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boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: Anyone else's short-term memory gone to hell?

I don't know, but it'll take ages to restore cold resilience. Took about 5 years for me.

I think covid might be damaging RNA, or the mitochondrium, or somehow stops the cell from being able to gather energy. Maybe it has something to do with the increased production of lipids and hyaluronic acid which has been described in some reports. Maybe it damages the thyroid. IDK. I hope to find out one day.

boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: What is poor quality vibe code that adds to technical debt called?

slopcode

boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: Anyone else's short-term memory gone to hell?

long covid really hits your memory faculties hard.

the only things that help: deep-breathing exercises, dexketoprofen, creatine, staying warm, and years of time for recovery.

boltzmann-brainon Product Hunt is dead

Yes, I get that this is the objective. I'm asking what the play is, i.e. what they do to get to that objective. What are the actions they take, and how does one recognize them?

boltzmann-brainon Product Hunt is dead

what is the play those PMs go for, and how does one recognize it?

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

> No one said that

that is not true. User lordnacho clearly expressed he thinks Chat Control will be ineffective, and from that one can easily take that ineffective initiatives should not be supported except in cases of wanting to abuse the infrastructure. It's a trope common enough that it comes implied and does not have to be spelled out.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

That's kind of misleading though given that the deck can't display 120 Hz

boltzmann-brainon NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?

Then why not another tech hub like SV or Seattle?

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

They willingly settled for $1B with the FCC over Uzbekistan. Over Uzbekistan. It has to be insignificant money for them, otherwise... they would have simply not paid.

https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-s-mts-to-pay-850-million-to-s...

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

yeah, wish it was higher than 60 hz

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

While it's easy to start believing this is the only motive, the truth of the matter is that a lot of stupid people do crime. So even if you only catch the stupid criminals, you still catch a bunch of criminals.

And I mean _stupid_. You wouldn't believe how intensely stupid some of those people are, but read some court records and you will come away deeply surprised we are making it as a species.

But yes, there is no doubt that what you mention is a major motivator for at least some of the people pushing for it.

P.S. I'm not saying "stupid => does crime", please don't read that into what I said above - I'm just saying that `#("stupid and also does crime")` is a large number.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

they're wired, so probably.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

I agree, building a community is very difficult, I've built a few myself.

But sometimes something merely existing can prevent other things from flourishing, e.g. due to the mechanism of Schelling points:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schelling_point

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

It's not hard to imagine why. They want to spy on their subjects, and don't want to be told how to do it. Hence spying yes, EU no.

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

> Crooks.

There's a bunch of people organizing against those crooks on the OG Stop Killing Games discord. Just type "stopkillinggames" into Discord's invite box.

One interesting note: The group has even identified a suspected Russian spy network tied to the Russian telco MTS. MTS paid a close to $1B fine for unsavoury business in Uzbekistan [1] and is known to operate GFW and similar tech [2] in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Belarus [3] for example. The company is trying to get at people's biometrics, by posing as a KYC / Online Safety Act compliance company. [4] They probably do provide the services, but one can imagine where the data is also going.

As a parallel thread mentions, anything related to Chat Control and other Internet control things immediately becomes a target for state actors trying to undermine democracy. [5] In my opinion, it is also often initiated and pushed for by them.

[1] https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-s-mts-to-pay-850-million-to-s...

[2] https://www.techradar.com/news/data-leak-reveals-how-russia-...

[3] https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mobile-telesystems-o...

[4] (link works after joining said discord) https://discord.com/channels/1281358651470381097/14006009921...

[5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45353056

boltzmann-brainon Denmark wants to push through Chat Control

Maybe it's a good idea for the ones pushing this because that is the intended state.

Don't forget, Russia has trillions of dollars for bribes.

boltzmann-brainon NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?

ok, fine, then why place it in NYC? it's a mobile phone, it could be anywhere.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

sadly no.

i guess that's that then!

boltzmann-brainon YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content

indeed, didn't YT ban a bunch of RT employees for undisclosed ties? I bet those will be coming back.

boltzmann-brainon A vibrator helped me debug a motorcycle brake light system

> It bumps up the debounce for next time

...

> But when things are smooth for a while, the debounce comes back down

it sounds like he's just incrementing a variable in the first case and using timers to decrement it in the second case. that's a bad implementation. the correct implementation here is an envelope follower, or maybe-perhaps a kalman filter. OP's implementation will exhibit motorboating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorboating_(electronics)

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

Same.

I would really love them to do a Fallout game. The original two games had a lot of properties to them that 3 and subsequent games just ignored or straight up went against, including NV. To me, as a fan who grew up with the first two, it's like a different game series.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

To me, BG3 is basically a system seller for the deck.

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

Which one is it?

boltzmann-brainon Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

Big tip: get the LCD and a DeckHD. The mod takes a long time, but it's not technically difficult.

Yeah, I know most people will say the Deck is already too slow for 800p, so why would it pull 1080p well?

I have two decks, one's got Deck HD, the other doesn't. I render the Deck HD one at 540 native and upscale 2x with FSR. It looks way better than the stock display one and runs better as well. Similar with HZD and other highly demanding games.

That said, 99% of my time on the Deck is spent playing retro games. Does that need 1080p? No. Can it use it? Yes, very much so.

I never pick up the original deck anymore - the Deck HD modded one is just better.

boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)

Main tech skills:

- Backend Programming: Zig, Rust, Haskell, Python, JS, TypeScript, Node, Vue, React, Elm, Scala, C, C++, SQL, Perl, PHP, Clojure, OCaml, Erlang, Elixir, Theorem provers (TLA+, Isabelle HOL, Agda), ...

- Devops & co: NixOS, Terraform, AWS, Docker, Ansible, Linux admin, Distributed Systems, ... Quote from code review: "This is the most beautiful Bash code I've ever seen written"

- Fintech: Dev experience with banks and financial institutions. Launched Tezos and other major blockchains. Dozens of smart contract audits.

- Bizdev: Gamification, consumer modelling, data-driven retention and engagement

- AI: LLMs, predictive text, machine vision (trajectory tracking), DSP, Big Data, ...

- Infosec: Cryptography, Red team testing, RE, audits, threat modeling, ...

- Other tech: Godot game engine, audio engineering (mastering), Verilog, VHDL

Management and business: Minor in Psychology, led and managed teams between 2 and 30 people, product design and gamification, hiring, executive and political outreach, media appearances, and a lot of other experience that won't fit in this post.

boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2025)

SEEKING WORK | REMOTE ~~

20+ yoe as dev/IC. 10+ yoe in managerial and executive roles. Multiple great exits and acquisitions. I have recently built a software NGO with over half a million supporters and over a thousand active volunteers and major political and media networking. I have built tech for Tezos, Oracle, Shell, Digitas, Saatchi & Saatchi, Time Warner, Sparkasse, Bank of America.

If there's a problem related to tech, I can solve it, and build a team or company around it. Available for work as dev/IC, EM, Director, or CTO, with experience in each. Full-solution MVP development from scratch. Performance optimization and modernization of older systems. DSL and programming language design, compilers. Let me know if you're looking for experience that isn't below! HN posts are short. CV upon request.

If you think I might be able to help you, shoot me an email: damian.jobsites+hn@gmail.com

~~

Example engagement types:

- Long term dev / IC or managerial roles

- Security audits for cryptography and secure code

- Review your code and dev processes, 10-page report

- Short-term dev and research work

- One-shot meetings

(see reply for skill list)

boltzmann-brainon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2025)