xythobuz
Re:Show HN: Web dev is still fun if you want it to be
on Saturday May 31, 2025 @10:49AM (#44144647)
That was a very fun read. Thank you.
Re:Have I Been Pwned 2.0 is Now Live
on Tuesday May 20, 2025 @06:34AM (#44039943)
Then these people _obviously_ are not fit to drive a multi-ton killing machine at all and should have their license permanently revoked, when they had multiple chances for introspection.
Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2025)
on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:33PM (#42576500)
Location: Germany (South)
Remote: Preferred
Willing to relocate: Yes
Website / Portfolio: https://www.xythobuz.de
Technologies: Embedded development with a strong Linux/Unix background. C, Python, Shell, ARM assembly.
Résumé/CV: Please request by email
Email: [email protected]
Re:Why is printer ink so expensive?
on Friday December 06, 2024 @10:35AM (#42340709)
Sure. The prints fade quickly, especially in the sun. And they are susceptible to heat, rubbing your fingernail along is enough friction heating to cause a black line. So they are not all that usable for something more permanent than a burger receipt.
Re:Smart Meter Bridge – Xythobuz.de
on Monday July 08, 2024 @09:03AM (#40905059)
Huh. Never heard of it. But after quickly reading up on it, I'm kinda happy that my meter does not have that. Seems a bit overengineered. But that's to be expected from our DE/EU standards organizations, I guess. My meter has been installed around two years ago.
Re:Smart Meter Bridge – Xythobuz.de
on Monday July 08, 2024 @05:16AM (#40903874)
Author here. If you have any questions, I'm happy to answer them :)
Re:The Secret Life of XY Monitors
on Monday March 11, 2024 @03:41PM (#39672426)
I just want to mention Oscilloscope Music [1]. You can find other artists on YouTube. It can be played on analog oscilloscopes with an XY mode. I also recently made a little player with a Raspberry Pi [2].
Re:Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
on Thursday July 06, 2023 @04:56AM (#36613143)
Re:Show HN: I built a custom USB Trackball
on Monday February 20, 2023 @10:45AM (#34869178)
Awesome project!
Yes, I've also thought about mounting the switches vertically. And more surface should also provide more grip on the table.
Re:Show HN: I built a custom USB Trackball
on Monday February 20, 2023 @10:42AM (#34869152)
Interesting, I did not think about the possibility of moving the sensor to another position. But it makes sense. The Logitech Trackballs I've seen also have a slight offset that could be in the ballpark of 20 degrees.
I will have to do some further experimentation. Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:18PM (#34548718)
https://www.xythobuz.de
I don't have anything fancy to show, so here's a link to my personal website with all my projects.
Re:Survey: Help us design a VNA for hobbyists and professional users
on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:39PM (#30857585)
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Survey: Help us design a VNA for hobbyists and professional users
Re:Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk to Celebrate Legality, Become Immediately ...
on Saturday March 26, 2022 @05:27AM (#30810440)
In Germany eating raw minced pork is a specialty called "Mett". There are high safety standards and it is only allowed to be sold on the day of production, with care taken not to interrupt cooling, for example. It is generally considered very safe. Source: am German, eating it often.
Re:Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times
on Friday September 10, 2021 @08:26AM (#28480548)
that's really just physics. warm air gets in through the opened door, after closing it rapidly cools down, because air does not hold that much heat energy. Because it cools it contracts, which reduces the pressure inside the freezer, causing the outside air pressure to hold the door shut more firmly.
No electromagnets or anything.
Re:Why Johnny Won't Upgrade
on Thursday August 27, 2020 @06:40AM (#24292213)
The Xbox 360 for example used these fuses in the CPU to prevent downgrades [1].
Re:Play Counter-Strike 1.6 in your browser
on Friday June 12, 2020 @06:00PM (#23504350)
I think you can, it has a native Mac port on Steam.
Re:If I could bring one thing back to the internet it would be blogs
on Saturday May 16, 2020 @07:48PM (#23208169)
This blog post [1] has at least two anecdotal examples. Also see the corresponding HN discussion [2].
[1]: http://stop.zona-m.net/2018/01/indeed-it-seems-that-google-i...
Re:Savitech USB audio drivers install a new root CA certificate
on Thursday November 02, 2017 @08:17PM (#15615613)
They would need to MITM you somewhere, but that could probably happen in their audio driver that's already installed and running on the target machine.
Re:America is now a second-tier country
on Thursday June 22, 2017 @07:48AM (#14611532)
Just to add to that: I'm studying in Germany and pay 140 Euros per Semester, so 280 Euros or a bit more than 300$ per year. So another order of magnitude less than your estimate :)
Re:NSA OSS Technologies
on Monday June 19, 2017 @06:46AM (#14585891)
I really don't understand it, to be honest I think it's unbelievable. I'd say we, as in the IT community, shouldn't touch anything coming out of the NSA with a 10 feet pole, even if we're absolutely sure it's not some kind of morally dubious attack tool.
Fuck the NSA!
Re:Apple Mac computers targeted by ransomware and spyware
on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @03:03PM (#14547595)
Just a little nit-pick: checking for kernel extensions that don't have Apple in their name is definitely not the same as checking for 3rd-party extensions... :P
Re:Gnirehtet – Reverse-tethering tool for Android
on Saturday April 01, 2017 @07:49AM (#14011672)
Cool, but a couple of days ago I used [another Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.floriandra...) that does the same thing, even with a cross-plattform Java server, too. Is there anything different with this one (except the price)?
Re:Arduino.cc and Arduino.org have settled their differences
on Saturday October 01, 2016 @05:44PM (#12620022)
For anyone interested in the history of Arduino, definitely read The Untold History of Arduino:
https://arduinohistory.github.io
I think it's really appaling how the original inventor is (not) credited.
Re:BeagleBone Black Wireless
on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @02:04AM (#12587757)
This has definitely changed. I'm using the current mainline kernel and it includes proper configs for the BBB. Works pretty much hassle-free.
Re:“Has something ever failed in the field due to a bug in a CAD tool?”
on Saturday April 30, 2016 @07:01AM (#11601243)
I've heard of this for the first time and just talked to a family member that worked at Airbus and was part of the team using Catia V5.
They had heard of this story, which is told often, but it's just not that simple. Problems like this should have been noticed and fixed much earlier with the proper processes.
Now blaming Catia for the organizational problems seems too easy.
Re:Background Music, an OS X audio utility
on Sunday April 17, 2016 @12:27PM (#11515083)
Woah. I've recently tried to do something similar in userspace, but came to the conclusion that it's not possible without a kernel driver. I'm impressed, and tempted to use this soon :)
Re:What Is Code?
on Thursday June 11, 2015 @11:48AM (#9700388)
Well now you've got me to investigate. There seems to be a video in the article. However, it is only displayed as a white box in my browser (Safari), without any controls. I can't stop it, I don't even know it's there, except it it playing audio. Strange...
Re:What Is Code?
on Thursday June 11, 2015 @09:48AM (#9699657)
Very funny... I currently have other audio playing on my computer that I don't want to stop.