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Just another HN reader. :)
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slipheen··on Modifying an HDMI dummy plug's EDID using a Raspberry Pi
https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/p/5megt2xqmlryafj...
slipheen··on Modifying an HDMI dummy plug's EDID using a Raspberry Pi
Relatedly, is there a good archive of EDID binaries somewhere, or a better program to make them?

I have an nice programmable EDID emulator plug, and I can clone my monitor and others, but there's some times there's a specific resolution or feature I want to set and I don't have a way to. (Like 8K with DSC, etc)

I'm aware of https://github.com/bsdhw/EDID but it's rather limited in terms of modern monitors.

I've also written by own using https://www.analogway.com/products/aw-edid-editor but getting all the nuances of various modes, and setting preference order, etc, is rather difficult, at least for me :)

slipheen··on CINC Is Not Chef
I think the license change and initial fork was back in 2019? It's been a while.
slipheen··on CINC Is Not Chef
A few years ago, Chef (configuration software, sort of like ansible) changed their license, and this is a fork which maintains the open source.
slipheen··on Doge Claimed It Saved $8B in One Contract. It Was $8M
Respectfully, I don't see how that comment relates to this discussion, can you help me better understand what you're going for?

In this case, DOGE confused 8M for 8B. That's 3 orders of magnitude of difference.

I don't see how having payments labeled differently would change that. Can you clarify what you're implying the problem was here?

slipheen··on Tomato64: A port of Tomato Firmware to x86_64
Having used both at home, Tomato is much easier for doing standard home WiFi things. You can change wireless power levels, setup guest networks, etc easily within the UI.

Pfsense/opensense is easier when you have complicated routing needs, like multiple vlans with various split tunnels, etc.

It’s not 100% accurate, but imo if you want a short-hand you could say tomato is WiFi focused with routing support, and opensense is routing focused with WiFi support.

slipheen··on A Swiss town banned billboards. Zurich, Bern may soon follow
The American state of Vermont has banned billboards since 1968. It makes spending time in the state extraordinarily pleasant.
slipheen··on Show HN: Glasskube – Open Source Kubernetes Package Manager, alternative to Helm
This looks interesting, thanks for sharing it.

Feel free to disregard, but it would help me understand if you briefly explain how this fits in with / compares to existing tools like argocd.

I watched your video and I saw that argo was one of the tools you were installing, so clearly this is occupying a different niche - But I'm not sure what that is yet :)

slipheen··on Apple to 'pay' OpenAI for ChatGPT through distribution, not cash
There isn't anything like that currently - The integration that's been announced/shown is more like the current fallback in Siri of "Would you like me to Google that for you?"
slipheen··on Show HN: Supertone Shift – AI powered Real-time voice changer
Would imagine the same sort of reasons people do v tubing in general, such as safety and anonymity.
slipheen··on I can fix this PC, boss, but I'll need to play games for hours to do it
I would like that sort of service but often am unable to find it. Do you have any suggestions? Perhaps you just have particularly good local shops?
slipheen··on Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers
It seems bizarre to me that they wouldn’t have that sensor, I wonder if maybe it’s because they somehow didn’t calibrate properly for the force at the top angle?

I don’t have/want to cybertruck, but I wonder if it would stop properly if you were to have something at the bottom blocking it.

slipheen··on Tesla Cybertruck Frunk Is Hungry for Fingers
I apologize, but I’m not sure I understand what point you’re making here?

It seems like such a strange comment- surely there is a gulf of difference between a commercial robot that will be interacted with by a few trained factory workers and something which is sold to everyday people and on public streets right?

Can you elaborate more on the comparison you’re trying to draw?

I am trying to take it in good faith, but I’m genuinely at a loss trying to understand what you’re going for.

slipheen··on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
Wow, I thought I had read otherwise. I guess I was wrong, thanks.
slipheen··on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
I think we’re using different definitions of consumer replaceable.

That link is for sending it back to Apple for warranty service.

My point was that as far as I can tell, they aren’t expecting you to swap battery packs or change anything that uses that cable.

They don’t sell extra batteries so it’s not like they’re trying to upsell on a proprietary connector.

Anyway, I do agree that it would be better if it used a regular USB connection — and better still if it didn’t need an external battery pack at all.

slipheen··on Is the $139 Amazon Prime Subscription Still Worth It?
I’m sure it varies from person to person- but I typically buy my Apple products there since they aren’t typically discounted elsewhere anyway.

In the last year, I also picked up a treadmill, and new NAS device, and some camera equipment.

