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New comment by hyperman1 in "No more JetBrains products for me"

hyperman1 — Tue, 19 May 2026 15:41:25 +0000

I really like datagrip when working with SQL. It works on most common databases, and allows for inline query results, giving a workflow comparable to jupyter notebooks. All Jetbrains IDEs using the same keybindings for e.g. multi line edit is another big plus, I have to learn only 1 IDE.

But there are clouds on the horizon. Every time I install the big data tools plugin, instability follows swiftly, untill I uninstall it again. I've noticed some cosmetic changes disturbing my workflow for no good reason.

Last update broke datagrip's AI completely, the plugin simply won't download and datagrip is not in the list of supported IDEs anymore. I lived with it for 2 days, but reported an issue anyway. Either I have a specific breakage or use a very specific setup, because I found no duplicate reports. Which, for such a major feature breaking, makes me feel like I live in an abandoned city.

I will still pay for next year's licence, it is still best in class for my needs. But if things stay like this for long, I'll have to migrate

New comment by hyperman1 in "The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending"

hyperman1 — Fri, 15 May 2026 14:39:12 +0000

I remember them releasing it on an 1st of april l, we were all: Great joke. Then it turns out they were serious. That was some smart marketing.

New comment by hyperman1 in "Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85%"

hyperman1 — Sun, 10 May 2026 08:59:13 +0000

That's an impressively thorough answer to a vague wonder. Thanks

New comment by hyperman1 in "Solar on canals reduces water evaporation by 70% and algae growth by 85%"

hyperman1 — Sat, 09 May 2026 16:07:10 +0000

I've been vaguely wondering lately:

The climate crisis is solar energy getting trapped on the planet instead of radiating into space.

Solar panels convert light to electricity to ultimately mostly heat, instead of reflecting it to space. So it also traps energy on our planet.

How big is the impact of this? Right now, it is probably ignorable, but will there be a theoretical point where solar itself becomes a climate crisis?

New comment by hyperman1 in "Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s"

hyperman1 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:56:38 +0000

I see a lot of coherence in the ages used in the western world. Laws use age 16-18-21 to say almost adult - adult - need to be sure adult.

New comment by hyperman1 in "Ubuntu 26.04"

hyperman1 — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:56:52 +0000

Strict is probably good. My company started to enable bitlocker this year on win11, and a non trivial amount of initial encryptions seem to be failing, destroying the user data and requiring a full reformat.

New comment by hyperman1 in "Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft"

hyperman1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 19:12:25 +0000

I last saw a psychology thing on TV about people reserving theur strong reaction to the second severe transgression. Bad guys get 1 abuse for free, modulo some stern looks and grumbling. Second time, the big hit comes. The number of transgressions is a more important fact than the time or size.

There is some truth to this, once you look at it. So Russia took Crimea as first abuse, and got some survivable sanctions. Then they hit Ukraine a second time.

Trump, well, it is hit after hit after hit. Liberation day, ICC, threatening greenland, backstabbing Ukraine, Iran. And we're not even halfway his term, and we got proof from the last 2 Republican presidencys that this is no outlayer.

New comment by hyperman1 in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

hyperman1 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:50:12 +0000

I don't think Ukraine lost. They surely did a lot better than anyone expected. Right now, I'd say it can go both ways, with Ukranian deaths vs Russian economic crash and hurt for their rich class seeming the main determinaters. If Putin drops dead, if the rich feel enough bombs exploding in Moscow, .... Then Ukraine wins

New comment by hyperman1 in "Airline worker arrested after sharing photos of bomb damage in WhatsApp group"

hyperman1 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:45:30 +0000

I think the main EU fear is ex-soviet countries fearing they are next if Ukraine falls. So Ukraine should not necessary win, it should mainly bleed Russia and not loose. An eternal standstill is probably best, realpolitik-wise (To be clear, I am not happy with this analysis).

New comment by hyperman1 in "PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a 'weakness' in address to Canadians"

hyperman1 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:32:51 +0000

Before Trump, there was Bush Jr. The world's view on him was also dim, but 9/11/2001 made the world cut the USA a lot of slack. It turns out he was the new normal, instead of a temporary savage spot. Trump is not the only USA leader in the back of the world's mind.

