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Re:Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'
on Tuesday March 17, 2026 @01:30PM (#47415717)
The Xbox 360 was hacked in a simpler but nearly identical way [1]! Amazing that despite the various mitigations, the same process was enough to crack the Xbox One.
Re:GCP Outage
on Thursday June 12, 2025 @02:33PM (#44261230)
Our GCP workloads are unavailable across several US regions. The GCP console is intermittently unavailable for most pages.
Crossing my fingers for a quick resolution.
Re:My quest to make motorcycle riding that tad bit safer
on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @11:42AM (#43917161)
When I was commuting daily in the SF fog, I discovered that putting on of these [1] on my helmet did wonders to keep cars further off my tail. It moves the brake light up to eye level for people in SUVs and also triggers on engine braking.
Wish it were cheaper, but was a worthwhile investment for me.
Also, consider looking into airbag vests if you ride regularly. Also expensive but (supposedly) make a huge difference in crash outcomes.
Re:12 Months of Mandarin
on Friday October 04, 2024 @04:40PM (#41745370)
I also use Netflix to great effect for practicing Chinese, especially when paired with the Language Reactor[1] extension in Chrome.
* Note: Netflix has much more Taiwanese content than mainland China content, so do note the difference in the accent / dialect you'll be learning.
[1] https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/language-reactor/ho...
Re:Remember That DNA You Gave 23andMe?
on Saturday September 28, 2024 @12:08PM (#41681102)
You're probably thinking of "The Island"[1]. Good movie, I saw this myself a long time ago.
Re:Unity is cancelling the runtime fee
on Thursday September 12, 2024 @12:46PM (#41522818)
TLDR: When electronics burn out, they often release "magic smoke" that is believed to be the source of their power (since they almost always fail to work afterwards).
Re:Tesla Recalls 2M Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws
on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @09:11AM (#38627602)
I just disabled all of these warnings on my Toyota with a third party OBDII reader and the Carista app, which also comes with lots of other fun options to fiddle with. Only thing I haven't figured out is how to disable the chime on startup!
Re:Pretty good career and life advice
on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @09:03AM (#37764474)
He's traveling around Australia! (Check bio, great YouTube channel)
Re:SMS Pumping Attack
on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @01:24PM (#37065901)
Update: they approved my A2P use case! There is hope yet for using twilio for personal purposes :-)
Re:SMS Pumping Attack
on Thursday August 03, 2023 @12:57PM (#36988462)
I'm actually in this exact same boat (I ported my US number to twilio when I had a long travel stint abroad to retain access, have since built a forwarding system to keep using it).
I registered with the IRS to get an EIN for my "sole proprietorship" (i.e. me), and that seemed to satisfy twilio for the brand registration requirements. Still waiting on a final A2P review for my use case (sending messages to family and friends) so not out of the woods yet, but hopefully that's the last step.
Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you didn't have to work?
on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:16PM (#34358003)
I read this and wondered "how many other people could be out there that fit this description besides the road-chose-me guy?"
Sure enough -- it's the road-chose-me guy xD
Re:A bird's-eye view of quantum error correction and fault tolerance
on Sunday July 24, 2022 @02:05PM (#32216013)
Very interesting! How close are we to achieving said noise threshold?
Re:Ask HN: What's the coolest website you know?
on Sunday June 12, 2022 @02:37AM (#31712109)
https://everynoise.com
Search for your favorite bands using the bar at the top right corner. Find the associated playlist on Spotify via "The Sound Of X" where X is the genre name.
If you have (or would like to have) diverse musical tastes this is the best way to do it!
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:24AM (#29254273)
The degradation is the real problem. They hold up for the first tens of charges but quickly lose 20-50% of capacity. It might have to do with the lack of OEM charging circuitry on the replacements, or perhaps just shoddy quality
Re:Apple announces Self Service Repair
on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:09AM (#29253132)
Genuine Apple batteries are miles better than any of the secondhand ones I've replaced them with (even the iFixit batteries).
