kencausey
Re:Ask HN: Why is Ask HN only showing me 14 posts?
on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @05:45PM (#49984578)
I don't regularly check Ask HN so I'm uncertain that more should be listed, although I would expect so. But assuming you haven't, the correct place to contact is [email protected] which can be found at the contact link at the bottom of the page.
Re:The Early History of Smalltalk
on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @04:34PM (#49983706)
s/Similar/Simula/
Re:uBlock Origin Lite is back on Firefox add-ons
on Monday October 05, 2026 @01:15PM (#49967619)
I have to wonder what is the appeal of the lite version over the OG on Firefox. I had previously assumed that the lite version only existed for browsers that blocked the functionality of the full version. Meanwhile, I'm still running uMatrix in Firefox.
Re:Borland Turbo Basic
on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:07PM (#49966724)
I found 1.0, a German release, and German Turbo Toolbox here:
https://archive.org/details/000376-BorlandTurboBasic10>
https://archive.org/details/BorlandTurboBasic1.0German
https://archive.org/details/turbotoolbox
In the time I was willing to spend, I did not see a 1.1 release.
Re:Merchants, Slaves, Peculium: The History of LLCs
on Friday October 02, 2026 @12:56AM (#49929974)
I suspect that this is the original source: https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?art... (PDF)
What Does This Assembly Code Do?
Apple Copland D11E4 booting in your Browser
Re:Thanks FedEx, This Is Why We Keep Getting Phished (2024)
on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:37PM (#49176226)
As far as I am able to find Google does not provide an RDAP server for gle either.
Re:Thanks FedEx, This Is Why We Keep Getting Phished (2024)
on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @05:41PM (#49175582)
In a recent example my step-mother, who is constantly getting cloud storage full scam emails, received an email from Google about 75% full storage that appears to be fully valid. However all the links use a domain c.gle and whois c.gle errors with "getaddrinfo(whois.nic.gle): Name or service not known". whois gle however does work. I was not sure of the validity of c.gle myself, my step-mother would have no idea.
A requiem for Intel's Optane, which could have eased the RAM price crunch
Re:A requiem for Intel's Optane, which could have eased the RAM price ...
on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @12:17PM (#49099448)
Original title: _A requiem for Optane, Intel's KV cache killer that could have eased the RAM price crunch_
I had to trim it to fit.
The Cipher Behind QSYRUPWD: Reconstructing IBM i Password Hashes
Re:The Cipher Behind QSYRUPWD: Reconstructing IBM i Password Hashes
on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @05:38PM (#49090269)
Link stolen from calvin on lobste.rs. <https://lobste.rs/s/2dc0gb/cipher_behind_qsyrupwd_reconstruc...>
Re:A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring) [video]
on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @09:45AM (#48817775)
I favor a technique I was taught by a nursing student almost 30 years ago. You basically use the usual technique but each time the lace crosses another do it one extra time.
So first you wrap one lace around the other and pull it tight, well before you pull it tight wrap it around one more time. This helps hold the laces tight for the next step where you fold the laces and wrap them around each other. Do that a second time as well before you pull it fully tight.
Without video or illustration I suspect this is not easy to follow. Oh well.
Re:The Baffling World of Masayoshi Son's Presentations
on Saturday June 27, 2026 @03:09AM (#48695910)
(2020)
Re:Building a UMatrix Replacement
on Friday May 15, 2026 @07:55PM (#48155455)
Yes, I still use it and can confirm that I have had no concerns or problems with it. On the other hand, if I had to reinstall, without research, I'm not sure how I would reinstall it. Having alternatives is a good thing.
Re:Int a = 5; a = a++ + ++a; a =? (2011)
on Thursday May 14, 2026 @05:19PM (#48141405)
https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html#index-pre...
"When side effects happen is implementation-defined. In other words, it is up to the particular version of awk."
Manuals Plus: The Wrap-Up
Learn Something Old Every Day, Part XXI: VGA Memory Access Is Complicated
When Networking Doesn't Work
Re:Tell HN: Chrome says "Suspicious Download" when trying to download ...
on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @03:52PM (#47592543)
Don't make statements like this without more explanation. In what way is this happening to you specifically? What distribution and platform are you using? Did you explicitly install something to warn you about 'side-loading' executables?
Learn Something Old Every Day, Part XVIII: How Does FPU Detection Work?
Re:Honey's Dieselgate: Detecting and tricking testers
on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @06:25PM (#46439410)
It constantly reloads for me (Firefox.) Just hit X which replaces the reload button while the page is loading and it will stop.
Re:Finding Gene Cernan's Missing Moon Camera
on Saturday December 06, 2025 @05:27PM (#46177146)
My understanding is that there is a lot of very fine lunar dust and in the lower gravity even a small amount of static electricity on you means that you are quickly covered in the dust.