Hacker News: fileoffset

New comment by fileoffset in "FreeCAD v1.1"

fileoffset — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:41:44 +0000

FreeCAD is great for small things but any time I tried a complex model I get performance issues, lock ups and crashes pretty consistently. There are still a lot of hard edges.

I switched to Solid Edge free community edition, much more stable and the workflow is less bespoke.

New comment by fileoffset in "RCade: Building a Community Arcade Cabinet"

fileoffset — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:54:20 +0000

Could have just used Groovy Arcade and an old AMD VGA card instead of building a custom VGA card

New comment by fileoffset in "Rivian CEO: 'blows my mind' to see US auto makers shifting back to ICE vehicles"

fileoffset — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:44:33 +0000

In AU, they already have public charging networks (Evie, for example) that allow you to pre register your VIN and just roll up, plug in and it starts charging.

New comment by fileoffset in "Amazon RTO policy is costing it top tech talent, according to internal document"

fileoffset — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 21:31:59 +0000

Good

New comment by fileoffset in "Ask HN: What great book are you currently reading or recently finished?"

fileoffset — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:16:08 +0000

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/214329001-death-of-the-a...

New comment by fileoffset in "Ask HN: What NAS (Synology) do you use in your home lab as a developer?"

fileoffset — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:10:48 +0000

I just built a new NAS using a raspberry pi5 and radxa SSD expansion hat, using openmediavault on the software side. Fairly painless setup, the kit is barebones but I 3d printed a custom case.

It is surprisingly good! 16gb of RAM so you can host all sorts of goodies, and you arent locked into vendor software. Its also extremely cheap to setup, the SSDs end up being the largest expense.

It does all this while using about a quarter of the power my old Thecus NAS did.

New comment by fileoffset in "Google Keeps Making Smartphones Worse"

fileoffset — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 23:01:03 +0000

Got a Librem5 and sold it immediately. Too large, too heavy, shitty, buggy software and the battery was terrible. This was admittedly a few years ago but I wouldnt touch them.

New comment by fileoffset in "Healthy man goes camping–lands in ICU for 40 days with respiratory failure"

fileoffset — Fri, 30 May 2025 00:22:17 +0000

Another good reason not to go camping

New comment by fileoffset in "Polygon Sold to Valnet and Hit with Mass Layoffs"

fileoffset — Thu, 01 May 2025 22:45:03 +0000

The enshitification continues

New comment by fileoffset in "Show HN: I vibecoded a 35k LoC recipe app"

fileoffset — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:15:51 +0000

It's not free but Americas Test Kitchen is very, very good

New comment by fileoffset in "Dell Kills the XPS Brand"

fileoffset — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 22:16:22 +0000

It was already dead to me

New comment by fileoffset in "Ask HN: What are your most regretted tech purchases?"

fileoffset — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:26:36 +0000

Dell XPS 13 - died just out of warranty with probably 10 hours of usage. Giant waste of money.

Kobo eReader, think it was called a Sage? absolute garbage, worst eReader I have ever bought. Spent 10 months battling with support after constant issues, got a replacement and sold it immediately.

New comment by fileoffset in "Huawei tri-fold phone receives orders from 1.3M fans in 7 hours"

fileoffset — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:31:51 +0000

Coming in 2026, the accordian phone

New comment by fileoffset in "Dell tells remote workers that they won't be eligible for promotion"

fileoffset — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 21:55:26 +0000

Maybe that's the point.

Then all the remote workers can be put on PIP for not working as hard as their in-office counterparts

New comment by fileoffset in "Reverse engineering a car key fob signal"

fileoffset — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 22:30:36 +0000

New BYD EVs come with a credit card sized NFC key which can be used to unlock and start the car...

New comment by fileoffset in "What if modern appliances were built like the KitchenAid stand mixer?"

fileoffset — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:17:07 +0000

Even KitchenAid mixers are no longer as good as KitchenAid Mixers. They use plastic gears now and are generally overpriced junk.

When buying a mixer, look for Metal Gearing. Avoid plastic gearing and belt drives.

For an example of a good quality metal geared mixer that is well constructed, check out Breville.

New comment by fileoffset in "How China Built BYD"

fileoffset — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:19:58 +0000

I can't remember where but I have read that "one in six mobile phone batteries around the world are manufactured by BYD"

New comment by fileoffset in "Another Roman dodecahedron has been unearthed in England"

fileoffset — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 02:13:13 +0000

I thought the same, that it could be used to either mint new coins or test existing coins were the correct dimensions.

My next thought was that each side held a face-plate, maybe painted wood, that could be pressed in to the face, the knobs would help there. The holes underneath the panels could have been used to just make it weigh less, which could explain the differences in hole sizes found.

New comment by fileoffset in "8BitDo Micro"

fileoffset — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:27:04 +0000

All the 8bitdo controllers I have tried had issues pairing (Bluetooth yuck), staying paired and constant flaky drop outs. They now live in their respective boxes.

They do look good though!

New comment by fileoffset in "Study claims nearsightedness can be prevented by display-altering software"

fileoffset — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 22:14:51 +0000

A lot of prescription glasses get offered with blue light filters, does that mean they actually work?