Hacker News: kencausey

New comment by kencausey in "Building a UMatrix Replacement"

kencausey — Fri, 15 May 2026 23:55:19 +0000

Yes, I still use it and can confirm that I have had no concerns or problems with it. On the other hand, if I had to reinstall, without research, I'm not sure how I would reinstall it. Having alternatives is a good thing.

New comment by kencausey in "Int a = 5; a = a++ + ++a; a =? (2011)"

kencausey — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:19:56 +0000

https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#index-pre...

"When side effects happen is implementation-defined. In other words, it is up to the particular version of awk."

Manuals Plus: The Wrap-Up

kencausey — Mon, 11 May 2026 21:05:25 +0000

Article URL: https://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5833

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48100672

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Learn Something Old Every Day, Part XXI: VGA Memory Access Is Complicated

kencausey — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:29:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/learn-something-old-every-day-part-xxi-vga-memory-access-is-complicated/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071548

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

When networking doesn't work

kencausey — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:56:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/when-networking-doesnt-work/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014868

Points: 97

# Comments: 15

New comment by kencausey in "Tell HN: Chrome says "suspicious download" when trying to download yt-dlp"

kencausey — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:52:13 +0000

Don't make statements like this without more explanation. In what way is this happening to you specifically? What distribution and platform are you using? Did you explicitly install something to warn you about 'side-loading' executables?

Learn Something Old Every Day, Part XVIII: How Does FPU Detection Work?

kencausey — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:29:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/learn-something-old-every-day-part-xviii-how-does-fpu-detection-work/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47556074

Points: 67

# Comments: 8

New comment by kencausey in "Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers"

kencausey — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:25:39 +0000

It constantly reloads for me (Firefox.) Just hit X which replaces the reload button while the page is loading and it will stop.

New comment by kencausey in "Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera"

kencausey — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:27:22 +0000

My understanding is that there is a lot of very fine lunar dust and in the lower gravity even a small amount of static electricity on you means that you are quickly covered in the dust.