Hacker News: ferongr

New comment by ferongr in "Xsnow "protestware" in Debian"

ferongr — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:38:13 +0000

It seems like the "we support the current thing" crowd disagrees with you.

New comment by ferongr in "Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]"

ferongr — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:04:00 +0000

You'd only invalidate the warranty of the speaker itself. Good riddance.

New comment by ferongr in "Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars [video]"

ferongr — Thu, 21 May 2026 04:42:39 +0000

A few drops of superglue into the speaker should work wonders. Probably very easy to DIY on your driveway in a few minutes.

New comment by ferongr in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

ferongr — Sun, 10 May 2026 12:55:17 +0000

You won't appear as hip and fashionable amongst your CA/SV peers lugging a "generic" laptop around.

New comment by ferongr in "Internet Archive Switzerland"

ferongr — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:40:18 +0000

Looks like an "organization" tailor made to be awarded EU funds for their "mission".

New comment by ferongr in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

ferongr — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:16:27 +0000

>then I needed to find a brake controller that can work with the higher voltage (14.4v vs the normal 12v)

Put a voltmeter on the battery terminals of a regular car at 2000rpm and note the voltage. You'd be surpised (the alternator can produce as high as 15V on some cars).

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

ferongr — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:16:55 +0000

Breaking up Apple would be glorious. Great hardware without an Orwellian OS on top.

New comment by ferongr in "Honda is killing its EVs"

ferongr — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:36:05 +0000

All 800V eGMP Hyundai/Kia cars suffer from ICCU issues.

New comment by ferongr in "Honda is killing its EVs"

ferongr — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:52:06 +0000

Until the ICCU fails, at which point you're toast.

New comment by ferongr in "Tesla Recalls Almost 13,000 EVs over Risk of Battery Power Loss"

ferongr — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:33:18 +0000

The vacuum reservoir of the brake booster in cars with vacuum servo brakes (whether vacuum is generated by the engine or an electric pump is irrelevant) stores enough energy for 3-4 full applications of the brakes.

New comment by ferongr in "Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites"

ferongr — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:28:26 +0000

Please post some judicial decisions regarding your claim.

New comment by ferongr in "Volkswagen gates a new vehicle's full horsepower behind monthly subscription"

ferongr — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:21:02 +0000

Common in ICE cars oo, mostly turbo ones. The difference between the 100HP model and the 120HP model is only an ECU map.

New comment by ferongr in "Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year"

ferongr — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 07:39:46 +0000

Service workers in coffee shops stand all day here in enlightened Europe too.

New comment by ferongr in "Bento: A Steam Deck in a Keyboard"

ferongr — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 18:24:43 +0000

All this effort wasted on using a really bad keyboard as a base.

New comment by ferongr in "The European public DNS that makes your Internet safer"

ferongr — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:17:38 +0000

I'd like to use it because I support the creator's stated mission, but for me, performance seems very slow and unreliability is lacking

  192.168.  1.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.025 | 0.080 | 0.304 | 0.059 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.027 | 0.039 | 0.129 | 0.026 | 100.0 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
           Non-routable local internet address
                Local Network Nameserver


    1.  1.  1.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  + Cached Name   | 0.027 | 0.029 | 0.039 | 0.001 | 100.0 |
  + Uncached Name | 0.028 | 0.037 | 0.080 | 0.016 | 100.0 |
  + DotCom Lookup | 0.029 | 0.034 | 0.059 | 0.007 | 100.0 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                     one.one.one.one
                    CLOUDFLARENET, US


    1.  0.  0.  1 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  + Cached Name   | 0.029 | 0.030 | 0.050 | 0.003 | 100.0 |
  + Uncached Name | 0.029 | 0.049 | 0.196 | 0.031 | 100.0 |
  + DotCom Lookup | 0.029 | 0.035 | 0.070 | 0.009 | 100.0 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                     one.one.one.one
                    CLOUDFLARENET, US


    8.  8.  4.  4 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.059 | 0.066 | 0.151 | 0.015 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.059 | 0.080 | 0.290 | 0.045 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.059 | 0.063 | 0.089 | 0.006 | 100.0 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                       dns.google
                       GOOGLE, US


    8.  8.  8.  8 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.059 | 0.066 | 0.105 | 0.011 | 100.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.059 | 0.091 | 0.319 | 0.061 | 100.0 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.058 | 0.064 | 0.089 | 0.008 | 100.0 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                       dns.google
                       GOOGLE, US


  193.110. 81.  0 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.058 | 0.068 | 0.102 | 0.014 |  73.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.057 | 0.103 | 0.239 | 0.057 |  70.4 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.059 | 0.072 | 0.089 | 0.013 |  57.9 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                         dns0.eu
                       DNS0EU, FR


  185.253.  5.  0 |  Min  |  Avg  |  Max  |Std.Dev|Reliab%|
  ----------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
  - Cached Name   | 0.066 | 0.071 | 0.110 | 0.007 |  98.0 |
  - Uncached Name | 0.069 | 0.103 | 0.289 | 0.057 |  97.9 |
  - DotCom Lookup | 0.067 | 0.075 | 0.130 | 0.011 |  97.9 |
  ---<-------->---+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
                         dns0.eu
                       DNS0EU, FR


  UTC: 2025-06-13, from 20:10:13 to 20:11:18, for 01:05.419

New comment by ferongr in "Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force"

ferongr — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 02:27:12 +0000

Hooks, holes in the backing plate, stamped/cast dimples, welded wire-mesh for the backing material to adhere to.

New comment by ferongr in "Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force"

ferongr — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:27:06 +0000

Pads were the friction material is solely using glue to adhere to the backing plate are generally either very cheap aftermarket replacements or the OEM cheapening out.

New comment by ferongr in "Apple and Google deliver support for unwanted tracking alerts in iOS and Android"

ferongr — Tue, 14 May 2024 04:04:14 +0000

This is a 2019 article with figures from that time. So it's wildly out of date.

New comment by ferongr in "How the California forest that was Endor in 'Return of the Jedi' was obliterated (2022)"

ferongr — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 10:50:42 +0000

No, they're cheap Chinese honeycomb paper and low density particle board.

New comment by ferongr in "Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural heritage list"

ferongr — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:59:34 +0000

On the other hand, normies do ruin everything.