Hacker News: kaybe

New comment by kaybe in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

kaybe — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:40:38 +0000

Oh ya I remember how some computer pulled a windows update over a satellite connection during a research flight (aircraft). That was super expensive, wow. Now Microsoft servers are banned at the outgoing point since you couldn’t reliably stop it the computer itself and new teams with new computers come in.

New comment by kaybe in "I built an AI receptionist for a mechanic shop"

kaybe — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:31:39 +0000

From working in such a place I can also tell you the price depends on who is asking.

New comment by kaybe in "Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia"

kaybe — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:39:16 +0000

Umbrellas in Hongkong come to mind.

New comment by kaybe in "Why are most sofas so bad?"

kaybe — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:08:12 +0000

Maybe if you change the fabric they might like it more?

New comment by kaybe in "Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra"

kaybe — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 20:02:11 +0000

If you even find someone willing to sell to you, which is not a given internationally.

New comment by kaybe in "Volkswagen says its core VW brand is 'no longer competitive' financially"

kaybe — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:51:03 +0000

Please get an active carbon filter for your air inlet. They’re not expensive and most cars only have the pollen filter version.

We found very high pollution values inside cars which in hindsight is very much not surprising due to what you noticed. A carbon filter brings it way down.

New comment by kaybe in "Simple streetlight hack could protect astronomy from urban light pollution"

kaybe — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 23:56:14 +0000

Try contacting your city about it. Here they will come around within a few weeks and do as you suggested if you complain.

New comment by kaybe in "Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans (2006)"

kaybe — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:12:47 +0000

Try it, it works really well! But it was the difference between untouched and a handled book. It’s really obvious when you smell closely.

New comment by kaybe in "PFC bans are going to change waterproof garments"

kaybe — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 22:15:46 +0000

I wouldn't trust plastic in a pan.

New comment by kaybe in "Recommendations for Japan Travel"

kaybe — Sun, 04 Dec 2022 15:41:17 +0000

One of the best room I ever had was in Norway. It was at most 3 times as large as the queensized bed, had at least 5 different lighting options and a fantastic black-out curtain (this was needed above the Arctic circle) and tons of small storage places and hooks - and this includes a tiny bathroom. Everything you need, and super cozy.

New comment by kaybe in "Surely you're publishing, Mr. Feynman"

kaybe — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:10:52 +0000

The amount of shifty money practices I've seen so far is astonishing, all in the pursuit of more science per proposal. Ideally you use some of the funding from the previous project to do some exploratory research somewhere very different and then write up a proposal around it, but since you already did some of the work there'll be money for more research and instruments and things and maybe fun ideas that students have.. creative accounting all around. I'd be appalled if it wasn't in the name of science.

New comment by kaybe in "Many indoor air quality sensor products are a scam"

kaybe — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 20:21:14 +0000

Nice, I'd be interested in a write-up with plots!

New comment by kaybe in "Europe is in danger of rolling electricity shortages"

kaybe — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:32:18 +0000

It might have become more present for everyone because it became colder. Two weeks ago it was still very warm around Germany.

New comment by kaybe in "How the iPhone Ruins Walking"

kaybe — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:30:01 +0000

I'm simply a person with a very old but working phone (2011?) and I'm increasingly running into the same problems. (It even had internet, with a constantly crashing browser, but it was 2G and that was switched off. (I wasn't using it anyway.))

I'm not sure how to proceed. I don't like how the modern phones feel like you do not have control over anything but they do so much in the background. Any freer option seems to be a lot of compromise and work, and is only ever supported so long. I will have to take some time to look into it at some point, but I have managed to hold on for now.

Do you have any kind of plan or thoughts about the future?

New comment by kaybe in "It seems that the good times for online Minecraft play are over"

kaybe — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 22:44:07 +0000

Can we please get some sort of code escrow system going, similar to how the national libraries collect all published works in a country? Video games are culture too.

New comment by kaybe in "Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year"

kaybe — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 16:33:26 +0000

I've been meaning to read that - so no information yet, sorry.

New comment by kaybe in "Ocean shipping rates have plunged 60% this year"

kaybe — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:20:46 +0000

There was very far-reaching trade since the beginning of time. It just had to be carried by people and animals, and accordingly you only find small precious things traded far around the continents.

I just read 'The dawn of everything' and it seems that knowledge about the past has been evolving quite a bit in the past few decades. Societies still cling to the old myths of progress and premeditated development from hunter-gatherers in small bands over cities to kingdoms to states, but this a) not based on facts and never was at all (the ones putting out these ideas basically invented them over coffee) and b) not what happened.

The way the common narrative is accepted now can really hold us back.

New comment by kaybe in "What are you supposed to do with old clothes?"

kaybe — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:47:42 +0000

I'm honestly not sure it is a good idea to use really old clothes for quilting. The fabric ages and becomes thinner and thinner, and a quilt is a lot of work. Do you want to produce a quilt out of already weak material?

New comment by kaybe in "What are you supposed to do with old clothes?"

kaybe — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:44:07 +0000

I do fix things, but when it gets to the point where you close one hole just to find another after the next wash because the whole fabric became so threadbare, it's kinda pointless. At some point you can't fix it anymore, so it'll have to be replaced anyway.

New comment by kaybe in "Mysterious holes on the seafloor"

kaybe — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:14:22 +0000

Given that they said it also appears in the fossil record I think we can rule out human-made.