Hacker News: coldblues

New comment by coldblues in "Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK"

coldblues — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:19:43 +0000

Addressing all the people here talking about latency of under 10ms, I direct you towards these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOvQCPLkPt4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE-P_7-YiVM

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42832155

New comment by coldblues in "How to read more books"

coldblues — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:09:58 +0000

I have gained so much by reading comments on Hacker News, articles, lurking in groups and forums, watching YouTube videos. Reading books is important because they have knowledge that is not accessible in another format. It is an efficient way to condense information and pass it around. At least it used to be, when paper was more scarce. Now books get fluffed up for padding. A lot of people should be writing articles instead of books. Those who are reading a large volume of books are most certainly reading a large volume of garbage. I have gained more from reading comments on here than I would have otherwise by reading junk self-help books, romance novels, and other kinds of YA. You should be reading the right books. The classics, the culturally relevant, the historically significant, the hallmarks of a domain or expertise, etc. The medium of publishing used to be a marker of quality, a filter, a selection mechanism. But as publishing became more accessible, the amount of investment required also plummeted. And just as it allowed many creatives and geniuses access to the medium, it also introduced a large volume of cheap material that can be easily dismissed as irrelevant noise, as you should.

New comment by coldblues in "Fast Software, the Best Software (2019)"

coldblues — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:24:52 +0000

Irrational how? What higher values does it undermine for you to make fast software?

New comment by coldblues in "Have you restarted your computer this week?"

coldblues — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:00:37 +0000

Anyone who is using full disk encryption will be turning off their computer when they're not around. Hibernation is an option if you want to keep your state.

New comment by coldblues in "Iroh 1.0"

coldblues — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:26:35 +0000

This post may be sarcastic, but some of us really have been living in the future so to speak, more than others. It's the nature of novel, groundbreaking tech. Adoption is not immediate.

New comment by coldblues in "Iroh 1.0"

coldblues — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:06:59 +0000

The future of networking is decentralization. I'm a huge fan of Yggdrasil and I2P. We should just be able to buy a mini PC to run 24/7 and host whatever it is that we need on it and seamlessly connect to others. A lot of techies already have older spare machines laying around collecting dust that can become servers. It is far cheaper in the long run and easier to maintain than having to deal with domains and server hosting. I truly appreciate the work that the Iroh team puts out.

New comment by coldblues in "Discord Alternatives, Ranked"

coldblues — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:38:50 +0000

https://simplex.chat/

It already has quite big communities https://simplex.chat/directory/

The founder of it is on here https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=epoberezkin

New comment by coldblues in "Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub"

coldblues — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:58:47 +0000

I am referring to the standard metric used in SRS communities.

When people in the language learning community say they "learn 20 words a day", they are referring to New Cards Added. It is a metric of input and initial encoding, not guaranteed permanent storage.

In Anki, "Learning" is literally a specific phase (the red cards). You introduce the card, you pass the initial threshold, and then the algorithm handles the retention over the subsequent weeks. You are conflating the process of learning (adding new information) with the result of mastery (long-term active recall).

New comment by coldblues in "Anki ownership transferred to AnkiHub"

coldblues — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:10:35 +0000

You've just admitted that the way you use "learn" is different. It's you who is using it differently from the commonly agreed upon way. (3) is arbitrary, ideally you would want to remember the words for your entire lifetime. A lot of people don't care about (2), you'd only care if you want to live in the country and are presented with a lot of paperwork.

You learn the words for a day (you're able to match the sounds and meaning to it). You will forget a lot of them tomorrow, so now you have to re-learn them. This is just how Anki works. You keep learning and re-learning until they stick for a prolonged period of time. It's common for Japanese learners to add between 20 or 30 words to their learning queue.

If you understand how Anki works, you will also understand how the word learning is used in relation to its flashcard mechanism.

New comment by coldblues in "Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time"

coldblues — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:15:41 +0000

Everyone here talks about LLMs, but for me, the reason why StackOverflow became totally irrelevant is because of dedicated Discord servers and forums.

