<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: epakai</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=epakai</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:05:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=epakai" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "White House delays US voting-machine vulnerability report"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
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]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 07:30:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616512</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616512</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48616512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "I love my Bluetooth keyboard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>K380 is the non-stand version. It got me into low-profile keyboards. Even spent a while on my desk full time.<p>Other pluses: rearrangeable keys (dvorak), runs on AAA batteries.<p>The legends eventually fail, and the keys take a shine.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 07:26:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264329</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264329</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48264329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Fixing a monitor that goes black, off or blinks due to static electricity (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I played with a negative ion generator at my desk, and it was great at knocking out my 1440p monitor signal, but the 1080p seemed more resilient.<p>Since then I got a 4K display, and it likes to drop out in thunderstorms. I switched to a better DP to HDMI adapter, and the chunky original Samsung cable. I'm waiting for the next storm to see if it helps.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:40:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782510</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782510</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "More likely than not you're using bubble wrap wrong"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Bubble envelopes are all wrong? Flipped bubbles would make it harder to slide objects in and out of the envelope, but they would reduce movement inside the envelope.<p>The difference seems minor other than the ability to tape the flat side, and we have cling bubble wraps that don't need tape anyway.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708170</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708170</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47708170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Tesla China Sales Up 91% in Feb, BYD Down 47%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Tesla sales by month were above 58,000 for the past 2 years except last February 2025 (30,688). February 2026 they sold 58,600.<p>The only thing I could take away is that Tesla had a bad month last February.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:49:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341502</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341502</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47341502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX part 1: PSU and NVRAM (2020)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I got a IPX in 2022 and restored it. I was a bit lucky and mine was an ex-IBM unit that came with the Weitek SPARC POWER μP processor (80 MHz) upgrade.<p>It makes for a pretty good project box as one of the smaller SPARC machines. Lots of documentation from hobbyists, Sun's own service manuals, and OpenBSD/NetBSD. Flash SCSI disk replacements are much easier to get your hands on now (I used a ZuluSCSI).<p>I've kept a log with photos: <a href="https://drislock.org/pkb/machines/perfect.html#a-little-lunchbox-machine" rel="nofollow">https://drislock.org/pkb/machines/perfect.html#a-little-lunc...</a><p>It seems to have been part of IBM's IBM-IPT Tester system. Hostnames were interesting: flower, owl, piglet, diamond, hotlips. I didn't get any interesting data though since this system relied on network resources.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:21:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314886</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314886</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "How to carry more than your own bodyweight (2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Altitude can be a huge limiting factor. I biked from Texas to Oregon, and the first days in the Rockies were brutal. It seemed I could barely travel 50 feet up hill without taking a break. I even considered turning around because it just felt impossible.</p>
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<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703694">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46703694</a> (5 days ago, 7 comments) Belarus begins a death penalty purge of radio amateurs<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708996">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46708996</a> (4 days ago, 1 comment) HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:27:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761527</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761527</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software '"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is pretty much what Lutris does. I'm using it with already downloaded GOG installers, and Lutris' crowd-sourced install scripts. It looks like they do account integration, so it might be possible to directly download and install games.<p>It can run things with regular wine or proton installed by steam. There is a lot of complexity compared to Steam or the GOG client.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:39:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46627723</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46627723</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46627723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Razer isn't mentioned, but I know they're using Airoha AB1571DN in Blackshark V3 Pro transmitter. Not sure what is on the headset end.<p>Don't see any mentions on their last firmware update, and I can't find older ones.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://timur.hu/blog/2025/love-song-for-linux-gamers-with-old-gpus-eoy2025">https://timur.hu/blog/2025/love-song-for-linux-gamers-with-old-gpus-eoy2025</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457385">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457385</a></p>
<p>Points: 42</p>
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]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:51:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://timur.hu/blog/2025/love-song-for-linux-gamers-with-old-gpus-eoy2025</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457385</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "The New Right-Wing Tech Intelligentsia"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We are shifting the goalposts here. Campaign donations are not her bank account.<p>Who is going to "take it away" in this scenario? We're not talking about a 'tax the rich' scenario anymore. I don't think she needs to be worried about congressional finance reforms because they write their own laws.<p>Sometimes politicians will directly tell the truth to you. I'm not evaluating that though. I'm looking for evidence to the contrary, which would be real estimates above the amount she stated, but the only one out there is the absurd $29 million that can't be reached even if you add up her whole career's worth of political donations.</p>
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<p>It's a hell of lot better than your estimate of "look at her bank account".<p>Here's something a little more substantiated. In February 2025 she claimed her wealth is under a half million.<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1887197530573717552" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1887197530573717552</a><p>Happy to look at evidence to the contrary.</p>
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<p>Did you take a look at her bank account? It seems like she's not even a millionaire yet. Some reports are putting her net worth at $49,000 or $125,000.<p>Where are the non-mammon mouthpieces in congress? Your focus feels way too narrow to take a reasonable conclusion from.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:37:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46332248</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46332248</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46332248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "PicoIDE – An open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There is a Gotek floppy emulator hardware, about $50 USD.<p>A USB floppy drive will be cheaper, maybe $20.<p>I <i>think</i> the T1100 has standard 34-pin IDC connector, but Plus variant uses 26-pin so the Gotek will need an adapter (and probably doesn't fit cleanly).<p><a href="https://archive.is/gFVNm" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/gFVNm</a> (medium post, shows the adapter)<p><a href="https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/issues/549" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/keirf/FlashFloppy/issues/549</a> (somebody had issue with high 5V rail causing Gotek to not work)</p>
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<p>Debian still has security fixes, and point releases. unattended-upgrades is the package that automates their install.<p>I think you can also do unattended release upgrades by using the 'stable' release alias in sources. That will probably result in some stuff breaking since there will be package and configuration churn.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 15:52:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945970</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945970</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45945970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Ask HN: Do you have an aversion to recent TLDs?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I recently noticed the mom and dad TLDs. One has a lot of potential for phishing so all the big sites seem to have MarkMonitor registering their names there. You can visit ebay.mom though, and amazon.mom redirects to an inactive URL for the family program.<p>Curiously, dead.mom was redirecting to www.nro.gov, an org with a rather interesting secret history.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 08:02:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45779975</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45779975</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45779975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "Ask HN: Advice for creating a USB device linking 2 computers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are ST Micro parts with two USB ports that can can both be devices. I'm not sure the implications of powering them both at once. Look at STM32F407/417.<p>It might be simpler to get 2 microcontrollers and establish a communication link between them. Something like Arduino (Nano or even smaller third party boards), or Teensy would be suitable for this kind of setup.</p>
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<p>Why did they list all his watches? Would they have been seized already, or are these things he posted about online?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:53:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45679718</link><dc:creator>epakai</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45679718</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45679718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by epakai in "The Rubygems.org takeover"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>His specific words were "it's no longer full of native Brits" with a link to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_London" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_London</a><p>Then he goes on to point out more than sixty percent of the city were "native Brits" in 2000, but that number corresponds to the White British categorization.<p>Ergo he's conflating White British with native British.<p>He also said "A statistic as evident as day when you walk the streets of London now." Maybe he is extremely observant, but I don't think that follows unless he is talking about skin color.</p>
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