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New comment by jordand in "An open DNS recursive service for free security and high privacy"

jordand — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 21:20:08 +0000

I'd used NextDNS for a while but the service kept degrading with more timeouts regardless if you were on free/paid. Haven't had any issues with Quad9

New comment by jordand in "The OG Creator of Task Manager on Windows Built a New Task Manager"

jordand — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 23:52:05 +0000

Then you've been ripped off as Sysinternals Process Explorer is essentially the same thing but free

New comment by jordand in "The OG Creator of Task Manager on Windows Built a New Task Manager"

jordand — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:11:30 +0000

For working with processes and software development on Windows, this replacement looks useless. I use Sysinternals Process Explorer daily at work, and that'll continue being immensely useful.

New comment by jordand in "Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS"

jordand — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:08:07 +0000

I've disabled auto-update for PayPal in the Play Store and also Disabled the app locally (so I can re-enable when rarely needed). They'll force people to update soon enough given how banking apps are.

New comment by jordand in "c100"

jordand — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:20:48 +0000

I got an unsolicited LinkedIn connection request from a Sales Rep at Caligra (who wrote in the note) offering to 'send one over' to me essentially as a "trial" of this workstation. Says a lot that this is a serious part of their sales strategy.

New comment by jordand in "Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM"

jordand — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 09:34:56 +0000

Just opened it and what's even worse are the 'get rich quick' ads, distracting video ads, and of course LLM-gen ads. Uninstalled.

New comment by jordand in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

jordand — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 07:18:57 +0000

Exactly, and the rest is people showing LLM-generated games (that look nothing more than SDK samples/tutorials) with ridiculous claims

New comment by jordand in "LinkedIn Feed Blocker"

jordand — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:44:07 +0000

My feed is filled with startup/VC/recruiter people liking vibe-orientated junk economics or junk science more than AI. Would love to see a browser like Orion or UBlock Origin just build this in as a feature.

New comment by jordand in "The Dunning-Kruger effect is probably not real"

jordand — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:47:21 +0000

Excessive willful/unwillful ignorance is the root cause of someone exhibiting the Dunning-Kruger Effect. We've all at some point worked or lived with someone with real illusions/delusions about their abilities, and the root of it is ignorance. There's little we can do in our workplaces to mitigate these people. Word of advice from my experience: Never co-found a vc-backed software startup with someone that's done genuine innovation....and been completely ignorant and oblivious about everything else.

Sick Systems: How to Keep Someone with You Forever (2010)

jordand — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 20:56:48 +0000

Article URL: https://issendai.com/psychology/sick-systems/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49075427

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by jordand in "Introduction to Data-Oriented Design [pdf]"

jordand — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:40:12 +0000

A lot of it just comes down to KISS and avoiding unnecessary overhead and indirection (like vtables, C++ STL containers etc.) so you're getting the most out of the hardware.

New comment by jordand in "Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS"

jordand — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:04:19 +0000

It's genuinely possible to do informative, fun and engaging videos on a niche OS; it does require a lot of skill and effort to pull off he does not have. His content has been way too shallow. There's a lot more to an OS than just the Desktop Environment being different, and 'Can it run Minecraft' (with missing/broken drivers he doesn't understand).

New comment by jordand in "Half-Life 2 running natively on HaikuOS"

jordand — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:41:50 +0000

I've watched his previous videos on Haiku and haven't been impressed with him. He doesn't seem to have in-depth knowledge of how software and drivers work, which is especially important given how work-in-progress it all is, and that the lineage of Haiku goes back to BeOS. The community has done a lot of good work, and he doesn't grasp it fully.

New comment by jordand in "Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS"

jordand — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:57:41 +0000

Makes sense for them to support this given their scale. I wouldn't be surprised if GrapheneOS secures another big Android OEM vendor (after Motorola Mobility) and the user base of the OS quickly grows from its current 400k+ to millions.

