Hacker News: dbavaria

New comment by dbavaria in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

dbavaria — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:23:41 +0000

Apps like Spotify in my Volvo are convinced I am in New Jersey while I'm on the opposite coast. On one hand I like that inaccurate data is being peddled to advertisers but at the same time I would actually prefer regionally relevant ads if I have to listen to them anyway.

New comment by dbavaria in "Why Michigan Still Uses a Ford Model T for Official Government Business"

dbavaria — Fri, 05 Jul 2024 05:20:19 +0000

I mean they could use a Fiat 500, or some other modern car...but what would the fun be in that?

New comment by dbavaria in "When XML in Word Became Illegal"

dbavaria — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:24:48 +0000

See here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/troubleshoot/word/c...

New comment by dbavaria in "How Wolfenstein 3D shocked the world, 30 years later"

dbavaria — Fri, 05 May 2023 17:43:25 +0000

Play Wolfenstein 3D on Archive.org (DOSBox emulator runs in the browser): https://archive.org/details/msdos_Wolfenstein_3D_1992

New comment by dbavaria in "Ask HN: Is prompt engineering just snake oil?"

dbavaria — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 22:03:05 +0000

It seems akin to SEO experts identifying as engineers. Can we just call them experts or wizards if they want to be fantastical.

New comment by dbavaria in "GPT4 killed our little startup"

dbavaria — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:57:53 +0000

What stops you from jumping on the GPT4 bandwagon?

New comment by dbavaria in "Loneliness reshapes the brain"

dbavaria — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 17:16:26 +0000

I'm still embarrassed to say "My online friends", but they've often had a huge impact on my life.

New comment by dbavaria in "I'm starting a zero waste grocery delivery service in NYC. Anybody interested?"

dbavaria — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:10:07 +0000

On-demand delivery does not sound like zero-waste to me?

New comment by dbavaria in "What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle?"

dbavaria — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 21:27:32 +0000

They're present in the city too, here are some in Seattle:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/2j5H4gEXKrRVFr469

New comment by dbavaria in "The state finally letting teens sleep in"

dbavaria — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 20:00:39 +0000

The CDC also has numbers from 2009-2019, the following report shows similiarly shocking numbers pre-covid:

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/mental-health/index.htm#:~:....

New comment by dbavaria in "Do Kwon in more trouble"

dbavaria — Sat, 11 Jun 2022 07:34:13 +0000

To avoid the jurisdiction of the SEC.

New comment by dbavaria in "Possible Terra/Luna crash explanation"

dbavaria — Fri, 13 May 2022 07:53:39 +0000

This is the same theory floating around from a 4chan a screenshot yesterday. I was hoping for something a bit more substantial than this.

New comment by dbavaria in "Twitter accounts dropping “.eth” from usernames"

dbavaria — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:46:30 +0000

Most experienced crypto users would use multiple wallets. But advertising any of your wallet addresses is asking for people to send you scam coins. It just pollutes your wallet and makes it that much more likely that you will trip up and interact with a scam smart contract.

New comment by dbavaria in "Why I'll never use Affirm again"

dbavaria — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 18:41:22 +0000

I used to find solace in the fact I could call a company and get to someone who can resolve my issue. These days I feel like it's impossible to get to a human, let alone one with any power, without jumping through hoops. It makes me hesitate to put trust into new products/services.

New comment by dbavaria in "Ask HN: What technology is “cutting edge” in 2022?"

dbavaria — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:48:39 +0000

DeFi - Decentralized financial instruments that are implemented via Smart Contracts on a Blockchain.

New comment by dbavaria in "Show HN: CodeCaptcha - Hide web links behind coding challenges"

dbavaria — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:16:01 +0000

If you could wrangle AI to solve this problem for you, I'm sure you wouldn't have any issues solving the captcha manually. Hence the CodeCaptcha still works!

New comment by dbavaria in "What's Up with the NFT Hate?"

dbavaria — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 09:30:25 +0000

While the current hype around NFTs seems like a giant scam, it's interesting to note that there is VCs investment in the area. That is, VCs investing in the infrastructure to mint/sell NFTs.

New comment by dbavaria in "Tokyo police lose 2 floppy disks containing info on public housing applicants"

dbavaria — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 19:35:43 +0000

Alright then, we're upgrading to ZipDisk for added security through obscurity.

New comment by dbavaria in "Ask HN: ELI5 – Crypto, Blockchain and Web3.0"

dbavaria — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 21:00:07 +0000

> At a congressional hearing on crytpocurrency, Bitfury CEO Brian Brooks explains the blockchain and how it plays an integral role in Web 3.0.

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

New comment by dbavaria in "My parents collect cans for a living"

dbavaria — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:21:28 +0000

The deposit is generally worth more than the scrap price for the cans. For example, NY can deposit is $0.05 [0] while the average scrap price is $0.13/lbs [1]

[0] https://portal.311.nyc.gov/article/?kanumber=KA-02477

[1] https://www.scrapmonster.com/scrap-yards/prices/new-york/sta...