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New comment by relaxing in "Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?"

relaxing — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:31:26 +0000

Betteridge’s law needs allowances for cases where the issue at hand is opinion or speculation. In this case, the non-clickbait headline would be “Germany’s Gold isn’t Safe in New York”, but the facts aren’t there to go to press with that.

New comment by relaxing in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

relaxing — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:39:14 +0000

That’s awesome. I’m assuming there’s zero chance it actually gets deployed (for a value of zero that is less than the chance a moon base is actually deployed, also assumed zero) but if it does, apparently the controls will look like this- https://sj.jst.go.jp/stories/2024/s0124-01p.html

New comment by relaxing in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

relaxing — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:17:19 +0000

Maybe he should have designed the rest of the controls to look like the cockpit of 2003 Toyota Camry. It is a system that people are already familiar with. And actually reliable.

New comment by relaxing in "Working on Products People Hate"

relaxing — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:06:38 +0000

Pure cope.

It is extremely possible to work on a product people don’t hate, and still maintain a realistic perspective on your engineering abilities or impact or whatever.

If you’re toiling on a product that’s actively making the world worse, quit now. There are better gigs out there.

New comment by relaxing in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

relaxing — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:48:12 +0000

No they don’t. They’re our best and brightest, and they train for years at their one, important job, which is to use the system they’re given.

New comment by relaxing in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

relaxing — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:12:07 +0000

These astronauts are trained to use the system NASA puts them in.

New comment by relaxing in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

relaxing — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:07:55 +0000

The world where any unpatched system is a guaranteed botnet.

New comment by relaxing in "The truth that haunts the Ramones: 'They sold more T-shirts than records'"

relaxing — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:06:56 +0000

You’re going to bring up Phil Spector and not mention the story of Spector threatening the band with a gun in the studio?

New comment by relaxing in "Regular army and reserve components enlistment program: Summary of change"

relaxing — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:57:31 +0000

How did the Navy recruiting office turn you away from joining up?

New comment by relaxing in "Attractive students no longer receive better results as classes moved online"

relaxing — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:25:01 +0000

I’ve noticed there’s a similar challenge in keeping bad ideas out of your head.

New comment by relaxing in "Student beauty and grades under in-person and remote teaching"

relaxing — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:23:13 +0000

Only if your idea of personality is expressed through a logo tshirt.

New comment by relaxing in "How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel"

relaxing — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:28:36 +0000

Yes, big box sporting goods stores exist outside the west coast. They’re quite common, in fact.

New comment by relaxing in "Afroman found not liable in defamation case"

relaxing — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:54:29 +0000

Dead men can’t sue!

New comment by relaxing in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

relaxing — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:59:18 +0000

And optimize for repair when one of the thousands of actuators gets stuck or burns out…

Here’s a thought, though: you’ve seen the sand table + kinect projection mapping demo? What about that, plus a two-axis moving magnet sand mandala marble drawing table? The actuator could draw the path /sculpt the terrain, then release the marble and grab the figurines?

New comment by relaxing in "Conway's Game of Life, in real life"

relaxing — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:40:20 +0000

Looking at teardown images of the launchpad pcb, it might be possible to shave down the ground plane on the two non-button sides enough that you could mate them up with no bezel interfering.

Re: illuminated tact’s: Old launchpads go for $25 - $30 on ebay, and you don’t have to purchase your own control and power components…

New comment by relaxing in "Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)"

relaxing — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:36:55 +0000

I did not say he wrote all of it. “Write” can include co-authorship.

A lot of people are learning some history today, beautiful to see.

New comment by relaxing in "Rob Pike’s Rules of Programming (1989)"

relaxing — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:19:31 +0000

Rob Pike wrote Unix and Golang, but sure, you’re built different.

New comment by relaxing in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

relaxing — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:54:01 +0000

Conan hosted the Oscars.

New comment by relaxing in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

relaxing — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:52:52 +0000

Fun to lose to insiders on the production team?

New comment by relaxing in "$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor"

relaxing — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:51:32 +0000

I’m waiting for the open source EW project that attacks the uplink. Now that would be a fun competition.

And then the rocket maker pivot back to control by wire, as in the drone sphere. DIY TOW when?