Hacker News: micahdeath

New comment by micahdeath in "After 15 years, I use Outlook as my build pipeline"

micahdeath — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 15:28:45 +0000

I like [x]copy deployments personally, then you have 1 command =)

New comment by micahdeath in "Keep Android Open"

micahdeath — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:35:02 +0000

Social Outcast here... It's pretty good.

New comment by micahdeath in "Total porn ban proposed by Michigan lawmakers"

micahdeath — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 01:39:49 +0000

Does this mean that a spouses Facebook page is illegal if they are cute?

New comment by micahdeath in "Ask HN: How do I manage auto-updates during testing on Windows?"

micahdeath — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 13:47:44 +0000

Personally, I've been using Click-Once with a daily auto-update.

In the past, we didn't use auto-updates and manually updated those. Now days we are mostly web apps.

There is one app that we deploy through MECM. It's not our app, but it's used on enough PCs that MECM manages the deployment of it.

New comment by micahdeath in "Ask HN: How do I manage auto-updates during testing on Windows?"

micahdeath — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 20:43:30 +0000

Do you mean windows updates? We use MECM so we can test windows updates effectively. This way Windows won't auto-update while your testing other things.

New comment by micahdeath in "Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me"

micahdeath — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:32:02 +0000

We blocked AT&T Mobile once... You get lots of complaints that way and we only blocked them for an hour.

New comment by micahdeath in "Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me"

micahdeath — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:21:12 +0000

We have some bots that use residential IP blocks (including TMobile, AT&T, Verizon, etc)... When they hit, it's 1 request per IP, but they use 1000 IPs easily. Then we don't see that IP again for a week or more.

New comment by micahdeath in "Ask HN: Why the fundamental skepticism around LLMs?"

micahdeath — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 21:21:08 +0000

My issue is that they are oversold to fix everything when, so far, it seems like fancy reporting and searching. Once you have an answer, then you go and fact check the answers with even more searches or plug in the provided code and find the API is wrong or it just doesn't compile.

Of course, I also do things that aren't the normal/common, so the learning isn't there.

Simple things, like basic CRUD operations work well but my apps aren't basic. =P

New comment by micahdeath in "Microsoft Teams will soon block screen capture during meetings"

micahdeath — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:01:30 +0000

So, record your screen with your phone. =D

New comment by micahdeath in "Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230"

micahdeath — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:32:42 +0000

i use a piece of tin foil - tiny peanut butter cup wrappy - stays in place lovely

New comment by micahdeath in "Ask HN: Database schema for a chat app designed to handle a billion users"

micahdeath — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:31:03 +0000

I use 'SELECT message, from, sentdate FROM offline_chat WHERE userid = AND acknowledged = 0'.....

Or something similar. I would bet it's all about indexing. It could be in a separate DB just for offline messages. When they come online, they would be moved to a ViewedDB or something. Could be just a really large table. =)

New comment by micahdeath in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

micahdeath — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 23:14:06 +0000

na... Oracle.

New comment by micahdeath in "Visual Basic 6 rebuilt in C# – complete with form designer and IDE in browser"

micahdeath — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:05:04 +0000

more people use it for production than you think. I have 20+ ActiveX controls being used in production using IEMode in Edge =D

New comment by micahdeath in "ReiserFS and the Art and Artist Problem"

micahdeath — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:58:47 +0000

i still use reiserfs - i can store more tiny files than the others. I was disappointed when testing Btrfs as it used more space and became corrupted easier, even when using compression.

New comment by micahdeath in "Ask HN: What do you not understand?"

micahdeath — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:27:49 +0000

i like php and classic asp - good for scripting small pages (not so much for apps)

i dont get TS.

New comment by micahdeath in "Love being interrupted when my monitor asks me to accept user agreements"

micahdeath — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:26:40 +0000

This would be a great thing to hack to get free internets. =D

New comment by micahdeath in "LocalStorage vs. IndexedDB vs. Cookies vs. OPFS vs. WASM-SQLite"

micahdeath — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:17:02 +0000

The page appears in dark mode (I use light mode)

OS: Windows 11 22H2 / Browser: Opera, FireFox, Edge

Screen: 1366x720 (32in TV)

If I move it to 1440x900 27in monitor, it doesn't do it.

New comment by micahdeath in "LocalStorage vs. IndexedDB vs. Cookies vs. OPFS vs. WASM-SQLite"

micahdeath — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:08:58 +0000

wow... the links on this page are blurry until you select them? (The note info pain in the middle has 2 links and are blurry on my screen.)

New comment by micahdeath in "Web scraping with your web browser: Why not?"

micahdeath — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:32:00 +0000

Similar problem here. My resolution is 1440x900 (27in Monitor) paired w/ 1280x720 (32in TV) and I keep 3 Browsers Open (Edge, Opera, FireFox - each has intent). Each are at 3/4 width and 1/2 height and offset so I can see each partially.

With this setup, many sites work, but a few... a few have a top ad banner, a side banner and a footer of 'cookie acceptance'... then add in a 'subscribe to our email' and a google login prompt.... (Game Wiki's.. I game in smaller windows too -- what good is a multi tasking computer if you don't use it?)

New comment by micahdeath in "Show HN: Web Scraping with Your Web Browser: Why Not?"

micahdeath — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 00:19:55 +0000

Excel/Word Macro using a WebBrowser object in a Form (old IE did this nicely; Haven't done that since Edge came out.)