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New comment by scns in "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17"

scns — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:57:38 +0000

Simple Keyboard is on F-Droid too. Supports moving cursor via space bar.

New comment by scns in "Palantir loses legal challenge against Swiss investigative magazine"

scns — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:07:22 +0000

Creative people seem to be rather pacifistic. Warmongers seem less so, they have to "borrow" from the creative ones.

New comment by scns in "Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage (2025)"

scns — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:49:46 +0000

> There are also a lot of genres that can never sound as good on vinyl simply due to the

inability to encode very low tones.

New comment by scns in "A giant star may have destroyed itself in one of the rarest explosions"

scns — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:31:36 +0000

> It can make them feel better by giving them a chance to look down on someone else.

That's the idea but it does not work. Self esteem is still negative afterwards

Why I Left Corporate Media [video]

scns — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:50:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNnwrD44Wtc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410635

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by scns in "Use your Nvidia GPU's VRAM as swap space on Linux"

scns — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:05:35 +0000

Not that simple. 4 dimms were getting higher clocks on 2 CCD Ryzen models (12 & 16 cores) compared to those with one CCD. Motherboard topology is a factor too.

New comment by scns in "Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions"

scns — Sun, 31 May 2026 22:24:11 +0000

> they’ll take the subscription AND sell your data, serve you ads

Streaming services claiming prior art here.

New comment by scns in "Performance of Rust Language [pdf]"

scns — Wed, 27 May 2026 08:43:33 +0000

Have you switched to a faster linker [0] yet? Do you use sccache?

[0] https://github.com/rui314/mold

New comment by scns in "Habitual coffee intake shapes the microbiome, modifies physiology and cognition"

scns — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:46:38 +0000

Even on the "milder" Methylphenidate you can experince clenching jaw, grinding teeth and a chafed tongue when consuming coffee, tea and even dark chocolate.

New comment by scns in "Ubuntu 26.04"

scns — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:32:36 +0000

it's surprising to new users (in a good way, i was happy when i found it) let's remove it.

New comment by scns in "Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge"

scns — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:29:51 +0000

The UK is sometimes warmer in winter than other european countries further south because of the gulf stream.

New comment by scns in "Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone"

scns — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:07:42 +0000

> there is nothing to be positive about

Even though i'm quite anti AI, recycling in Taiwan, killing weeds with lasers and detecting cancer beg to differ.

New comment by scns in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

scns — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 17:29:56 +0000

> which Trump promptly tore up because he has the mental capacity of a fourth-grader.

That would be an insult to fourth graders IMO, my son happens to be one.

New comment by scns in "Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers"

scns — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:02:18 +0000

Are record companies still charging artists for vinyl breakage on mp3 downloads?

New comment by scns in "U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years"

scns — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:43:13 +0000

You can, into the ground.

New comment by scns in "Ripgrep is faster than grep, ag, git grep, ucg, pt, sift (2016)"

scns — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:09:23 +0000

sd exists, dunno but awk.

https://github.com/chmln/sd

New comment by scns in "The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon"

scns — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 22:12:07 +0000

> it is mainly a question if the game is fun to play.

10000x this. Miyamoto starts with a rudimentary prototype and asks himself this. Sadly it seems for many fun is an afterthought they try to patch in somehow.

New comment by scns in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

scns — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:23:47 +0000

> where Linux emulating Window's entire API space for games with worse drivers is

> dangerously close on performance

sometimes more performant.

New comment by scns in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

scns — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:35:04 +0000

The newer Beyerdynamic models have detachable cables. They sell USB-C cables which i have not used but i am very content with the three out of the four pairs of cans i own by them. The pair i dislike are wireless ones. If you want em for music on the go i'd recommend the DT 700 Pro X.

New comment by scns in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

scns — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:53:00 +0000

Really deep bassnotes can't be reproced by vinyl. The grooves would get too wide IIRC, it's a physical limitation.