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tass

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http://tass.iliopoulos.me/

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tass··on New iMac with M6
It looks nicer. What you’re suggesting has either a brick attached on the back and/or at least two cables (but probably more).
tass··on 9000 RPM is faster than your screen refreshes
My first bike! It was an absolute cop magnet because it always sounded like you were speeding.
tass··on Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts
I think many people believe their streaming use will only pay artists who they listen to, not realizing the streaming service actually pays artists based upon overall listener numbers (or possibly pre-negotiated amounts).

So, in the old days you would "support (a) local artist" by buying their album and now people probably think they are supporting them by listening to them on spotify/whatever but they really are not. Your streaming dollars are almost entirely going to Rihanna and every other big artist even if you don't listen to a single song by them.

tass··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
I hope after this case that it becomes common sense to not destroy evidence after it’s been asked for.
tass··on The New MCP Roadmap
Because it’s something else that’s non-standard between providers.
tass··on Casio F-B100W-1A
Yes but why not just always use 24h time (or 12h if that’s what you like).

It’s a little strange that a dedicated button would be needed to switch between them, especially when the math to convert between them is so simple.

tass··on Switching to electric stoves can dramatically cut indoor air pollution (2025)
I bought a relatively inexpensive induction range from LG specifically because it has knobs - a lot of the more expensive ones from other brands were capacitive touch.
tass··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
Maintenance-induced failures are what it’s called with small aircraft.

You’ll do something to prevent a failure (like, replace an old but functional alternator) but cause an oil leak or engine vibrations because you had to remove the propeller to complete the job.

tass··on Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)
Sounds like they’re using a treadmill, and yes this is about the most boring way possible to exercise
tass··on Nobody cracks open a programming book anymore
The risk is that beyond hobbyists technology will stagnate. It’s already much more productive using one or two frameworks over the rest of what’s available, and without training data it won’t be able to advance beyond those current popular frameworks.
tass··on Tesla Wall Connector bootloader bypasses the firmware downgrade ratchet
If you’re using the same adapter successfully at a supercharger, you have the wrong adapter for AC (level 1/2) charging.
tass··on 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'
I agree that vinyl is technically worse than others modern formats, but it often gets mastered with greater care and therefore can sound better than CD or other digital formats.

Read this thorough rundown of one of the more famously over compressed albums where the vinyl release has better sound than even the 24 bit release: https://buttondown.com/rhcpsessions/archive/me-and-my-friend...

tass··on Homebridge 2.0 is here, and it speaks Matter
I use it to enable voice control (turn on the coffee machine), quick actions on iOS devices and for the simpler and faster Home ui for basic controls.

It’s also handy in that you get remote access with no extra port forwarding.

tass··on Heat pump sales rise across Europe
Possibly obvious point, water softeners add salt to the water.
tass··on 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'
Vinyl, for whatever continuing reason, often does sound better than digital formats but only because it’s mastered with more care.

It could be that it’s physically impossible to master vinyl for extreme loudness, but whatever the reason is you can absolutely pick up a vinyl copy of an album and find it sounds much better than the streamed or CD version.

tass··on Saying goodbye to Agile
Not the op, but you only commit to what you already did in this sprint.

So this sprint shows what you delivered 2 sprints ago, next sprint will be the work you just finished.

tass··on DIY Soft Drinks
I’ve done this for years and never ruptured a bottle, I set the regulator to 60psi.

I’d like a metal bottle too but haven’t found one - I presume spraying some co2 into it would be enough to get the plain air out since you obviously can’t squeeze the air out.

tass··on Tailscale's new macOS home
Try a corporate laptop. Every stupid thing you don’t need except to know it’s running is there, but you don’t know it’s running because they may just be hidden.

Jamf, zscaler, virus checkers, etc. need to all go to hell with this crap. I’m glad Tailscale are removing theirs.

tass··on 747s and coding agents
Yeah I learn from reading other work too, but it doesn’t stick as well as when I work through it.

The problem now is the pressure to use llms means creating more code but understanding so much less.

tass··on 747s and coding agents
I interpreted this as not as good a way to learn.

I learn the most from struggling through a problem, and reading someone’s code doesn’t teach me all the wrong ways they attempted before it looked like the way it now does.

tass··on Tesla has to pay historic $243M judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
I'm not sure it's been codified, but I was told I would need to understand how to use the VOR and autopilot if the plane I was in had one.

In the fleet at the school I was learning in (Cessna 162) only one plane had an autopilot, which meant nobody practiced with it, so they never scheduled this plane for a check ride.

tass··on Tesla has to pay historic $243M judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
This would be more like they enabled cruise control, hit the brakes, and sued the manufacturer because they were rear-ended.
tass··on Tesla has to pay historic $243M judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
I don't mean a reasonable pilot. Would a reasonable person expect autopilot in a plane prevents a plane from crashing into something that the pilot was accelerating towards while physically overriding the controls. The claim is that autopilot should not have been able to crash even with the driver actively overriding it and accelerating into that crash.

To me, it's reasonable to assume that the "autopilot" in a car I drive (especially back in 2019) is going to defer to any input override that I provide. I wouldn't want it any other way.

tass··on Tesla has to pay historic $243M judgement over Autopilot crash, judge says
I’m not usually an apologist, and I’d agree with this judgement if the car was left to its own devices, but the driver of the car held his foot on the accelerator which is why it blew through those stop signs and lights.

In regards to the autopilot branding, would a reasonable person expect a plane on autopilot to fly safely if the pilot suddenly took over and pointed it at the ground?

tass··on The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal
A person can get mistakenly (or not) flagged for special screening and get it over and over again - it happened to me many years ago.

I fixed it by filling out a form requesting a review, after which I received a “redress number” which could be entered into my booking information. It reliably stopped after that.

tass··on Netbird – Open Source Zero Trust Networking
Tailscale allows you to disable the expiration time - I do this for my gateways.

My other simplifier is having everything at home get a .home dns name, and telling Tailscale to route all these via tailnet.

tass··on AI’s impact on engineering jobs may be different than expected
You mean, with Microsoft 365 Copilot App (there’s no more Office)
tass··on An Illustrated Guide to Hippo Castration (2014)
According to a related article: https://www.discovermagazine.com/why-its-nearly-impossible-t...

The death was caused by an "unknown pre-existing condition" but doesn't elaborate further.

tass··on The tech monoculture is finally breaking
Almost certainly a typo, the first Walkman was 390g or 14 ounces (not 1.4oz)
tass··on IPv6 just turned 30 and still hasn't taken over the world
Yes, I can’t even use many 10.x subnets at home because my work VPN configures a huge routing table including many of them.

Basically I had no choice but to redo my home network if I wanted to use my new work laptop at home (and I work 100% remote).

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