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Rychard··on Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions
In a true emergency, I don't know that it matters whether or not you're licensed.

I agree though that getting licensed might be useful for knowing how to use it.

Rychard··on Show HN: Qwen3-4B with the AI writing tics trained out
It's a quote from the comedy movie "Blades of Glory"
Rychard··on Vehicle Motion Cues
I think the issue is that color blindness is typically the result of a physical abnormality with the rods/cones in the retina.

Your claim is essentially akin to saying a black-and-white printer could somehow print in color. It's a physical impossibility. Whether certain substances could trick the brain into believing it can see colors is another story altogether.

That said, there are forms of color blindness that are caused by neurological issues, but those are far more rare.

Rychard··on REO Trucks I4 4WD Pickup Truck Starts at $21,500
There is something to be said about this particular style of argument, as it's akin to the "paradox of tolerance".

Ultimately I think the most fair thing is to let both sides attempt to build support until a clear victor emerges.

Rychard··on LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
I'm not saying that Firefox on Android has significant market share; rather that Android has significant market share, and those users could be served by switching to Firefox solely for the purpose of using an adblocker.

If all Android users did this, something would change.

Rychard··on LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions
Firefox on Android supports it without any issue. That would cover a significant enough segment of the population that it might encourage actual change in the industry if people started moving to that platform.
Rychard··on Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars
You'd be required to jump through the hoops to get your custom firmware approved by the necessary regulatory bodies, just as Tesla did for theirs.

It's not really feasible for a private owner, so I can see why it's not offered as an option.

Rychard··on Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
I live in a not-so-great area of town. There were two murders in the last 6 months. One in my neighborhood, and the other in an adjacent public park.

The always-on lighting is a deterrent to anyone trying to hide from police.

Rychard··on Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
The lights are indeed outdoor, and cover most of my backyard. It's a neighborhood within a major metropolitan area, but the light doesn't bleed beyond my property lines.

As for the "why", the answer is security. If someone attempts to hide in my yard, they'll find it quite difficult to remain unseen.

Most of my neighbors have floodlights of their own (though mine are easily the brightest), and I've gotten no complaints in the years I've had them. If any of my neighbors voiced concerns about them, I would try to work with them to find a solution. I have to live next to them, so it only makes sense to stay on good terms.

Rychard··on Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first hardware product
I have a pair of PAR38 LED bulbs from Cree Lighting (2100 lumens) that are rated for 25,000 hours. They're in a flood-light mounted under the eaves of my house.

I never got around to putting them on a dusk-to-dawn timer, so they've been burning 24/7 since I purchased them at the end of 2020 (except for the occasional power outage, of course). I paid $20/each for them.

Sample size of 1 (technically 2), but there are definitely products on the market that meet your criteria.

Rychard··on Auto-grading decade-old Hacker News discussions with hindsight
As the saying goes, "past performance is not indicative of future results"
Rychard··on Microdosing GLP-1 drugs became a longevity 'craze'
If we consider that roughly 73.6% of Americans are overweight[0], perhaps there would be some benefit if substantially more people started taking GLP-1 medications.

[0]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm

Rychard··on Microdosing GLP-1 drugs became a longevity 'craze'
It's 40% of the _starter dose_ (2.5 mg), which is what patients begin taking to get their bodies accustomed to the drug. The "maintenance dose" that patients build up to can be many times higher (10-15 mg).

40% of the starter dose (40% of 2.5mg = 1mg) would be between 6-10% of the "maintenance dose" (betweeen 10-15mg).

Rychard··on The United States Withdraws from UNESCO
Not all supporters of a given political party agree on everything. They may simply align with the party on the topics that are most important to them, even if they disagree with other topics that are lower on their priority list.

It is disingenuous to suggest that any group of people unilaterally agree on a diverse collection of topics.

Rychard··on Bruteforcing the phone number of any Google user
Not to mention that these "phone books" also included everyone's address, and married couples were usually listed together.
Rychard··on Data breach exposes 184M passwords, likely captured by malware
If they already have your password (i.e. it has been compromised) there is no social engineering taking place.

