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Wake-on-LAN Using Cloud Functions

mihaifm — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 15:00:33 +0000

Article URL: https://mihai.fm/wake-on-lan-using-cloud-functions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44786760

Points: 14

# Comments: 3

New comment by mihaifm in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

mihaifm — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 16:26:39 +0000

https://mihai.fm/

Not so many posts, but I did build my own blog engine for the sake of it.

New comment by mihaifm in "Simple exercise to eliminate gastroesophageal reflux (2022)"

mihaifm — Wed, 24 May 2023 16:25:16 +0000

One likely cause that's not mentioned so far, is that paradoxically the stomach doesn't produce enough acid. The sphincter usually closes when the stomach begins digestion, but this only happens if a certain pH threshold is reached. There are some receptors in the stomach that detect this pH level and signal the sphincter to close. The lower acidity output is typically caused by unhealthy diet and frequent meals. To fix it, apart from reducing the frequency of meals, you can ingest more acid, in the form of vinegar or lemon juice. This is counterintuitive but I can confirm it works, it helped me a lot to mitigate the problem.

New comment by mihaifm in "How to lose your work using Undo Copy in Windows"

mihaifm — Sat, 13 May 2023 12:39:50 +0000

Thanks for giving us hope but it's not there

How to lose your work using Undo Copy in Windows

mihaifm — Sat, 13 May 2023 11:36:57 +0000

Article URL: https://mihai.fm/how-to-lose-your-work-using-undo-copy-in-windows/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35927413

Points: 208

# Comments: 105

New comment by mihaifm in "Playing video games can help to reduce stress and anxiety, and improve mood"

mihaifm — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:51:08 +0000

Stress response depends vastly on the game. A lot of games will actually increase stress levels. Take Elden Ring for example, that game will make you sweat at almost every encounter. But it’s possible that this kind of exposure might make you more resilient to stress in the long tun.

New comment by mihaifm in "Dwarf Fortress’ graphical upgrade provides a new way into a wildly wonky game"

mihaifm — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 16:23:18 +0000

Nice one, how did the interviewer react?

New comment by mihaifm in "Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for 30 seconds"

mihaifm — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 21:28:15 +0000

Cheap energy means lower costs of manufacturing therefore lower prices for consumer goods, thus increasing quality of life.

New comment by mihaifm in "Meta VR prototypes aim to make VR 'indistinguishable from reality'"

mihaifm — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 21:32:09 +0000

There's no easy way around it. I enabled continuous motion in a few games and practiced for a few minutes until I could no longer tolerate it. Try feeling the ground with your feet, that helps a lot. The interesting part is that when you lose motion sickness you also lose some of the VR immersion, it's like telling the brain "this is not real, it's the body you need to trust not the eyes".

New comment by mihaifm in "Meta VR prototypes aim to make VR 'indistinguishable from reality'"

mihaifm — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:18:39 +0000

I think one of the greatest barriers to VR adoption is not resolution etc. but motion sickness. It is caused by the conflicting signals the brain receives from the body and from the eyes. Currently the only way to get rid of it is through training, but I'm not sure how many people are willing to go through the process. It took me about a month to fully get rid of it, but I assume it vastly differs from person to person.

New comment by mihaifm in "We lost 54k GitHub stars"

mihaifm — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 03:37:31 +0000

> We even offered GitHub financial compensation for any resources required

What? Can anyone explain this? Are people so desperate about github stars these days that they’re willing to pay Microsoft for them?

New comment by mihaifm in "Show HN: We built an app for reading articles saved for later"

mihaifm — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 23:52:19 +0000

Unsurprisingly I'm doing the same, and the file is also named 'links.txt'. Using tags however, instead of categorising. Problem is, I almost never get to read them, an issue that this app is trying to alleviate.

New comment by mihaifm in "Linus Torvalds: “GitHub creates useless garbage merges”"

mihaifm — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:00:22 +0000

Signing commits is a local affair, you don't want to be uploading your private key to Github. You sign locally via command line and then push to Github where they get verified with your public key.

New comment by mihaifm in "If software engineering is in demand, why is it so hard to get a job?"

mihaifm — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 16:16:25 +0000

Another aspect might be that companies list job openings when they don't actually need them. It's probably just to gain visibility in the market, justify HR salaries or keep a door open for the next 10x developer who might land on their site. The only ones who lose here are the people taking the interviews and getting rejected for no apparent reason.

New comment by mihaifm in "Nvui: A NeoVim GUI written in C++ and Qt"

mihaifm — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:15:43 +0000

In VSCode it actually draws the font with very small size. It might look better on larger resolution displays. You can also increase the size with "editor.minimap.scale": 4

New comment by mihaifm in "Nvui: A NeoVim GUI written in C++ and Qt"

mihaifm — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 08:23:53 +0000

I’ve seen it, it’s really innovative but I was hoping for a more traditional one that has actual characters.

New comment by mihaifm in "Nvui: A NeoVim GUI written in C++ and Qt"

mihaifm — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 06:55:48 +0000

Could this support a code map? That would be a killer feature for any vim/neovim UI.

New comment by mihaifm in "Discord has won over gamers. Now it wants everybody else"

mihaifm — Thu, 26 Aug 2021 07:33:46 +0000

Problem is the tech world is changing very fast. If you're going to sit idle hoping to make the same amount of cash every year, you're going to disappear within 5-6 years. Not liking where Discord is headed either, just saying some change is necessary not only for growing, but for staying relevant.

New comment by mihaifm in "Naval Architecture"

mihaifm — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:37:08 +0000

Also interested. Looks like a lot of it is JS code written by hand. This is certainly readable code: https://ciechanow.ski/js/navarch.js

New comment by mihaifm in "A work-in-progress Magit clone for Neovim"

mihaifm — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 10:31:04 +0000

Thanks. Can't say I'm surprised of developers not including relevant links on their readme page.