Hacker News: phantom784

New comment by phantom784 in "Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]"

phantom784 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:47:59 +0000

The sun still. It's just that that side never points towards the earth, but it still gets sunlight. Same as how the side we see isn't fully lit except during a full moon.

New comment by phantom784 in "Artemis II is not safe to fly"

phantom784 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:48:10 +0000

I read this as "accepting a risk of death in exchange for getting to have the incredible experience of flying to the Moon", not that they want to die.

New comment by phantom784 in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

phantom784 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:06:38 +0000

Do tokens just cover ongoing operating costs, or are they also able to pay back the cost of training that model originally?

New comment by phantom784 in "Data centers are transitioning from AC to DC"

phantom784 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:45:14 +0000

Plus you save money on the conductors running to the lights.

New comment by phantom784 in "Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'"

phantom784 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:16:25 +0000

Could a chip detect this and reset?

New comment by phantom784 in "Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war"

phantom784 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 13:59:28 +0000

First time around, luck mostly. Happened to get hired by a company that switched to this schedule. I eventually left for higher pay (but gave up my Fridays). Eventually got laid off, and a friend who was still there managed to get me a spot back on her team. By that time, they'd embraced remote work during Covid and decided to keep it permanently.

Granted, I could probably be making way more if I were to leave - I took a pay cut when I went back the second time. But at this point in my career, I value the 4/10 and lower stress job (no on-call rotation) more.

New comment by phantom784 in "Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war"

phantom784 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:25:09 +0000

I've been working 4/10 schedule (4 days, but 10 hours/day, so I still work 40 hours). It's a HUGE perk, and is the biggest thing keeping me at my current job.

New comment by phantom784 in "Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency"

phantom784 — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:34:16 +0000

Sounds like the license plate readers basically are stalking out homes though.

New comment by phantom784 in "No leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2026"

phantom784 — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:26:53 +0000

You could look at it either way. I couldn't say which system the dinosaurs actually used.

New comment by phantom784 in "Cell Service for the Fairly Paranoid"

phantom784 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:50:34 +0000

A few Mbps would be nice - fast enough to make the modern web mostly usable. 256 Kbps is almost the same as not working at all.

New comment by phantom784 in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

phantom784 — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:18:32 +0000

Especially in Europe! They shouldn't be forcing you to run an OS from an American company.

New comment by phantom784 in "Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down"

phantom784 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:27:38 +0000

Noise from neighbors is the biggest thing that drove me to move to a single-family home.

New comment by phantom784 in "6-Day and IP Address Certificates Are Generally Available"

phantom784 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:22:21 +0000

I'd have it renew Monday and Thursday to avoid weekend outages.

New comment by phantom784 in "Lock-Picking Robot"

phantom784 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:17:15 +0000

I don't see how this would bypass the need for a warrant. It'd allow for picking the lock rather than breaking it when you _do_ have a warrant (and whoever has the key isn't available or isn't cooperating).

New comment by phantom784 in "What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025"

phantom784 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 21:42:10 +0000

I could potentially see value in a car with a smaller built-in battery for use around town, and an empty space for a larger battery, that you rent from swap stations for longer road trips. Of course, that doesn't work with anything on the road today.

New comment by phantom784 in "Influencers and OnlyFans models are dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests"

phantom784 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 18:04:59 +0000

How is "extraordinary ability" defined? At what point does an influencer or OF model (or a traditional actor for that matter) have enough "extortionary ability" to get the visa?

New comment by phantom784 in "Start your meetings at 5 minutes past"

phantom784 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:36:15 +0000

Not to mention that managers are way more likely to have back-to-back meetings.

New comment by phantom784 in "Why Is Greenland Part of the Kingdom of Denmark? A Short History"

phantom784 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:13:54 +0000

> 1. Winner takes all. You may have been voted by 50% + 1 (even less) citizens but the other half is totally not represented like in a parliament.

I agree with your argument in general, but couldn't this still happen with a parliament? If a party controls 50% + 1 of the parliament, then they're in control. Still, it's better than that control being given to a single person of course.

New comment by phantom784 in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

phantom784 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:01:38 +0000

"Check" is the US spelling, and I still see them often enough here.

New comment by phantom784 in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

phantom784 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:15:27 +0000

It's the ability to take a picture of a check and deposit it into your account that way, vs having to take the check to an actual branch of a bank.

Here in the US, I still get checks frequently enough that it's nice to have.