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New comment by brink in "How to run latest Vegas Pro 22 in Windows 7 x64"

brink — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 01:24:55 +0000

My computer freezes for 2-3 seconds when I try to open the volume panel and there are ads everywhere on Win 11. It's like Microsoft wants to wipe every good memory I've ever had with past Windows experiences and just accept the present.

New comment by brink in "Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android"

brink — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:23:31 +0000

Mozilla if you're listening - now's your chance; please bring it back. We actually have a reason to switch now.

New comment by brink in "A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages"

brink — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 01:18:49 +0000

All you did was offer your arbitrary opinion without any supporting argument or anecdotal evidence and suggested we should fix it with more taxes.

If you're going to offer an opinion contrary to the majority, you should at least have a convincing argument why.

New comment by brink in "Kaleidos – A portable nuclear microreactor that replaces diesel generators"

brink — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:56:20 +0000

No it's not. I'm replying to the guy that said "That used to be true", because it's obviously not true.

New comment by brink in "Kaleidos – A portable nuclear microreactor that replaces diesel generators"

brink — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:48:42 +0000

> That used to be true

No, that used to be believed to be true. We're just seeing the curtain come down.

The food pyramid, the CIA's "war on drugs" in South America, the wars with Iraq, Libya.. Just to name a few. Why do we pretend like bribery and corruption is this new thing?

New comment by brink in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)"

brink — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:27:58 +0000

I'm working on what I hope to be a high-performance voxel engine from scratch in Rust in my free-time.

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

Cubic chunks, full lighting engine, opting to be non-deterministic, everything is unsigned integer math except for rotation and rendering, multiplayer is mostly implemented, built to be able to handle heavy simulation.. the foundation work is almost done. Right now it's just a hobby to try to build the best thing I can build. I work on it because it's fun.

New comment by brink in "Google Ordered to Pay $315M for Taking Data from Idle Android Phones"

brink — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 23:50:47 +0000

Tired of this copy-paste comment. It shows up on literally every lawsuit thread.

New comment by brink in "Plato got virtually everything wrong (2018)"

brink — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:44:53 +0000

If they have good reason - they should tear down, even if it is the popular thing to do. But you do need good reason, which most people don't.

New comment by brink in "Redesigned Swift.org is now live"

brink — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:07:14 +0000

I imagine that being within the thralls of a $3T company could be very comfortable.

New comment by brink in "Redesigned Swift.org is now live"

brink — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:05:49 +0000

I love Indian food, but I still don't want to live in India.

New comment by brink in "Redesigned Swift.org is now live"

brink — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:51:30 +0000

Frustrating that you're being down-voted, because this is a very valid point.

New comment by brink in "Telegram CEO: French intelligence head asked me to ban Romanian conservatives"

brink — Mon, 19 May 2025 00:07:20 +0000

For the thousandth time - yes objective reality exists, but this is a terrible idea because the core problem becomes; who gets to decide what objective reality is? And no, I'm not kidding. Some things seem obvious, but people tend to forget obvious things, especially during periods of mass psychosis.

New comment by brink in "NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions"

brink — Fri, 09 May 2025 13:59:20 +0000

Correct that OP did not imply those things, but a lot of people will read it that way. There are implications behind the implications, and I think that DiffEq is referencing the latter. I'm not taking a side in this fight.

New comment by brink in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)"

brink — Fri, 02 May 2025 22:26:45 +0000

Decentralization - sorry about that in-house lingo.

New comment by brink in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2025)"

brink — Fri, 02 May 2025 01:32:46 +0000

Ephemera (xmtp) | Senior or Staff Software Engineer | Full-time | Remote, USA timezones preferred | https://xmtp.org

We're looking for cryptographically-minded, privacy-conscious engineers to join us.

Staff Software Engineer, React Native — This is a killer mobile app dev that has deep understanding of RN, has built consumer apps.

Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems — This person has worked on large distributed systems and will join the decentralization team to build resilient, scalable infrastructure for messaging. Languages: Go, Rust

Staff Software Engineer, Protocol (Multiple open seats here!) — These hires will work alongside the protocol team in continuing to improve and harden XMTP. Languages: Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Javascript

Staff Software Engineer, Partner Enablement — This is a highly technical, product minded engineer that has a passion for supporting integrators and key partners building with XMTP

Interested? Send your resume to dakota atsign ephemera hq.com Replace the atsign and remove the spaces, of course.

New comment by brink in "America's reputation drops across the world"

brink — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 13:27:30 +0000

I think that was kind of the point? The political right in America felt that a "good reputation" was costing us too much. They seem to care about other things more than their reputation.

New comment by brink in "An image of the Australian desert illuminates satellite pollution"

brink — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:55:36 +0000

I've been thinking about it for a while; and that's exactly the thing I've been questioning for some time. I'm not as convinced as I was that more knowledge equals a better life. I reflect back on how much time I've spent on countless hours of useless YouTube binges. I've wasted so much time on the internet that could have been spent on things that would have made me happier.

New comment by brink in "An image of the Australian desert illuminates satellite pollution"

brink — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:46:31 +0000

Even more unpopular opinion: it's highly debatable that internet access increases the quality of life for most people.

New comment by brink in "Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline"

brink — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 02:14:40 +0000

I hope AoE2 lives as long as Chess does. It really is one of the "perfect" games.

New comment by brink in "Despite Ukraine war, Europe imported even more Russian gas last year"

brink — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:42:45 +0000

> That's a pretty cynical take

Okay, so is Trump playing the tarrif game to bring manufacturing back home, or is cynicism and bad faith only okay when it's about US conservatives? Because the hypocrisy is on full display here.

I'm fine with being fair to the EU and giving them the benefit of the doubt, but only if we're fair to everyone.