New comment by hyperman1 in "Bipartisan Bill to Tighten Controls on Sensitive Chipmaking Equipment"

hyperman1 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:03:58 +0000

Somerhing is finally happening. A consultant came talking about software choices. We asked for non US possibilities and he gave a few. While talking about ut, he mentioned the question came up a lot now, typically from governements and bigger corporations dealing with entities outside the EU. Discussion was done on management levels, not just on IT levels. It seems everyone is testing the waters.

New comment by hyperman1 in "TPM 2.0 is actually cool"

hyperman1 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:01:26 +0000

It is indeed cool tech. But be aware that e.g. building weapons is also playing with cool tech.

The main problem I see: Who is the attacker and who is the defender. The presented scenario has the machine owner (renter?) as defender, so no problem. In quite a lot of cases, the machine owner is the attacker, and e.g. Microsoft is the defender. That's where things get nasty.

New comment by hyperman1 in "We ran Doom on a 40 year old printer controller (Agfa Compugraphic 9000PS) [video]"

hyperman1 — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:05:46 +0000

I had a 386 with 40Mhz (which does not exist, so in hindsight it must have been a clone chip) and 4MB Ram. I could run all Doom 2 levels with reasonable speed, except the last one, where 4mb just wasn't enough.

New comment by hyperman1 in "'Seeking connection': video game where players stopped shooting, started talking"

hyperman1 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:11:07 +0000

One thing I liked about Gothic 1 was how you could fight people and not kill them ( Kill was an extra action after you won).The NPCs reacted differently to winning vs killing, pushing you to let others live. In a brutal penal colony, this made a lot more sense than win=kill.

New comment by hyperman1 in "They See Your Photos"

hyperman1 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:00:47 +0000

Picture of me, outdoors. According to this, I lost 10 years and gain €10k salary. I also moved to the Netherlands, started smoking, don't like computer games and am racist. I might be interested in pottery and painting, also in unhealthy food. The main correct thing is a hetero male. It will try to sell me garden gnomes.

I have no idea who this man is, and am not worried at all for my privacy. Maybe it works better on US inhabitants?

New comment by hyperman1 in "US – Iran negotiations end with no deal reached"

hyperman1 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:28:17 +0000

I don't think there is any reliable source in this war, so the best thing to do is try to read from all sides. I'll take a look at them. Thanks.

New comment by hyperman1 in "US – Iran negotiations end with no deal reached"

hyperman1 — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:29:31 +0000

Who would you consider reliable news sources for this war? Honest question.

AFAIK The USA governement has proven unreliable, even more so than Iran. USA news sources are owned by the same oligarchs owning the governement. Other western sources follow the USA train of thought, with more or less doubt thrown in. Mint from India and Al Jazeera from Qatar (not happy with Iran right now) seem closest to neutral of the pack, even if not that great. I am not aware of a reliable Israeli news source.

The ACOUP article was one of the best analysis of this war I've seen, which is pretty damning for the real news sources if you think about it.

New comment by hyperman1 in "France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech"

hyperman1 — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:44:51 +0000

I recently switched to Lutris, so my son can install games without me. It just works. Great stuff.

New comment by hyperman1 in "GabeN Is Shitting Yacht Money into Flatpak and You're Still Arguing Init Systems"

hyperman1 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:18:56 +0000

I've been wondering if a linux GUI applucation can be made by compiling wine libraries into a linux ELF executable, skipping the EXE format. Do I still need the wine supporting extra processes or is this shippable?

New comment by hyperman1 in "Slovenia becomes first EU country to introduce fuel rationing"

hyperman1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:29:07 +0000

We're looking for a new car. I'd love to go electrical, but there are a few problems:

1) I have no garage and no parking space next to my home. I can't charge it.

2) We have no trustworthy garage for repairs. It turns out the garage regulations require a separate space for electrical forcsafety, and nobody has room to expand.

Apart from that, electricity in Belgium is expensive. I did the math on swapping our gas heater for a heat pump, but I'd pay more for energy even of the amount of watts is so much lower.