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ihalip··on Windows 10 quietly gets one more year of support and updates
Might want to try again, Wine progressed a lot in the past couple years.
ihalip··on AMA: I'm a Random HN User, ask me anything (and I might respond)
If I asked you to send me 1000$, would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?
ihalip··on US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
Not underestimating, but I've seen first hand how these are made, from my uncles and neighbours as I'm from rural Romania. The equipment may not be clean, people tend to get drunk because QA is literally drinking it and that affects the next batch, the precursor fruits could be half rotten, etc. I appreciate homemade spirits because of the genuine taste, but be aware of the conditions they're made in.
ihalip··on US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
How's your eyesight?
ihalip··on Hyprland 0.44
Maybe you could try a chargeback. Having to pay for a Linux license and not have such a basic feature (because everyone has touchscreens in 2024) is outrageous. I heard they don't even accept code contributions to fix this mess.
ihalip··on Is Linux collapsing under its own weight? On Rust for Linux
Very compelling argument. I'm moving back to Windows since it doesn't have any CVEs.
ihalip··on Linux: We need tiling desktop environments
Terminator really is great, infinite scroll is what really sold it to me ~9 years ago and I've been a happy user ever since.
ihalip··on Ask HN: What's the weirdest bug you ever had?
An executable from a nightly build kept crashing and I got tasked with fixing it. I was a novice back then and spent most of the day trying to figure out what was happening, and when looking at the disassembly I saw it was crashing at a 'hlt' instruction, which shouldn't have been there.

Next day, after another nightly build, no more crashes. I did a binary diff between the crashing version and the new one, it was a single bit. A bit flip on the build server.

ihalip··on Cobalt – lightweight HTML5 application container from YouTube
In a few words, Cobalt is a de-bloated Chromium designed to run YouTube TV. It's smaller and faster than launching it in the platform's browser.

If you have a smart TV/set-top box/streaming stick/etc bought in the past few years, the YouTube app is most likely running inside Cobalt. You can develop HTML5 applications that can run in Cobalt, but it supports only a subset of html/css/js stuff you'd expect from a browser.

ihalip··on Biden administration to forgive $5.8B student debt for 78,000 borrowers
How do tax changes from a few years back affect the current deficit? Shouldn't they be already "priced in" the budget?
ihalip··on Human sperm cooperate on the competitive pathway to fertilization: study
Wait until you realize almost four-fifths are dead, immotile or slow moving. Only around 5% are actually viable.
ihalip··on OPEC+ announces surprise oil output cuts
Maybe you should sue them at your local court. That'll show them!
ihalip··on Silicon Valley Bank Depositor Bailout Makes Mockery of ‘Too Big to Fail’
SVB should have learned from some of their depositors - just throttle withdrawals and blame "technical difficulties" or "systems update" or "scheduled maintenance".
ihalip··on The legacy of fy_iceworld, Counter-Strike’s divisive, popular custom map (2020)
I fondly remember playing fy_iceworld and minor variations of it in netcafes 20 years ago. What made these maps special was that they 1) removed all game strategy - just walk 2 steps to pick up a gun and go fight the enemy, and 2) there were no hiding spots - so no more campers. For kids who could only afford 1 hour of computer time in a netcafe, fy_iceworld was the obvious choice.
ihalip··on Intel Microcode Decryptor
> billions of devices in the wild which will become e-waste overnight

Not just e-waste, they can also become a huge liability. In a presentation, the authors mention that one of the CPU families which have this vulnerability were used in Tesla cars. Tesla apparently switched to AMD APUs around December 2021.

ihalip··on Inflation rose 9.1% in June, even more than expected
The Russian invasion isn't what caused inflation. I don't believe in the "Putin's price hike" because inflation was already picking up speed in Q2 2021, well before the invasion.
ihalip··on YC W22 Stablegains is being sued for losing $42M in funds from 4878 customers
If there are risks, how can the 15% be guaranteed?
ihalip··on Possible Terra/Luna crash explanation
Are there any on-chain transactions that confirm at least 1% of those claims?
ihalip··on Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda
> most Hollywood studios seem to be kowtowing Chinese line these days.

This is because the same movies are also distributed in China, which is a huge market.

ihalip··on Wizzair with £2 tickets, how do they make money?
Why not? They could just charge more for other costs (luggage, seat allocation, etc) since those are not disclosed upfront.
ihalip··on Chip shortage leads carmaker Opel to shut German plant until 2022
The latest Dacia Sandero is selling better than all other models in its class for a few months now - even if it's basically a revamped last-gen Renault Clio with even lower quality interior and safety features. Some people prefer a basic, cheaper car.
ihalip··on Uber must employ its drivers, Dutch court rules
No way taxes are 66% of the gross salary.
ihalip··on Ask HN: What motorcycle do you ride?
I got into motorcycling because a friend of mine had one and posted lots of pictures riding on mountain roads, which I thought was very cool.

I have a 2011 Honda CB600F (Hornet) which I ride around the city becausethese past few months it was either unusually cold, or raining, or just didn't have time. Planned a 1000Km trip next weekend, and now I can't go any more because life happens. No matter, riding around the city with some good music before/after work is bliss.

ihalip··on $1 Unistroke Recognizer (2007)
For me, it says rectangle when my "circle" looks more like an elipse.
ihalip··on Pandora says laboratory-made diamonds are forever
I opted for a moissanite engagement ring from Charles & Colvard. There really isn't any perceivable difference between moissanite and diamond, except the light reflected by moissanite seems a bit more colourful.
ihalip··on KDE Connect: Enabling communication between all your devices
You can use KDE Connect without the full KDE desktop environment. I'm on Linux Mint Cinnamon and it works just fine.
ihalip··on Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
I'm guessing you don't use the new redesign.
ihalip··on Microsoft halts rollout of Windows 10 KB5001649 emergency update
From what I've seen, just about every OS has the same issues with updates nowadays.

If you think about it, if an update reaches 1.000.000 users, and 0.1% percent of them have an issue with it, that's 1.000 people who have to waste hours getting their system back up (and potentially recover lost data, if it's even possible).

ihalip··on Robinhood, in Need of Cash, Raises $1B from Its Investors
Squeezy McSqueezeFace
ihalip··on For the first time in Europe, registrations for EVs overtook diesel
Oh, didn't know that - not looking to buy an electric car just yet so I didn't bother to gather all details. Thanks.
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