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tkj922on Easily run Windows software on Linux with Bottles

It is a bad idea to use wine in isolation. Even if it comes with bottles

tkj922on Optimizing my sleep around Claude usage limits

Yeah, but you mentioned the terrors

tkj922on Lumo: Privacy-first AI assistant

Not OP, but think twice. They make it extremely difficult to downgrade/withdraw once you chose a plan. Their hardware is actually not in the Switzerland either.

tkj922on Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars

An idling I4 has about 10 injection cycles per second. And the ECU clocks injection time corrections at least at that rate, more likely at double that rate or more. So I think that the smoothing is mostly there for the owner's wellbeing, not emissions.

tkj922on Electric cars produce less brake dust pollution than combustion-engine cars

So your primary and emergency brake system elements are rusty and that is now somehow a good thing?

tkj922on Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

Factually correct, I in fact even was that tape at the time

tkj922on Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games

Just came here to ask. Is it a norm to not have any personal fund cache while in a relationship? I would not like anyone, spouse included, to question me about my purchases of (redacted), nor would I want to question them on purchases of the newest (redacted) or whatnot. What's the purpose?

tkj922on Gmail's backup codes are useless to access account

I don't get it. To me it seems that being locked out of a "work" email is far better (far less worse) than being locked out of a "personal life" one, which probably includes stuff like telecom, utility, insurance, social media being tied to that entity. It is easier to get another job than to "recover" all the other aspects of life

tkj922on The War on the Walkman

Why is wearing a tshirt that says "please do not talk to me" socially unacceptable, whereas using headphones is fine? I am genuinely curious

tkj922on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others

Given that I just clicked a link on HN leading to a YT video that has 3 views somehow tells me, that I reached the end of Internet and should revert to watching cats. But I wish you all the best, really

tkj922on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others

I think I see what you did there in your comment, but it needs testing

tkj922on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others

Yes indeed I got intrigued because this is borderline between scam and legit with indicators towards both. I will admit my mistake if proven wrong, but for the time being, I argue that this kulfi thing is a rip off of the iroh socket PoC/example that you seem to not fully understand how and why works

tkj922on Show HN: Malai – securely share local TCP services (database/SSH) with others

This is insane. I dug and the site led me to another site, which led me to another site, which is supposedly a video conferencing suite. All code is skeleton, e.g. how on earth is that supposed to work?

-- import: fastn

-- fastn.package: lets-talk-template.fifthtry.site

-- fastn.dependency: lets-talk.fifthtry.site provided-via: lets-talk-template.fifthtry.site/lets-talk

-- fastn.dependency: design-system.fifthtry.site provided-via: lets-talk-template.fifthtry.site/ds

-- fastn.dependency: lets-auth.fifthtry.site

-- fastn.app: Lets Auth App mount-point: /-/auth/ package: lets-auth.fifthtry.site

-- fastn.app: Lets Talk App mount-point: / package: lets-talk.fifthtry.site