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New comment by sellmesoap in "We built our house for LAN parties (2024)"

sellmesoap — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:41:20 +0000

I've had a few over the years, currently I have a 36’ steel sailboat, it has a lot of insulation so it's cosy in the winter. I live ashore at the moment, but for 1 person 36' is too big even. I can shower with hot water (propane on demand heater and a 12v water pump), the toilet is small, I also hit the local pool from time to time for a shower. My solar + 4 golf cart lead acid batteries runs a small compressor fridge and a loptop. I sail it around the coast (bc gulf islands), but mostly its parked in its spot.

New comment by sellmesoap in "GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released"

sellmesoap — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:32:06 +0000

That is a positive progression for sure. I guess it sounds like RCS is gatekept behind a play store API on the android side so there isn't an open source solution quite yet? Mostly I'm lamenting that even with signal there's meta-data you can infer behavior from. I know Session messenger has a bit of a network shuffle (is it garlic routing?) That blurs metadata collection a bit, but then they watered down several of Signals' security/privacy choices. I'm constantly curious and overwhelmed at the choice of text communication platforms, just so many!

New comment by sellmesoap in "GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released"

sellmesoap — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:52:46 +0000

SMS is a defacto carrier tech that people expect to work, people also don't expect e2ee or any kind of privacy scheme on SMS but it might be a place to hand communication off to a different tech. Whereas RCS leaks meta data to the goog or worse (I don't know the ins and outs of RCS) but by default I would trust it less then signal, who may also collect meta data leaked through the goog, so I guess the real solution is to be boring and assume there is no security or privacy for anyone of reasonable means.

New comment by sellmesoap in "Hitachi launches CO2 heat pump water heaters with solar-friendly tariff controls"

sellmesoap — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 22:05:34 +0000

Every bathtub I've met has an overflow drain near the top, although maybe that drain is smaller then the output of my faucet, good thing mine isn't connected to the internet :D, YMMV.

New comment by sellmesoap in "Y Combinator Early Access Network"

sellmesoap — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 21:42:22 +0000

If you're too grounded you say no to everything like a reasonable person with experience :D

New comment by sellmesoap in "We built our house for LAN parties (2024)"

sellmesoap — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:20:01 +0000

I've lived aboard boats for about 17 years of my life, I feel more comfortable squished into a boat then living on land, the sounds and movement are somehow reassuring. When my family moved ashore I got my first PC and I would host LAN parties, I also enjoy cooking so I would prepare a bunch of casaroles, everyone would pitch in and then skip sleep for most of a long weekend. Sometimes I see some old big boat with large generators for sale and contemplate packing a lan party on board, being out in some quiet ancorage with your friends fragging away sounds like a dream to me! I've seen your house on here a couple of times I love your setup!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Doomscrolling ourselves to death"

sellmesoap — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:48:13 +0000

I check a lot of those boxes, Abe Simpsons said it best [0], but I get to keep a weather eye on the new lingo through my kids. I remember being a teen and a lot of jibba-jabba that followed, stuff that came up from my people didn't stick, but I can catch up with them and drop a phrase and we all have a laugh. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9578844-i-used-to-be-with-i...

New comment by sellmesoap in "How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods (2025)"

sellmesoap — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:48:11 +0000

Flavored yoghurt is often candy adjacent, but sneeks under the radar as a health food "It's probiotic!"

New comment by sellmesoap in "How Fairphone built the Fairphone Gen 6+"

sellmesoap — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:46:14 +0000

Yes, the water resistance is what keeps my phone from dying if I go for a hike in the rain or a small splashy boat ride, replacing the water damaged motherboard isn't as sustainable as buying a used flagship phone from an earlier time.

New comment by sellmesoap in "Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board"

sellmesoap — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 17:29:45 +0000

Ahh but regulatory capture is priceless!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Uber shuts operations in Nigeria and Uganda with immediate effect"

sellmesoap — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:30:37 +0000

Also Hegel enjoyed a drink!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Being kicked out of the tech industry"

sellmesoap — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:48:46 +0000

Family court type things as well. I notice friends I have who are highly effective in big orgs can take care of themselves with mental health days on the regular. I've too often found myself in a role where the company 'needed' me to keep my holiday leave short because the bus factor was too low, such a drag!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Being kicked out of the tech industry"

sellmesoap — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:40:09 +0000

I also see kindness and concern on here, we get what we give! It's a thing to glom onto drama, and in this attention economy it's easy to fall down a dopamine spiral, even on a algo-lite platform such as this. Hello my name is sellmesoap and I'm a hacker-news-aholic!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Chicken products recalled in five states due to “false marks of inspection”"

sellmesoap — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 23:09:08 +0000

The last time I had salmonella like food poisoning in Canada was likely a plate of vegetarian linguini in a small town restaurant. Could be someone grabbed my plate while processing meat or who knows... Meanwhile our food regulation folks are busy culling herds a year+ after a reported bird flu infection, or herds of cattle/raindeer at great emotional and financial cost only to have tests come back clean. Maybe we need to acknowledge when actions are more destructive then protective and course correct, issue apologies and make financial repairs to those affected. It sure makes for a lot of negative publicity for agencies tasked with protecting the public.

New comment by sellmesoap in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"

sellmesoap — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 05:05:10 +0000

For what it's worth people say Facebook helped get trump elected (through use of targeted campaigns using FBs analytics/targeting) the book Carless People covers it a bit, among many other distasteful happenings at meta.

New comment by sellmesoap in "MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally generated output with GUID"

sellmesoap — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 21:55:49 +0000

Seems to me that it's a challenge to make an apple account without adding a credit card to your account as well. A carfully chosen Linux distro (so many options!) is the way to avoid the brunt of these privacy issues, lots of open software calls home in some way or another so user beware!

New comment by sellmesoap in "Cancer-related mortality among US pilots and flight attendants"

sellmesoap — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:26:42 +0000

Not to mention the leaded gasoline used in smaller planes flying in and out of the same airports.

New comment by sellmesoap in "Felony Bench"

sellmesoap — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:11:41 +0000

Hey my cubicle isn't that bad! Is it?

New comment by sellmesoap in "A joke domain purchase turned in geopolitical warfare"

sellmesoap — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:26:58 +0000

You just have to project life and death into your request and bobs your uncle!

New comment by sellmesoap in "And then the men with guns tell you to do it anyway"

sellmesoap — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:58:17 +0000

A quick search led me to this, and lots like it https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/03/the-victims-of-b...