In fact, they're doing the honorable thing and not simply trying the credentials to see if they work.

Rychard··on Realtek's $10 tiny 10GbE NIC will hit motherboards soon
What would be the benefit of using SFP+ on mainstream consumer motherboards? It would further increase the effective price to consumers as they'd have to purchase a separate transceiver, which are bulkier and might overly crowd an already compact I/O shield layout.
Rychard··on ChatGPT Saved My Life (no, seriously, I'm writing this from the ER)
The comment is referencing the "Dropbox" comment of lore

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Basically, something along the lines of (paraphrasing) 'this can be done today by using existing tooling'

Rychard··on Student Phones and Social Media Are Fueling Fights in Schools
I'm having a hard time reading this as a reasonable suggestion, so I apologize in advance if I'm being closed-minded.

Do you not believe that this would lead to further bad outcomes? Children need something to do during the day, and with neither the ability to work, nor other obligations (not to mention their brains are not fully developed) it seems like they would end up far worse off than they would otherwise, even if the school was under-performing.

Rychard··on Intel announces retirement of Pat Gelsinger
All the browsers on my machine report my resolution as 1080p despite using 4k. I assume this is because I run at 200% scaling (I believe this is relatively common among anyone using a 4k resolution)

If the above-linked website uses data reported by the browser, I wonder how this scenario might be taken into consideration (or even if such a thing is possible)

Rychard··on JSON Formatter (Free, no ads, no signups)
There is a level of trust involved as unless you pull down the code, audit it and only ever run it locally, you really have no way of knowing that on any given page load the code hasn't changed.

While I also appreciate tools that don't send data, I don't like the normalization of teaching people to paste (potentially) private data into a browser while blindly trusting that it's not being offloaded to some server somewhere.

Rychard··on World conker champion found with steel chestnut, cleared of cheating
I think you're referring to a similarly named N64 game. This story is about a game played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees.

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

Rychard··on "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
The widespread adoption of Chrome was largely driven by word of mouth, people like you and I installing it on our friend's/relative's computers and telling them it was safer/faster/better.

Nothing stops us from doing the same thing again. I've been recommending Firefox to all my family/friends/colleagues for years (ever since I've seen the writing on the wall for Chrome). While Firefox isn't perfect, it's in a much better place than Chrome is, and meets the the needs of nearly 100% of people.

Rychard··on Elle's Homepage
If you don't acknowledge them, they'll get bored and move on. They're only looking for attention, so your best weapon is to not give it to them.

Definitely agree about it being cute/impressive. There's lots of clickables that further showcase things. Don't forget to explore!

Rychard··on YouTube Premium is getting a big price hike internationally
> you cannot avoid all ads (for example, sponsored segments).

Look into SponsorBlock, as it allows the community to mark such segments, and your browser will automatically skip them.

Rychard··on A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant (2017)
I went to pick up my dog from the groomer and they asked me for a tip as soon as I said I was there to pick him up.

I replied "Can I see my dog first?"

It just shows that there's an expectation, and at that point it should simply be built into the advertised price.

Rychard··on Many FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real patient data
I fully expect the data to be de-anonymized and then used against people that have familial links to those who have donated their data.

"Oh, your great great-great-grandfather had <disease>, so now you're classified as a high-risk individual and you have to pay a higher monthly fee for insurance"

Only they won't tell you why you have to pay more, just that you do.

Rychard··on Flaw has Microsoft Authenticator overwriting MFA accounts, locking users out
The initial QR code isn't a TOTP code, it contains the secret used to generate the TOTP codes.
Rychard··on McDonald's to extend $5 value meal in most markets as diners return
> what does high GI mean?

Glycemic index (GI) is a measure of how quickly a food can make your blood sugar (glucose) rise.

Source: https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000941.htm

Rychard··on Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports
I use the N64 controller with my PC, it's available for purchase by anyone who subscribes to NSO. It connects via bluetooth (the USB connection is for charging only).

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/nintendo-64-contr...

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