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New comment by bmurray7jhu in "5x5 Pixel font for tiny screens"

bmurray7jhu — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:47:37 +0000

Similar discussion for CJK scripts

https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/16669/lowest-pix...

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "NTSB report: Decryption of images from the Titan submersible camera [pdf] (2024)"

bmurray7jhu — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:59:23 +0000

"I think the most dangerous part of our whole operation was these young software engineers puking over the railing in a high sea."

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "NTSB report: Decryption of images from the Titan submersible camera [pdf] (2024)"

bmurray7jhu — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 01:55:06 +0000

Report on unrecoverable SSDs:

https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19169363&Fi...

Full docket:

https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/?NTSBNumber=DCA23FM036

NTSB report: Decryption of images from the Titan submersible camera [pdf] (2024)

bmurray7jhu — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:35:27 +0000

Article URL: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18741602&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Underwater%20Camera%20-%20Specialist%27s%20Factual%20Report-Rel.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019636

Points: 191

# Comments: 94

Waymo cars flock to quiet Palo Alto street

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:59:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mv-voice.com/technology/2025/11/21/nobody-asked-for-this-waymo-cars-flock-to-quiet-palo-alto-street/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46006246

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Internet Archive is now a federal depository library"

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:43:08 +0000

Unneeded materials from other depository libraries can now be transferred to the Internet Archive. Under 44 USC § 1912, depository libraries may dispose of outdated material, but must first offer to transfer to nearby depository institutions.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Root shell on a credit card terminal"

bmurray7jhu — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 21:08:50 +0000

The touch controller is generally connected to a MUX controlled by the security processor. When entering sensitive data (PIN/PANs), the touch controller output is routed directly to the security processor, bypassing any Android-derived OS responsible for the GUI.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Possibly a Serious Possibility"

bmurray7jhu — Mon, 05 May 2025 22:50:11 +0000

Text of NIE 29-51 "Probability of an Invasion of Yugoslavia in 1951"

Partial HTML: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1951v04p2/...

Full text PDF scan: https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79R01012A0007000...

Startup Liquidation Auctions

bmurray7jhu — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:28:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/silicon-valley-disposition-auction-company-20039023.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42784254

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Why did the Leinster House bike shed cost so much?

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:41:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/09/06/its-not-even-a-shed-a-summary-of-the-leinster-house-bike-shelter-controversy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42217211

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "12 Months of Mandarin"

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 22:07:23 +0000

Reading and listening to Mandarin was much less difficult than I expected. Good pronunciation was more challenging, but after working with a speech-language pathologist, my speech production is good enough that I'm rarely asked to repeat myself.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Modern-day spying: sometimes old technology is more secure"

bmurray7jhu — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 20:09:38 +0000

Matt Blaze's analysis of the flawed OTPs used by Cuban numbers stations: https://www.mattblaze.org/blog/neinnines/

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Ask HN: Do companies hire principal and staff level engineers from job postings?"

bmurray7jhu — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 04:07:47 +0000

I was. I started as a staff IC at FANG after replying to a posting on the public careers website.

Don't assume every job listing is just for a single open position. For more junior positions, there may be several vacancies.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "US Seeks More Than $4B from Binance to End Criminal Case"

bmurray7jhu — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 01:09:05 +0000

Deportation often amounts to a facto extradition.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Ask HN: How to do transactional SMS as a bootstrapped or startup company?"

bmurray7jhu — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 19:08:50 +0000

Understand the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Professional plaintiffs will eventually sue you for minor TCPA violations, and will not be cheap to resolve.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Median Center of Population for the United States: 1880 to 2020 (2021)"

bmurray7jhu — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:46:21 +0000

Mathematically rigorous definition of "median center of population":

https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/reference/cenpop2020/COP202...

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Why isn't Titan classed? (2019)"

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:38:28 +0000

  The acoustic signature predictive of a material compromise or potential 
  failure may include a large magnitude, high frequency acoustic burst followed by a 
  sustained interval of acoustic signals of slightly lower magnitude and high frequency, 
  but still well above a predetermined healthy structure condition.

The patent concedes that a structural failure may be presaged by a "large magnitude ... burst", but does contemplate thst such a burst may be unsurvivable.

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "Tell HN: Makers beware, Etsy will ruin your small business"

bmurray7jhu — Tue, 30 May 2023 22:05:38 +0000

What type of printed parts were you selling?

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "The hunt for the Titanic was a hunt for lost U.S. nuclear submarines (2018)"

bmurray7jhu — Thu, 18 May 2023 04:41:57 +0000

Just days after the discovery, the New York Times reported on speculation Ballard may have been also involved in the search for the missing nuclear submarines.

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/09/08/us/titanic-wreck-was-surr...

New comment by bmurray7jhu in "YouTuber who staged plane crash faces up to 20 years jail"

bmurray7jhu — Fri, 12 May 2023 01:21:22 +0000

Jacob plead guilty after the government found Jacob's unilateral recording of himself making false statements during a phone call with an FAA investigator. The plea bargain mentions these false statements, but only the search warrant notes that Jacob made perhaps the only recording of himself committing a federal crime.

The search warrant also includes a narrative into the investigation of four other crimes for which Jacob was investigated, but not ultimately charged.