Hacker News: oslem

New comment by oslem in "Flighty Airports"

oslem — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:52:49 +0000

I use their widgets more than the app itself. They display the most important information I need well imo.

New comment by oslem in "Why some clothes shrink in the wash and how to unshrink them"

oslem — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:29:18 +0000

H&M is awful, but Uniqlo has some great products that will last. I’m a big fan of a few of their t-shirts, especially the heavy cotton tees. You really gotta get your hands on each product to know what’s worth the money though.

New comment by oslem in "Why some clothes shrink in the wash and how to unshrink them"

oslem — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:27:22 +0000

Polyester is great for performance clothing where you need lots of moisture, but it retains stench really poorly compared to other materials.

When I travel, I love my merino + nylon shirts because I can wear them for days without washing and they fairly durable.

New comment by oslem in "Modern Linux tools"

oslem — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:03:58 +0000

I always enjoy these lists. I think most folks out there could probably successfully adopt at least one or two of these tools. For me, that’s ripgrep and jq. The former is a great drop-in replacement for grep and the latter solves a problem I needed solving. I’ll try out a few of the others on this list, too. lsd and dust both appeal to me.

I just enjoy seeing others incrementally improve on our collective tool chest. Even if the new tool isn’t of use to me, I appreciate the work that went into it. They’re wonderful tools in their own right. Often adding a few modern touches to make a great tool just a little bit better.

Thank you to those who have put in so much effort. You’re making the community objectively better.

New comment by oslem in "Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio"

oslem — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 01:21:53 +0000

Mind Your Manners brought back some seriously nostalgic memories. Thank you!

New comment by oslem in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)"

oslem — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:06:22 +0000

No offense, but this comment is very reductionist. The problem isn’t nearly as simple as you’re making it out to be.

New comment by oslem in "A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen"

oslem — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:10:28 +0000

100% agree. I would be fine if they had an estimated time-to-fully-charged displayed on the screen. I don’t need to know the status of my vehicle, personally. I would imagine a third party system could be implemented to achieve most of what one would need.

New comment by oslem in "Drag racers are ditching superchargers for scuba-style tanks and compressed air"

oslem — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:00:23 +0000

You are absolutely correct. Perhaps I should’ve worded “detrimentally destroyed” as “catastrophic failure.” The rebuild process between runs is fascinating to watch. I’ve never seen an engine torn apart so quickly!

New comment by oslem in "Drag racers are ditching superchargers for scuba-style tanks and compressed air"

oslem — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:49:02 +0000

I disagree. Drag racing involves incredible honed vehicle endurance, just on a much shorter timescale. It’s an engineering problem with the goal of outputting as much power as possible within a short timespan (often only a few seconds) without detrimentally destroying the engine. As far as the drivers are concerned, the reaction time is obviously important, but they have to be extraordinarily consistent. At that, they have to drive the car at 5 g’s- not an easy task.

New comment by oslem in "Show HN: Boulette - Protect you from yourself (even as root)."

oslem — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:30:02 +0000

I’ve tried using iTerm2’s automatic profile switching feature to adjust the theme depending on the connection, but I’ve never been able to get it to work reliably.

New comment by oslem in "Installed an open source garage door opener, and I'm loving it"

oslem — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 20:43:52 +0000

One thing I like about them is the peace of mind it brings. On the very rare occasion that I somehow forget to close my garage when I leave (maybe I’m in a rush and the button in my car didn’t register), it’s nice to be able to close the door remotely.

New comment by oslem in "Monorepo – Our Experience"

oslem — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 02:51:05 +0000

Alright everyone, we’ve trained for this. Grab your popcorn and get a good seat. It’s the return of the of great mono/poly repo debate.

New comment by oslem in "DiyPresso: DIY Espresso Machine"

oslem — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:43:29 +0000

You could make the same argument about a 250 euro espresso machine and a 30 euro moka pot. If the materials are better and the buyer likes it, it’s worth it to them at least. I think most people who own an espresso machine understand it’s a luxury.

New comment by oslem in "Leaving Neovim for Zed"

oslem — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:46:13 +0000

I really enjoy using Zed whenever I can. It’s incredibly snappy and has a clean UI. I agree with some of the other sentiments in this thread that I wish that the developers would focus more on some core IDE features. If Zed had better Git integration and remote support, I could switch over to it full time.

New comment by oslem in "Leaving Neovim for Zed"

oslem — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 23:42:33 +0000

I’ve used VSCode extensively because of its flexibility, remote extension, and (decent) speed. I enjoyed IntelliJ in the past, but I encountered countless performance issues on larger projects. This could be partially due to a subpar configuration, but over time I just gave up on IntelliJ and just used VSCode because it _just worked_.

New comment by oslem in "Ask HN: Any tools to do generic WiFi imaging?"

oslem — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:50:15 +0000

There’s too much variation in size of wires and pipes for it to work well. Wires may also be tucked back farther on the stud.

New comment by oslem in "Ask HN: How to transcribe 1000s of handwritten notes"

oslem — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 18:08:43 +0000

I’d imagine 16 hours is a low estimate if OP wants to retain formatting.

New comment by oslem in "The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws"

oslem — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:17:17 +0000

The “cheap” saws in this scenario are still several hundred dollars. A SawStop is made well enough to withstand multiple activations and costs $100 for a new cartridge plus the cost of a new blade. It’s kind of a situation where it’s “cheap to be rich.”

New comment by oslem in "The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws"

oslem — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:14:04 +0000

For (2), I believe SawStops do have an override switch to disable the protection just for this reason.

New comment by oslem in "The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws"

oslem — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:12:30 +0000

This isn’t realistic. Table saws are central to many hobbyist workshops and good table saw weigh several hundred pounds. Renting a table saw is far too inconvenient for most.