Hacker News: genter

New comment by genter in "New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers"

genter — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 23:37:53 +0000

A CNC mill that's worth the cast iron it's made from weighs at least 2000 lbs, not to mention it takes a lot of skill to use (workholding, toolholding, setting up feeds and speeds, coolant, etc). It's very easy and very expensive to crash if you don't know what you're doing. A g-code program has to be modified to fit your machine, where the origin is, the dimensions of your rough stock, what tools it expects to have, how much material your machine can hog off.

In contrast, a pretty good 3d printer costs $500, can sit on a table, and the inevitable mistakes you will make while learning how to use it are comparatively cheap.

New comment by genter in "Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M"

genter — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:05:30 +0000

Makes sense, I take for granted how great modern electrolytic caps are compared to 50 years ago.

New comment by genter in "Apple-1 Computer Prototype Board #0 sold for $2.75M"

genter — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 02:51:01 +0000

WTF is a "computer-rated" capacitor?

New comment by genter in "The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'"

genter — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:58:36 +0000

Forgot about that. So about a 100% chance my dad got it from that.

New comment by genter in "The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello'"

genter — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:13:54 +0000

I remember my dad saying "yello" in the 90's, here in Northern California. Pretty sure he just said it because he found it amusing.

New comment by genter in "Most renters shut out of energy-saving upgrades – study"

genter — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:47:09 +0000

Except a lot of renters (including this one) pay their own utilities.

New comment by genter in "‘Fuck you, make me’ without saying the words"

genter — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:30:27 +0000

Counteroffer: the App Store and the Play Store will be used for the precise reason they were built, making their owners a shit-ton of money.

New comment by genter in "Gnome and Mozilla Discuss Proposal to Disable Middle Mouse Paste on Linux"

genter — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:36:19 +0000

Mixed opinions on this. More than once I've accidentally middle clicked on a text box and sent the contents to some server. Or middle clicking the new tab button will navigate to whatever is in your clipboard, or do a web search if it isn't a URL. Hasn't been anything confidential yet, but it is possible. I try to clear the clipboard asap for this very reason.

New comment by genter in "US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela"

genter — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:13:19 +0000

Don't worry, a significant portion of us in the US are also utterly confused in regards to whats going on with the federal government.

New comment by genter in "Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's"

genter — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:47:30 +0000

I'm sure they mess around with it, they'll just never announce it.

New comment by genter in "Lobsters Interview"

genter — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:42:38 +0000

You don't need an account to lurk.

New comment by genter in "Stellantis Is Spamming Owners' Screens with Pop-Up Ads for New Car Discounts"

genter — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 18:53:35 +0000

Yeah, it's not as if Mercedes (who made the vehicle he's talking about) or BMW are German.

New comment by genter in "Stellantis Is Spamming Owners' Screens with Pop-Up Ads for New Car Discounts"

genter — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:34:25 +0000

The screen doesn't have to be obnoxious like this, though. A Chevy van has a small screen embedded in the rear view mirror, which is impossible to see when not in reverse.

New comment by genter in "What they don't tell you about maintaining an open source project"

genter — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:35:27 +0000

I agree, but you might want to practice what you preach.

New comment by genter in "X begins rolling out 'About this account' location feature to users' profiles"

genter — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 18:42:43 +0000

We get to see this:

https://www.threads.com/@timmy_tostada/post/DRaGc3PDwSh

New comment by genter in "Loose wire leads to blackout, contact with Francis Scott Key bridge"

genter — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:15:24 +0000

But it's important to "punish" (via punitive fines) the right people, so that they will put some effort into not making that mistake again.

New comment by genter in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

genter — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 14:32:54 +0000

I'm not opposed to activism, I'm just opposed to their activism which goes against what the Mozilla Foundation stands for. Obviously what I think the foundation stands for (a freely accessible web) and what it actually stands for are two different things, but I like my rose tinted glasses.

New comment by genter in "Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again"

genter — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:04:32 +0000

Windshields themselves are glued into the frame, and have been for years. They are a major part of the structure of the vehicle, as well as an important safety device, and there isn't a problem with them comining loose. Badges are attached with double sided tape, but obviously those are a lot smaller than a light bar.

New comment by genter in "Toucan Wireless Split Keyboard with Touchpad"

genter — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 02:43:34 +0000

Yes. Although the keyboard is decent, until you get a grain of salt under a key.

The durability is mediocre, and repairability is only better than an iPhone.

New comment by genter in "Mislabeled wires responsible for two-day IT outage in South Dakota; officials"

genter — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 02:01:01 +0000

I realize that this is being translated from technical speak to layperson by someone that doesn't know anything, but sounds like a multimeter would've been useful.

I wonder if they got their phases swapped, so when they turned on the breaker, they shorted the opposite phases together. That would probably require a new breaker (as well as clean underwear for anyone near by).