Hacker News: ulnarkressty

New comment by ulnarkressty in "CCC invites all model citizens to 40C3"

ulnarkressty — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:26:33 +0000

> taboo on taking photo

Do Germans complain/rage every time they see a security camera?

New comment by ulnarkressty in "IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:00:26 +0000

I really don't understand this point, similar to the other poster below - making lightweight furniture and not clear cutting virgin forests are not mutually exclusive.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:55:22 +0000

They can make lightweight furniture while not rasing virgin forests to the ground.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "IKEA made a mod for Skyrim [video]"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:46:48 +0000

Just a reminder that they are a corporation and to not fall for their PR. They are actively destroying the environment while paying as little tax as possible. The cheapness of their furniture does have externalities one needs to consider.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Hacking IKEA Furniture"

ulnarkressty — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:07:08 +0000

I think most people who are critical of IKEA would be fine with cheap carboard furniture, if it weren't for their unethical practices hinging on corruption in developing countries. I recently learned of their practices of clearing old growth forests and was quite ashamed for falling for their greenwashing campaign. I won't be buying their products anytime soon.

Some recent documentaries about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSV7RlgQtWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=860f0EqmYao

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Initial focus for our partnership with Motorola is a regular non-folding device"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 07:44:18 +0000

How good is the microphone quality on it? I had a horrible experience with their Moto Edge Pro which had one of the worst mics I ever experienced. Very high noise floor plus aggressive filtering. Not something you expect in a flagship phone. I exchanged it twice thinking there was something wrong with the device but it was not the case, others were complaining about it and other Edge models as well.

It was a shame, as the rest of the phone hardware was very good for the price - after installing gcam on it as you did.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Europe's scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves"

ulnarkressty — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:40:15 +0000

More available land won't protect from crop failure due to temperature, droughts etc.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "The UK's war on anonymity has come to America"

ulnarkressty — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:06:10 +0000

"The government says all children need to show an ID when browsing the internet in order to be safe"

"The government says all children need to be vaccinated in order to be safe"

I'm not saying these arguments are equivalent, but they seem equivalent because they induce the same feeling of loss of agency. And one cannot simply ignore and dismiss something like this.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "What is happening to jobs? Separating AI hype from reality"

ulnarkressty — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:00:14 +0000

It heavily depends on the task, language and experience. What I saw in my team was that low performers started being as productive as mediocre programmers, however they mostly produce slop which needs to be sent back for rework, so in the short term it's not that great. However since they can iterate faster, I have the feeling that they are learning faster so hopefully in the long run they can be somewhat productive.

The high-performers on the other hand are ripping through tasks at such a speed that they now have time to focus on quality and processes, so in the end you get a really well polished piece of software. However this is starting to change for the worse as the PMs are realizing what's happening and cramming more and more stuff in the sprints.

The amazing part is not the above though - it's that one needs not be an SME anymore. One of our customers asked us to make an Android application with some features of our product, which were not trivial to port. Even though we never did anything like that before, a small team was able to release it in a couple of months mostly bug-free. Without AI this would have taken at least half a year, or more. It is quite shocking to hear the status updates going from "we need this thing implemented and I have no idea what it even means" to "it's done and works" the next day.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Modern decor may be straining people's brains"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:20:47 +0000

The stripey wood-and-black-rubber 'sound dampening' panels are all the rage these days and I don't really understand it.

Our management had the bright idea to put these things in all our meeting rooms on the wall with the TVs we use for remote calls. People started getting sea sick looking at them. Of course removing them would mean the management made a mistake, so they will stay there until the next bright idea hits.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data"

ulnarkressty — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:46:09 +0000

And even if you refuse the receipt, the cashier still contaminated your food.

Also, line cooks.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Why I Joined OpenAI"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:20:59 +0000

Was going to say the same thing, but I'm pretty sure he already knows that. Smart people can convince themselves of everything.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "List animals until failure"

ulnarkressty — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:24:10 +0000

> great tit

> Thanks!

Amazing.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Vitamin D and Omega-3 have a larger effect on depression than antidepressants"

ulnarkressty — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:12:11 +0000

For others who want to try this, taking too much B6 is associated with nerve damage - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megavitamin-B6_syndrome

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Zotero 8"

ulnarkressty — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:08:17 +0000

Right up until one tries to set up a self-hosted server (spoiler - you can't, at least not without 'significant effort' - they themselves say that if you ask about it).

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Raspberry Pi's New AI Hat Adds 8GB of RAM for Local LLMs"

ulnarkressty — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 09:05:38 +0000

That niche was long taken over by cheap Chinese SBCs, so they have to innovate somehow. Their only advantage that remains is the community.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 20:35:51 +0000

Eaton and APC at least have models with LFP chemistry, with comparable prices across power ratings. The LFP will be more expensive though due to the increased longevity, at least until lead-acid ones stops being produced.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Photographer built a medium-format rangefinder"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 16:12:47 +0000

The biggest issue with these diy builds is that they need the mechanics to be inside the lens - which is not necessarily a bad thing, however it severely limits the lens choice for the system, and introduces additional cost (you basically need to buy a shutter with every lens). The scene has definitely improved over the years, there are a number of very interesting x-pan-like builds which have been made possible by advancements in 3d printing.

I'm looking forward to the day someone figures out how to modify a full frame shutter assembly (plenty and cheap on ebay) to work with medium format film.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Ivan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo 1963 [video]"

ulnarkressty — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 14:31:17 +0000

Constraints as well, you can hear him talking about them at 8:20, this is fundamental to CAD programs.

New comment by ulnarkressty in "Transparent leadership beats servant leadership"

ulnarkressty — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:12:33 +0000

Is this really what they use to train commanding officers? It has all the hallmarks of a self-help book - vague advice coupled with some anecdotes - with a lot of bureaucratic fluff inbetween. How/why did the squad leader 'instinctively know' how to handle the reluctant machine gunner? Isn't that the opposite of training military personnel?