Hacker News: dcormier

New comment by dcormier in "Using ARG in a Dockerfile – beware the gotcha"

dcormier — Tue, 14 May 2024 10:58:43 +0000

I remember tripping over this. It was frustrating.

New comment by dcormier in "Equinox.space"

dcormier — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:48:15 +0000

I enjoyed it, but in Safari on iOS there was no sound at any point. I checked my device volume. I toggled the game option for sound on and off.

It just occurred to me that it may be because I have my phone ringer set to silent. That is indeed what caused it, which is not great as I don't want notifications to be making noise.

It also felt slightly too zoomed in (I even attempted to zoom out using my fingers).

New comment by dcormier in "The step-by-step mechanical logic of old pinball machines [video]"

dcormier — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:21:00 +0000

I discovered him only a couple of months ago, and have thoroughly enjoyed what he's got.

New comment by dcormier in "Cummins pickup truck engines tricked air quality controls, feds say"

dcormier — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 23:13:17 +0000

VW's detected emissions testing when the steering wheel was never turned.

New comment by dcormier in "U.S. workers say banned weed killer in 50 countries is giving them Parkinson's"

dcormier — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 04:35:00 +0000

I'd never heard of it before clicking through.

New comment by dcormier in "Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta's proposals to improve teen mental health"

dcormier — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 02:59:26 +0000

If the feature is harmful to mental health, then removing it is indeed a good decision.

People complain about all kinds of change. That doesn't make the change wrong or mean that it shouldn't be done.

New comment by dcormier in "Euclid's First Images"

dcormier — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 22:09:45 +0000

adds to Christmas list

New comment by dcormier in "SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Launch Site"

dcormier — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 03:07:34 +0000

I have enjoyed watching a new launch provider emerge, EVs become a real thing, and him being forced to buy Twitter.

New comment by dcormier in "Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident (2006)"

dcormier — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 12:33:36 +0000

> Wasn't that why Vandenberg was fitted-out to launch shuttles?

I don't know about DoD operating their own shuttles with their own crews, but my understanding was that part of the pitch that got Shuttle approved was that they could do polar launches from Vandenberg to deploy Earth observation (read: spy) satellites. Or match the orbit of, observe, and even capture satellites belonging to other countries in polar orbits. It helped get DoD's backing for the program.

Being able to launch from Vandenberg as well as Cape Canaveral opens up more orbital options.

New comment by dcormier in "Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident (2006)"

dcormier — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 03:14:45 +0000

Now that's a detail I hadn't run across before.

New comment by dcormier in "Astronauts and Area 51: the Skylab Incident (2006)"

dcormier — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 04:06:49 +0000

That makes me think of the near loss of the classified STS-27 mission.

https://www.americaspace.com/2018/12/09/dying-all-tensed-up-...

New comment by dcormier in "Some Pixel owners still can't dial 911 during an emergency"

dcormier — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 14:55:13 +0000

In iOS 17, there are two related settings for this is under Settings Emergency SOS.

New comment by dcormier in "Chromebooks will get 10 years of automatic updates"

dcormier — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:58:57 +0000

That’s great, Google.

Now for your phones.

New comment by dcormier in "New JFK assassination revelation could upend the lone gunman theory"

dcormier — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 12:52:28 +0000

The shots were at 175, 240, and 270 feet[1]. It had a 4x scope[2].

[1] https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh17/h...

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214814/http://www.aarcli...

New comment by dcormier in "U.S. Government Is Monitoring All Global Entry Members Daily"

dcormier — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 13:21:59 +0000

Not just the border; Global Entry members have PreCheck access domestically.

The article suggests TSA also does some sort of check of regular PreCheck members when they travel. I wonder how that check is different.

New comment by dcormier in "NSO group iPhone zero-click, zero-day exploit captured in the wild"

dcormier — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 11:24:19 +0000

Darknet Diaries had an episode about them a while back. It’s a good listen (as that podcast always is).

https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/100/

New comment by dcormier in "RFC 9446 Reflections on Ten Years Past the Snowden Revelations"

dcormier — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 04:38:58 +0000

> They're going to beat the drum until Justice Thomas resigns or stops being openly corrupt, which may be a very long time.

I don’t expect either of those things to happen, sadly. If everything stays as it is, he will remain in office and continue his behavior. He’ll stay there until he dies.

New comment by dcormier in "Marijuana addiction: those struggling often face skepticism"

dcormier — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:25:46 +0000

> You sound like my uncle.

Your comment was so much better before that point.

New comment by dcormier in "ASML EUV lithography machine could keep Moore’s Law on track"

dcormier — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 01:27:06 +0000

I recently had an opportunity to chat with a machinist who works for a shop that makes some parts for ASML’s machines. He showed me a picture of a couple of parts he finished that day. He said they weighed about a hundred pounds sitting there on the table, but at the acceleration they experience in the machine, they weigh roughy the same as a Toyota Tacoma.

New comment by dcormier in "Apple plans a slow, appointment-only rollout of Vision Pro"

dcormier — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:46:56 +0000

Twenty minutes sounds like a long time to walk in, get something you already know you want, pay, and walk out.