Hacker News: blcArmadillo

New comment by blcArmadillo in "FreeCAD v1.1"

blcArmadillo — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:58:33 +0000

Maybe something like: https://www.solidworks.com/sites/default/files/cswpsampleexa... (jump to page 18).

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Dial-up Internet to be discontinued"

blcArmadillo — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 03:28:06 +0000

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/respon...

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?"

blcArmadillo — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 23:23:05 +0000

I don't have eye strain but have great difficulty getting glasses that work for me. I have a -6 prescription and two out of my last three glasses have had horrible distortion around the edges.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

blcArmadillo — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:39:57 +0000

> - AOSP (the open source counterpart of Android) is now unusable. It doesn't ship with most essential apps, including a Phone app. In previous versions of Android, all of these were a part of AOSP.

This particular example is a bit misleading as those apps are still available; they're just unbundled from the system image: https://source.android.com/docs/automotive/unbundled_apps/re...

New comment by blcArmadillo in "I kind of like rebasing"

blcArmadillo — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:16:43 +0000

Or: git pull --rebase origin main

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks?"

blcArmadillo — Wed, 22 May 2024 00:22:06 +0000

Incase you haven't run across it, I've found that enabling the "refine" option on the shape makes applying a fillet far more predictable.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "An infinite canvas for code exploration"

blcArmadillo — Tue, 07 May 2024 02:37:26 +0000

By chance did you mean Sourcetrail [1] instead of Sourcegraph? Old demo video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Cfu6f0uyzc8?si=oNS9KKlbgEk_Ct0p.

[1] https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks

blcArmadillo — Wed, 01 May 2024 04:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/engineer-builds-a-gpu-from-scratch-in-two-weeks-process-much-harder-than-he-expected

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40219510

Points: 71

# Comments: 25

New comment by blcArmadillo in "GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe"

blcArmadillo — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:53:20 +0000

This is not correct. The main infotainment system is not considered safety critical. There are some functions such as rear view camera that are but often this is handled by a real time os that overlays the video on top of the infotainment output. The infotainment system crashing will not take down your steering or braking.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Ask HN: Where to find open-source house plans?"

blcArmadillo — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 14:40:33 +0000

Several years ago the city of Phoenix released plans for a net zero single family home: https://www.phoenix.gov/sustainability/home

You do have to provide some basic info to get them but I can confirm that they're a full set of plans.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Engineers should focus on writing"

blcArmadillo — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:56:40 +0000

University of Michigan, 2012, a technical writing course was required (TCHNCLCM 300) and it's still required: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vh83l2mW6j9P91eqV4W3UbqU...

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Go 1.21 will (probably) download newer toolchains on demand by default"

blcArmadillo — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 11:44:08 +0000

jrockway mentions postgres in their comment:

> (While I'm here, I'll also point out that PostgreSQL is similar here. Have you ever upgraded and had your app broke? Absolutely not. Every version is a free performance and feature win.)

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Ask HN: Suing Facebook in small claims?"

blcArmadillo — Tue, 09 May 2023 02:22:19 +0000

One method I've known to work for people is to buy an Oculus. You need a Facebook account for it and Oculus tech support can reactivate your Facebook account. After that return the Oculus. This is the post where I first heard of this [1] and it worked for my brother-in-law. YMMV.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29624826

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

blcArmadillo — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 13:29:16 +0000

Ford's first iteration of their Sync infotainment system came out in 2007. What were they supposed to use before that?

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Microsoft plugging more ads into Windows 11 Start Menu"

blcArmadillo — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:38:39 +0000

The browser on the Zune wasn't good but I otherwise liked. What didn't you like about it?

New comment by blcArmadillo in "The best way to launch your startup [video]"

blcArmadillo — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 14:54:50 +0000

Probably any lens and any modern camera can achieve this quality and look. The soft background is achieved by using a lower f-stop. In this example the background isn't really too blurry though so you shouldn't need anything special.

You'll need to spend more time on lighting than anything else to reproduce the overall feel.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Automating heating with Home Assistant"

blcArmadillo — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 20:04:36 +0000

You can get motorized dampers that you install where the branches come off the main trunk.

My understanding is it's not great to shut down vents all the way since it increases the static pressure in the branch and the air is just going to try to find ways out. You also have to be careful with closing down too many registers as it can cause too much pressure on the furnace. Some furnaces will shut down in this case.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "My Stripe Tax Story"

blcArmadillo — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 03:09:32 +0000

They did say

> I deployed it on November 6, 2021, the same day that Stripe stopped billing a significant number of my customers, left all their invoices in a Draft state, and didn’t tell me about it.

So at least a significantly large portion are outside of Canada.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "Putting Ideas into Words"

blcArmadillo — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:35:57 +0000

He touches on that in the paragraph

> I'm not saying that writing is the best way to explore all ideas. If you have ideas about architecture, presumably the best way to explore them is to build actual buildings. What I'm saying is that however much you learn from exploring ideas in other ways, you'll still learn new things from writing about them.

New comment by blcArmadillo in "President Daniels responds to Chinese student's harassment"

blcArmadillo — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:29:45 +0000

It's in the image which contains the actual text from the University:

> If those students who issued threats can be identified, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.