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New comment by mherkender in "Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability"

mherkender — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:14:23 +0000

I'd rather see some gobbledegook than extended pauses or idealized (read: fake) information. Those are specific tasks it is doing when you run that command, there's a simplicity to it.

Not saying Lore's approach is bad, but sometimes "worse is better".

New comment by mherkender in "πFS"

mherkender — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 21:39:08 +0000

It's a joke.

New comment by mherkender in "The desperation of NYTimes"

mherkender — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:56:40 +0000

I think that's true, but I am still frustrated with people who continue to use services that are openly hostile to them.

New comment by mherkender in "How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S."

mherkender — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:46:18 +0000

I think there's bigger fish to fry and it's hard to talk about when nothing matters to the people you're trying to convince.

New comment by mherkender in "The desperation of NYTimes"

mherkender — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:15:46 +0000

If being user-hostile in tech created real consequences, Facebook would've shuttered 15 years ago.

Sad to say but I'm guessing this is an effective strategy.

New comment by mherkender in "ESP32-S31"

mherkender — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:21:05 +0000

I don't know for sure but Bluetooth, WiFi and Zigbee are on the same frequency band. Z-Wave is not.

(at least in the US, not sure about other countries)

New comment by mherkender in "'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused"

mherkender — Sun, 24 May 2026 21:22:48 +0000

I assumed it was laundering bad ideas, as in "it wasn't us being incompetent, we trusted the LLM!"

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

mherkender — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:10:45 +0000

If you are naive enough to believe that, the moment you create problems for your bosses, you can be fired and replaced by some other naive person.

New comment by mherkender in "Houses are for living, not for speculation"

mherkender — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:43:41 +0000

Personally I would wish for streamlined regulatory processes rather than being okay with any Tom/Dick/Harry creating health hazards next door because they overestimated their ability to dispose of their own poop.

New comment by mherkender in "Houses are for living, not for speculation"

mherkender — Tue, 12 May 2026 13:22:17 +0000

You can find places like that all over the world. They're slums.

Maybe regulations put too much burden on homeownership but slums create huge issues as well. Basic plumbing shouldn't be taken for granted.

New comment by mherkender in "The RAM shortage could last years"

mherkender — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:22:11 +0000

> web stack is more important to us than 300 MB of user memory.

May I never have to use or work on your project's software.

New comment by mherkender in "Silicon Valley engineers were indicted for allegedly sending secrets to Iran"

mherkender — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:47:46 +0000

> Company 2, which develops system-on-chip (SoC) platforms such as the Snapdragon series

Only a lawyer could write this with a straight face

New comment by mherkender in "Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids"

mherkender — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:43:08 +0000

I find the type of show makes a big difference, finding something thoughtful is important (and hard). We also like to set a time limit, usually 1-2 episodes to make the transition easy. Also, no tablets, just commercial-free TV so we can watch with them.

They re-enact fun/positive stuff from shows and don't get locked in or desperate for TV. Seems to work for us.

New comment by mherkender in "We saved $500k per year by rolling our own "S3""

mherkender — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:37:09 +0000

I run a Unifi Protect setup, local only.

They don't provide a display, so I put a Raspberry Pi, a display, and an audio hat in an enclosure. It plays an rtsp stream from the camera at startup and works pretty well.

New comment by mherkender in "Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? – The Old New Thing"

mherkender — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 11:22:19 +0000

Don't let old software break, don't use VMs/containers, don't use versioning: Pick two

Microsoft is the only company to pick all three. That's not strategy, that's indifference.

New comment by mherkender in "Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? – The Old New Thing"

mherkender — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 19:17:21 +0000

Better to have a strategy for software compatibility and evolution vs Microsoft's strategy of doing nothing.

Pretty much every game console ever made still works with every game for that console, but when it's Windows you never know.

New comment by mherkender in "Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? – The Old New Thing"

mherkender — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:05:50 +0000

Open-source Linux is great at updating old software.

Most other OSes (Android, MacOS, iOS, game consoles) rely on versioning, which makes it easier to provide compatibility layers or at least know when a piece of software just isn't supported anymore.

Personally I think Windows should have specialized VMs for old software, so they can be compatible forever even if they have bugs.

New comment by mherkender in "Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? – The Old New Thing"

mherkender — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 16:49:43 +0000

Windows is roughly 25% of the gaming market and I don't know why you're bringing up Linux. I haven't ever had a console unable to play a game built for it, just Windows.

New comment by mherkender in "Why is Windows still tinkering with critical sections? – The Old New Thing"

mherkender — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:42:39 +0000

'No Way To Prevent This', says only OS where this regularly happens.

New comment by mherkender in "US High school students' scores fall in reading and math"

mherkender — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:43:16 +0000

I guess your teachers failed you, since that's a hasty generalization (your experience isn't universal) and a non sequitur (defunding public schools wouldn't address the problem of poor schooling).