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TT-392··on Mysterious doodles hidden in a 1,300-year-old book
Maybe it was originally visible, but written with a kind of ink that has weathered away over the years, and only the creases the pen left behind are still visible? Or something similar, maybe a kind of ink that was easy to erase on purpose, like pencil, and after erasing, only these creases were left?
TT-392··on Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every coding question
This just feels like the wrong way around, I go to stackoverflow for stuff chatgpt can't answer. If anything, the right tool would be something which turns chatgpt threads into a stackoverflow question. (I don't actually think that is a good idea, just that it would make more sense)
TT-392··on A third place? I'm not sure I even have a second anymore
I thought"first" "second" and "third" places were just civil engineering terms? Like, any bar is just a third place, I don't think all people have a "third place" even though they still visit third places like bars, restaurants, etc...
TT-392··on How to make YouTube less distracting
Some years ago, I got so annoyed that I spent days, just sitting there, clicking the next recommended video, that I just decided to block youtube in the browser. I still had newpipe on my phone, and I used pipe-viewer (commandline youtube browser) on the desktop, to look up vids I found on my phone, so I could watch them on a bigger screen.

Later I discovered invidious, and recently the even better piped.

These days I still have youtube blocked, and I use newpipe + piped for my daily viewing. I still watch a bit more than I'd like sometimes, but it is a lot better than it used to be.

TT-392··on Stop the proposal on mass surveillance of the EU
Something in me almost wants to see this law pass, just to see what happens. I am guessing anyone who knows about internet infra / privacy / security, would either stand up and protest it. Though, for some reason, part of me thinks people would just find a way around it, feel like it is fine like that and not protest at all (I sure prefer the first option). Or I guess the third option: mass noncompliance. Which I guess has been the answer to a lot of EU laws.
TT-392··on Ask HN: What's the best lecture series you've seen?
The mechanical universe is pretty good for learning physics. One day I'll actually watch all of it. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8_xPU5epJddRABXqJ5h5...
TT-392··on GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
>If not, can't you walk into a grocery store and buy a $500 prepaid visa card?

I have never seen a grocery store sell something like that here, but maybe that is because I just never paid attention to that.

Not that I am saying it is super hard to get a credit/debit card, but it sure is one hell of a barrier to throwing money at open source contributers here and there.

TT-392··on GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
Looks like it is maestro which I don't think quite works like that. Looks like Trellmor posted info that explains all of it.
TT-392··on GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
They say that in the article, but at the actual checkout the only options listed rn are paypal and credit card. Also, honestly not even sure my banks debit card would work with something like that, only thing I ever used for paying online is ideal (a dutch payment standard)
TT-392··on GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
Guess I won't be able to sponsor anyone anymore. I guess as a US based company they are expecting everyone to just have a credit card.
TT-392··on Monochrome terminal setup for an E-ink monitor (2022)
I really want to try vim on an e-ink some day. If I find the experience to be alright, I'd totally buy one of those pinenotes for programming (assuming I'd be able to connect a normal keynoard to it). Too bad big e-ink displays are so rare and expensive.
TT-392··on Where does ChatGPT fall on the political compass?
The political compass is relative anyways. You are gonna end up in different places, depending on the place and time for which the test was made. For example, here in the Netherlands, the dutch D66 party is considered a centrist party, but I am pretty sure, that, if you made a party with the same viewpoints in the US, it would be considered left wing. Also, a lot of viewpoints, that have no business being either left or right wing, end up getting adopted by one of the 2 sides, and are considered left or right wing from that point on. While, in another country this same viewpoint might be considered one of the opposite side. The only way to really get an unbiased chatbot, would probably be to just not answer anything at all.
TT-392··on Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
Eugenes physics videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0yBou72Lz9fqeMXh9mkog helped me a lot, both in highschool, and for my EE education. It is what truly made opamps click for me for example. Though, I know people for whom these vids don't seem to work well, so I guess it depends on the person.
TT-392··on Get me off Your Fucking Mailing List (2014) [pdf]
Also, I just found out it is really nice that, when you order stuff from a bunch of sites, and you get a shipping update from a shipping company, without info about which of your orders it is about, you can immediately see that from the email address.
TT-392··on Show HN: A little side project, a watercolor art generator
I have been stuck on 9 hours for a while now
TT-392··on YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option
I'd just recommend using newpipe, piped, or invidious, although, I guess they don't have sort by oldest, just by newest
TT-392··on New Hampshire set to pilot voting machines that use software everyone can see
I remember hearing about a study on very simple electronic voting machines. These machines had a bunch of buttons representing the candidates. And in the study, they were able to make a decent guess of who voted what by looking at the rf emissions from the machine from a distance.

I could imagine a whole computer being there could make the rf emissions less predictable. I can definitely think of some ways of making a simple machine like that more resistant against an attack like that. Idk if the study looked into that, I can't find the study anywhere.

TT-392··on TomTom’s new mapping platform and ecosystem
And contribute data back
TT-392··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
Same idea, but it also has sponsorblock and the bring dislikes back thing. Also less limited resolution options. They are very similar, but I generally prefer piped
TT-392··on NASA’s Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation
Depends on the image I think, shutterspeed can easily be a few hours
TT-392··on Emulating double precision on the GPU to render large worlds
As seen in their video (the fact that movement is choppy, but not the rendering. Indicates they are already doing that
TT-392··on Pipe Viewer
But... pipe-viewer was already a commandline youtube browser
TT-392··on Emulating double precision on the GPU to render large worlds
Or like, I guess a 64 bit int would probably do the job
TT-392··on Emulating double precision on the GPU to render large worlds
Feels kinda weird to be using a data type that gets less precise, the further you move out from the center. Unless the world is infinite (which it sometimes is), isn't it a bit of a waste of precision? I kinda doubt you need nanometer precision, but only within 1 meter from the center. I get that gpus have existing floating point hardware to accelerate stuff. But with more open worlds being a thing. Wouldn't it make sense to include some new, big, floating point data type in hardware / emulate it in software?
TT-392··on Jack Dorsey texts Elon Musk, March 26, 2022
Pretty sure twitter was a mess before bitcoin became relevant
TT-392··on Lycoris Recoil: Turning Original Anime Production Chaos in Your Favor
Was overlord good this season? I kinda dropped it after the third ep
TT-392··on Lycoris Recoil: Turning Original Anime Production Chaos in Your Favor
I thought i was a really fun anime. But I like my, not super high quality, turn your brain off, anime. It is by no way a great anime. I thought it was a lot of fun to watch. But I definitely wouldn't recommend it to everyone. You need to be the correct audience for this show.

As for surprise hit of the year, yup, this is not it. If we go by expected shitty anime that was surprisingly good. My vote would go to isekai ojisan. And if we go by expected good anime that turned out to be amazing, it would be kaguya.

lycoris recoil isn't in there it is just one of the enjoyable seasonal shows.

TT-392··on An early disruption event is starting for the Polar Vortex
The problem wasn't technical vocabulary, the problem was a lot of stuff to read, and the conclusion not having a good tl;dr. I have horrible dyslexia, and I was about to go to sleep when I saw the article. But it seemed important, so I was looking for a tl;dr
TT-392··on Dear Chess World
With modern digital signals, which can be encrypted, and be pretty low power. And with there being lots of radio signals from unknown sources in any populated area. I doubt you'd be able to distinguish the signal from the noise. Unless the entire thing takes place in a fariday cage.
TT-392··on An early disruption event is starting for the Polar Vortex
So.... it is gonna get colder than usual? Article is a bit vague if you don't feel like reading the whole thing start to end.
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