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New comment by bilegeek in "The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar"

bilegeek — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:48:09 +0000

That's the first time I've heard microtonal work in a rock setting. Pretty good!

I see your added frets, and raise "add frets on the fly using Lego":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPCEImSfCwc

New comment by bilegeek in "The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar"

bilegeek — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:40:01 +0000

For plucked instruments, besides ease of use, it adds clarity and sustain. Orchestra AFAIK only has Pizzicato where that would matter.

The Birth of the American 12-string Guitar (2013)

bilegeek — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:52:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.harpguitars.net/history/grunewald/12-string.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067690

Points: 64

# Comments: 39

New comment by bilegeek in "US Government targets Cop City protester over phone operating system"

bilegeek — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:30:45 +0000

Is it legally better? Absolutely. But all they have to do is say "they did this as a legal workaround for that" and you're no better off, at least not without spending the same amount on lawyers. You can't out-tech your way around a corrupt system, they will find a way to get you.

Rusefi – GPL internal combustion engine ECU

bilegeek — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:51:26 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/rusefi/rusefi

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928755

Points: 5

# Comments: 3

New comment by bilegeek in "So you want to learn physics (second edition, 2021)"

bilegeek — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:57:36 +0000

IMO: It's not learning that's the problem. It's learning and verifying you actually learned. I'm not saying "unless you can solve homework problems you haven't learned", but... kinda? With a complex generally-theory subject like Physics, the amount of effort you need to put into verification grows exponentially faster than the "learning" part; it's tough for many to get a "feel" like you could for chemistry or programming or electronics or mechanical stuff, difficult as those definitely can be.

New comment by bilegeek in "Neocities: Create your own free website"

bilegeek — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 02:57:09 +0000

At least until a prosecutor tries to charge them with a sex crime, and you get caught in the trouble.

New comment by bilegeek in "Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux (2019)"

bilegeek — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:27:20 +0000

I like btop, but there are downsides:

1.) No zram/zswap statistics. (Though htop only supports zram also.)

2.) No ZFS statistics breakdown.

3.) Doesn't support Arc GPU yet.

4.) I can't disable the disk fill bars, which makes the I/O rate graphs extremely squished unless the console window is very large.

New comment by bilegeek in "Reducing tick density along recreational trails in Ottawa, Canada"

bilegeek — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:02:43 +0000

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2870557/

New comment by bilegeek in "You've tried DuckDuckGo and Brave Search, now get serious with SearXNG"

bilegeek — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 18:20:24 +0000

I wish they'd make it easier to adjust individual engine's weight, ideally right from the UI instead of a config file. Personally, after bumping up Google/Wiby and bumping down DDG/Presearch/Startpage (and disabling Bing altogether), results became much better. It still displays some results that only the latter engines turn up, but IMO there's noticeably less cruft.

New comment by bilegeek in "Long Wave radio era set to end with switch-off"

bilegeek — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 04:57:11 +0000

> There’s still a lot of utility stations in the LF/longwave band. Particularly time signals (WWVB in the US, ALS162 in France, DCF77 in Germany, JJY in Japan, etc.)

I meant just the broadcast band 148.5-283.5 kHz. (Though I'd love if 2200m and 630m were just a bit wider.)

> and NDB beacons.

Good point[1]. So 148.5-200 kHz in ITU Region 2 (and keep LowFER allowances on 160-190kHz as a consolation prize.)

[1]https://www.dxinfocentre.com/ndb.htm

New comment by bilegeek in "Long Wave radio era set to end with switch-off"

bilegeek — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:45:26 +0000

IMO, when the last LW transmitter shuts down, the whole band needs to be reallocated to hams. Realistic small-ish antennas are shockingly doable with a capacitance hat, loading coil, and counterpoise.

New comment by bilegeek in "Extinction-Level Capitalism"

bilegeek — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 22:20:39 +0000

> Memory manufacturers are going to ramp up

Given the prior boom-bust cycles, they are essentially slow-walking expansion to whatever plans they had prior to the AI boom. Don't expect things to let up for awhile, even if AI crashes tomorrow they'll keep supply controlled as long as they can.

C.M. Kosemen – Dinosauroids [2008/2019]

bilegeek — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:40:56 +0000

Article URL: http://www.cmkosemen.com/dinosauroids.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491889

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bilegeek in "1940 Air Terminal Museum Begins Liquidation"

bilegeek — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:04:04 +0000

Looks like a 980B. Pic from a DC-8 sim for reference.

https://i.imgur.com/b3py96N.jpeg

https://imgur.com/gallery/dc-8-simulator-xY7eS

They're Closing the Best Boondocking Spots – Here's the Proof

bilegeek — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:31:48 +0000

Article URL: https://liketheresnotomorrow.net/blm-camping-restrictions-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198265

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by bilegeek in "I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of"

bilegeek — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:33:11 +0000

Unfortunately, pre-Domain/OS AEGIS is basically lost. One person popped up with talk of imaging their 9.6 floppies, but I haven't seen anything since then.

[1]https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocomputers/posts/7062462...

Saturn V Haynes Manual

bilegeek — Mon, 18 May 2026 04:14:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.amazon.com/Saturn-1967-1973-Apollo-Skylab-Workshop/dp/0857338285

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175512

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bilegeek in "Apple Cuts More Mac Studio and Mac Mini RAM Options as Memory Shortage Worsens"

bilegeek — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:24:40 +0000

I hope it won't be this bad forever, but RAM companies are currently slow-walking any booms (not fast-tracking new fabs, etc.) in hopes of avoiding a bust. Seems it'll be more of a slow decay to still-inflated pricing.

New comment by bilegeek in "American Dads Became the Parents Their Fathers Never Were"

bilegeek — Sat, 02 May 2026 17:05:04 +0000

Especially when pretty much all modern political and economic systems are fundamentally incompatible with population decline, and leadership fights changes tooth and nail.