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New comment by naizarak in "Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks"

naizarak — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:54:42 +0000

Nice marketing pitch. In reality it was probably parked at an empty crossroads 10 miles behind the frontline, taking potshots at "suspected" enemy positions.

New comment by naizarak in "Windows native app development is a mess"

naizarak — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:52:11 +0000

Isn't that the point? What's the benefit of blacking-out a display instead of putting it in no-signal standby?

New comment by naizarak in "Windows native app development is a mess"

naizarak — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:41:33 +0000

For anybody interested in the use-case underlying this article, mainly disabling peripheral displays in a multi-monitor setup, this is already built into Windows via the Win+P hotkey. It's also possible to turn off all displays by reassigning the functions of the computer's physical power/sleep buttons in Control Panel -> Power Options.

New comment by naizarak in "Oregon raised spending by 80%, math scores dropped"

naizarak — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 22:26:02 +0000

The reasons are obvious but acknowledging them is taboo. It's much easier and politically convenient to blame everything on funding, despite the fact that some school districts have the budget of a small country.

New comment by naizarak in "Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down"

naizarak — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 01:57:50 +0000

I'm using an old version of Postman with their servers blocked through the system hosts file. I keep meaning to migrate to whatever the next best thing is but this setup just works for me.

New comment by naizarak in "The Fall of FiveM"

naizarak — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:41:22 +0000

NTA is an absolute legend

New comment by naizarak in "CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops"

naizarak — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 09:41:17 +0000

this is really microsoft's fault for handing out kernel access to random 3rd parties, none of which are doing anything special that microsoft couldn't implement themselves (AV, anti-cheat, security)

New comment by naizarak in "My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore"

naizarak — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 05:32:24 +0000

Use LTSC, it's marketed for "enterprise" but it's functionally identical to the regular versions with the bonus of advanced configuration that lets you disable AV, forced updates, telemetry, ads, etc.

New comment by naizarak in "Bruno: Fast and Git-friendly open-source API client (Postman alternative)"

naizarak — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:19:03 +0000

I just block Postman servers in my hosts file and run an old version that still allows offline/anonymous mode. Works perfectly for my needs.

New comment by naizarak in "Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering"

naizarak — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 00:19:42 +0000

That's just a decorative shell. You really think they drilled into their pressure hull?

New comment by naizarak in "Google Search Is Dying (2022)"

naizarak — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:59:06 +0000

SEO spam is gonna be nothing compared to the AI-generated web. And it's going to be the perfect excuse to finally mandate internet-ID.

New comment by naizarak in "The problem with dependency injection frameworks"

naizarak — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:53:44 +0000

DI isn't what you think it is. What you're describing is the old imperative vs OOP debate.

New comment by naizarak in "The problem with dependency injection frameworks"

naizarak — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 01:44:33 +0000

Not sure why the author decides to single out DI frameworks as a problem. In most cases DI is just an implementation detail for how the framework serves up its abstraction layer over the underlying mechanisms. For example, Spring is built around injecting beans so it can wrap them in proxies which provide transaction managements, security, etc. Sounds like he's really just criticizing frameworks in general.

On the topic of DI, it's such a simple and common-sense design "pattern" that it shouldn't even have a buzzword label. All it means is that, given service A which uses service B, it's not service A's job to instantiate B and provide B with its required sub-dependencies (DataSource, config params, etc). A should only consume B without concerning itself as to how B was created in the first place. This is usually handled by some "container" service whose job is to build-up every other service and make them accessible to one another so they may be strict consumers without transitive dependencies.

New comment by naizarak in "eBay, Etsy and other marketplaces on brink of having to disclose seller details"

naizarak — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:33:19 +0000

There's a hundred ways to mask your selling identity, this law won't change anything except, as usual, placing more bureaucratic baggage on honest sellers.

New comment by naizarak in "Maintain a clean architecture in Python with dependency rules"

naizarak — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:08:55 +0000

JPMS allows for exactly this, but that entire project was so poorly implemented that no one uses it.

New comment by naizarak in "$7M lost on Amazon inventory, then bankrupt"

naizarak — Sat, 03 Dec 2022 08:30:25 +0000

It really is stupefying how Amazon has turned into a dumping ground for cheap chinese junk. Surely they realize the long term damage they're causing to their own brand?

At the same time, they're constantly tightening KYC and other regulations which only hurts honest small-time merchants.