Hacker News: harshbutfair

New comment by harshbutfair in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

harshbutfair — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 13:02:33 +0000

I created a Google developer account with a separate email due to warnings like this. Then Google closed it because I left it idle too long and I didn't get the warning email. Sometimes you can't win.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Most Stable Raspberry Pi? Better NTP with Thermal Management"

harshbutfair — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 23:15:13 +0000

Thanks for writing this up! I have a similar setup, largely based on your earlier post. I'm looking forward to trying out some of these ideas.

Do 16Hz pulses make much difference? I found conflicting information and haven't yet tried it myself.

What do you use to get the data into influxdb? I'm using collectd but it doesn't gather a lot of useful info.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Incident: Swiss A333 at New York, rejected takeoff due to traffic on runway"

harshbutfair — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 00:55:48 +0000

Here's a very good video to help visualise what happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW6lAwLy_Os

New comment by harshbutfair in "Latam Airlines SYD to AKL flight: 50 people treated after mid-air incident"

harshbutfair — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:59:47 +0000

Hardly "almost the same place", it's ~6500km away.

New comment by harshbutfair in "One-Pedal Driving Explained"

harshbutfair — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 04:32:24 +0000

Depends on the car, mine (Polestar 2) uses regen braking regardless of whether one-pedal driving is selected. The consensus seems to be that coasting is slightly more efficient but barely enough to make a difference.

New comment by harshbutfair in "A decade of Have I Been Pwned"

harshbutfair — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:04:59 +0000

I do the same thing. I wondered why I hadn't received any breach notifications for a long time, I don't remember seeing a notification of this change.

New comment by harshbutfair in "The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster"

harshbutfair — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 23:31:59 +0000

In my previous job writing a naval combat system (not Aegis) I figured that I couldn't prevent warships from existing, but I could make the combat system better, safer, easier and less error-prone to use which would ultimately reduce the likelihood of people being killed inadvertently. But I totally respect people who choose not to work in defence.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?"

harshbutfair — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:59:12 +0000

Wall-mounted monitor rails, mounted horizontally. Normally I work with two 24" monitors side-by-side, but I can slide them apart if the kids need to use a monitor while I'm working.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other"

harshbutfair — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 23:13:01 +0000

In Australia we would never refer to pizzas as pies. Is this a US-only thing or does it happen elsewhere?

New comment by harshbutfair in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2022)"

harshbutfair — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 05:23:32 +0000

Rio Tinto | Senior Software Engineer | Perth, Australia | Full-time | Onsite/Hybrid

We're seeking experienced software engineers to expand our team for ongoing development of Rio Tinto's Autonomous Drilling System. Our machine automation software controls heavy equipment on a mine site thousands of kilometers from our operators.

Experience with complex applications written in C++ is a must. Python, Rust, Linux, PostgreSQL, GPS, networking and machine automation experience would all be relevant.

https://jobs.riotinto.com/job/16969795/senior-software-engin...

New comment by harshbutfair in "Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team or ad spend"

harshbutfair — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:16:41 +0000

Much like ugg boots are the name of the boots. Oh wait. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-05/trademark-battle-for-...

New comment by harshbutfair in "Unexpected 'Black Swan' defect discovered in soft matter for first time"

harshbutfair — Thu, 20 May 2021 13:17:23 +0000

I still think it's a strange phrase. To me a black swan is a normal swan.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Why are there so many Canadians in India?"

harshbutfair — Mon, 03 May 2021 11:34:25 +0000

As an Australian I will often use en-GB due to decades of Microsoft trying to force American spelling on us.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Unicomp New Model M Keyboard"

harshbutfair — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:31:13 +0000

As much as I would like one, $108 to ship a $104 keyboard really kills the deal.

New comment by harshbutfair in "50k-year-old three-ply cord fragment found at Neanderthal site"

harshbutfair — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:11:57 +0000

That was my first thought as well.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Pizza Hut’s First Website"

harshbutfair — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 05:25:52 +0000

Redirects to the pizzahut.com.au main page for me.

New comment by harshbutfair in "The worst sales promotion in history: Hoover's free flight fiasco"

harshbutfair — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 08:56:47 +0000

There was a very similar promotion running in Australia last year where you could get free return flights for buying six bottles of wine (minimum cost around $68). They also required sending in paper forms and nominating three destinations and three sets of dates. I went to Bali on that deal.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Video suggests huge problems with Uber’s driverless car program"

harshbutfair — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:01:42 +0000

From many years developing safety critical software, I reckon culture and processes are more important than certification. There are various standards for developing safety systems in other industries (defence, aviation, etc) and these standards exist for a reason. Have Uber applied any standard for their automation software? Or equivalent development processes? "Move fast and break things" is fine for an app, but not fine for controlling a vehicle.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Uber’s New Rival in Australia: An Indian Upstart"

harshbutfair — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 05:09:31 +0000

I think it's negative, and describing them as "an Indian Upstart" sounds a bit racist to me.

Oxford dictionary definition #1: (derogatory) A person who has risen suddenly in rank or importance, especially one who behaves arrogantly.

New comment by harshbutfair in "Measuring the many sizes of a Git repository"

harshbutfair — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:55:29 +0000

This seems like a very useful tool, and it provides useful information on our repository.

But in RHEL7 it gives this error: error: couldn't open Git repository: git rev-parse failed: Unknown option: -C

I assume it requires a later version of git.