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New comment by tass in "9000 RPM is faster than your screen refreshes"

tass — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:59:32 +0000

My first bike! It was an absolute cop magnet because it always sounded like you were speeding.

New comment by tass in "Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts"

tass — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:42:42 +0000

I think many people believe their streaming use will only pay artists who they listen to, not realizing the streaming service actually pays artists based upon overall listener numbers (or possibly pre-negotiated amounts).

So, in the old days you would "support (a) local artist" by buying their album and now people probably think they are supporting them by listening to them on spotify/whatever but they really are not. Your streaming dollars are almost entirely going to Rihanna and every other big artist even if you don't listen to a single song by them.

New comment by tass in "Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down"

tass — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:29:08 +0000

I hope after this case that it becomes common sense to not destroy evidence after it’s been asked for.

New comment by tass in "The New MCP Roadmap"

tass — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 16:49:37 +0000

Because it’s something else that’s non-standard between providers.

New comment by tass in "Casio F-B100W-1A"

tass — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 17:52:49 +0000

Yes but why not just always use 24h time (or 12h if that’s what you like).

It’s a little strange that a dedicated button would be needed to switch between them, especially when the math to convert between them is so simple.

New comment by tass in "Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution (2025)"

tass — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:09:54 +0000

I bought a relatively inexpensive induction range from LG specifically because it has knobs - a lot of the more expensive ones from other brands were capacitive touch.

New comment by tass in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

tass — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:55:31 +0000

Maintenance-induced failures are what it’s called with small aircraft.

You’ll do something to prevent a failure (like, replace an old but functional alternator) but cause an oil leak or engine vibrations because you had to remove the propeller to complete the job.

New comment by tass in "Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)"

tass — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:42:48 +0000

Sounds like they’re using a treadmill, and yes this is about the most boring way possible to exercise

New comment by tass in "Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore"

tass — Tue, 26 May 2026 02:39:17 +0000

The risk is that beyond hobbyists technology will stagnate. It’s already much more productive using one or two frameworks over the rest of what’s available, and without training data it won’t be able to advance beyond those current popular frameworks.

New comment by tass in "Tesla Wall Connector bootloader bypasses the firmware downgrade ratchet"

tass — Fri, 15 May 2026 22:49:11 +0000

If you’re using the same adapter successfully at a supercharger, you have the wrong adapter for AC (level 1/2) charging.

New comment by tass in "1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'"

tass — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:54:21 +0000

I agree that vinyl is technically worse than others modern formats, but it often gets mastered with greater care and therefore can sound better than CD or other digital formats.

Read this thorough rundown of one of the more famously over compressed albums where the vinyl release has better sound than even the 24 bit release: https://buttondown.com/rhcpsessions/archive/me-and-my-friend...

New comment by tass in "Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter"

tass — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:59:58 +0000

I use it to enable voice control (turn on the coffee machine), quick actions on iOS devices and for the simpler and faster Home ui for basic controls.

It’s also handy in that you get remote access with no extra port forwarding.

New comment by tass in "Heat pump sales rise across Europe"

tass — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:26:33 +0000

Possibly obvious point, water softeners add salt to the water.

New comment by tass in "1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'"

tass — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:23:04 +0000

Vinyl, for whatever continuing reason, often does sound better than digital formats but only because it’s mastered with more care.

It could be that it’s physically impossible to master vinyl for extreme loudness, but whatever the reason is you can absolutely pick up a vinyl copy of an album and find it sounds much better than the streamed or CD version.

New comment by tass in "Saying goodbye to Agile"

tass — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:08:26 +0000

Not the op, but you only commit to what you already did in this sprint.

So this sprint shows what you delivered 2 sprints ago, next sprint will be the work you just finished.

New comment by tass in "DIY Soft Drinks"

tass — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:18:35 +0000

I’ve done this for years and never ruptured a bottle, I set the regulator to 60psi.

I’d like a metal bottle too but haven’t found one - I presume spraying some co2 into it would be enough to get the plain air out since you obviously can’t squeeze the air out.

New comment by tass in "Tailscale's new macOS home"

tass — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:35:16 +0000

Try a corporate laptop. Every stupid thing you don’t need except to know it’s running is there, but you don’t know it’s running because they may just be hidden.

Jamf, zscaler, virus checkers, etc. need to all go to hell with this crap. I’m glad Tailscale are removing theirs.

New comment by tass in "747s and coding agents"

tass — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:08:14 +0000

Yeah I learn from reading other work too, but it doesn’t stick as well as when I work through it.

The problem now is the pressure to use llms means creating more code but understanding so much less.

New comment by tass in "747s and coding agents"

tass — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 16:45:53 +0000

I interpreted this as not as good a way to learn.

I learn the most from struggling through a problem, and reading someone’s code doesn’t teach me all the wrong ways they attempted before it looked like the way it now does.

New comment by tass in "Tesla has to pay historic $243M judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says"

tass — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:52:03 +0000

I'm not sure it's been codified, but I was told I would need to understand how to use the VOR and autopilot if the plane I was in had one.

In the fleet at the school I was learning in (Cessna 162) only one plane had an autopilot, which meant nobody practiced with it, so they never scheduled this plane for a check ride.