Hacker News: exhilaration

New comment by exhilaration in "I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation"

exhilaration — Mon, 18 May 2026 02:41:52 +0000

I'm curious, how much to replace the battery? I bought my kid a used 2015 MacBook Air like 5 years ago and it needs a new battery, otherwise it's totally fine.

New comment by exhilaration in "Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11"

exhilaration — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:38:59 +0000

Funny you mention iOS - my MegaCorp-issued iPhone has Microsoft entune for device management and Active Directory membership, Microsoft Authenticator for single sign-on, and really high quality versions of Microsoft office apps - Teams, Outlook, Word, Excel. Microsoft is all-in when comes to iOS.

Over Peak I had to update a shared Excel file on SharePoint each night - because as we all know, Excel is the finest multi-user database in existence. I had no problems doing that from my iPhone.

New comment by exhilaration in "First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study"

exhilaration — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:44:10 +0000

Does that matter though? My impression is that most people don't see doctors anymore. Every urgent care visit I've had in the past few years has been with a physicians assistant or nurse. Same for our pediatrician, I can't remember the last time we saw her instead of one of the nurses.

I actually have a routine visit with a specialist at one of the top hospital systems in the country in 2 days, and I see in the portal I'm seeing a "CRNP, MSN", not a doctor.

New comment by exhilaration in "Donut Lab’s all-solid-state battery delivers 400 Wh/kg of energy density"

exhilaration — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 02:48:43 +0000

They're behind, Toyota announced in 2017 that they would begin solid state battery production in 2022: https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1111717_2022-toyota-ele...

I would take solid state battery announcements with a large grain of salt.

New comment by exhilaration in "Show HN: Automated license plate reader coverage in the USA"

exhilaration — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:09:28 +0000

Recent car tracking discussion here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46097624

New comment by exhilaration in "Modern cars are spying on you. Here's what you can do about it"

exhilaration — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:58:49 +0000

Disabling the hardware can be really hard, my 2025 Toyota Sienna is always connected. You can't just pull a fuse or rip out an antenna, I have to take the entire dashboard apart to reach the Data Communication Module (DCM) module. If anyone's curious what that looks like, it's a little bit easier on the Toyota Tacoma, here are some pictures of the process: https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/disabling-dcm-telemat...

It's complex enough that I haven't done it yet in my Sienna, but I plan to!

New comment by exhilaration in "Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world"

exhilaration — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:39:23 +0000

In Beijing alone, some activists said more than 1 million people were forced from their homes to make way for new sports venues for last year's Olympics.

Wow...

New comment by exhilaration in "Ticker: Don't die of heart disease"

exhilaration — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:47:13 +0000

Nice, I just subscribed to their podcast. I'm an adherent to the Starting Strength / Mark Rippetoe school of thought but always looking to learn more.

New comment by exhilaration in "Ticker: Don't die of heart disease"

exhilaration — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 03:20:59 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I was able to plug in all the required values from my last checkup and blood work. Even EGFR was there, I've never paid attention to that before.

New comment by exhilaration in "Greg Newby, CEO of Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, has died"

exhilaration — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:07:10 +0000

My wife got this from her doctor as an alternative to a colonoscopy (in the US): https://www.cologuard.com/

It's an at-home collection stool test. It seems like a super easy and cheap first step before getting a colonoscopy.

New comment by exhilaration in "Jeep wrangler owners waiting for answers week after an update bricked their cars"

exhilaration — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 03:44:40 +0000

Yeah it's really hard, my 2025 Toyota Sienna is always connected. You can't just pull a fuse or rip out an antenna, I have to take the entire dashboard apart to reach the Data Communication Module (DCM) module. If anyone's curious what that looks like, it's a little bit easier on the Toyota Tacoma, here are some pictures of the process: https://www.tacoma4g.com/forum/threads/disabling-dcm-telemat...

It's complex enough that I haven't done it yet in my Sienna, but I plan to!

New comment by exhilaration in "Electronic Arts to be acquired for $52B in largest private equity buyout"

exhilaration — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:15:55 +0000

Previous extensive discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45413083

New comment by exhilaration in "Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year"

exhilaration — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:53:24 +0000

So here's a tip for those of you thinking about using Teams: the huge F500 company company I work for uses Teams but it's used strictly for chat and real-time communications, so essentially it's a replacement for office phones. They enforce this by limiting its history to 10 days!

At first I hated this - it was like using a chat app from the 90's! Why can't I have unlimited history like Slack? Why can't I link to chat discussions in tickets and code comments like I did at every other company I've worked at? But the enforced 10 day limit means you HAVE to properly document conversations and decisions outside of the chat platform. It completely eliminates any reliance on the chat platform - we could switch to something new tomorrow and (except for some grumbling about have to relearn a new interface) nobody would really care.

New comment by exhilaration in "California’s Alo Slebir unofficially broke the big wave surfing world record"

exhilaration — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:45:01 +0000

I know nothing about surfing but I picked up Barbarian Days on Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Barbarian-Days-Audiobook/B00YMMTO... and I was captivated. After I finished it I started looking for surf schools within driving distance of my home, still looking for something on the (New) Jersey Shore or Long Island. Anyone have any suggestions?

New comment by exhilaration in "Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens"

exhilaration — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 22:32:36 +0000

I've got out of work friends that would love to see this guide. Please share.

New comment by exhilaration in "Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on promise of autonomy"

exhilaration — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 16:02:05 +0000

There's multiple comments in this thread pointing to Chinese car manufacturers paying under $200 for their LIDAR hardware.

New comment by exhilaration in "Pig lung transplanted into a human"

exhilaration — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:35:23 +0000

I'm almost afraid to ask, what are living cadavers?

New comment by exhilaration in "High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups"

exhilaration — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:40:24 +0000

I bet it's Usenet users. WinRAR can split large files into chunks that are uploaded as separate Usenet messages.

New comment by exhilaration in "Installing a mini-split AC in a Brooklyn apartment"

exhilaration — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:00:41 +0000

The trick is to to find real locksmiths, with a real storefront, preferably ahead of time. If you just Google emergency locksmith and your ZIP code or location, all of the top results will be scammers in unmarked vans. This is an old scam, it's got its own Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locksmith_scam

There's been some reporting about these fake listings on Google maps: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-maps-fake-listings-lawsu...

New comment by exhilaration in "Private Welsh island with 19th century fort goes on the market"

exhilaration — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:18:12 +0000

You haven't read World War Z! Zombies don't need to swim, they just walk on river and ocean bottoms. When there's billions of them, a few will make it anywhere.