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New comment by wronex in "C# strings silently kill your SQL Server indexes in Dapper"

wronex — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:21:26 +0000

This makes me sad. We have these type safe languages, then a DB comes along and brakes the type barrier. What are we to do? Property attributes and an ORM? Is there a Linq to SQL thing?

New comment by wronex in "Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says"

wronex — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 11:28:36 +0000

I think the opposite is in order. Ban phones with screens for those over 18 (driving limit). Phones are a drug that people cannot seem to let go off. Even when driving. Kids don’t have cars. Perhaps a trade? A phone or a car?

New comment by wronex in "Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?"

wronex — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:23:10 +0000

All the extra empty space everywhere. Some websites are impossibly empty. They look zoomed in. This is super annoying.

The loss of a clear design language for desktop apps is also frustrating. Windows XP apps tended to use standard Windows controls, in more or less the same way. Modern apps though are all spaced out HTML/WPF CSS styled wannabe websites.

We cannot solve complexity with empty space and style sheets.

Also this glass thing on iOS. Definitely under cooked. The keyboard doesn’t even fill out the bottom corners of the screen.

New comment by wronex in "Volvo EX60 Targets 400-Mile Range and Coffee-Stop Charging"

wronex — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:35:51 +0000

Volvo cars (not AB Volvo, the trucks, boats, and excavators maker) was sold to Ford and then to Chinese Geely. A lot of modern Volvo cars are therefore designed and engineered elsewhere to various degrees. Some are even wholly designed and produced in China. Others are not. I’ve heard this new one is more on the Swedish side. Even the motor is supposedly made here, at-least for the once produced in Gothenburg.

New comment by wronex in "Volvo EX60 Targets 400-Mile Range and Coffee-Stop Charging"

wronex — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:13:25 +0000

They do. Some are still designed/engineered here in Sweden. Some are not. I don’t know about this one.

All trucks, boats, excavators etc. are still Swedish though.

New comment by wronex in "Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK"

wronex — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 16:55:06 +0000

As a side note. Beware when exporting to the USA using UPS. Especially when having the receiver pay for imports and taxes. UPS does not enforce payment. They will hand out the package before receiving the taxes and tolls. Then, they force you, the exporter, to pay, since you’ve agreed to it by accepting their terms and conditions. I’ve learnt this the hard way.

New comment by wronex in "OLED, Not for Me"

wronex — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 08:41:48 +0000

According to Hardware Unboxed this problem goes away with the new generation displays. They are switching over to using a standard (LCD-like) striped pixel layout.

https://youtu.be/c90FLTWQiSY

Must say my first generation Samsung display looks amazing both for gaming and programming though. If it wasn’t for the annoying smart-tv stuff, and the mini connectors, it’s a perfect monitor.

New comment by wronex in "It's Always TCP_NODELAY"

wronex — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:21:21 +0000

There is also ENet which is used in a lot of games (that is, battle tested for low latency applications.)

https://enet.bespin.org

New comment by wronex in "Bazzite: Operating System for Linux gaming"

wronex — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:05:41 +0000

Huu. I had the opposite experience almost. I’m a complete Linux noob. Could not get Bazzite to work as expected. Had much better luck with Arch though the install was a bit archaic. Managed to get a desktop and Steam installed with all drivers on the second attempt (which wasn’t to bad since Arch is a fast install.) It has worked flawless since. Absolutely zero bloat.

New comment by wronex in "Norway's Wealth Tax Unchains a Capital Exodus"

wronex — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 18:31:31 +0000

The problem isn’t Norway. The problem is everywhere else allowing the amassing of incredible wealth with suspiciously low taxation. But we can’t even agree on a common minimum corporate tax. So yeah. Go Norway. Shame on everyone else.

Visual Studio 2026

wronex — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:46:09 +0000

Article URL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2026/release-notes

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45889494

Points: 5

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New comment by wronex in "How a devboard works (and how to make your own)"

wronex — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 14:03:38 +0000

The nice thing with KiCAD is that a part is simply a symbol (schematic element) with enough parameters attached. You can specify footprints, MPN, ratings, value, etc. then store it in your approved and verified symbol library for use in all your projects. Use your R_4.7k_0603 symbol an it comes preconfigured with footprint, MPN, rating etc. Making these symbols is a lot of work but very simple.

Unfortunately there is no standard name for these parameters beyond footprint, value and some others. MPN, brand, rating etc. are not default. This hinders bigger adoption I think, and makes every project unique. This should be improved.

New comment by wronex in "How a devboard works (and how to make your own)"

wronex — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 09:43:15 +0000

I don’t think you’ve used KiCAD. Simply add an MPN attribute to your component and that is it. Use the built in BOM editor and exporter. Done. There are certainly ways to misuse any advanced software. But it definitely can and will produce a complete BOM without additional add-ons. Grated, the exporter is limited to CSV files. So I’m guessing your workflow requires something more interesting?

New comment by wronex in "Resolution limit of the eye – how many pixels can we see?"

wronex — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:53:51 +0000

I find it fascinating that the same is true for frame rate. Some people think 60Hz is OK, while anyone who has tried a 120Hz screen will agree it is infinitely smoother. The same is true again for a 240Hz screen. I have yet to try a 480Hz screen but imagine the jump will be equally impressive.

New comment by wronex in "Viagrid – PCB template for rapid PCB prototyping with factory-made vias [video]"

wronex — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 14:19:23 +0000

On that note, my last PCBway order took four weeks to arrive. Dunno if it was a random fluke, but it sure came with more border regulations incantations attached to the box than usual.

New comment by wronex in "Window Activation"

wronex — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:47:47 +0000

Wait, hold on. Is this actually an issue that needs a solution? It feels like Wayland is doing something very stupid here. Why not let apps control their windows? I cannot remember when an app stole focus last time. The only time this makes sense is while entering a password. But that is a very specific case that can be solved by having the password dialog on a protected desktop (ie. one with only that single window.)

New comment by wronex in "Wikipedia: Signs of AI Writing"

wronex — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 15:56:14 +0000

This is purely anecdotal, but I think I’ve seen ChatGPT insert special space characters other than normal space. It also likes to use the different dash characters (en, em and hyphen) more than would appear in normal text.

New comment by wronex in "Netherlands rations electricity to ease power grid stresses"

wronex — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:52:21 +0000

I don’t understand why electrical grids are so problematic, but they seem plagued by corruption, incompetence, and poor planning everywhere.

Here in Sweden the grids was built by taxpayers and then sold off to a private company for maintenance and operation. That went as well as you can expect. Future development and growth is basically impossible as the private company has zero incentive or interest in laying new wire or upgrading old.

New comment by wronex in "Pimping My Casio: Part Deux"

wronex — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 19:32:06 +0000

I really like that USB port. It can probably be made to work in both directions (like USB-C). Does it require a special PCB thickness that is hard to come by?

New comment by wronex in "Microsoft Edit"

wronex — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:10:03 +0000

I would highly recommend looking into Azure code signing. It is confusing to set up. But comes with instant reputation and ”only” costs 10$ a month.

EV certificates has always felt like an utter scam and extortion to me. At least now there is an alternative.