Hacker News: chasil

New comment by chasil in "Openrsync: An implementation of rsync, by the OpenBSD team"

chasil — Sat, 30 May 2026 16:34:56 +0000

There is also a (stub) web page:

https://www.openrsync.org/

The problem with this fragmentation of rsync is that Apple and Android will prefer it, but the Linux and greater GPL world will adhere to the original implantation due to inertia. Power users will just have to know the quirks of each version.

The only way to stop this is for the original author(s) to release this under a BSD license.

Edit: For those assuming equivalent/identical behavior, study these words carefully: "accepts only a subset of rsync's command-line arguments."

New comment by chasil in "Microsoft 0-day feud escalates as researcher threatens another exploit dump"

chasil — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:57:49 +0000

The best interests of the customers of Microsoft is an immediate apology, a payment of at least $100,000, and a signed agreement pledging that no (further) legal action will be taken.

The denial of Microsoft is just as harmful as the exploits of these flaws.

New comment by chasil in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

chasil — Tue, 26 May 2026 14:46:58 +0000

You should all be aware that Lenovo (the owner of Motorola Mobility) has some dark moments in its past.

https://www.theregister.com/2015/08/12/lenovo_firmware_nasty...

New comment by chasil in "I love my Bluetooth keyboard"

chasil — Mon, 25 May 2026 09:31:06 +0000

Android allows both keyboards and mice, either via USB On The Go adaptors, or Bluetooth.

New comment by chasil in "Scientists solve 200-year-old puzzle of how tobacco plants make nicotine"

chasil — Mon, 25 May 2026 09:14:41 +0000

I was expecting to see a longer list of medical uses, but the wiki says that nicotine has performance impacts on cognition, improving fine motor motion and memory.

The pharmacology section is sophisticated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine#Uses

New comment by chasil in "Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart"

chasil — Fri, 22 May 2026 02:42:45 +0000

There is one in Corpus Christi (Texas) that I've seen.

https://www.visitcorpuschristi.com/blog/post/things-to-do-on...

New comment by chasil in "Dumb ways for an open source project to die"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:39:31 +0000

Is this a play on the rail safety videos?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eq-GYfRjxhM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yhJJws3kgzY

Edit: Yes.

"The Melbourne Metro safety campaign this post is named after closes with “be safe around trains,” which is more actionable than anything I’ve got."

New comment by chasil in "Disney erased FiveThirtyEight"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:32:15 +0000

Sees Candy made the wiki.

Services & retailing: Ben Bridge Jeweler, Business Wire, Dairy Queen, McLane Company, NetJets, Oriental Trading Company, Pampered Chef, See's Candies, Star Furniture, WPLG

Manufacturing: Benjamin Moore & Co., Clayton Homes, CTB International, Duracell, Fruit of the Loom, Johns Manville, Lubrizol, Precision Castparts Corp, Scott Fetzer Company, Garan Inc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway

New comment by chasil in "Disney erased FiveThirtyEight"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:17:57 +0000

Berkshire Hathaway has this attitude, with the proviso that the corporate management at the acquired firm must be competent, and the firm be profitable and protected by a "moat."

It's amazing that they trot out Sees Candy every year for the shareholders' meeting when they own GEICO.

It seems that Disney isn't doing this quite right.

New comment by chasil in "The lasting influence of Netscape Time"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 17:05:16 +0000

One interesting aspect that I remember about this is the internal NNTP server with a newsgroup known as "Bad Attitude" where frustrations with the products, culture, structure, and other elements of Netscape were shared.

IIRC, "Bad Attitude" was eventually terminated, then a private group known as "Really Bad Attitude" was launched to a chosen few.

Microsoft managed to obtain all of these discussion histories in the discovery phase of its various lawsuits.

https://www.jwz.org/gruntle/rbarip.html

New comment by chasil in "War game exposed U.S. vulnerability to low-tech warfare"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:38:27 +0000

How is this dissimilar to the Ukrainian "Spider Web" attack on the Russian TU-22M and TU-95 aircraft?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Spiderweb

New comment by chasil in "The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 03:56:56 +0000

Thanks for that post.

Checking MSN is a good alternative to archive.ph, or otherwise searching for the author and title?

New comment by chasil in "Earth's Radio Bubble: Every signal we've ever sent into space"

chasil — Tue, 19 May 2026 02:48:37 +0000

Well, if there was a "Three Body Problem" civilization looking for a new home, we have not been inconspicuous.

I think we can rule that out.

New comment by chasil in "Earth's Radio Bubble: Every signal we've ever sent into space"

chasil — Mon, 18 May 2026 23:26:52 +0000

I think that an atmosphere with measurable oxygen gas is a far longer lasting, pervasive and interesting signal that by itself could prompt investigation.

The oxygen has been here for far longer than us, sometimes at much higher levels.

New comment by chasil in "The bird eye was pushed to an evolutionary extreme"

chasil — Sat, 16 May 2026 20:23:02 +0000

A name for this is the "ailiamentary canal," which redirects here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrointestinal_tract

New comment by chasil in "Int a = 5; a = a++ + ++a; a =? (2011)"

chasil — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:33:00 +0000

Android appears to use the One True AWK.

  :/ $ awk 'BEGIN{a=5; a = a++ + ++a; print a}'
  12

  :/ $ which awk
  /system/bin/awk

  :/ $ awk --version
  awk version 20240728

New comment by chasil in "Int a = 5; a = a++ + ++a; a =? (2011)"

chasil — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:16:20 +0000

Awk also says it's 12.

  awk 'BEGIN{a=5; a = a++ + ++a; print a}'
  12

New comment by chasil in "Greenhouse and Icehouse Earth"

chasil — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:36:47 +0000

What most people do not understand is that we are in a rare icehouse phase. The question is the danger to us of triggering a transition to a greenhouse.

'A "greenhouse Earth" is a period during which no continental glaciers exist anywhere on the planet. Additionally, the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (such as water vapor and methane) are high... Earth has been in a greenhouse state for about 85% of its history.

'Earth is now in an icehouse state, and ice sheets are present in both poles simultaneously... Earth's current icehouse state is known as the Quaternary Ice Age and began approximately 2.58 million years ago... Earth is expected to continue to transition between glacial and interglacial periods until the cessation of the Quaternary Ice Age and will then enter another greenhouse state.'

Greenhouse and Icehouse Earth

chasil — Thu, 14 May 2026 03:36:47 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130818

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by chasil in "ReactOS"

chasil — Wed, 13 May 2026 22:18:07 +0000

There have been some notable discussions here on this subject.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22076348