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New comment by brudgers in "Voyage of the Paper Canoe: 2500 Miles from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, 1874-5"

brudgers — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:10:47 +0000

I was reminded of this children's book, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddle-to-the-Sea

I have not thought of it for many many years.

New comment by brudgers in "Brand is who you are"

brudgers — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:39:30 +0000

see, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094791

New comment by brudgers in "Why do computers/phones have a restart option along with the power off option?"

brudgers — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:12:57 +0000

Shutdown can be a lengthy process.

Bootup can be a lengthy process.

Automatically is the fastest way to do both.

And get back to work.

New comment by brudgers in "eBay Restricts Listings of Radio Equipment, but Exempts Ham-Band-Only Gear"

brudgers — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 19:30:05 +0000

I kind of remember MiG’s on Ebay was part of the news cycle after the Soviet collapse.

But my memory is hazy from time and limited direct interest.

Hovercraft

brudgers — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 18:07:25 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50122050

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by brudgers in "Ask HN: Demonstrating Skills When Everything Is a Prompt"

brudgers — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:20:17 +0000

A prompt can’t replace people skills and people skills don’t go out of date.

Listening to people is how you learn which problems actually matter and if you solve a problem that actually matters nobody cares if you did or didn’t use AI.

Showcasing your skills is not a problem other people care about.

“How can I help?” is a useful approach. And a fresh one.

Good luck.

New comment by brudgers in "The 8-mile hole in a Hawaii national park that no one can explain"

brudgers — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:06:31 +0000

It’s a National Park, the use of drones is substantially restricted.

New comment by brudgers in "Muse Spark Open"

brudgers — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:06:51 +0000

Is it easy to use Muse to remove all the kinds of crap I don’t want in my Facebook feed?

Asking for a friend.

M-Vave FM-1 Resource Hub

brudgers — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:12:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aroum/fm1-custom-fw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094401

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by brudgers in "Surviving FOMO from Programming Influencers"

brudgers — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:08:46 +0000

Because he makes me feel missed out, does that make Knuth a programming influencer?

New comment by brudgers in "He Dropped Out to Become a Poet. Now He's Won a Fields Medal. (2022)"

brudgers — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 23:03:50 +0000

previous comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43920792

New comment by brudgers in "Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:59:21 +0000

The differences between open wrt and dd wrt didn’t matter to me. I just wanted more control.

The only time I’ve installed OpenWRT was on my WRT54G, which was in service until it was replaced by one of the Buffalo WZR’s.

New comment by brudgers in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:35:58 +0000

Target learned the security lesson the hard way

About the 2013 Target data breach, https://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/09/inside-target-corp-days-...

Lever House

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:29:51 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever_House

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50063971

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by brudgers in "Ask HN: Is voice becoming your main input? What happens to open-plan offices?"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:28:18 +0000

Open plan offices aren't going away and nothing will really change because open plan offices have long been used where lots of people spend all day talking on the phone.

Acoustic privacy is has two components. Attenuation is the obvious one. Masking is the one that's not. Controlling rather than minimizing white noise from air-conditioning is the ordinary approach by professionals.

Of course, a lot of open office designs are driven by "taste" rather than judgement informed by experience and science. So you get hard floors and hard ceilings instead of carpet and acoustic tile (it's right in the name, duh) and complaints.

In other words, it's a solved problem. Poor choices aren't.

New comment by brudgers in "Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:16:19 +0000

Buffalo shipped the WZR series routers with DD-WRT. But they stopped making them when the FCC restricted router firmware about a decade ago.

I bought a pair of them at the time. Kept one (N600) until I needed a 'mesh' and sold it on eBay about four years ago. Replaced it with an Orbi system that doesn't need to phone home (not sure such things are still available in the consumer market).

New comment by brudgers in "Neuroscience can make decluttering easier"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:02:51 +0000

ask, “Would I buy this today?”

A related approach I use with 'gear' is "can I buy another one if I really want one again?" (because I have a bit of GAS).

Of course I am economically privileged for being able approach the problem that way. Not everyone is.

New comment by brudgers in "The baffling intelligence of a single cell (2024)"

brudgers — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:56:12 +0000

previous comments, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39777229

The Oldest Bridge (archeology)

brudgers — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 23:37:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWSlI9HZqZQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50049276

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by brudgers in "Every US Electrical Outlet Explained [video]"

brudgers — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:58:40 +0000

feels like I've been beamed back to the 1950s or something

That might because the US was largely electrified by 1950 with the major push before The War during the 1930's via the Rural Electrification Administration. By The War the TVA was up and running and that's where nuclear materials were manufactured for The Bomb.