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_JamesA_··on Tesla killing Solar Roof is leaving installers with six-figure losses
How does one go about acquiring these?
_JamesA_··on Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years
GOO. I remember Punter well.
_JamesA_··on Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials
From the "Fall 2018 Culture Shift" issue of California Magazine.
_JamesA_··on The greatest shot in television: James Burke had one chance to nail this scene (2024)
I was so lucky to be able to grow up watching quality shows like this. Thank you PBS (and BBC).
_JamesA_··on IBM 3270 Information Display System: Color and Programmed Symbols (1979) [pdf]
The problem wasn't the AS/400 (IBM i) it was the 5250 interface. That's throwing the baby out with the bath water.
_JamesA_··on Telnyx package compromised on PyPI
Voip.ms is great for a simple SIP trunk but it has almost none of the programmable voice and other features of Telnyx or Twilio.
_JamesA_··on Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team
Are you referring to signing up for the blog[1] email or something else? It was last updated July 25, 2025.

[1]: https://tailwindcss.com/blog

_JamesA_··on Permit shows Micro Center could bring tech products to North Austin
https://www.microcenter.com/site/stores/austin.aspx
_JamesA_··on Lucky 13: a look at Debian trixie
Trixie has been great except for the proprietary nvidia driver. The upgraded 550 driver has known problems with 4k @ 120hz that causes crazy flickering [1].

I tried the 580 bundle with the same problem. I had to revert to the 535 bundle.

[1]: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/nvidia-555-58-4k-120hz...

_JamesA_··on SSL certificate requirements are becoming obnoxious
Code signing certificates are even worse.
_JamesA_··on History of "Adventure" for the Atari 2600
Play Atari 2600 Adventure online.

https://atarionline.org/atari-2600/adventure

_JamesA_··on Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
Me too. Luckily the smell doesn't persist.
_JamesA_··on Home washing machines fail to remove important pathogens from textiles
> 2) do not use liquid fabric softeners. see #1. I use a fabric sheet on drying.

Have you tried vinegar in the wash and wool dryer balls? I pre-wash with vinegar and add an extra rinse cycle. It's way better than fabric sheets and the balls also speed up the drying process.

_JamesA_··on Show HN: I built a hardware processor that runs Python
It would be interesting to see something like this that runs WASM as a universal bytecode.
_JamesA_··on New urinal designs prevent 265,000 gallons of urine splashing onto the floor
A picture for anyone else curious what a Kohler Derry looks like.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/101034470@N04/52044489934/

_JamesA_··on Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte
The big 3 get hired to protect managers. Hire a smaller consulting firm and the project goes sideways you both get fired. Hire a big firm and it goes sideways they get fired - until the next project.
_JamesA_··on Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11
I recently used this generator to deploy a fleet of Windows 11 Enterprise virtual machines in VMWare Workstation. Very nice.
_JamesA_··on If you get the chance, always run more extra network fiber cabling
Have fusion splicers come down in price? Can you recommend any?
_JamesA_··on Ask HN: Do your eyes bug you even though your prescription is "correct"?
What is a higher end optician and how do you find one?
_JamesA_··on iText PDF Library turns 25
I stopped using iText back when it changed licensing because the developer wanted his government to pay to use it (or something like that). What ever happened with that fiasco?
_JamesA_··on Vim after Bram: a core maintainer on how they've kept it going
Wow thanks for that tip! I wasn't aware of :term before but that's great. I have always used :!sh or ^z.
_JamesA_··on Boeing Explores Sale of Space Business
http://archive.today/wsie0
_JamesA_··on California bans sell-by dates
I never thought of it that way but IPA's always taste off to me.
_JamesA_··on American Radio Relay League paid $1M ransom payment
Technical debt has to be paid one way or the other.
_JamesA_··on German Navy blasts out Darth Vader theme on Thames
I was just on a solo visit to London for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised that there is a Fawlty Towers play [1] and a dinner show! [2]

I, sadly, did not partake in either option. I shall return.

[1]: https://fawltytowerswestend.com/

[2]: https://www.westendtheatre.com/56131/shows/faulty-towers-the...

_JamesA_··on Microsoft is finally removing the FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11
Direct link to the YT video in question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GeF9AjlqP8

_JamesA_··on Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
Or Linux.
_JamesA_··on OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable behavior
The number of expect scripts I find in production that are used to automate ssh password authentication is ridiculous.
_JamesA_··on Amazon Pharmacy
I've been using them for a little over a year for a daily medication. The price is less than half what the local pharmacies are charging - and that's without insurance.
_JamesA_··on MFJ is ceasing its on-site production
If you want to get licensed I found HamStudy's[1] learning method the most efficient use of my time and was able to breeze through Technician and General class. Their "Find a Session"[2] page makes it easy and inexpensive to take the test(s) remotely too.

[1]: https://hamstudy.org

[2]: https://hamstudy.org/sessions

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