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lwhalen··on Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
That is good to know, thank you, but why must I use _an entirely different browser_ for this? (Rhetorical question, I know - 'because it's Apple and they hate anything not of their beautiful walled garden')
lwhalen··on Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max
Still can't install uBlock Origin or any other firefox add-on? Deal-breaker. Sorry Apple, that's one more $1200 phone you're not selling me.
lwhalen··on If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get in touch
Thanks for this. I had no idea! I definitely did not have any suicidal thoughts while on it, but it sounds like I was a lucky one.
lwhalen··on If you have first-hand knowledge of the FDA’s torpor, get in touch
I actually just stopped my daily montelukast pill a few months ago. No side effects, I just hated having to take a daily. I was told - years ago - that it was practically benign. What am I missing?
lwhalen··on Defecting from North Korea is now harder
...wat
lwhalen··on The first Oxide rack being prepared for customer shipment
I have a very strong aversion to being put in any kind of sales system. Do you have anything public you can share at this time, or is it all "contact sales for pricing"-level stuff?
lwhalen··on The first Oxide rack being prepared for customer shipment
Is there a public price list anywhere?
lwhalen··on $900k Median Package for Engineers at OpenAI
Now if only they would hire remote...
lwhalen··on Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantly deteriorated lately?
Gen Y hits back. I love it :-D
lwhalen··on Tell HN: Eid Mubarak
Diderot or not, the 18th Century French certainly knew how to treat their politicians when they went just a bit too despotic.
lwhalen··on Tell HN: Eid Mubarak
ssshhhhh, it's not irrational superstition if it's been practiced for > 200 years. At that point it becomes quaint tradition. After 500 years, it's 'cultural practice'. Beyond that, unquestionable dogma.

Mankind will only be free when the last priest is strangled with the entrails of the last politician.

lwhalen··on Rural children now grow slightly taller than city children in wealthy countries
Highly context-dependant. You don't see too many dwarf NBA stars, for example. "The fight does not always go to the strong, nor the race to the swift. But that is the way to bet."
lwhalen··on The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 as a Linux Laptop
Same here, I have spent an INORDINATE amount of hours trying to fix this exact same trackpad issue on two generations of Thinkpad X-series, and it just. doesn't. work. My next linux laptop will be a Framework.
lwhalen··on MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max
What is up with the gigantic notch? Deal-killer for me, personally. My Intel MBP works just fine so long as I disable Intel TurboBoost.
lwhalen··on Universal flu vaccine against all known subtypes takes promising first steps
Employers (mostly in Blue strongholds) were EXTREMELY EAGER to fire people - even remote employees - who did not want to submit paperwork showing they took the vaccine. If you refused, they marked you 'refusenik' and you were let go anyway.
lwhalen··on Universal flu vaccine against all known subtypes takes promising first steps
...prepare yourself for massive downvotes. I'm in the same boat - how can I possibly be 'anti vax' if I've gotten pretty much all the PREVIOUS ones (based on the older tech), and I'm just skeptical of the utility/necessity of this new tech that appears to have non-trivial risks of debilitating or fatal side effects?
lwhalen··on Ask HN: Do You Host Your Own Email?
Yup, OpenBSD + OpenSMTPD off a wholesaleinternet dedicated box, for roughly a dozen domains. Previously, Postfix and/or qmail.

If anyone's got any tips or contacts for getting off of Microsoft's (live.com, outlook.com, hotmail.com ,etc) blacklist, I'd be much obliged. Their webform for such matters goes nowhere, and postmaster@ goes unanswered. It apparently has to do with the ASN of my hosting provider, but I've been on the same IP for 6+ years now and have done nothing untoward with it.

lwhalen··on IPv6 Internet is broken
Netflix also refuses to accept HE IPv6 traffic. This was 'fun' to find out when deploying IPv6 on my home network, and my TV could no longer stream from them.
lwhalen··on Proposed bill would shorten California workweek to 32 hours
The Libertarian party welcomes you both.
lwhalen··on Mail Tester
I just wish they supported IPv6.
lwhalen··on Ask HN: Video On or Off?
Off 99% of the time. It's almost never needed.
lwhalen··on Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?
Indeed, deadly misinformation about a disease with a 99.8% survival rate. The shame, the horror...
lwhalen··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)
All of my agreements. The Devops Engineers slack (devopsengineers.com) has been enforcing this recently, and we've had a notable uptick in the quality of job postings.
lwhalen··on Looks vs. Results: My ugly ad got 150% more clicks than a professional design
Got a link to that subreddit for us plebs not in the know?
lwhalen··on Unanswered user makes question their MS thesis and answers self 2 years later
And roofing.
lwhalen··on Treasure Hunter Notches 5th Year in Prison for Refusing to Forfeit His Loot
There are limits, according to the article. 18 months. The judge is choosing to ignore the statute because, well, he is allowed to. The nitpicking over the minutiae is pretty much why we have a legal system.
lwhalen··on The biggest competitor to your digital service? The Mars Bar
$30/yr for a VPN service so your isp doesn't disconnect you for torrenting, at least in the US
lwhalen··on I assume I’m below average (2010)
the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations... Well, I have really good days
lwhalen··on Why does Linux have so much trouble sleeping and waking?
Thanks very much!
lwhalen··on Why does Linux have so much trouble sleeping and waking?
Could you tell me more about this firmware option? As a ThinkPad owner/Linux user, I'd be very interested!
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