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New comment by skullone in "Elevators"

skullone — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:29:03 +0000

Possibly to balance the hours on elevator banks. Common in buildings to leave some out of the cycle, since elevator maintenance can be a year out to schedule. Probably much worse out at sea

New comment by skullone in "Bryan Johnson: I've taken longevity too far"

skullone — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:03:16 +0000

Why is this shit even on HN

New comment by skullone in "The five primitives I run a one-person company on"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:43:49 +0000

There is no discussion on this post. It's AI spam to sell more AI spam

New comment by skullone in "The five primitives I run a one-person company on"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:18:38 +0000

If you find AI generated content that is so devoid of anything actionable or useful to be interesting, sheeeeeesh. The bar is so low anymore

New comment by skullone in "The five primitives I run a one-person company on"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:55:38 +0000

Yah this is just garbage blog spam

New comment by skullone in "GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:18:42 +0000

Both can be true!

New comment by skullone in "GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:55:02 +0000

It is not snarky, it's the truth. Suspending the constitution within 100 miles of every port of entry? Nah son, the government can conduct their petty investigations with a warrant and proper digital forensics if they want to search your property.

New comment by skullone in "GrapheneOS Defends Data-Wiping Function That Blocked US Border Search"

skullone — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:52:06 +0000

Maybe digital forensics shouldn't be handled by barely highschool graduates at a busy border crossing

New comment by skullone in "Classic WTF: Server Room Fans and More Fun"

skullone — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 22:35:53 +0000

Goodness. I wish I had a cameraphone in the 90s. There were tons of data centers, IT rooms, telco, labs, meetme rooms, sewers, all done at the seat of your pants.

New comment by skullone in "Projected Lifetime Cancer Risks from Current CT Scans"

skullone — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 04:11:34 +0000

tl;dr

New comment by skullone in "The startup's Postgres survival guide"

skullone — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 05:38:09 +0000

DBAs write software to do this too. You think DBAs are just clicking around in some gui? Hate to break it to you, but every field has done leaps and bounds over the decades too. SWEs can certainly "learn the trade" as a DBA can "learn to code" their own tooling as well, but you realize people specialize, there's fields of practice and domain experts. One of the greatest inventions is the division of labor and specialization.

New comment by skullone in "The startup's Postgres survival guide"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:30:24 +0000

DBAs in orgs who resource their data teams indeed do constant validation of recovery. I know many DBAs who are in more demand than ever due to the rise of managed databases. If you don't need a DBA, you aren't at a scale or maturity just yet. That you're so dismissive of this role, I have to dismiss your entire opinion because you simply don't grasp the scale of large databases

New comment by skullone in "New rental trend? A $200 'work-from-home fee' tacked on to Bay Area lease"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 05:25:00 +0000

Besides a data cap in some areas, it's not really metered, not a variable bill like water or electricity if you wfh

New comment by skullone in "New rental trend? A $200 'work-from-home fee' tacked on to Bay Area lease"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:44:57 +0000

Comcast is a poor example, and a wizard asking "do you game, you need 1Gb!". Lol

New comment by skullone in "The startup's Postgres survival guide"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:43:06 +0000

Now you have lots of DBs all probably operating inefficiently with only periodic recovery testing. This is the stuff DBAs do every day, and you're "hasn't happened to us... yet". You'll be just another lesson someday

New comment by skullone in "The Corporate Creep of Plex: Why it may be time to move to Jellyfin"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:23:58 +0000

Jellyfin works great. Supports my 7.1 Atmos setup with the right media even, very slick, no issues

New comment by skullone in "Asthma Control Before and After Changing Gas Stoves to Electric Stoves"

skullone — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 03:18:50 +0000

I've been shocked how many homes, even new, come with inadequate or no ventilation on kitchens. Or some decorative hood 12 feet up that is really just a fan not exhausting outside in the first place. I can't believe anyone would use gas cooking indoors without exhausting it outside. But, is say 25% or more homes and apartments are deficient

New comment by skullone in "Natural experiments prove phytoplankton carbon removal works"

skullone — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:02:13 +0000

Couldn't they front a pump with a macerator?

New comment by skullone in "LG ThinQ Terms of Use"

skullone — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:09:16 +0000

I have no idea how it got so bad either. Even manufacturing must be a pain with such odd designs. Their cars are just a pit to work on, non replaceable ball joints, have to buy the entire lower control arm, a $5 repair turns into $500. It's insane

New comment by skullone in "LG ThinQ Terms of Use"

skullone — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:30:59 +0000

I've given up on LG and Samsung appliances. This includes TVs, all electronics too. They are simply the worst products to live with. They break frequently, hard to find parts for, even harder to fix if you even manage to find the part. They're designed by AI or something, I've never encountered such hostile engineering. They are never intended to be fixed, hidden fasteners, one time use tabs made from some of the lowest quality plastic. Oddly enough, the cheapest GE appliances are made to be fixed seemingly. Parts are readily accessible, they're super easy to repair.

But it's the end of korean electronics and appliances, and this extends to cars too, Kia and Hyundai designs are near the bottom in terms of repairability.