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New comment by uxp100 in "Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older one"

uxp100 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:02:02 +0000

> Some components addressed this problem by providing their own installer for the component, and telling installers, “You are not allowed to install these component file directly. Instead, you must run our custom installer.

Aha, that’s why they do that.

New comment by uxp100 in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

uxp100 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:20:58 +0000

When I’ve brought atypical stuff in to be repaired at one of those shops they have been absolutely willing to solder whatever, however they did have just one “soldering guy” for every shop in the metro area who only came as needed. So just keep that in mind if you’re in a hurry or want to talk an atypical task through with someone. Probably call ahead.

New comment by uxp100 in "Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US"

uxp100 — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:31:45 +0000

Well, in this case because drunks keep murdering people.

New comment by uxp100 in "Anthropic, please make a new Slack"

uxp100 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 21:42:37 +0000

That’s a funny analogy because some electric railway companies owned power generation. The one in my town also sold electricity to consumers for some time, though most of the history I can find online focuses on the rail aspect, which makes sense, as they started and ended in the rail business, but at some point in the 1890s to 1930s appended “and light” to their name.

New comment by uxp100 in "EV-1 for Lease (1996)"

uxp100 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:17:26 +0000

It’s got the tone of public radio, which I think this reporting was from.

New comment by uxp100 in "Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level"

uxp100 — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:16:50 +0000

Not the poster, but I grew up eating oatmeal that you would slice. Toss a pot on the wood stove, done when you remembered to grab it. Milk and honey on soft slices of oatmeal. Honestly don’t eat oatmeal much today, but was confused the first time I had oatmeal away from him and it wasn’t at least like lumpy. I’m sure that pot had to be soaked for a half an hour every morning.

New comment by uxp100 in "PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible"

uxp100 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:42:56 +0000

Yeah, I had great memories of secret of mana and SD3 (emulated in translation, I think that was Aeon Genesis?) and I replayed them with my partner in 2020. For a few hours. Honestly, kinda miserable.

Single player it was less fun than I remembered, multiplayer it was awful. SD3 is a beautiful game, and very overrated.

New comment by uxp100 in "Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing"

uxp100 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 20:27:15 +0000

Luckily still present where I buy my bagels. I’ve only done it a few times but I do remember than rye flour makes a somewhat more difficult dough to handle.

New comment by uxp100 in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

uxp100 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:16:52 +0000

What are you quoting? I mean, that sounds like what Stephen miller believes, but who said it?

New comment by uxp100 in "The Dilbert Afterlife"

uxp100 — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 16:10:54 +0000

Yeah, if the same thing doesn’t happen with millennials it’s only because there is no true counterculture anymore.

New comment by uxp100 in "Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async"

uxp100 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:41:15 +0000

I don’t think that is exactly accurate. But you know, like close enough, describes all my work. Just pointing out that something like an industrial system running win ce on PowerPC or x86 has been within the definition of embedded for a long time. Embedded Java was/is a thing. Both extremely non-central examples, but what’s new is how cheap the hardware is, embedded has always included more sophisticated OS’ and more than micros.

New comment by uxp100 in "ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree"

uxp100 — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:25:42 +0000

Everyone should spend a little time looking at the DHS twitter.

New comment by uxp100 in ""Inspector Dangerfuck", ANSI art comic from 1994"

uxp100 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:08:52 +0000

EE-LG01.IMP Is my favorite of the pieces included in the article.

New comment by uxp100 in "Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief"

uxp100 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:00:50 +0000

Yes, that’s the main one I was thinking of, though there are spots in the photos app too iirc.

New comment by uxp100 in "Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief"

uxp100 — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:42:56 +0000

iOS 26 is also very bad. Many Christmas conversations between boomers baffled by their phones, and as I younger (than boomer) person I am not as baffled but there are a number of things that take more button presses than they did in previous versions for no apparent reason. And it’s real ugly imo.

New comment by uxp100 in "The Bob Dylan concert for just one person"

uxp100 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 02:19:41 +0000

> Not only that, but Dylan did not perform his usual fare. Instead, he performed four 1950s covers, several of which he’s never sung before or since: Buddy Holly’s “Heartbeat,” Fats Domino’s “Blueberry Hill,” Lefty Frizzell’s “You’re Too Late,” and Big Bill Broonzy’s “Key to the Highway.”

songs like those ARE his usual fare these days. Apparently not exactly those tunes, but covers like those are typical

New comment by uxp100 in "Roomba maker goes bankrupt, Chinese owner emerges"

uxp100 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:13:51 +0000

Nope, not all of them are connected to the internet and not all of them have cameras.

New comment by uxp100 in "FileZilla Pro "Perpetual License" – A Warning to All Users"

uxp100 — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:37:59 +0000

This is a little tangent, but up until somewhat recently Apple hosted ftp servers with old versions of Mac OS available. So you could get system 7.6 (released 1997) straight from them for a new install on your old machine. I think that is no longer the case, but within the last decade you still could. (I think, idk, time flies)

New comment by uxp100 in "A Remarkable Assertion from A16Z"

uxp100 — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 13:45:57 +0000

Could be some very dry humor? Confused LLM seems most likely though.

New comment by uxp100 in "Arthur Conan Doyle explored men’s mental health through Sherlock Holmes"

uxp100 — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:47:44 +0000

I mean, that’s what they meant too. They’re expensive! Kinda a stereotypical rich thing to have, more so than therapy. One distinction that you might be thinking of without saying between individual sessions and group workouts which are cheaper.