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New comment by ramenat2am in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

ramenat2am — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:55:55 +0000

I wonder if they didn't bundle Doom with Windows 95 because, by those days' standards, it was a pretty scary and violent game, and they didn't want to deal with any possible backlash?

New comment by ramenat2am in "Guitar tuner that uses phone accelerometer"

ramenat2am — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:48:41 +0000

I mean yeah, that's cool as a fun project. And I've also heard about a project that used accelerometers as microphones for surveillance. And while it's doable, even the cheapest crappiest mic would do a much better job at recording sounds for whatever is your goal.

New comment by ramenat2am in "Show HN: Countries where you can leave your MacBook at a random coffee shop"

ramenat2am — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:19:31 +0000

I voted "yes" for Antarctica, because that is the only place I'm confident about.

But seriously, I don't think this website solves the problem of knowing "which countries you can simply leave your laptop at a Starbucks, and where you can't".

It's just a rough indicator of percepted crime rate among a nation.

New comment by ramenat2am in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

ramenat2am — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:25:50 +0000

I wish they actually standardised the USB-C with actual data transfer and charging protocols inside, not just the physical shape of the port. It's a total mess these days. Why PD and QC are even different protocols? Why there are USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and then there are 3.2 gen 1 and 3.2 gen 2? And what about Thunderbolt?