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New comment by oasisaimlessly in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

oasisaimlessly — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 10:57:57 +0000

See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutch_(sports)

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Ask HN: Resources to get good at soldering?"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:04:44 +0000

Strong disagree. Leaded solder is still a ton easier to rework thanks to its lower eutectic melting point.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Transfer files over an Ethernet patch cable"

oasisaimlessly — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:45:17 +0000

Most equipment connects the shield of all ethernet ports to chassis ground, so you're back to zero isolation if you use shielded cables.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven"

oasisaimlessly — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 20:59:14 +0000

Because most people do not get to choose what software they use for working?

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal"

oasisaimlessly — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:09:19 +0000

> phone interviews within 75 to 105 days of starting antidepressant therapy.

Different thing entirely from long-term effects.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "fork() Considered Harmful in macOS"

oasisaimlessly — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:08:39 +0000

This doesn't allow reusing initialization work via CoW mappings (like GP was asking about).

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Xiaomi: New CPU matches Apple cores single threaded, much faster multithreaded"

oasisaimlessly — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:22:01 +0000

Yes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40441650 "TSMC EUV machines equipped with remote self-destruct in case of invasion"

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "I'm becoming AI-blind"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:08:03 +0000

Please don't use double-quotes when you're not directly quoting someone.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "After Losses, Retail Investors Flock to 3x Leverage as 2x Product Are Restricted"

oasisaimlessly — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:07 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40441650 "TSMC EUV machines equipped with remote self-destruct in case of invasion"

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Engineering management after the cost of code collapsed"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:16:16 +0000

btw, your last paragraph makes you sound like an ass.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 19:24:29 +0000

I'm guessing Devuan still has /var/lib/dbus/machine-id.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Good Tools Are Invisible"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:12:45 +0000

preach, brotha

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Why it's so difficult to produce American-made medical gloves"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 10:25:01 +0000

NBR = nitrile butadiene rubber, a synthetic rubber. Not really a raw material, as it's synthesized.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026"

oasisaimlessly — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 16:59:54 +0000

For things that need much more precusion than my lunch, ±1 second probably still isn't good enough, so they need another layer of correction anyway. Given that exists, might as well push leap seconds into that layer too.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "I used sound waves to make espresso. It could cut coffee‑brewing energy use by ¾"

oasisaimlessly — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:27:10 +0000

s/shit/shot/g

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Corrupting a ZFS File on Purpose"

oasisaimlessly — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:59:09 +0000

Why use zvols? Aren't they essentially just single-file ZFS datasets (allowing e.g. independent snapshotting)?

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "GenCAD"

oasisaimlessly — Mon, 18 May 2026 01:22:06 +0000

OpenSCAD has almost zero crossover with B-rep modelling ('true' CAD, what this apparently is), though.

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused"

oasisaimlessly — Tue, 05 May 2026 01:40:53 +0000

No, that is actually very rare, not typical. Do you have any examples of password managers that do that?

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "I am worried about Bun"

oasisaimlessly — Mon, 04 May 2026 23:33:30 +0000

You dropped this:

New comment by oasisaimlessly in "Unsigned sizes: A five year mistake"

oasisaimlessly — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:33:13 +0000

> Wrapping around is what happens when you decrement the minimum value of any integer type, including signed types.

No, signed wraparound is undefined behavior in C, whereas unsigneds are defined to wraparound. If you use -ftrapv, signed wraparound is an immediate abort().