to be the product.

New comment by aduty in "Virtual Boy on TV with Intelligent Systems Video Boy"

aduty — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:53:48 +0000

I really liked Red Alarm but it was a really tiring game to play. But overall I agree with you about the Virtual Boy. It's not a system that was received fondly for very good reasons.

New comment by aduty in "The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'"

aduty — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:56:57 +0000

Probably. They're not very cultured there.

New comment by aduty in "Dealing with abandonware (2024)"

aduty — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:07:37 +0000

The modern choices are accompanied by ads and gambling, to the point that it wouldn't be surprising if Final Fantasy 6 was seeing an uptick. Go enjoy your "modern" games all you like, but it doesn't always matter if a games community is growing, especially if it's not one requiring connectivity to blast ads and skins at people.

New comment by aduty in "Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth?"

aduty — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 22:22:11 +0000

At most places, no. Lol.

New comment by aduty in "If you don't design your career, someone else will (2014)"

aduty — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 14:43:59 +0000

They're just speaking from their own place of privilege.

New comment by aduty in "Building a Modern C64 Assembly AI Toolchain"

aduty — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:40:03 +0000

https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rosc.vs6...

I haven't tried the support for the C or C++ compilers targeting the C64, but that would set you up for developing with the C64 as a target in a modern environment.

If you're wanting it to be on the C64 Ultimate itself, maybe we'll all be in luck in a year or two.

New comment by aduty in "The Lions Operating System"

aduty — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:02:37 +0000

Love that discussion on the Haiku board.