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Absolutely love it, the wife and I have hundreds of hours between us on our steam decks and it has consistently performed better than I expected.
Re:Show HN: Open-source alternative to HashiCorp/IBM Vault on Thursday April 25, 2024 @03:05PM (#40161678)
I'm looking for exactly this.
My company looked at them, and we were very impressed with the product. The only issue was that they are built for general compute and we really needed the option for faster processors.
I'll check it out, not sure I'll use it much but I do like to stay in the terminal. The TUI looks good, bubbletea seems like such a neat library.
Re:Show HN: Open source Postman alternative with type safety on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:28PM (#37410832)
I love the typescript definitions! I do have to say the way that pasting anything into the URL bar deletes the existing URL is super painful! I just wanted to change the variable case :(

The fact that you also have typescript defs for the URL parameters is a nice touch though.

Interesting! I'll have to check it out after work.
The Natrium data sheet[1] says that it is "Molten salt energy storage", so based on the diagram[2] it appears that salt (not sodium) is being pumped to to the reactor and stored in large tanks, similar to thermal mass solar installations. I assume the sodium is internal to the reactor only, but can't say for sure.

[1]:https://www.terrapower.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TP_202... [2]:https://www.terrapower.com/our-work/natriumpower/

Wow, I don't install anything non-work related on my work phone....

And not only because I consider anything typed into it as accessible to IT (even if just in a proxy log or something.)

Re:No Start Menu for You on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:22PM (#34430662)
I'm pretty sure you can actually configure the windows firewall the same way, but you would have to it up front, instead of having it prompt you.
Re:No Start Menu for You on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @01:11PM (#34430488)
I believe you can set it with PowerShell:

Set-WindowsSearchSetting -EnableWebResultsSetting $false -SearchExperienceSetting NotPersonalized

Link to the Docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/windowss...

Strict export control restrictions mean we have actually been unable to use ANY cloud provider so far.

If you did run it in "our" cloud account you would still be on the hook for very expensive audits and background checks for everyone involved.

It not even close to worth it :/

I think this is the best approach, the one mobile key allows you to add your other devices as you use them so it's not adding a ton of overhead.
Re:A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:42PM (#31029439)
To me, statements like this perfectly illustrate a situation where at least one side wants a form of companionship besides "potential life partner", and that is totally ok if everyone involved is aware of that.

In the US our culture tends to really emphasize dating as a step towards finding the mythical "one" and getting married, and it's "bad" to have sex or really any form of intimacy unless you are in a relationship. When you are younger this is normally the assumed basis for a relationship, and complicates having any form of companionship that is not based on "Maybe we should tie our lives together forever!".

Obviously as we get older and gain experience with the varied forms relationships can take it's easier to realize (and even admit/discuss!) that one partner is really looking for more of a good friend with benefits situation than a "life partner audition".

I translate "It is your business or me" as "I require more of your attention than I have been getting to continue investing myself in this relationship" - which is also very valid.

If sex work was not so stigmatized, arranging the attentions of a high class escort for a year would probably leave everyone involved much happier. (I am not talking about simply sex here, but talking, attending parties, all the normal early date stuff, but starting from a position of "I want a companionship, but I can't invest my time in a relationship right now. I do happen to other assets I can invest instead if you are interested? )

Re:A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:07PM (#31028832)
ADHD is such "fun".

> PSA before I say anything else, anyone who knows anyone with ADHD should read up on Object Permanence[1] and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria[2]! Only very recently has RSD been tied to ADHD and holy crap, the previous 35 years make SOOOO much more sense now. If I had know about them younger I could have possibly avoided so many painful "learning experiences" where I hurt those I cared about...

When your spouse says "when you do X, I feel like Y, and it hurts me." and you desperately want to not do X anymore buy your brain keeps sabotaging you, it makes your whole life terrible.

I finally learned that "close" is often actually worse than not doing anything, because it removes any possibility of me completing the task. It also tends to come across as me doing the least amount of effort possible so I can feel good that I "helped".

To continue using the dishes example, if I have a dish at my desk and think "oh I have a meeting in a minute, I'll drop off in the kitchen on the way to grab X ", 80%-99% of the time I would leave it sitting somewhere besides the dishwasher (or whatever the final destination should be.) It turns out that once the dish is out of my sight, it's not consciously "my problem" anymore and I can/will ignore it. (stupid Object Permanence[1])

No matter my intentions, and no matter how "sure" I was that I would be right back to finish the task, statistically it was not going to happen. (Also, I recommend actually counting this stuff occasionally, it is mind-blowing how unreliable we are as narrators of our own lives. Just DO NOT follow up by trying to make business-ish decisions or justifications about it, this is about feelings and perceptions not numbers. )

Looking back, the walk to the kitchen is literally the easiest/least annoying part of the task so I would have not actually contributed anything meaningful, however if asked I would have easily sprouted off that I "took care of my own dishes" - a statement that actually implies that the remaining work was trivial and meaningless. I can already hear people saying "But it is trivial!" and that is actually worse, because that means that performing a trivial task was more effort that I was willing to invest in our relationship. (Regardless of how I felt or my intent, communication and perception are key here.)

