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New comment by justin66 in "Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases"

justin66 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 02:22:16 +0000

> Back in the day they just planted a baggie of drugs on you.

Thank god that never happens anymore. I'm sure the bodycam era has ended all of that misbehavior and one could not possibly go to YouTube and find videos of cops in possession of that unique blend of corruption and stupidity that would lead them to plant drugs while being recorded. Ahem.

New comment by justin66 in "The Unsung Hero of the Lord of the Rings (2025)"

justin66 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:43:12 +0000

I honestly don't remember much about the Harvard Lampoon's Bored of the Rings but I'm pretty sure Tom Bombadil has a van and you don't want to get in it.

New comment by justin66 in "If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate human effort"

justin66 — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:39:04 +0000

> Someone on HN responding to you with single-sentence responses? Either don't respond, or respond in kind.

Or, depending on the context, perhaps give a thorough enough answer with citations that it should either answer questions on the topic fully or explain where anyone interested in the topic can do their own research, such that if the question is asked again one could just link to your previous post.

This might not satiate a poster if they're dumb enough, but it's worth remembering that the post will be searchable and usable for reference by other people.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:29:25 +0000

Both. Microcenter tends to sell Raspberry Pi hardware at MSRP, and occasionally on sale a couple bucks below MSRP.

Adafruit tends to be a bit more expensive. It's never bothered me since I like the company and its service, but I think pretty much anything you buy there ought to be purchased with the thought that you're prototyping and if you want to buy many parts for a final product, you'll eventually want to source parts somewhere else. (or, I assume, call Adafruit and try to negotiate a better price)

It's understandable enough why both companies are this way. Microcenter is a retail chain and can do things Adafruit cannot. (in truth, they are partners on some things, so it's more complicated than that - the point is that Microcenter is a much larger company)

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:02:56 +0000

I'm sure Microcenter is not selling Pi Zeroes at a loss. They're an authorized retailer selling at the part's MSRP. They do sometimes make these available only in store, not online, once they sell out online and I don't think it's a mystery why a retail business would do that.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:58:07 +0000

Weird. I can get one at the local Microcenter - with headers, the only one they're selling right now - for $18. They have a bunch in stock.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:53:18 +0000

He's talking about a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. It's a $15 part.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:49:15 +0000

Literally none of the pis need cooling. Each is quite a bit faster than the previous generation even if you let it thermally throttle the cpu.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:43:38 +0000

Hobbyists spend shittons of money on their hobbies. A drawer full of raspberry pis is nothing.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:35:36 +0000

They’ve been selling much more to industrial customers than hobbyists for the better part of a decade.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:13:42 +0000

Most of the people buying raspberry pis are industrial customers who are not on the fence about whether to buy an SBC or someone’s trashed PC.

New comment by justin66 in "Raspberry Pi 5 – 16GB RAM"

justin66 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:50:08 +0000

Microcenter doubled the price of the 500+ kit shortly after I bought one. Still $90 cheaper than Adafruit, unsurprisingly.

New comment by justin66 in "Albania Is Not for Sale: Kushner's $4B Resort Triggers'Flamingo Revolution'"

justin66 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 15:38:56 +0000

Never heard of her. His father, the tax evading felon recently pardoned by Trump, is rather more well known I would think. (But hardly a legend)

New comment by justin66 in "GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS"

justin66 — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:49:36 +0000

It must be difficult traveling the world and remembering all the different ways to be servile.

New comment by justin66 in "Changing how we develop Ladybird"

justin66 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:33:20 +0000

I expect they'd like to not mentor new people attempting to make real contributions as well. Sometimes you're just not in a position to do that.

New comment by justin66 in "Changing how we develop Ladybird"

justin66 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:15:38 +0000

> Why would normal people even want to become an unpaid janitor for someone else's stuff?

Social validation. Or, to be slightly more generous, sort of a compulsory way to force someone more experienced to provide some mentorship, by compelling them to review your pull requests.

New comment by justin66 in "C++: The Documentary"

justin66 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:59:51 +0000

> And with Unreal Engine, the modern C++ standard is C++14, right?

Unreal Engine depends on C++20 at this point.

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/unreal-engine/epic-c...

New comment by justin66 in "Let's compile Quake like it's 1997"

justin66 — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:40:31 +0000

Sean Barrett, author of the stb libraries [0] which are near-ubiquitous in game development, is known among other things for still using visual c++ 6. [1]

[0] https://github.com/nothings/stb

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nQrzB5P5NPE

New comment by justin66 in "C extensions, portability, and alternative compilers"

justin66 — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:23:49 +0000

> Now that Linux is finally coming out ahead

Where have you been for the last quarter century?

New comment by justin66 in "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence"

justin66 — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:18:15 +0000

This issue of separating the artist from his work is eternal and the comparison with some of these more contemporary issues you’re upset about rings a little hollow.

The issue of not wanting to give money to a (perceived to be) horrible person, or company, or cause seems somewhat valid to me, hence it does seem like there’s a distinction to be made between, for example, Asimov and Polanski. On the other hand, I might encourage the conflicted to question whether the fraction of a penny Polanski gets when somebody streams Chinatown really moves the needle…