Hacker News: wargames

New comment by wargames in "The Origins of Wokeness"

wargames — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:00:25 +0000

I have no idea why this was shared on Hacker News (might simply be the Paul Graham connection), but it was one of the best, well-written, and researched articles I've read in years!

New comment by wargames in "Hiew Hex Editor"

wargames — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 06:07:53 +0000

Nothin' wrong with paying for software that is worth it.

New comment by wargames in "The first two custom silicon chips designed by Microsoft for its cloud"

wargames — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:45:32 +0000

I genuinely don't see how x86 architecture will continue to survive the next 10 years. It will of course take longer to change home desktop users to new architectures; they will be the last segment to switch, but it seems all but inevitable.

BTW, I'm not even speaking to whether x86 can compete at the same power per watt... I think it just won't make sense financially to be out of sync with the industry.

New comment by wargames in "Dot by New Computer"

wargames — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 22:02:35 +0000

FYI to the website designer: on desktop, this website does not have a scrollbar. In addition to that being an accessibility issue, I closed the website after I got tired of paging and/or using the scroll wheel.

New comment by wargames in "How to (and how not to) design REST APIs"

wargames — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:54:59 +0000

I would be interested in what you are using internally that is allowing you to move quicker.

New comment by wargames in "Raspberry Pi 5 has no hardware video encoding and only HEVC decoding"

wargames — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:42:21 +0000

No lyin'. I have an iPad Pro 12.9", 5th generation. I download content on Netflix, Prime, and to VLC prior to flights. During flights I have the iPad in airplane mode and use my AirPod Pros for audio. On my flights from California to Texas, ~3 hrs, I use somewhere between 5-8% battery life. Brightness is probably on the low side because the cabin is dim.

Airplane mode (turning off most of the wireless) seems to be a big factor as well.

I'm just as astonished as the next guy!

New comment by wargames in "Raspberry Pi 5 has no hardware video encoding and only HEVC decoding"

wargames — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:17:15 +0000

True, but hardware support does wonders for power consumption. I'm blown away that I can watch 3 hours of h264 content on my flights and only 5% of my iPad battery is used. i.e. more factors to consider than simply whether it can/can't with brute force.

New comment by wargames in "A Call for Developers – Jellyfin"

wargames — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 22:26:17 +0000

Around a year ago I jumped in, picked up some tasks, submitted one or two PRs to fix where exceptions were being used for flow control, basic stuff to give the maintainers confidence that I could contribute. All they did was say those exceptions -- which happen every time the app starts -- don't need to be fixed.

A bit of a turn off for wanting to help on the project....

New comment by wargames in "SQLite Wasm in the browser backed by the Origin Private File System"

wargames — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:00:16 +0000

I haven't used IndexedDB in a while.. but my recollection is that it is basically SQLite. Not sure I see the advantage of this above and beyond what IndexedDB is already providing. What are the pros and cons of each approach?

New comment by wargames in "The Webb Space Telescope’s profound data challenges"

wargames — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 18:59:56 +0000

I'm curious for anyone who may know the answer... with no mention of encryption, are these streams free for anyone with the equipment to receive? Conversely, what kind of security is in place on JWST for command updates to ensure that some rogue group couldn't cause mischief and send it commands?