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Re:Rooting, firmware analysis and persistent credentials of TP-Link TL...
on Sunday August 02, 2026 @03:25PM (#49147485)
What’s your arch?
Re:The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe
on Monday January 12, 2026 @03:12AM (#46585496)
Catastrophic? Like a battery fire?
Re:Alaska Airlines' statement on IT outage
on Friday October 24, 2025 @06:02AM (#45692881)
Has anyone else noticed their website has been having a ton of issues in the last few weeks as well? In terms of bookings failing and trips not appearing? Just my anecdote but software issues seem to have become very frequent over there…
Re:Thoughts on (Amazonian) leadership
on Monday September 01, 2025 @07:19PM (#45097477)
Can definitely relate. There is no correlation to work complexity and quality in performance reviews from what I’ve seen. It’s often how much you are selling something and your director happens to be buying…
Re:Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion
on Tuesday July 01, 2025 @11:14AM (#44434737)
Could I sufficiently foil their mechanism here by not connecting any WiFi devices to their access point and then wrapping their access point with foil? Or would you need to take it all the way and put the device in a faraday cage? I’ve always wanted to build one but never had the motivation. Maybe this will be the impetus I need to finally make one! Like others have stated I use the ISP provided hardware to get around the data cap. But connect nothing to it other than my own router.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2025)
on Monday May 26, 2025 @12:16PM (#44098814)
[delayed]
Re:Ask HN: What less-popular systems programming language are you using?
on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @10:34AM (#43256005)
What’re you doing with Zig and N64? Sounds awesome.
Re:OpenWrt 24.10.0 – First Stable Release
on Thursday February 06, 2025 @12:33AM (#42959410)
There is also the router made in partnership with OpenWRT, the OpenWRT One. I’m using one right now and it has been very stable just on the RC builds for this release for a few weeks now. This is the first actual release supporting this device. The device itself is pretty nice with a JTAG header on the board so it's pretty clear that it is a hacker-friendly device. Haven’t needed to use that yet though…
This would be an awesome way to get more breadth of knowledge during downtime. For example, many times there are interesting algorithms or some technology I would benefit from knowing I just wouldn’t know to search for it.
Or you could make infinite scrolling randomized hacker news front page articles from the past.
Re:General Motors Is Banned from Selling Driving Behavior Data for 5 Y...
on Friday January 17, 2025 @10:33AM (#42738615)
If you’re willing to do a little bit of work you can often remove the cellular radio from some modern cars to remove the data collection connectivity, not sure if it’d still be buffered on the device still but it’s a step in the correct direction. I’ve read about this in some modern BMWs so it might be worth a bit of googling if you have a particular modern car you are interested in. Or if no one else has done it with a particular model you could also blaze your own path here.
Re:Yemeni Coffee Shops Are Everywhere in Texas: Alcohol-Free Spaces Th...
on Friday January 03, 2025 @09:53PM (#42591914)
There used to be a great Starbucks in Kirkland that was 24hr. I am equally frustrated that there are no coffee shops open late even close to the universities in Seattle.
Re:GPT-5 is behind schedule
on Monday December 23, 2024 @01:09AM (#42492214)
If ChatGPT keeps giving you wrong answers wouldn’t this make paying customers leave? Effectively “losing its job”. But I guess you could say it acts more like the person that makes stuff up at work if they don’t know, instead of saying they don’t know.
Re:Hardware Security Exploit Research – Xbox 360
on Thursday December 19, 2024 @06:22PM (#42466785)
What was the culture like working on this project and back in those days? I’ve always been fascinated by the development of consoles, especially the story of the 360. Any sources you recommend to learn more? I thought the Microsoft documentary on Xbox was the best I’ve found so far.
Re:US Weighs Banning TP-Link Routers
on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @11:53AM (#42452246)
What solution do you use for wireless access points? That’s generally my problem, you can find plenty of solid hardware to run pfSense on but as soon as you look at access points everything seems to be proprietary something or from questionable sources.
Re:Four dead in fire as Tesla doors fail to open after crash
on Saturday November 16, 2024 @03:08PM (#42158860)
I always thought it was a luxury item like soft close doors on high end luxury cars. Supposed to feel premium compared to actually pulling a mechanical handle.
Re:Military's UFO-hunting aerial surveillance system detailed in report
on Saturday November 16, 2024 @03:01PM (#42158816)
Is it just me or does the architecture diagram at the top of the page from the “DOD Document” leaves a lot to be desired? It almost gives you no information about the actual system at all
Re:A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fa...
on Friday November 01, 2024 @11:19AM (#42017774)
Exact same thing happened to me as well. I now travel very far to go to a dentist that I can trust. It never even crossed my mind that this would be a possibility when I was younger.
Re:Toasty, an Async ORM for Rust
on Saturday October 26, 2024 @01:00PM (#41956019)
Is it just me or why does Rust have all these confusing names that seemingly have nothing to do with the functionality of the module/crate? Or maybe I’m just used to the names in Python and C++ packages for performing common tasks. It just seems to make it harder for a newcomer to locate what packages they should be using when they want to perform some common function.
Re:Cobb Tuning Hit with $2.9M Fine over Emissions Defeat Devices
on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:34AM (#41581086)
I wonder to what extent possible is it possible to avoid this by air gapping your tuning computer from now on.
Re:What are the best options for Amazon SDEs thinking about leaving ov...
on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @12:38AM (#41564165)
I’ve heard if you are on focus when you quit you may have a lifetime ban on ever coming back anywhere in Amazon. Is this correct?
Re:Why Oxide Chose Illumos
on Thursday September 12, 2024 @11:05AM (#41521789)
What do the big three use?
Re:Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7
on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @12:10PM (#41502330)
It also enables them to effectively kill the used game market when you have to buy all games new through their store (or a code). You can’t even share a game with a friend, unless you share their whole account, which is way more friction.
Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without working there?
on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:46AM (#41093977)
Yes! Just didn’t want to assume every country in the world operated like the USA
Re:Intel N100 Radxa X4 First Thoughts
on Sunday July 28, 2024 @11:35AM (#41093919)
Does anyone know where to buy one of these? Aliexpress keeps saying it is out of stock and has for about a week now.
Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without working there?
on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @10:48AM (#41046542)
In the USA this is not how tax brackets work. You are taxed on your income in each bracket at that rate, not overall
Re:NASA cancels $450M mission to drill for ice on the Moon
on Thursday July 18, 2024 @06:34PM (#41000378)
When a project like this is cancelled, where does the hardware go? Not just flight hardware which I’m sure is ITAR EAR restricted but also the plethora of test and supporting hardware to go along with it?
Re:Analyzing My Electricity Consumption
on Friday July 05, 2024 @11:32AM (#40883628)
Is this a common feature of dumb power meters? I’ve wanted to get data out of my dumb meter for a while now so I’m interested to learn more
Re:I like the RP2040
on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:48AM (#40646811)
Where can I learn more about how they are used in console hacking? This sounds very interesting
Re:Raspberry Pi Ltd is considering an IPO
on Wednesday May 15, 2024 @12:49PM (#40369357)
Sure if you are trying to get a cheap desktop computer, the Pi always made a mediocre desktop experience. But if you need GPIO or very low power consumption or a SPI connection with a community that understands its quirks very well I doubt you are going to be happy with an old Intel desktop.
Re:Show HN: My $1k self-install, off-grid solar backup build for renters
on Saturday April 13, 2024 @04:37PM (#40025850)
Any tips or guides on the best ways to get them? I’m interested