Very exited to get my hands on the OEM replacements and extend my laptop's life another 3-5 years
Re:Soaring lumber prices add to the cost of a new home
on Friday April 30, 2021 @02:01PM (#26997005)
If we're using anecdata, I've seen $20 plywood sheets going for $40 which is double the normal price, but not 7x.
Re:Soaring lumber prices add to the cost of a new home
on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:59PM (#26996975)
There's essentially no new housing being built in the Bay in general, so I suppose the cost of lumber is moot.
Re:Washington state approves capital gains tax
on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:06PM (#26996167)
Definitely sarcasm with 'And stop asking questions.'
Re:Equity guide for employees at fast-growing companies
on Friday December 18, 2020 @01:36PM (#25470315)
Exercise windows are a super important issue that are touched on briefly here, but worth expounding on. Early-exercise mitigates some of the issues of a short exercise window but only for employees with deep pockets. [1]
[1] https://cs.stanford.edu/~rishig/90-day-exercise-windows.html
Re:It is as if you were doing work
on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:51PM (#23431547)
Ah! This is classic, wonder if this is based on the old flash game...
Re:Got fired? Ready to start a startup/new project?
on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:26PM (#23182474)
I'm curious about how you're tackling some of the problems I've seen with prior recycled-plastic-to-filament projects. IIRC printer filament is very sensitive to moisture and impurities, which are hard to control for when using recycled materials (even when mixing with a proportion of virgin plastic)
Re:Full Autopilot in GTA Using TensorFlow
on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @12:12PM (#23155670)
I'd love to see this done in Forza, although I'm sure that's optimizing for the wrong kind of driving behavior (lol)
Amazing work!
Re:Próspera – Special Economic Zone in Honduras
on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @04:55PM (#23096175)
Próspera Honduras just launched. It's a ZEDE (aka SEZ), the legacy from Paul Romer's time in Honduras. It has a huge amount of regulatory autonomy which they are tackling in an interesting way. They have reciprocity with all OECD countries, enforced via liability.
See also: https://info.prospera.hn/resource-center
Próspera – Special Economic Zone in Honduras
Re:Show HN: Run the unmodified iOS kernel image on the VIM3 developmen...
on Friday April 03, 2020 @01:18PM (#22771703)
How does one go about gaining the skills to do something like this? Love the demonstration of real low-level engineering and understanding.
Re:China's housing glut casts pall over the economy
on Friday February 15, 2019 @01:11PM (#19173207)
I spent ~2 years in mainland China (Zhengzhou, where iPhones are assembled). The number of 15+ story apartment buildings along major freeways was astounding -- all of them seemingly empty.
When in China I was told this is driven by a combination of two things:
1. The average person in China does not believe in investing in intangible assets. This means the stock market is not appealing, so they all pile into the best physical investment around -- housing.
2. Owning your home and a car before marriage is considered 'mandatory' in traditional Chinese culture (for men). If you forego this you have what's known as a 'naked wedding' -- not good. Renting doesn't count.
Excess housing means the average rental yield (rent / property cost) is so low that it's not worth finding tenants. Examples include $300k condos renting for ~200 USD / month.
Re:Wondering about the link between intelligence and meaning
on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @02:14PM (#19146509)
> "Unfortunately, motivation is fleeting. It's as though my brain is hyper sensitive to novelty"
Not to toot my own horn, but I struggled with this myself and ended up 'inventing' my own psuedo life-philosophy 'Experientialism'[1]. You might find this an interesting way of going about the problem.
[1] https://braunshedd.com/philosophy-and-metaphysics/what-is-ex...
Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @09:49AM (#17082316)
Undoubtably. Not a strong protection against doxxing, but might offer some semblance of protection from 'drive-by-lookups'. With a modern smartphone and location services, there's only so much you can do.
Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data
on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @08:37AM (#17081869)
Previously discussed yesterday, and again two days before that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17069459
This is one of the reasons I use a public-facing Twilio number, which forwards to a private number which I never hand out.
This isn't something that people should have to do to opt-out of tracking like this, but it doesn't seem like there are many other reliable options.