Hacker News: ri0t

New comment by ri0t in "Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)"

ri0t — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 16:14:00 +0000

TIL: Backslash overrides alias - wow!

Thanks, mathfailure - this genuinely improves my life!

New comment by ri0t in "Xlibre is a fork of the Xorg Xserver with lots of code cleanups"

ri0t — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:58:31 +0000

Yo, thanks for the throwback [1] XD

[1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f8/Interne...

New comment by ri0t in "Compressed music might be harmful to the ears"

ri0t — Fri, 16 May 2025 12:01:39 +0000

Compression with a side chain also has some very interesting use cases like ducking ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking )

New comment by ri0t in "Compressed music might be harmful to the ears"

ri0t — Fri, 16 May 2025 11:55:51 +0000

Or in short (as every modern producer already knows): Put a limiter on that!

Actually, put a limiter everywhere - if you work in software, they're real cheap..

New comment by ri0t in "Dear "Security Researchers""

ri0t — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:03:35 +0000

Got you covered. All sfw, just the filenames are a bit offensive, if you speak dutch. It's like that "two naked tits/boobies" (the birds) joke and others.

New comment by ri0t in "Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on ThinkPad X230"

ri0t — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 12:52:29 +0000

> I suppose still not ready to be a daily driver to replace my normal phone?

I'd say that depends on your definition of daily driver and/or how much compromises you're willing to take. I occasionally see members at my larger hackerspace running around with those or other seemingly "unfit" hardware and not complain too much about it ;)

New comment by ri0t in "Drawing.garden"

ri0t — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 13:58:08 +0000

Aaah, Ludology! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_studies

New comment by ri0t in "Mic Test"

ri0t — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:04:34 +0000

Iirc it does exactly that and all local in your browser.

It is very good for a quick check if this-and-that (web)app is stupid or if your whole browser audio setup is borked.

New comment by ri0t in "Mic Test"

ri0t — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 15:01:48 +0000

I have the "non-usb-version" (i think it has some other differences as well) of it (NT1A) and that is a very good price/quality ratio, imho. Doesn't sound like a Telefunken but still very usable: it doesn't pick up much else than it should, the SNR is very high and the input sensitivity is quite linear and straight. Very happy with that one. The accessories are quite high quality, too and the pricetag of 180 EUR is quite acceptable.

New comment by ri0t in "Grimoire: Open-Source bookmark manager with extra features"

ri0t — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:12:45 +0000

In another note: The docker-compose file builds the frontend live on the docker container. I've built similar technology a few years ago and am totally trying to get rid of this kind-of "on-premises" build process, as imho it is WAY to fault-prone.

Interesting to see this project pull it through anyway.

They also begin with updating a lot of deb-dependencies. I imagine this to be hellishly difficult to maintain. Props for even trying!

New comment by ri0t in "My User Experience Porting Off Setup.py"

ri0t — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:42:23 +0000

I've decided (a few years ago) that if i'll ever have to upgrade the packaging for my stuff, i'm going to do it with nix (and only that - sorry other os users, you'll have to install nix - actually: not sorry!). I was in (distro) packaging way too deep and decided that my limited time in this world doesn't allow for that kind of crap, anymore.

The blatant mess that ensued in the meantime (i.e. last few years) proves me right, imho.

New comment by ri0t in "My User Experience Porting Off Setup.py"

ri0t — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:38:16 +0000

Packaging and linting are two very different topics. Just because someone does A very well, doesn't mean they have any clue about B.

New comment by ri0t in "Ask HN: I just want to have fun programming again"

ri0t — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 14:27:32 +0000

Trouble with CSS is still this: https://media.giphy.com/media/yYSSBtDgbbRzq/giphy.gif (Peter Griffin trying CSS)

And centering a div can still be very hard depending on the circumstances.

New comment by ri0t in "Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K"

ri0t — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:33:58 +0000

Well, that is.. unlikely. With a bigger CPU, you'll need to add a fan to the cooler, as well. And your mainboard/ram/gpu/ssds generate a lot of unwanted heat, too.

Might work for extremely energy efficient systems, though.

New comment by ri0t in "uBlock Origin Core"

ri0t — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:25:45 +0000

It's always a little minigame of not activating too much but still getting a working site.

Fishy things get painted red, hopefully good things get painted green - reload and try again, if it didn't work.

I sure hope, some maintainers pop up and keep this thing alive!

New comment by ri0t in "Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)"

ri0t — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:14:57 +0000

They could offer very customized versions made in an Inconel 3d printer.. Wonder if that (economically & technologically - is inconel seawater safe??) really makes sense, though.

New comment by ri0t in "Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)"

ri0t — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:13:07 +0000

Uh, plastic props for my harbour-pusher come in at lousy 45 bucks. Sometimes, i'm so happy to own a smol boat.

New comment by ri0t in "Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)"

ri0t — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:11:43 +0000

Hah. Jokes on you! I'll gladly try using a 3D printed version of this on my 600W angry-pixie-harbour-pusher - which they only sell overpriced plastic props for, anyway ;D

Btw.: Worst thing: ride backwards and you'll have to tighten the mounting screw or risk loss of prop. Best thing: Rudder survived hard prop contact with just a few scratches on the outer coat \o/

New comment by ri0t in "Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)"

ri0t — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:07:25 +0000

Sailor in me doesn't give a shite, i just want more battery life out of the smol-angry-pixie-harbour-pusher.

New comment by ri0t in "Sharrow MX-1: Tipless propeller (2020)"

ri0t — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:06:28 +0000

Here, have some pics, if you wondered, too: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=loopwing+windmill&iax=images&ia=im...

("Aaaah, those ones! Yeah, sure!")