thehta
Re:He has powered his house for 8 years using laptop batteries
on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:32AM (#44105328)
Taking a guess, probably has something to do with batteries heating up and solder having a low melting point.
Re:Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?
on Monday March 13, 2023 @03:04AM (#35132125)
Sounds really cool, do you have a write-up of it anywhere?
Re:Tell HN: WhatsApp Is Down
on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @07:14AM (#33328977)
The idea is that Meta uses WhatsApp contact lists to build and maintain their social graphs, which is in turn used for advertising.
New South Africa: A blockchain-based governing structure
Re:Spotify was down
on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @02:42PM (#30605506)
Any working cross-platform rippers that you know of?
Re:Ask HN: How do I get fit and healthy as a software engineer?
on Friday September 17, 2021 @03:01AM (#28562144)
IMO the energy you expend doing exercise is coming from a completely different place than energy for knowledge work. On the contrary, doing exercise clears your mind and engages your body -- the opposite of sitting at a desk. In my experience you will feel your baseline "mental energy" also start to increase.
Re:Deploy a website on imgur.com
on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @05:41AM (#28454972)
How is it weird? You literally go from
> viewing text/parsing XML
to
> allowing remote sites to execute code on your machine, immediately when you load a site.
That's quite a big jump, regardless of all the browser sandboxing.