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trogdor··on Apple's Dimensional Drawings
Pretty sure you’re thinking of the NHTSA.
trogdor··on Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation
> The gamble is the long term side effects won't bring up their expiration date sooner.

That is not true. People routinely do things that are likely to shorten their life because they decide the upside is worth it.

trogdor··on I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore
> after a nasty paragliding accident

I’m fairly new to paragliding. What happened? Have you returned to flying?

trogdor··on DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
Anyone can request their residence be blurred on Street View. I did it myself about six years ago.
trogdor··on GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]
>Even Fable hallucinates

It’s in the name :)

trogdor··on US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections
In this case it was a warrant, and the Supreme Court’s ruling does not hold that the warrant violated the fourth amendment.

Edit: looks like I misunderstood what you were referring to by “this case”

trogdor··on Midjourney Medical
There also isn’t a spa yet.
trogdor··on Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests
Minor note: when discussing electricity, abbreviating datacenter as “DC” is confusing
trogdor··on Ask HN: What are your digital end-of-life plans?
What I’ve done:

All of my passwords and passkeys are in Bitwarden. My brother has emergency access, and I’ve documented in Bitwarden Secure Notes my device credentials, recovery codes, estate information, and instructions for accessing my accounts.

One unresolved issue:

I have private photos of current romantic partners in my iOS Photos hidden album. I want my next of kin to be able to access the rest of my digital life, but I also want to protect those people’s privacy.

As far as I know, Apple doesn’t provide a way to grant next-of-kin access to an account while excluding hidden photos.

My current solution is a note asking my brother to delete the hidden photos before looking through the rest of my account. I trust him to do that, but I’d prefer a technical solution.

Is there a better approach?

trogdor··on Modern jet engine turbines: each blade a single crystal (2015)
If a company has a specific knowledge advantage regarding the design or manufacture of turbine blades, wouldn’t they patent it?
trogdor··on Notes from the SF peptide scene
> it's currently difficult to get them prescribed by a legitimate doctor unless your obesity-related health problems are really severe

I think it’s more accurate to say that it’s difficult to get them covered by insurance unless your obesity-related health problems are really severe. In my experience, doctors have no problem prescribing GLP-1 drugs for weight management.

trogdor··on Artemis II is not safe to fly
> The threat of a Chinese moon landing

Maybe I’m naive, but what is the threat here?

> If it was canceled outright it would be much harder to react to any Chinese success

I feel like the appropriate reaction would be to congratulate China.

trogdor··on FTC action against Match and OkCupid for deceiving users, sharing personal data
> The entire point of a dating site is to find somebody to leave that site with.

Many people on dating apps are not looking for exclusive or long-term relationships.

trogdor··on Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional
> In fact, you'll probably not find a billionaire with kids at any daycare

I grew up with the children of a multi-billionaire. His kids went to the same daycare as I did, and it wasn’t particularly fancy.

Some ultra-wealthy people live fairly normal-looking lives.

trogdor··on US economy unexpectedly sheds 92k jobs in February
> if you want to see a rain forest or a thousand year old Buddhist temple or a pyramid, there's not really a substitute in the continental US

Minor nitpick, but there are temperate rain forests in the continental United States. What we don’t have are tropical rain forests.

trogdor··on My lobster lost $450k this weekend
Because it makes for a more eye-catching headline.
trogdor··on iOS 27 'Rave' Update to Clean Up Code, Could Boost Battery Life
I’m sure there are countless examples to the contrary, but I recently submitted feedback regarding an issue that I was experiencing in Final Cut Pro. Within a week, a member of the Final Cut Pro team contacted me and asked for a copy of my video editing files so they could replicate the issue. I sent them the files, they confirmed the issue, and the issue was fixed in the next release.

I was very pleasantly surprised.

trogdor··on Stanford Review: Is YC for Cowards?
> 2 years ago, a much (much) smaller stunt got me nearly fired at $FAANG, and all I could think was "where has the culture gone?"

Okay, I’ll ask. Details?

trogdor··on A flawed paper in management science has been cited more than 6k times
> it became clear that the journal's editor was too embarrassed

How sad. Admitting and correcting a mistake may feel difficult, but it makes you credible.

As a reader, I would have much greater trust in a journal that solicited criticism and readily published corrections and retractions when warranted.

trogdor··on The realities of being a pop star
> I think Charli crossed that line with the success of her album Brat last year.

In Hollywood, that line gets crossed at a surprisingly low level. I am friends with Josh Sussman, who played Jacob Ben Israel on Glee. I occasionally visit him in LA, and we can’t go anywhere in public without getting constantly stopped by people wanting photos. It’s exhausting.

trogdor··on USA gives South Korea green light to build nuclear submarines
> European countries are notable for using commercial hulls standards for these ships

Is that a problem? Why would navy ships need a different hull construction?

trogdor··on GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
Followup: there is a very noticeable change in my written conversations with ChatGPT. It seems that there is no change in voice mode.
trogdor··on GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
I just changed my ChatGPT personality setting to “Efficient.” It still starts every response with “Yeah, definitely! Let’s talk about that!” — or something similarly inefficient.

So annoying.

trogdor··on I Am Mark Zuckerberg
I used to be a full-time YouTuber, and I was very successful. For my channels, the revenue estimates on Socialblade were accurate. Reality for me tended toward their high estimate.
trogdor··on Why aren't smart people happier?
Have you tried therapy? For many people, it works.
trogdor··on The Mack Super Pumper was a locomotive engined fire fighter (2018)
The Plaid can only output its maximum power at 100% state-of-charge (or close to it).

As state-of-charge decreases, so does the overall battery pack voltage. Since the motors can only pull some peak number of amps, doing so at lower pack voltage will always deliver less total power.

I own a Model S Plaid and I used to pay close attention to the OBD-II data, out of curiosity.

trogdor··on Show HN: Dlog – Journaling and AI coach that learns what drives wellbeing (Mac)
I suggest you practice writing more concisely.

The comment you replied to said that “…there's a lot here, and I think the product needs a much clearer story. The copy on the site is long and rambling and needs a lot of tightening up.”

In response, you wrote more text than I am willing to read — even though I was interested in your answer.

trogdor··on Testosterone Administration Induces a Red Shift in Democrats
>I am yet to see a single guy from the right correctly define what "patriarchy" means to the left

What does patriarchy mean to the left?

trogdor··on Social anxiety isn't about being liked
That’s really interesting. Thanks for explaining.
trogdor··on AMD's EPYC 9355P: Inside a 32 Core Zen 5 Server Chip
> Current enterprise SSDs have something like a 10000 TBW rating, which we'd exceed in the first month

Wow. What’s your use case?

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