Hacker News: coronadisaster

New comment by coronadisaster in "Tesla Packs 50B Transistors onto D1 Dojo Chip"

coronadisaster — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:28:40 +0000

Is that a lot?

New comment by coronadisaster in "Jeff Bezos’ NASA Lawsuit Is So It’s Crashing the DOJ Computer System"

coronadisaster — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:25:56 +0000

“We have tried several different ways to create 50-megabyte files for more efficient filing, all without success thus far.”

I would believe they aren't incompetent if I read this 20 years ago

New comment by coronadisaster in "Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case over iPhone Slowdowns"

coronadisaster — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 01:06:14 +0000

> if a high load were to be applied, the last 20% would be inaccessible

you are saying that they don't know how to calculate battery percentage left?

New comment by coronadisaster in "Apple's 15% Deflection Tactic"

coronadisaster — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 23:47:25 +0000

I thought I was the only one thinking similarly on HN

New comment by coronadisaster in "DEA Pursues Vast Expansion of Patient Surveillance"

coronadisaster — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 14:30:19 +0000

> The US does massively over-prescribe opioids.

Jail the doctors. They are getting bribes from drug companies.

New comment by coronadisaster in "Five Eyes and Japan call for Facebook backdoor to monitor crime"

coronadisaster — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:23:43 +0000

I thought that they already a big pipe going from Facebook to the NSA...

New comment by coronadisaster in "At JPMorgan, productivity falls for younger employees at home"

coronadisaster — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 03:22:18 +0000

> But as software products grow more complex and the actual value more vague

most popular software tend to decrease in quality with time... engineers are just looking for something to do and add stuff that can sometime be of negative value

New comment by coronadisaster in "Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications"

coronadisaster — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:21:25 +0000

My dynamic IP address with Comcast is pretty much static but I guess it is not a guarantee... I can get it to change by spoofing my router MAC address though.

New comment by coronadisaster in "Ask HN: Sendgrid is breaking my product. What to do?"

coronadisaster — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 02:15:36 +0000

I don't see how switching to a reputable email service could negatively impact you, but I might be wrong

New comment by coronadisaster in "I lost €4k in a Facebook scam"

coronadisaster — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:56:40 +0000

I think that it is pretty screwed up that browsers allow this "feature"...

New comment by coronadisaster in "Raspberry Pi as a local server for self hosting applications"

coronadisaster — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 01:48:54 +0000

I use a VPN + static IP or DDNS to get access to my home cloud/server (both the VPN and DDNS can be setup on my router). Also, there are free DDNS providers.

New comment by coronadisaster in "I lost €4k in a Facebook scam"

coronadisaster — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:19:10 +0000

If you want to see where Google search results really point to, you can right click it and then hover over it to get the real destination... it's been like this for 15+ years (google changes the destination on-click).

New comment by coronadisaster in "Riding the RISC-V wave"

coronadisaster — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:48:28 +0000

nvidia and open aren't compatible

New comment by coronadisaster in "Oblique Strategies"

coronadisaster — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:42:24 +0000

Looks like there are a few decks available on eBay

New comment by coronadisaster in "Oracle Wins Bid for TikTok in U.S."

coronadisaster — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 02:28:17 +0000

Android and iOS are more widespread, therefore an easier/better target for your government.

New comment by coronadisaster in "Amazon’s Alexa for landlords is a privacy nightmare waiting to happen"

coronadisaster — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 19:07:37 +0000

Only if you pay by credit card but I dont know if they allow that

New comment by coronadisaster in "Amazon’s Alexa for landlords is a privacy nightmare waiting to happen"

coronadisaster — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:14:45 +0000

The ones that ask for cash are probably trying to avoid some taxes... I didn't pay cash for my rent in the USA.

New comment by coronadisaster in "How Big Oil Misled the Public into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled"

coronadisaster — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:17:52 +0000

but my last bins lasted more then 10 years and got re-used weekly

New comment by coronadisaster in "Apple: Apps should not require users to opt into tracking to access content"

coronadisaster — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:13:44 +0000

Can they trick you into thinking it is required?

New comment by coronadisaster in "Drone firm DJI promises 'local data mode' to fend off US government's mooted ban"

coronadisaster — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 22:56:30 +0000

> These are not internet-attached devices, they shouldn’t be spying on us.

Should all internet-connected devices spy on us?