My total spend for the year was somewhat embarrassingly high, but well over 7K.

slipheen··on Vision Pro Teardown – Why those fake eyes look so weird
It’s not intended to be a consumer replaceable connector. People opened up the device and figured out that you can get to that cable, but it’s not mentioned anywhere and not designed to be used directly.

They’re not trying to force a new connector on anyone - they don’t even sell anything that uses it that part.

It’s the way one proprietary part talks to another proprietary part.

If you want to charge the system through USB-C, it has a port for that on the battery pack.

slipheen··on Is the $139 Amazon Prime Subscription Still Worth It?
I think it depends on your spend.

If you have an Amazon Prime Visa credit card, you get 5% cashback on purchases if you have Amazon Prime, and 3% cashback if you don't.

If you regularly buy a few high-ticket items a year on amazon, that 2% difference will cover the price of prime.

slipheen··on New York’s attorney general says SiriusXM’s cancellation process is illegal
From what I recall when I registered some time back, it was possible to simply use any debit card for the process. This meant there was no need to share login details with anyone.

Their documentation may provide more current details than I can though.

https://support.privacy.com/hc/en-us/articles/7970157169943-...

slipheen··on OpenAI staff threaten to quit unless board resigns
Absolutely agreed

This is the point where I've realized I just have to wait until history is written, rather than trying to follow this in real time.

The situation is too convoluted, and too many people are playing the media to try to advance their version of the narrative.

When there is enough distance from the situation for a proper historical retrospective to be written, I look forward to getting a better view of what actually happened.

slipheen··on Update on the OpenAI drama: Altman and the board had till 5pm to reach a truce
People are speculating without knowing the details.
slipheen··on Zimbra 0-day used to steal email data from government organizations
Looking at the links on that page, the only links for 9.0 or 10.0 look to be for the network edition (non oss)

I'm not familiar with the situation, but reading through https://blog.zimbra.com/2020/05/is-zimbra-open-source-yes-fa... suggests that they do still provide source for at least some portions of 9.x, but they no longer provide binaries or packages.

It looks like some components may be missing ("Modern UI"), but I don't know if it's usable without them.

slipheen··on Ask HN: [USA] Why is it impossible to schedule a doctor's appointment?
Unfortunately in many areas, these are not available.

I don't live in a city, and would have to drive over an hour to the nearest concierge practice.

slipheen··on Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones: odd plan to stop election fraud
Did you happen to know that not everyone is required to file a federal income tax statement? The IRS does not require you to pay income tax, or file taxes, unless you make over $19,400 (as of 2022) https://www.irs.gov/publications/p501

It's really difficult to tell what percentage of people that applies to, but just for one example I got from Google, The Tax Policy Center estimates that 70 Million Americans do not need to pay income tax.

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/tpc-number-those-who-...

slipheen··on 1.56M dehumidifiers recalled due to fire and burn hazards
It's deprecated value isn't the most important part if they are no longer safe to use - The replacement value is what matters.
slipheen··on Older mouse brains rejuvenated by protein found in young blood
How does the idea that "People are already doing objectionable thing X", make "objectionable thing Y" better?

I appreciate where you are coming from - It seems like you're saying it's not that far from existing common practices.

But if people find something distasteful and think it's a bad idea, how close it is to other things isn't really relevant. Maybe those should be banned/fixed too, maybe not.

But if people dislike something or find it "yucky", it's fair for them to raise objections.

slipheen··on EVs from Toyota, Ford, Audi and Genesis are sitting on dealer lots
You're just a few years out of date.

That used to be the case but the plug-in hybrids like the RAV4 prime and the Prius prime can be driven entirely in EV mode.

For most people, 40 miles of EV range is going to cover 95% of their trips.

slipheen··on The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen
That's not exactly a list of people who are likely to do a good job.

I think that's part of Reddit's problem - They can replace the mods with random people if they want, but the likelihood that those people will put in the work and do a good job is not high.

slipheen··on The note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don’t reopen
There's quite a few, and most of them federate with one another.

What's interesting is that Reddit isn't really a single community - Each individual subreddit has it's own moderators, editorial voice, group of people, etc. They can each move independently.

For example, /r/startrek and the related startrek websites have all moved to https://startrek.website

This federates with Lemmy, kbin, etc - So if a user posts to startrek.website it shows up everyone else's servers, and people can reply from whatever federated site they use

slipheen··on Bcachefs – A New COW Filesystem
If I recall correctly, Bcachefs grew out of the author's work on bcache, which was explicitly designed for exactly that goal.

I used it extensively back in the day and it was remarkably solid. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/bcache

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