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New comment by elliottkember in "Redis in the Wild: Unexpectedly Bumping into Antirez in His Hometown"

elliottkember — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:42:04 +0000

If it were a coincidence, I think this would be fine. But if you ask someone whether they want to meet up, and they say no, maybe just leave them alone.

New comment by elliottkember in "Redis in the Wild: Unexpectedly Bumping into Antirez in His Hometown"

elliottkember — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:10:43 +0000

Yeah, I don't like this.

> There was no crowd around him, no stage, no conference lanyard

The crowd, stage, lanyard — those are indications that "you can talk to me" or "here I am, this is my name, I'm speaking at this conference". Wearing a lanyard is an invitation.

> In one of his videos, Salvatore mentioned an upcoming local tradition: the Rietina di Campobello di Licata

> It was pure, absurd coincidence

It absolutely wasn't. He mentioned it, but politely declined meeting up, the author drove there anyway.

> just Salvatore on his evening walk in his hometown

I think it would have been courteous to leave him alone

New comment by elliottkember in "Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin"

elliottkember — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:48:46 +0000

React native does not render in a browser.

New comment by elliottkember in "A Small Telescope That Surprised Me"

elliottkember — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 18:13:36 +0000

That’s correct. But don’t let that put you off. They’re simply for different things!

I have both an S30 Pro and an 8” motorized SCT. The wow factor of a real scope is not lost, I can assure you.

But I don’t take my big telescope camping, for example. It’s too big and awkward. The Seestar fits in a backpack, and spits out beautiful galaxy photos to use as phone wallpapers. I just leave it running all evening. It’s very neat.

New comment by elliottkember in "Olo (Color)"

elliottkember — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:27:31 +0000

Is it perhaps a scintillating scotoma? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scintillating_scotoma

New comment by elliottkember in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"

elliottkember — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:06:58 +0000

Look at the replies. You’re telling junkies to stop using. It won’t work. This is addiction.

New comment by elliottkember in "Waymo – Dallas Open to All"

elliottkember — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:21:10 +0000

Mistakes aren’t glitches when the environment is so dynamic. I imagine they are making errors constantly, and constantly learning from them.

When a robot car makes a mistake, all robot cars learn from the experience. When a human messes up, only that human learns from it.

New comment by elliottkember in "The old-school way of keeping the summer heat out of your home"

elliottkember — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:18:19 +0000

You’re simply never going to get through to someone who has internalized the idea that AC is perfect and free. They have accommodated to the luxury and will burn the planet to keep it.

New comment by elliottkember in "Tell HN: CloudFront VPC Origins is down"

elliottkember — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:18:25 +0000

yup https://health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

New comment by elliottkember in "Has_not_been_viewed_much"

elliottkember — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:39:47 +0000

> imagine you develop a product with a number of features with a public API, and telemetry points that a feature goes unused

The cost of maintaining a book is much, much less than a product feature!

New comment by elliottkember in ""Fix" MacBook Neo Cursor Lag: Record 1 Pixel of the Screen Every 10 Seconds"

elliottkember — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:12:05 +0000

I think the implication is they focussed on the huge efficiency gains, and didn't focus on the small ones?

New comment by elliottkember in "Separate the Cord from the Device"

elliottkember — Thu, 28 May 2026 19:52:05 +0000

One very practical reason that comes to mind is waterproofing. Kitchen counters get wet, and office desks do not. Anything with a plug is at greater risk of shorting.

New comment by elliottkember in "What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications"

elliottkember — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:30:21 +0000

> if that's how you feel, you haven't tuned your setup

The withering cry of the software engineer "just tune your setup!" This is simply not a thing that people will do.

The defaults are so, so important. They are crucial. The vast majority of people rely on the defaults to be sane. The defaults should be sane.

New comment by elliottkember in "My two-part desk setup (2025)"

elliottkember — Sat, 23 May 2026 23:46:20 +0000

Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's book-case.

New comment by elliottkember in "Chewing gum restores dad's taste and smell years after Covid"

elliottkember — Thu, 21 May 2026 22:36:54 +0000

Doing what, getting vaccinated against infectious diseases?

New comment by elliottkember in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

elliottkember — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:16:34 +0000

It’s not a crime, it’s an infringement (NZ) or civil infraction (FL), and there’s no criminal record associated. There’s a material difference between an infraction and a crime.

New comment by elliottkember in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

elliottkember — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:21:42 +0000

I’m not European. Many countries have speed cameras.

It differs how you’re caught. We treat a red light camera or speed camera violation as an infringement offence, like parking. If you’re pulled over, you can have your license suspended or be charged with reckless driving on the spot, because they know who you are.

There’s no case, and no guilt, just a penalty. It’s not about guilt but responsibility. You’re responsible for the car when it’s registered to you.

If you want an analogue, try carpool lane tickets. Same thing.

New comment by elliottkember in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

elliottkember — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:14:45 +0000

Yes, there is a distinction. But it’s irrelevant in this case because you can be ticketed for either. The speeding ticket goes to the registered owner and there are no demerit points as there is no proof of driver identity.

New comment by elliottkember in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

elliottkember — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:28:14 +0000

You get a parking ticket regardless of who parked

New comment by elliottkember in "Long Range E-Bike (2021)"

elliottkember — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 22:17:14 +0000

I was working on an LED project that involved some reasonably-sized lithium batteries, and the guy in the hardware store said "I don't want to hear about you in the news tomorrow". That really stuck with me, and I say it sometimes when I think someone's going to do something dangerous.