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nullify88on Firefox 153 available with support for Vulkan video decoding, JPEG-XL

Well, supposedly. But in my experience, there was no consequence disabling the blacklist in order to enable hardware video encoding and decoding.

nullify88on My Steam Machine is a 50ft HDMI cable

I think the options are dependent on your setup. For example if you have a smart TV running Android, you could run https://www.virtualhere.com/usb_client_software on it to connect a dongle or controller attached to the TV through to your main device. I do this with my Nvidia Shield and Xbox One Controller.

nullify88on Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

What a great idea! I've grown pretty frustrated by the ads and constant nags for subscriptions modern weather apps pester you with. I've resorted to the state developed apps in Norway and Denmark but yours seems like a great alternative too.

nullify88on Running MicroVMs in Proxmox VE, the Easy Way

I think you might be looking for Kata Containers which is a CRI for running vmms like firecracker.

nullify88on Bootimus – A Self-Contained PXE and HTTP Boot Server

Alternatives to Ansible could be Nix / nixos, or bootc.

nullify88on Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid

I have a 2025 Renault 4 etech and I frequently enable bluetooth thethering so I can access Spotify, HBO etc via the in car entertainment system (It runs a flavour of Android called OpenR Link) , not via android auto. Though I frequently need to enable the bluetooth tethering setting on the phone before the profile can be activated via the cars paired devices menu (where you can select other profiles such as Audio, calling, etc)

While the car has a sim card already, I can't use it for general purpose apps without a subscription. Only updates, remote control and I suppose telemetry.

I usually opt for choosing a bluetooth tether instead of wifi since I already establish a connection for calls, or music / audio books.

It isn't hard to imagine Android being able to transmit vehicle telemetry via the same means.

nullify88on Installing every* Firefox extension

This will make a good office prank for those that leave their desktops unlocked and unattended.

nullify88on AI agent opens a PR write a blogpost to shames the maintainer who closes it

> I notice that my contribution was evaluated based on my identity rather than the quality of the work, and I’d like to understand the needs that this policy is trying to meet, because I believe there might be ways to address those needs while also accepting technically sound contributions

Wow, where can I learn to write like this? I could use this at work.

nullify88on Unseen Footage of Atari Battlezone Arcade Cabinet Production

I was a huge fan of the Activision remake, and the Battlezone 2 sequel. The mixture of FPS and RTS was really appealing to me.

I had to beg my parents for an ATI Rage LT Pro AGP 8MB card to play the sequel.

nullify88on Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids

I'm very impressed by the range of shows available on DR (Danish broadcasting). Shows about emotion, social etiquette, animals, machines and other intrigue. We do limit time, use it to reward good behaviour, and use it to recuperate after a day at nursery. Each night the kids get a book, and we usually play music as we prepare and eat dinner.

I believe a balance of all mediums is healthy. I look forward to introducing video games to them.

nullify88on Max Payne – two decades later – Graphics Critique (2021)

The game also had support for mods. After the first playthrough I've always played the game with the kongfu mod enabling wallrunning, kicks, additional weapons such as Sticks, and various other action orientated changes.

Additionally, I believe Rockstar gave the go-ahead for work on a remake for 1 & 2. Hopefully they have James Perry McCaffrey's voice work in good enough quality. RIP.

nullify88on Kea DHCP: Modern, open source DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 server

I've been running Kea at dayjob in production for the last 5-ish years, setup in a HA manner. It's worked solidly.

nullify88on Average DRAM price in USD over last 18 months

A possible answer as to why this is happening. https://thememoryguy.com/some-clarity-on-2025s-ddr4-price-su...

nullify88on MinIO is now in maintenance-mode

https://www.versity.com/products/versitygw/

I haven't tried it though. Seems simple enough to run.

nullify88on Amazon faces FAA probe after delivery drone snaps internet cable in Texas

That scene really cracked me up. The show is shot very well. It's good to have Vince Gilligan back on the TV again.

nullify88on Static Web Hosting on the Intel N150

While the N100 document a 16gb limit, they are known to have no problems with a 32gb module. I run one myself.

nullify88on Helm 4.0

Running my home lab at home, I've grown sick of constant Renovate PRs against the helm charts in use. I recall one "minor" update not long ago recently in CoreDNS was messing with the exposed ports in the service and installs broke for a lot of folks. If I need to run some software now, I `helm template` the resources and commit those to git. I'm so tired of some random "Extended helm chart to customise labels / annotations in $some resource" change notes. Traefik and Cilium are the only helm charts I use, the rest I `helm template` in to my gitops repo, customize and forget.

At Dayjob in the past, we've debugged various Helm issues caused by the internal sprig library used. We fear updating Argo CD and Helm for what surprises are in store for us and we're starting to adopt the rendered manifests pattern for greater visibility to catch such changes.

nullify88on Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15

I don't think HN is a social media site. The goals of a social media site is to keep you engaged for as long as possible with the assistance of various algorithms, dark patterns while your data is sold to businesses so they can have a slice of your attention pie via ads and supported content.

I dont feel as if any of that applies here. In fact HN has gotten further from a social media site by not displaying comment points.

nullify88on Rockstar employee shares account of the company's union-busting efforts

Lets not forget Ubisofts uPlay which was absolutely shambolic. Blizzard's / Activision launcher was alright though. It did the job but no where to the likes of Steam which is really feature rich.

nullify88on Google suspended my company's Google cloud account for the third time

As mentioned in their writeup, they are following documentation and best practices from Google themselves.

nullify88on JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

I do think that JetKVM software is more polished, and has more frequent updates. Stuff like streaming images over the network is something that is handy.

Nano KVM commits have stagnated a bit, but the form factor is really nice to have everything tucked away. I wish I could run JetKVM on the Nano KVM.

nullify88on JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

Something like Intel AMT? Some prosumer motherboards like ASRock Rack have out of band management controllers in them.

nullify88on JetKVM – Control any computer remotely

Something like the NanoKVM-PCIe? I have both JetKVM and NanoKVM-PCIe, its nice to have options.

nullify88on AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1

I would say even if not using Talos, Argo CD or Flux CD together with Renovate really helps to simplify the reoccuring maintenence.

nullify88on California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes

Maybe its possible to feed everything in to a model that can identify the situation or context in audio or video and block a section out because its an ad. We would not be short of training material. Latency would have to be low enough to be attractive to users.

nullify88on California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes

We do apply the same measure, adblocking. Except since companies base their businesses on ads theres a cat and mouse game at play to ensure you pay them with your attention. I'm reminded of the scene in "Airplane" where the captain is fighting off sales people in the airport. I feel the same way about the Internet.

My earliest memory of adblocking is the VHS recorder or player skipping commercials similar today to SponsorBlock and other autoskipping methods.

nullify88on California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes

YouTube does this too. We immediately fetch the remote and mute the damn thing. And I'm contemplating finding something that auto mutes for me.

nullify88on Immich – High performance self-hosted photo and video management

I just wish it didn't need Postgres and SQLite was an option.

nullify88on I ditched Docker for Podman

For my day job, installing software / admin access is reserved to those who work in IT / software development. Rest of the business need to go through a vetted software library.

nullify88on I ditched Docker for Podman

Or use Microsoft MyAccess to have the users allocate a license themselves.