New comment by coldblues in "A website to destroy all websites"

coldblues — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 11:31:43 +0000

The website to destroy all websites is https://gwern.net

For however much I can respect individuals for showing their creativity, the novelty of it wears off. The majority of people in the Indie Web scene all blend together. The presentation might be different, but the essence is mostly the same. Not everyone needs to express themselves and voice their opinions. "Lurk five more years before posting" as people used to say.

The article is also laden with a certain kind of politics. You can infer the philosophical premises that led to some of these conclusions.

Shutting down our search proxy Leta

coldblues — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 13:44:24 +0000

Article URL: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/shutting-down-our-search-proxy-leta

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45835161

Points: 7

# Comments: 3

New comment by coldblues in "Offline card payments should be possible no later than 1 July 2026"

coldblues — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:52:01 +0000

Every time I see posts like these related to fiat, my heart sinks. Despite pro privacy sentiments across the site, there is a concerning amount of people who have not only fallen to the trap of convenience, but even consider cash use suspicious or criminal (the morality of tax evasion is a whole different subject, the places where it's most popular often coincides with a corrupt, inefficient government). Soon, cash use will be made impractical due to digital currencies and growing government control, but cryptocurrency will take its place, it has already to a limited extent.

New comment by coldblues in "Chat Control Must Be Stopped"

coldblues — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 21:16:32 +0000

Even without Chat Control, I still self-censor even in private communications. The majority of people you chat with show complete disregard for your privacy. They piss on it. There are very basic requirements that a minuscule amount of people follow, like: full-disk encryption, using a password manager, being aware of your rights to protect yourself against searches, having good computer hygiene and competency. The level of incompetency and ignorance when it comes to privacy & security makes me deeply angry and frustrated to a level that brings me to nihilism and misanthropy

Color NPM Package Compromised

coldblues — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:57:27 +0000

Article URL: https://fasterthanli.me/articles/color-npm-package-compromised

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45171564

Points: 23

# Comments: 1

New comment by coldblues in "Show HN: I'm making an open-source platform for learning Japanese"

coldblues — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:27:41 +0000

I agree with you, but Anki is a generalized flashcard SRS memorization tool, not specifically made for learning Japanese, so it's not within my area of critique; I'm thinking of apps similar to Duolingo. It works extremely well because it helps you memorize very efficiently. One of the few applications that will indeed boost your learning by a lot. Anything requiring manual input rather than a simple Again or Good button choice tends to be worse. Any Anki deck requiring manual input as an answer should not be used.

New comment by coldblues in "Show HN: I'm making an open-source platform for learning Japanese"

coldblues — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:09:33 +0000

Apps/platforms don't work for learning Japanese. You just need to memorize the hell out of the vocabulary, spend some time learning the grammar, and most importantly IMMERSE. Watch, read and listen to content in Japanese.

https://learnjapanese.moe

https://alljapanesealltheti.me/ (this used to be THE guide for learning)

New comment by coldblues in "Notes on Managing ADHD"

coldblues — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 22:39:11 +0000

For those who cannot be prescribed amphetamines, I recommend seeking out Modafinil. It works really well and a regular psychiatrist should be able to prescribe it.

New comment by coldblues in "Is moderate drinking healthy? Scientists say the idea is outdated"

coldblues — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 09:06:24 +0000

As far as I understand, the aftereffects of alcohol are due to its poisonous effects on organs, receptors and neurons. Drugs act on receptors directly by binding to them or restricting binding.

New comment by coldblues in "Fight Chat Control"

coldblues — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:10:49 +0000

Telegram is not E2EE because it's easier and faster to sync and transmit messages between millions of people. The scale of Telegram groups and channels is massive. Telegram, for a long time, has not complied with law enforcement requests and has made it hard for authorities to get data because of their architecture. You still have Secret Chats for E2EE messaging as an option.