<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: bfdm</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bfdm</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:52:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=bfdm" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Scorched Earth 2000 – Web"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Blast, tricked into learning by making you think you're cheating!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:45:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143130</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143130</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48143130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "The Death of Character in Game Console Interfaces"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wish this had shown the modern interface for contrast with the others.<p>I have no idea what the current Xbox UI looks like, so while I appreciate the legacy console examples I would have liked the reference point.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:57:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792328</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792328</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "See it with your lying ears"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I actually prefer the result of the first down sampling. The "metallic" steps remind me acutely of old NES game 8bit audio.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 02:25:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46562144</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46562144</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46562144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Show HN: A visual guide to learning Jujutsu (JJ)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe I'm out of the loop here, but scanning over this I can't help but ask myself: "Why Jujutsu?"<p>I don't understand what the point is over just using git. The top intro defined some JJ names for git things, but it's not clear why I would want or need this. What problem does it solve with using git?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 01:41:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934298</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934298</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45934298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Vacuum bricked after user blocks data collection – user mods it to run anyway"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's news to me. Do you have a source for that I can look at? Not being snarky. I would legitimately like to read more about this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 01:40:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830439</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830439</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "What we talk about when we talk about sideloading"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Very curious what you expect to move to. The market outside those options is extremely limited.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:55:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45741311</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45741311</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45741311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is why we need to pass right to repair (or modify) legislation , return control over your own belongings.<p>This must supersede any TPM/copyright restrictions or other encumbrances.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 14:51:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627855</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627855</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Ultrasonic Chef's Knife"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The telltale sign for me is that chopping an onion causes the layers to separate from pressure before the knife starts to cut in. Super dangerous.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:09:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45323434</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45323434</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45323434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Anthropic judge rejects $1.5B AI copyright settlement"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yea we should change that. Corporate life without parole: sorry, you don't get to be a business anymore, bye.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 03:43:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192968</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192968</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Three farmers on monopolies and mismanagement in U.S. agriculture"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not a an expert in this area at all, but I suspect there's an aspect here if maintaining productive <i>capacity</i> to replace imported food, if that became unavailable. Cursory searching suggests US food exports are similar in scale to food imports. Roughly speaking, with some adaptation that export capacity could be redirected for domestic nutrition.<p>If, in contrast, you let those farms and skill dry up it would be difficult to rebuild quickly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:20:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192344</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192344</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45192344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Because it's bad for consumers to lose choices, even if they don't normally exercise those choices. The choice is the distributed  power we have against the consolidated corporate power. We can choose not to let them restrict those choices, for example with interoperability regulations.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:09:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45089360</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45089360</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45089360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There is interest, but thanks to DMCA 1201 they put a thin veneer of encryption on it and suddenly it's a felony to make/use that third party tool.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:14:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183060</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183060</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This a real loss. I'll miss Glitch for rapid experimentation with UI and APIs together.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 22:43:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067957</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067957</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Street address errors in Google Maps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I imagine with something like:<p>Person name,
Local-area name,
Region Name,
Country name,
Phone number<p>This gets it to the nearest handler to the local area, who then needs to know where the person lives or call them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:25:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43793333</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43793333</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43793333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Google won't ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If chrome were split out (and subsequently stopped giving Google direct access to user data), Google would need them too. It would impact all ad players equally.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:45:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43767646</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43767646</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43767646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is widely understood to mean "free to the patient at time of use/need". Stop being deliberately obtuse.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:35:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715887</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715887</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43715887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "How the U.S. became a science superpower"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>  Last year the second largest outlay behind social security was the interest payment at a trillion dollars. This is a trillion dollars that cannot be used to provide government services.<p>This is just very much not the case. The government can always spend to meet obligations unless it chooses not to, whether that's interest on unnecessary bonds or social security benefits. Any restriction on the arbitrary total "debt" is a self-imposed farce and should all stop playing along.<p>Presenting a problem of tension for dollars is a tool used to justify withholding delivering services people want and need. It's a choice, when really the only scarcity is resources.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:02:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43700986</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43700986</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43700986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "USGS: M 7.1 Earthquake – 90 km SE of Pangai, Tonga"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Agreed. Sorry I had misunderstood your message as advocating for stopping the service.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:35:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524536</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524536</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "USGS: M 7.1 Earthquake – 90 km SE of Pangai, Tonga"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Care to try to explain how that would be a positive change for America?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 13:59:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524266</link><dc:creator>bfdm</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524266</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43524266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bfdm in "Next generation LEDs are cheap and sustainable"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What? Why?</p>
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