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335 karma · joined July 18, 2013

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/aeno; my proof: https://keybase.io/aeno/sigs/o0IkalWkUuZjgmKpxwvD6b9JViRgO2cMk1YMVxiSVqI ]
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aeno··on East Asian aerosol cleanup has likely contributed to global warming
if you say "less humans", surely you mean "less ultra-rich humans", right? because poorer humans usually account for the minority of all the pollution.
aeno··on Wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea 'may be Europe’s oldest megastructure'
There's an artistic illustration of what it might have looked like at northern german public TV channel NDR [0].

It is only the teaser image and doesn't show up on their actual article. [1]

[0] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/ostsee...

[1] https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/rostoc...

aeno··on AOL pretends to be the internet
I remember seeing these CD displays at every corner, from malls to small kiosks. They were everywhere. And so, kids grabbed them and played frisbee with them right on the streets. So, these CDs were lying all over the ground. In every street, at bus stops, playgrounds. Everywhere.
aeno··on AOL pretends to be the internet
Are you me? This was my exact experience back in the early 2000s when AOL expanded to Germany.
aeno··on No CSS Club
You don't have to guess. You can just use https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/pref...
aeno··on Pixpaint
Was totally underwhelmed an wondered why everyone seems to like this. Then I noticed that it doesn't work well on Firefox and is performing better on Chrome. Well done!
aeno··on How true is 'Speed Enforced by Aircraft' Sign? (2016)
Are you trolling? Where in France are you allowed to go 250km/h?
aeno··on How true is 'Speed Enforced by Aircraft' Sign? (2016)
At least if your car is registered in a European Union country, you will still get a ticket. It takes some days, but eventually it will appear in your mailbox at home.

You could get away with simply not paying, as collection would be too much of a hassle. But they'll note your plates and the next time you're back into Norway and your plate gets scanned, they might visit you right on the spot to collect your debts.

aeno··on Nightdrive
https://www.dwitter.net/ comes to mind
aeno··on Weird Al had 100 gigs of RAM
I like the idea of adding SINGME files to my repos from now on
aeno··on Hyundai car security uses private keys from NIST example and OpenSSL tutorial
How long until they try to sue his ass?

The whole story sounds so damn stupid, I can't believe no one in the whole production process stood up and said "Wait, shouldn't we make our own keys for encryption?". There must be a deeper meaning in all this. Honestly, how can they be so stupid?

aeno··on Why software engineers like woodworking
There's a saying at my workplace that goes like

> Something with wood

It's a short, dumbed-down version of "screw it, I'd rather do something with wood instead" and every dev recites it every once in a while when they encounter strange bugs or other annoyances.

aeno··on Ashton Kutcher’s non-profit, Thorn, supports EU plans for CSAM scanning
German data protection officer Ulrich Kelber thinks the proposal is incompatible with applicable EU law: https://twitter.com/UlrichKelber/status/1524738280171913218
aeno··on My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll
completely off topic, but you're not Jan Marsalek[0] by any chance? the Wirecard criminal that is wanted by Interpol? :)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Marsalek

aeno··on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
This is doing exactly what I'm currently doing locally with a spreadsheet - just better and polished. Great work!
aeno··on PHP in 2022
PHP uses a garbage collector since version 5.3 that was released around 2009/2010.
aeno··on PHP 8.1.0
> Except that they're not limited to web applications

With PHP, you're not limited to web apps as well. The same rapid-fire style development can be applied when building CLI applications.

aeno··on Chevron Is Refusing to Pay for the “Amazon Chernobyl”
They should have thought about that before acquiring Texaco's liabilities. And I bet they have - you can bet this refusal was calculated into the acquisition.
aeno··on Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime
A real classic comes to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ5MA685ApE

Moving a running server about 7km through public transport without downtime.

aeno··on I’ve made a conscious effort to stop apologizing for bugs in my code
> You did not test it? Apologize.

Not on every case. I once had a customer who literally removed the "Testing" part of my offer because it seemed to expensive to him.

As testing often takes a considerable amount of time I do list it explicitly in an offer and don't "hide" it in the numbers for the other tasks.

aeno··on Control your server using Whatsapp
Why not use the free telegram API?
aeno··on The Log File Navigator
I love it! Been searchin for something like that for a long time.
aeno··on Show HN: CF-BAN, a tiny shell script to automatically ban IPs on CloudFlare
Maybe you should mention the configuration in your README. Some blind admin might just throw it in and wonders why nothing happens.
aeno··on Show HN: Memory Chimp – How good is your working memory?
Very cool. But one thing: please prevent zooming. Sometimes after tapping a circle I accidently tap it twice, the site zooms in and I instantly miss the next one :)
aeno··on Magento is dead – Merchants want a suite of marketing tools, not refactored code
I assume you have never worked with xtCommerce... My first experience with eCommerce applications was xtC 3 and that thing really got me headaches...
aeno··on Mother
exactly my thought :D