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New comment by gorfian_robot in "Why Are There No Empires in Age of Empires? (2019)"

gorfian_robot — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:48:11 +0000

this guy is a huge dork. I love it. I read to the end and was treated to his analysis on BSG main batteries.

https://acoup.blog/2019/11/29/collections-where-does-my-main...

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Does average person understand that all disc media dies too?"

gorfian_robot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:07:56 +0000

oddly specific

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Africans Are Turning to Starlink"

gorfian_robot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:58:36 +0000

works fine in the rain. source: oregon coast.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

gorfian_robot — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:55:25 +0000

yep. super good. I've recommended it a ton.

the one on Trader Joe's is also excellent.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Why I Stopped Arguing with People"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 13:36:14 +0000

as they say it wastes your time and annoys the pig

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Reddit will require you to log in to use old.reddit.com"

gorfian_robot — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:57 +0000

when they kill it, I will prol leave reddit. the new version SUCKS

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)"

gorfian_robot — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 01:26:56 +0000

sure have and I will take a maul over an axe. an axe is for felling not splitting. generally prefer a wedge and a sledge for splitting. gotta say some of the little electric splitters look sweet.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Why does kinetic energy increase quadratically, not linearly, with speed? (2011)"

gorfian_robot — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 05:23:39 +0000

have you ever had to split wood?

New comment by gorfian_robot in ""Fix" MacBook Neo Cursor Lag: Record 1 Pixel of the Screen Every 10 Seconds"

gorfian_robot — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:22:50 +0000

ambient information radiator. I like that term and have always been interested in it. for a while we had a system monitoring connected to a speaker that produced fairly consistent tonal patterns. when it started sounding 'weird' it usually meant something was off.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "The last Romans are still around"

gorfian_robot — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:17:13 +0000

plus roads

New comment by gorfian_robot in "The last Romans are still around"

gorfian_robot — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:16:48 +0000

when visiting the jewish temple in rome someone asked if the roman jews were sephardic or ashkenazi. the answer was 'neither' as there have been jews in rome since before rome and they never left and didn't see themselves as part of the diaspora

New comment by gorfian_robot in ""Fix" MacBook Neo Cursor Lag: Record 1 Pixel of the Screen Every 10 Seconds"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:42:27 +0000

reminds of a prank we pulled on a coworker back in the xterminal days. every time he hit a certain key it would invoke the 'melt' screensaver briefly. he was fairly unobservant though and we had to escalate to invoking it for 1s every minute before he finally noticed.

the follow on prank was having all the xterminals 'moo' whenever new code was deployed to prod.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Thoughts on the Commodore 8020 smart flip phone?"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:39:11 +0000

wouldn't it need to be flipped open? I guess that could work with the right mount

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Who Is America's Homer?"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:35:55 +0000

example: in 300 years if anyone thinks of "rock and roll" they might remember one band. and that band is just as likely to be Nickelback as is it is the Rolling Stones.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Who Is America's Homer?"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:33:32 +0000

But What If We're Wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/But_What_If_We%27re_Wrong%3F

The premise of the book is that most of what we believe is likely to be wrong, but to avoid delusions in our perceptions, Klosterman advises us to "think about the present as if it were the distant past."

Klosterman examines such phenomena as the history of scientific theories, our perception of historical literary geniuses and our interests in entertainment and professional sports, as background examples to challenge the reader's confidence in their contemporary perceptions, and to try to detect how those perceptions might be mistaken. In a series of what have been called thought experiments, various topics (literary greats, multiverses, time, dreams, democracy, television shows, sports) are analyzed under "Klosterman's Razor": the concept that "the best hypothesis is the one that reflexively accepts its potential wrongness to begin with.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Kaspersky discovered malware targeting Steam users through Wallpaper Engine"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:31:53 +0000

it has been a while since I thought about Kaspersky. have we decided they are not compromised agents of the Kremlin?

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"

gorfian_robot — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:18:47 +0000

idk. it helped me fix my washing machine.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Commodore Releases Flip Phone"

gorfian_robot — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:15:30 +0000

navigation while driving seems like it would be an issue.

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Thoughts on the Commodore 8020 smart flip phone?"

gorfian_robot — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:12:50 +0000

thanks, I didn't get see this result when I search HN just now

New comment by gorfian_robot in "Thoughts on the Commodore 8020 smart flip phone?"

gorfian_robot — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:12:16 +0000

my only qualm is it that while it runs google maps, it wont be great for navigation while driving.