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ianschmitz··on Tesla is recalling its cheaper Cybertruck because the wheels might fall off
No, no, no. it’s been towed beyond the environment, it’s not in the environment
ianschmitz··on The U.K. Smoking Ban Is Illiberal
What did nuts ever do to you?
ianschmitz··on OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent
That linked code is not used by the opencode agent instance though right? Looks related to their web server?
ianschmitz··on Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers
I moved over to Tidal recently. Haven’t missed Spotify
ianschmitz··on A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine
Great video from Benn Jordan on data center noise causing illness to nearby residents: https://youtu.be/_bP80DEAbuo
ianschmitz··on US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says
We’re not playing cards
ianschmitz··on Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability
Pet trackers in which situation though? The times I’ve wanted a tracker on my dog is when we’re out in the woods for a hike and I worry he bolts after an animal or similar. I can’t see how an AirTag would help in that scenario.
ianschmitz··on I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero
I would pay $4/mo to stay as far away from Oracle as possible
ianschmitz··on Japanese four-cylinder engine is so reliable still in production after 25 years
You’re thinking of a couple of the older Honda series of engine. K series spin the conventional direction.
ianschmitz··on I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours
https://usebottles.com
ianschmitz··on Subreply – An open source text-only social network
And yet, it is still not open source :)
ianschmitz··on Practical SDR: Getting started with software-defined radio
ROI?
ianschmitz··on Milwaukee M18 Battery Reverse Engineering
I use Dewalt for my woodworking stuff and Milwaukee M12 for this very reason. M12 for automotive for their high speed ratchet, 3/8” stubby impact, right angle die grinder, etc. Milwaukee seems to have an edge there although Dewalt isn’t far behind.
ianschmitz··on Next.js version 15.2.3 has been released to address a security vulnerability
It took over two weeks to triage on Vercel’s side after disclosure. How is that “good”?
ianschmitz··on Grok 3 claims its system prompt includes censorship about Musk/Trump
Looks like they took this down. I was able to read a few hours ago.
ianschmitz··on Sunsetting Create React App
Thank you Mark for all the hard work you’ve put in to the React community over the years.
ianschmitz··on Sunsetting Create React App
If one of the authors are here, can you please add Ian Sutherland to the thank you note at the bottom? He spent just as much or more of his personal time as Brody and myself. He deserves credit. Thanks
ianschmitz··on Sunsetting Create React App
They are still going out of their way to not say Vite or similar SPA tooling is a completely viable path for a lot of projects. SEO is not critical for all projects like they make you think it is. I’m pretty disappointed by the direction they took in this post.

I was given word back in 2019 while I was working on CRA that the React team was cozying up to the Next team and was going to be pushing Next as the future of React. That never sat well with me and I stopped contributing the following year.

This post took way too long to be sent to the community, but I’m glad they finally did something. It’s been dead for years.

ianschmitz··on Ukraine says Russia drone hits Chernobyl nuclear plant, radiation levels normal
Were you expecting Russia to announce this?
ianschmitz··on Will PocketBase Survive?
(2023)
ianschmitz··on NASA Investigates Laser-Beam Welding in a Vacuum for In-Space Manufacturing
Laser welding has been around for a long time and is getting more common as of recent.

Example: https://youtu.be/YTCnv1RV-Ns

ianschmitz··on Touchscreens are out, and tactile controls are back
You haven’t read the article, but you deemed it pointless. Nice.
ianschmitz··on Happiest Baby Angers Customers
We sold ours a few days before they announced the monthly fee. I feel like we dodged a bullet.
ianschmitz··on Ask HN: Should you reply STOP to unwanted texts?
Are there any rules that folks find really effective? It doesn’t come with any out of the box.
ianschmitz··on A new path for Privacy Sandbox on the web
While I agree with you…

> It looks like they are announcing to the world today that they care more about advertisers than users.

Where does 78% of their revenue come from? I’m not sure why you’re surprised.

ianschmitz··on WA man set up fake free WiFi at airports and on flights, police allege
HSTS is a great mechanism to help protect against this. Although it assumes the user has visited the site previously within the HSTS expiration period. There’s also the HSTS preload list: https://hstspreload.org/
ianschmitz··on Ruby: A great language for shell scripts
Ruby is surprisingly picky with white space
ianschmitz··on Why we no longer use LangChain for building our AI agents
Way to follow your instinct.

I ran into similar limitations for relatively simple tasks. For example I wanted access to the token usage metadata in the response. This seems like such an obvious use case. This wasn’t possible at the time, or it wasn’t well documented anyway.

ianschmitz··on How to prolong lithium based batteries
I wish more devices offered a way to enable a “slow charge” mode.

When I’m plugging my laptop into my dock to work for the next 8 hours it doesn’t need fast charging.

When I’m plugging my phone in before bed to charge for the next 8 hours it doesn’t need fast charging.

ianschmitz··on Harbour Air Seaplane Collides with Boat in Vancouver, Sinks
Is this supposed to be funny?
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