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TheTxT

113 karma · joined October 19, 2023

IT Sysadmin by day, software developer by night. I also have a blog I rarely post on: https://thetxt.io You can reach me at hn@thetxt.io
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TheTxT··on iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27
The download on my iPhone said it’s iOS 26.7, but it definitely installed 27 (:
TheTxT··on I stopped trusting USB-C cable labels and started testing them
They’re chunky, but very flexible. There’s basically no memory effect to them either, so they don’t try to curl up on their own.
TheTxT··on Performing live migrations of VMs at scale
Would have been nice to have an explanation on how this compares to Proxmox/vSphere live migrating VMs with nonexistent downtime not even missing a single ping
TheTxT··on Apple WWDC 2026
No :(
TheTxT··on Apple WWDC 2026
My Series 6 offers me to download the watchOS 27 developer beta, so it seems like someone messed up
TheTxT··on Apple TV remote is the perfect accessory for vibe coding
It’s missing the Netflix button
TheTxT··on Microsoft exec suggests AI agents will need to buy licenses, just like employees
Then you need to pay up via user CALs as is already common practice with windows server licensing.
TheTxT··on Stop Flock
"No way to prevent this" says the only country where this regularly happens
TheTxT··on GitHub backs down, kills Copilot pull-request ads after backlash
There is no way they didn’t think they could sell those spots in the future.
TheTxT··on Iran war energy crisis is a renewable energy wake-up call
You don’t burn your batteries though. You build them once and then use them for 20 years. They will just keep working when the next war erupts on the other side of the planet.
TheTxT··on Mullvad VPN: Banned TV Ad in the Streets of London [video]
Gandi is sadly not a great example anymore for this, as they raised prices quite a lot over recent years, especially for their email service.
TheTxT··on Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway
Well, I didn’t say that they did it well
TheTxT··on Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway
Which makes it easier to scale?
TheTxT··on Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway
Except for their limited Robotaxi service. They have recently ditched their safety driver as well, so there is truly no one "driving" the car.
TheTxT··on You are being mislead about renewable energy technology. [video]
I actually posted this before watching it completely through… I was just reminded of recent discussions of EV vs ICE cars I have read here and Alec managed to put my thoughts much better into words than I could myself. After watching it through completely I just feel sad that what he needed to say out loud actually needs to be said at all as it should be obvious (coming from someone watching from the other side of the pond)
TheTxT··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
And gasoline just magically appears at the gas station? Wars over oil are being fought for decades and nothing similar has happened over Lithium yet?
TheTxT··on Waymo founder John Krafcik: Tesla's Full Self-Driving has 'bad case of myopia'
On the other hand, a human can only look into one direction, while a Tesla can look into all directions at once. Also human drivers are often distracted, intoxicated, etc. An attentive driver would probably perform better, but I’d rather have all others be slightly worse on the high end of driving skill, while significantly increasing the skill of low end drivers.
TheTxT··on Dockerhub for Skill.md
Santa Claus
TheTxT··on San Remo Pasta Measurer
There are many forms of pasta that don’t have this problem.
TheTxT··on Ask HN: Share your personal website
https://thetxt.io
TheTxT··on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn
As a German I envy your meetings with Germans
TheTxT··on 1.5 TB of VRAM on Mac Studio – RDMA over Thunderbolt 5
The gpu can’t access that directly however. On Apple Silicon it can all be used as vram.
TheTxT··on Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
Fair enough. I would still personally feel uneasy about it, but I guess it’s alright if it works for others.
TheTxT··on Your job is to deliver code you have proven to work
This approach sounds like a great way to get a lot of security holes into your code. Maybe your competitors will be faster at first, but it’s probably better to be a bit slower and not leaking all your users data.
TheTxT··on Map of all the buildings in the world
Can’t wait for the "falsehoods programmers believe about buildings" blog post
TheTxT··on GitLab discovers widespread NPM supply chain attack
But how do you left pad a string?
TheTxT··on Solarpunk is happening in Africa
Not an electrical engineer, but doesn’t the voltage combined with the bodies resistance dictate the amperage? So anything under 50VDC just can’t transmit enough amps through the body to be harmful?
TheTxT··on Two billion email addresses were exposed
In that case he could just store the emails that haven’t been compromised yet.
TheTxT··on Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower
Can’t forget the Olympic sized swimming pools!
TheTxT··on "Null" breaks Swift bank transfer
Why not just a good old zero width space?
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