It turns out having an empty dish on my desk bugs me and having it not in the dishwasher bugs my spouse (in addition to meaning they now have another task to add to their own list), only one of these locations will jar my brain enough that I will consistently take action!

I now make myself turn around an put the dish back on my desk unless I expect to actually complete the task (dish => dishwasher) in one go. Many times my spouse will come grab dishes from my desk while I work, and that does not bother them because unlike the glass by the sink I will eventually take care of them.

I imagine the difference between constantly having new dishes dropped off as if you are a scullery maid, and "Let me grab these dishes while you are working, I know they are bothering you" as a voluntary "tiny acts of service that people in love do for each other"[3] is massive, and carries vastly different connotations.

[1] https://themighty.com/2021/09/adhd-forget-friends-love-me-ob... [2] https://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/rejection-sensitive-dysphoria [3] Thanks for the wording Zaroth!

Re:A dirty dish by the sink can be a big marriage problem on Thursday April 14, 2022 @11:50AM (#31028568)
People seem to gloss over the fact that while she married an ambitious man, he also married her. If he did not want her to have equal say in their life (note this is his and hers life being impacted!) he should not have married her.
Would that be something like HashiCorp's Boundary[1] ?

[1] https://www.boundaryproject.io/

I want to check it out, but their site does not work well on mobile. The flower image makes the text "squish" over to half the screen.

Normally I wouldn't care but seems more pertinent in this case ...

Re:Why is the Simula One so expensive? on Thursday January 13, 2022 @03:18PM (#29926227)
Honestly now that I think about it that is probably the best of both worlds.

Thanks for answering my questions!

Re:Why is the Simula One so expensive? on Thursday January 13, 2022 @02:49PM (#29925835)
Is the charging port USB-C? If so, can it be charged through more than one port, in the event the primary one is damaged? (My phone experiences tell me the likelihood of port damage increases the more you handle something, and this will not be sitting on a desk all day)

My first thought, before I realized I had a serious question was that it would be awesome (in my particular opinion) if the battery could be separate, enabling easily swapping it or having various configurations... Maybe a belt clip or the dreaded fanny pack?

.....

I just realized this is probably quite silly, you almost certainly have it identical to a laptop where you can work with it plugged in/ charging, and that would make that port even more likely to be a problem.

Personally I would love to see easy support for external power packs to extend usage, but I can't think of a good reason why I would actually need that, so maybe I have been playing to many cyberpunk games lately...

I really whish I could know if I would actually get the use out of it it deserves... I love the idea but sadly I can only actually work on company devices because of export control restrictions, so my personal use case would need to include gaming to justify a high end new machine right now. I will absolutely be keeping an eye out though, and if I don't get one I will hopefully be able to buy your V2 model.

Re:Sysexits – preferable exit codes for programs on Monday November 01, 2021 @01:02PM (#29069566)
I learned recently that Windows has system error codes for process errors: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/debug/system-...

A coworker mentioned that programs should return internal state information using codes < 0, but I have not fact checked that.

Re:Ask HN: What are some good Raspberry Pi alternatives? on Thursday September 16, 2021 @05:07PM (#28557607)
The fitlet 2 is really nice, I have one and it's been rock solid. https://fit-iot.com/web/products/fitlet2/
Might not be what they meant, but under normal operations a coal plant can release significantly more radiation into the environment than a nuclear plant, via isotopes in the ash [1][3]. It’s still less than normal medical sources but it is much higher than a normal nuclear plant where radiological releases of any kind are actively watched for. (The source of the coal will determine the isotopes involved and the initial amount. [2])

This article [3] from Oak Ridge National Laboratory REVIEW (1993 I believe, so a bit dated) states "The population effective dose equivalent from coal plants is 100 times that from nuclear plants"

[1]( https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coal-ash-is-more-...) [2]( https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1997/fs163-97/FS-163-97.html) PDF Warning: [3]( https://www.ornl.gov/sites/default/files/ORNL%20Review%20v26...)

Re:How to Deploy Software on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @04:15PM (#11206105)
Hah, we (hopefully!) get an update window every 18 months! And a staging a new production like test environment starts with another $100K invoice..

And thank goodness Microsoft hard-coded in a 10 hour delay to ensure the KDS root key of a domain is propagated, even if I create it before I create additional domain controllers...

Such fun!

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2016) on Tuesday March 01, 2016 @12:45PM (#11204471)
Wilmington NC, US | On-site | Full-Time

.NET / C# Developer

Bonus points for: * WPF/XAML * Messaging Systems * ASP.NET * Experience Delivering Software

Kraybill and Associates, small (8) tight knit firm specializing in applications for the Nuclear industry. We get to work on some cool stuff, but it's kinda hard to advertise.

Tech-Stack is mostly Microsoft, source control is TFS backed by git.

http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=163900931&aid=3...