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New comment by blamazon in "Have I been Flocked? – Check if your license plate is being watched"

blamazon — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 15:11:06 +0000

Some are installed on private property, and supply data to the property owner. Some are installed on public property, and supply data to the government.

New comment by blamazon in "Reminder to passengers ahead of move to 100% digital boarding passes"

blamazon — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:21:34 +0000

Use a different airline, the free market will take care of the rest!

New comment by blamazon in "Meow.camera"

blamazon — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:59:51 +0000

GIFs or screenshots from this are ubiquitous in meme culture in areas of the net I frequent. There's one I'm thinking of where the cat looks suspiciously at the camera.

New comment by blamazon in "Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes"

blamazon — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 05:52:27 +0000

If you are in the US, generic breakfast cereals have come a long way. They come in larger boxes or bags and are basically identical. In the past they didn't have Cinnamon Toast Crunch figured out but there's been some kind of a breakthrough and they're a great copy now. Amazingly in some feat of copyright the one I now buy is called Cinnamon Crunch.

New comment by blamazon in "Chrome extension that replaces occurrences of 'the cloud' with 'my butt'"

blamazon — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:08:20 +0000

Someone at Amazon hilariously uploaded a job description that was filtered through this extension:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28869819

> Are you interested in building hyper-scale database services in my butt?

New comment by blamazon in "Kea 3.0, our first LTS version"

blamazon — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 05:37:58 +0000

I've tried a few times to switch to Kea in PFsense but it crashes my network fiercely.

New comment by blamazon in "Self-hosting your own media considered harmful according to YouTube"

blamazon — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 06:58:31 +0000

It's a constellation of tools that have the suffix "arr" - a winking nod to what a stereotypical pirate says, because they are commonly used for media piracy. Some examples are Radarr, Sonarr and Prowlarr, but there's lots of other ones. They all kind of fit together nicely into a stack that can be used to self host your own automatic media downloading and streaming platform.

New comment by blamazon in "Changes since congestion pricing started in New York"

blamazon — Thu, 15 May 2025 13:23:32 +0000

There is in Atlanta. An informal system of cash only mini buses without fixed routes and a focus on Spanish language.

New comment by blamazon in "An Alabama landline that keeps ringing"

blamazon — Sun, 04 May 2025 19:15:29 +0000

I know of an elevator that is also a ticketed access point to a stadium so the elevator operator also scans tickets and gives out wristbands. Very nice for wheeled accessibility.

New comment by blamazon in "Grim Fandango Puzzle Document (1996) [pdf]"

blamazon — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:18:09 +0000

I love the game and I'm nostalgic for when games were extremely difficult but for many the best way to experience Grim Fandango without such frustration might be by watching a commentary-free playthrough on youtube. I don't feel viewing the work is meaningfully diminished by not being the button clicker. Once one is familiar with the work there is a great developer commentary that is available on youtube also.

New comment by blamazon in "Gravel Map"

blamazon — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:49:32 +0000

One issue with gravelmap in my area is that some people don't post the best routes so they don't get crowded...

New comment by blamazon in "Portland's exploding Liberty Bell (2020)"

blamazon — Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:36:15 +0000

I was hoping for a zany “trapped stress” material science explanation but this did not come to pass.

New comment by blamazon in "Airflow – Stream media files directly from macOS to AirPlay devices"

blamazon — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:10:33 +0000

Clearly the solution is either UUIDs for every product or Fulfilment By Amazon style randomly generated brand names like UGRTRPY.

New comment by blamazon in "EV maker Canoo, once worth $2.4B, files for bankruptcy"

blamazon — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 06:36:01 +0000

> The move (and forced relocation of employees) was likely a way to force attrition, since it was followed fairly quickly with layoffs elsewhere.

You might expand the full title to "After move interpreted by experts as likely a way to force attrition" to explain the relevance :)

New comment by blamazon in "Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected"

blamazon — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:25:09 +0000

It's also how Scotland ended up harnessing their wind power, much to the consternation of one American capitalist...

New comment by blamazon in "WTF Happened in 1971? (2019)"

blamazon — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 17:39:47 +0000

Start of the unix epoch obviously.

I also like the ISO standardization of shipping containers explanation.

New comment by blamazon in "My second year without a job"

blamazon — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:33:35 +0000

I didn't notice a difference personally during a long unemployment stint. Not being employed lends a lot of free time to focus on self development and to be an interesting person which is beneficial to dating. Also, an unemployed partner can do a lot of cooking and cleaning. I used large chunks of my time to plan and create elaborate meals for working partners and keep co-living spaces spotless and organized. This is substantially more challenging for me personally to do with full time employment.

New comment by blamazon in "How can this 6 axis robot have a static accuracy of 0.05 mm? (2021) [video]"

blamazon — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 16:07:01 +0000

This doesn't address your (valid) systemic concerns, but on efficiency the way I like to use links like this is by adding them to a queue for later, then, if I have an opportunity to play them while doing the dishes or commuting or just feeling like watching a television I play them back, usually at higher speed of playback than 1.0. If I'm just sitting on the couch actively watching I'll read ahead in the transcript and skip ahead if I feel like it.

New comment by blamazon in "We're excited about our new roundabout"

blamazon — Sun, 06 Oct 2024 02:47:38 +0000

The article explains why they made the decision not to do a traditional dog-bone interchange with two circular roundabouts. Namely, there were right of way limitations and a need to incorporate heavy farm trucks making a left turn. So, they ended up with basically 1.5 roundabouts which represents a simplification over the dog bone.

New comment by blamazon in "Studies suggest a drug-free nasal spray could ward off respiratory infections"

blamazon — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:29:49 +0000

I'm busy so I didn't read the paper - is there a reason to use neosporin instead of petroleum jelly? In addition to your concern, many people are actively allergic to the ingredients in neosporin.