New comment by jordand in "Perforce charges $500 for training training videos.. and it's AI narrated"

jordand — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 10:16:16 +0000

Yeah there's no good alternative Version Control right now that can handle large binaries. And for Lore from Epic Games, while it's still 2-3 years away from being suitable for Game productions to replace Perforce, there's genuine interest and excitement about using/testing it (in some cases, studios are spending tens of thousands on P4 licenses they don't really want). Lore is already used at scale in UEFN across a huge user base so the core tech behind it is solid and trusted.

New comment by jordand in "Gleam Is Now on Tangled"

jordand — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:11:10 +0000

I'm willing to give Tangled a go too with a project, but feature set to bridge the gap still has a long way to go (no idea how long it'll take). Github outages (especially when just viewing repos!) are getting way too disrupting.

New comment by jordand in "Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux"

jordand — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 08:37:04 +0000

I tried reviving my Asus Eee PC 1015PEM (1.5GHz dual core, 2GB RAM) and even running Linux Mint was a bit much for it (basic tasks were slow, and Wine had too much overhead for games). I initially tried upgrading the Windows 7 Starter to Windows 10, and while the upgrade did work...it was failing to even log in! Whole thing just seemed stalled.

New comment by jordand in "OpenAI's Ad Business Is on Pace to Miss Its Own Forecast by 90%, Analyst Says"

jordand — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 08:19:49 +0000

They can probably raise more capital, and stave off the inevitable bankruptcy for just a bit longer. Wouldn't be surprised if US Gov buys a stake too.

New comment by jordand in "Xbox 'OG' Adventures"

jordand — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:34:18 +0000

Great article and fantastic work, though the commitment to stick with the ancient DCC software of the era (genuinely admirable), is an immense amount of pain, for no real gain that I wouldn't dare to try. Modern Blender can be extended to import/export legacy formats like DirectX 8 .x and N64 Homebrew for example have great asset tools all working in modern Blender, with a big community behind them. FBX was originally a (Kaldera) MotionBuilder format only back in that era and 3ds Max support for it didn't come until around version 8/9.

I'd say there's a way to build a modern asset pipeline for the OG Xbox where you can leverage USD (well supported in all modern DCC), and then build tooling/viewers around it to process/split/export everything out to DirectX 8 .x in a much more manageable way. Makes artist collaboration a lot easier (modern tools with guardrails inplace), and can measure and keep metrics on everything (every KB counts with 64MB RAM).

All these old versions of Maya, 3ds Max and Visual Studio are just a total liability now. Licences for them can't be activated, and even if they can, it's a lot of backflips to get Autodesk to help. 3dsMax/Maya 8 and earlier barely work on Windows 10/11 now (Vista changed a lot for desktop apps) and even Visual Studio 2005 needed to be patched to support Vista!

New comment by jordand in "Successful companies go blind"

jordand — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:48:44 +0000

I'm currently in a 'successful company goes blind' situation myself. The company has grown massively and the situation we're stuck in is mainly driven by two types of 'internal' people:

a) People who've spent 10+ years with the company, and ended up in management/C-level positions - these are people that have: - Been promoted over and over from entry/mid positions across a chain of smaller easier-to-deliver projects - Have not upskilled or gained real experience on anything large/complex/challenging - Have a very safe, very cozy job, with no perspective or understanding on anything other than their past 10+ years.

b) Technical Leads/directors who've spent ~8+ years within the company, where: - They have a solid track record of success, a good reputation, and built up a lot of trust with the company...across a chain of smaller easier-to-deliver projects. - From their earned track record, they have very little oversight and accountability (management doesn't think they need it) - Limited/no interest in upskilling - Decision making is mostly on them...and the decisions made are orientated around themselves (!) - Limited/no interest in listening to others perspectives...even to the new highly-experienced management that's brought in to oversee them (why should they? They're the chosen! They're seen as perfect!)

You can see right between them how the blindness forms. Now, guess what happens when a client decides that a small project...is actually going to be a much, much bigger project, with real complexity, challenging external client people to work with, and a large number of external hires necessitated. Purely reactive decision making, several people that are a SPOF if they leave, no proactive planning or strategy now or before...and then things start breaking down...