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New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"

thescriptkiddie — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:44:23 +0000

how would that even work? even if you could generate accurate maps of lane markings, non-differential gps in not accurate enough

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "The operating cost of adult and gambling startups"

thescriptkiddie — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:52:04 +0000

one of those things is not like the other

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)"

thescriptkiddie — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:33:32 +0000

the exterior of the ISS is constantly exposed to small mounts of atomic oxygen, which is an incredibly strong oxidizer. probably in addition to ozone there is a huge variety of organic and inorganic oxides that get tracked in through the airlock.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials_International_Space_...

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "IPv6 traffic crosses the 50% mark"

thescriptkiddie — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:22:34 +0000

interestingly my ISP, at&t, quietly turned off ipv6. not sure exactly when it happened, i should get around to complaining about it but i hate making phone calls

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others"

thescriptkiddie — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 01:47:35 +0000

my parents also lost data that was supposed to be backed up on backblaze because they didn't use that computer for a month and when they turned it back on the hard drive was dead. apparently backblaze silently deletes backups more than 30 days old even if they are the newest backup and then happily keeps billing you for not storing your data.

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone"

thescriptkiddie — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:30:03 +0000

you can very easily prevent scalping by checking IDs at the door. they don't want to prevent scalping because it makes them more money

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Show HN: A game where you build a GPU"

thescriptkiddie — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:31:43 +0000

i was too clever by half and tried to make a NAND gate by combining an AND gate with an inverter. after about 15 minutes i realized that i had it backwards, an AND gate is actually a NAND gate combined with an inverter

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains"

thescriptkiddie — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:29:36 +0000

that leaves out every mac made before 2014

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains"

thescriptkiddie — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:25:20 +0000

that's backwards compatibility. forward compatibility is being able to run new apps on an old operating system. the latest version of the SDK builds apps which only run on big sur or newer.

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Sodium-ion EV battery breakthrough delivers 11-min charging and 450 km range"

thescriptkiddie — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:31:52 +0000

note that the quoted 170Wh/kg is about the same as currently available LiFePO4 cells and half that of the best available NMC cells

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains"

thescriptkiddie — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:37:52 +0000

what about mac os?

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

thescriptkiddie — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:10:41 +0000

a few years ago the vending machines in my office building started accepting credit and debit cards for an extra fee of $0.35 per transaction. just recently they stopped accepting bills and coins leaving cards as the only option, but are still charging the extra fee.

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "Pretty soon, heat pumps will be able to store and distribute heat as needed"

thescriptkiddie — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:56:57 +0000

one difference is that a phase change stores energy at constant temperature, which may be desirable given that heat pump efficiency is inversely proportional to temperature output temperature

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025"

thescriptkiddie — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:06:11 +0000

battery life span is defined as when the reach 80% of their original capacity. it's possible that the decline will accelerate after that point but they aren't suddenly useless

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world"

thescriptkiddie — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:39:55 +0000

i was using ipv6 at home for years but then one day at&t broke it and never fixed it

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "The e-scooter isn't new – London was zooming around on Autopeds a century ago"

thescriptkiddie — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 01:14:14 +0000

it takes surprisingly few trucks to keep stores stocked. most of the trucks you see driving around are either delivering packages or hauling bulk cargo that used to go by rail

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)"

thescriptkiddie — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:20:02 +0000

> it likes to change the content while keeping Content-Length intact

thanks, i had repressed that memory

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus"

thescriptkiddie — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 23:12:24 +0000

hulu's live tv feature uses commercial detection to stop you from from fast-forwarding through commercials in recordings

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally"

thescriptkiddie — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:23:09 +0000

of course they are not throwing the energy away. but by using a working fluid that changes phase they are trading away energy efficiency for power density, for the same reason that steam engines are less efficient than stirling engines.

New comment by thescriptkiddie in "CO2 batteries that store grid energy take off globally"

thescriptkiddie — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:09:12 +0000

i didn't do any math tbh, i just took the 25% number from the wikipedia page for cryogenic energy storage. i assumed their efficiency would be lower of the smaller temperature differential, but maybe it will be higher because they are storing part of the energy as pressure rather than temperature