Hacker News: blackboxlogic

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Air Canada is responsible for chatbot's mistake: B.C. tribunal"

blackboxlogic — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:38:02 +0000

That's why I start with "are you a human or a robot", then "what's your favorite color"

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible "forever""

blackboxlogic — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 13:12:09 +0000

I've been reading on the topic recently and that is referred to as "criminal trespass". I want to put up signs that say "yes trespassing"

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Lowercase letters save data"

blackboxlogic — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:02:27 +0000

Don't forget to track if the rooks or kings have moved, for castling eligibility. And what the previous move was for en passant. And the full game history back to the most recent capture for draw by repetition.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Federal Killjoys Tell States to Stop Putting Jokes in Highway Signage"

blackboxlogic — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 12:19:09 +0000

We have that law in Maine. It's wonderful. I don't see why it would be ok at the state level but not the federal.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "SMS Censorship"

blackboxlogic — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:09:09 +0000

or... userd could opt-in to auto-substitution of blocked words. The recipient gets "m*rphine".

New comment by blackboxlogic in "All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were Bogus"

blackboxlogic — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 13:15:00 +0000

Yes, humans make mistakes, and we improve by creating strong disincentives for mistakes.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets"

blackboxlogic — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 16:20:58 +0000

Bluetooth is a running joke around our house. When I'm talking on the phone and my girlfriend gets in the car and suddenly my phone call gets teleported to the car that I'm not in. When we go to watch a movie and the sound decides to come out of the projector instead of the speaker system. When I want to listen to a podcast outside and it start coming out of the speaks in the basement. Just give me a wire.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Google pulls Fitbit from almost 30 markets"

blackboxlogic — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:17:16 +0000

So you can't charge your phone and listen to audio at the same time. That sentence would sound crazy 10 years ago.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Why every microwave sucks these days"

blackboxlogic — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:07:31 +0000

It's not a setting you'd "see", it's a secret you'd find on the last page of that manual you threw out.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "When XML in Word Became Illegal"

blackboxlogic — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:53:58 +0000

Yep, we had a similar use-case. I remember the error message pointed to a help page which pointed to an article about this patent.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "When XML in Word Became Illegal"

blackboxlogic — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 15:43:20 +0000

I believe I ran into this issue a few years ago and discovered the patent case when trying to work around. The xml file format allowed for arbitrary properties to be added (as xml does), and we were trying to embed metadata in word files. But when MS Word opened a file with anything extra in it it gave a warning like "this file has extra stuff in it" and it automatically removed anything that wasn't explicitly expected.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Ask HN: How do you look for jobs in 2023?"

blackboxlogic — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 02:27:57 +0000

I just checked out otta.com, and started their "quiz". Third question: "where would you like to work?" and only lists major cities, nothing in my state. As if to say "if you want a job, move or go remote". I've gotten this same message from many channels.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Ask HN: Seeking computers for kids programming class"

blackboxlogic — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 18:00:38 +0000

Since we already have computers this seems very attractive. Thank you for the suggestion, I'm pursuing it.

Ask HN: Seeking computers for kids programming class

blackboxlogic — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:59:55 +0000

My school bought new windows laptops designed “for education” and they are trash. They demand a microsoft account to sign in, don’t let you install programs (even as admin), restart in the middle of class for updates, barely enough resources to boot, CONSTANTLY harass students about oneDrive, the weather, updates, security, news, web browsers, games, and other microsoft crap. I’m sure they were expensive.

Maybe my mistake was connecting the computers to wifi, or I should have tried to put linux on them.

But I’m looking for suggestions for computers, could have linux (or windows xp?) pre-installed, don’t need a lot of processing power, needs a screen and USB ports (for keyboard/mouse), power supply, a couple GBs of extra storage, don’t even need wifi or a battery... on a budget. I’d rather not have to assemble/flash each one. There must be 100 different small companies or non-profits making something like this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36232663

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New comment by blackboxlogic in "I Block Ads"

blackboxlogic — Tue, 23 May 2023 17:40:06 +0000

Audio ads playing at gas pumps is now the only factor that determines which gas station I go to.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Three Companies Impersonated Millions to Influence Internet Policy"

blackboxlogic — Mon, 15 May 2023 11:03:42 +0000

I try to ignore the message of bad-faith content instead of penalizing the person who it seems to favor. Otherwise you enable false flag attacks.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "CAN Injection: Keyless car theft"

blackboxlogic — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 13:15:31 +0000

I installed a reed switch just under my windshield to unlock the doors. Swiping a magnet is easier than keeping a key in my pocket. Getting myself locked out is more of a concern than a stranger noticing the switch and finding a magnet. I'll even mention it on the internet, if any of you want to steal my car, please just fill up the gas and return it after. Thanks.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Show HN: Find words “halfway” between two others"

blackboxlogic — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 01:01:13 +0000

sock -> hat = hock I can see that logic

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Lo-Fi ATC"

blackboxlogic — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:53:45 +0000

it might pan the audio side to side each time there is silence just for effect.

New comment by blackboxlogic in "Unihertz Atom 2.45 Inch Screen Rugged Smartphone"

blackboxlogic — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:36:16 +0000

FM radio receiver and a headphone jack! Both are hard to find and on my wishlist. This might be my next phone.