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New comment by bacheaul in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"

bacheaul — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 06:41:36 +0000

I hadn't heard of Bitchat before, will need to check it out! Streisand Effect in full force...

New comment by bacheaul in "Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey"

bacheaul — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 00:30:04 +0000

I think they're being facetious, this is basically a distopian movie plot point.

New comment by bacheaul in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

bacheaul — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:29:45 +0000

Probably the most treasured item I own is a novel a good friend of mine gave me as a gift. It was one of their favourite books, and they'd highlight lines and sections that resonated with them by putting brackets around them using a pen. Coming across those sections, and learning a bit more about them in the process, is like finding little nuggets of gold.

But I get where you're coming from as well. I guess it just really depends on the context of who/what/why when it comes to reading.

New comment by bacheaul in "Some Unusual Trees"

bacheaul — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:39:32 +0000

Eucalypt forest fires are bad because the leaves are full of oil and when it's hot, dry and windy, they're extremely flammable and the fire races through the tops of the trees at incredible speeds, and jumps across large fire breaks that appear to be wide enough that they should stop it.

But at the same time the wood is also very dense, so makes great campfire wood, but doesn't burn so much in a forest fire, which is a bit ironic...

New comment by bacheaul in "Apple Business"

bacheaul — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:59:00 +0000

At most decent sized companies with a cyber security and network admin team, this is probably the fastest way to get disconnected from the internal corporate network with no way to reconnect.

New comment by bacheaul in "Try and"

bacheaul — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:08:10 +0000

Pro tip: Duolingo is a game and basically a dead end for properly learning a language. If you want to really learn, you need to build intuition, and that only comes from huge amounts of level-appropriate input. Find yourself some good native language podcasts that are targeted at language learners and native reading material. Search for "Refold" for a better strategy (no affiliation, it's just awesome), and make sure that whatever you do, you enjoy it. Language learning is a marathon, the fun is in the journey, not just the destination.

Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck

bacheaul — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 11:10:08 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/bezos-backed-slate-auto-debuts-analog-ev-pickup-truck-that-is-decidedly-anti-tesla/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43802592

Points: 3

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New comment by bacheaul in "The Dingo's Fate"

bacheaul — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 23:44:43 +0000

Looks like that's a different, though equally impressive fence... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

New comment by bacheaul in "Killed by LLM"

bacheaul — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:39:33 +0000

I read that as the pass mark being able to identify human vs machine more than 50% of the time. At 50% it's no better than randomly guessing.

New comment by bacheaul in "The Forest Service Is Losing 2,400 Jobs–Including Most of Its Trail Workers"

bacheaul — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 01:15:30 +0000

Spaceflight is not what you want to be picking as a point of comparison if you want to talk about funding government agencies.

> The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion, according to a former Pentagon official. That's more than NASA's budget.

https://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137414737/among-the-costs-of-...

New comment by bacheaul in "Tech failure nearly caused massive flood in Amsterdam"

bacheaul — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:49:51 +0000

and Australia...

New comment by bacheaul in "Boeing's starliner docks at ISS after five thrusters unexpectedly shut off"

bacheaul — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:16:09 +0000

You can try it yourself here -> https://iss-sim.spacex.com/

Protips: Watch your instruments and take it super slow!

New comment by bacheaul in "Companies with return-to-office mandates face losing their most valuable workers"

bacheaul — Wed, 29 May 2024 09:41:30 +0000

For you. Everyone's different, and I have no problem closing my laptop and psychologically switching from "at work" to "at home" almost instantly. But I absolutely appreciate that other people need the physical separation and temporal separation to make that switch. I don't begrudge anyone that wants to work from the office and commute each day. Please, do what works for you, but that's not what works for me.

New comment by bacheaul in "Contra Wirecutter on the IKEA air purifier (2022)"

bacheaul — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:24:38 +0000

Yep, we actually bought a bunch for our house after reading this article. Bang for buck for the device, filters, and power usage is difficult to beat.

New comment by bacheaul in "Show HN: Whataaabout.com – unique activity ideas for the holiday break"

bacheaul — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 04:15:37 +0000

Having bought basic archery gear for 3 people in the last year, unless you're talking about a toy longbow, $20 is not going to get you anywhere. Even buying the absolute necessities for a basic barebow recurve setup, let's list things off:

Riser, plunger, arrow rest, limbs, string, arrows, finger tab. That's the absolute bare minimum. You'll also probably want an arm guard unless you don't value your forearms. You can't do this for less than US$150-$200, unless you find someone basically giving away second hand equipment.

New comment by bacheaul in "Suspects can refuse to provide phone passcodes to police, court rules"

bacheaul — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 09:58:24 +0000

> Don't talk to the police: Regent Law Professor James Duane gives viewers startling reasons why they should always exercise their 5th Amendment rights when questioned by government officials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

New comment by bacheaul in "The position of a watch influences accuracy (2020)"

bacheaul — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:15:32 +0000

Yes! On average, my Orient watch runs about 15-20s fast per week when I lay it flat on its back at night. But when I position it crown down at night, it runs about 4s slow per week. I usually check it every Sunday morning, and if it's running a bit slow, then I'll put it on it's back for a couple of night to let it catch up. Haven't had to pull the crown out and adjust it for about 2 months now with this system.

New comment by bacheaul in "No Man's Sky just keeps getting better"

bacheaul — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:53:38 +0000

Not to be too pedantic, but I think you have one too many zeros on that, unless you're playing 18 hrs a day, every day.

New comment by bacheaul in "Mars Cyclers"

bacheaul — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 21:19:28 +0000

Those two vehicles have very different flight profiles, so comparing them is of limited value, but yes, that is the plan.

Profit-Price Spiral: Excess Profits Fuelling Inflation, Not Wages

bacheaul — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 02:53:55 +0000

Article URL: https://futurework.org.au/post/profit-price-spiral-excess-profits-fuelling-inflation-interest-rates-not-wages/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36160294

Points: 95

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