brewtide (u/brewtide)

brewtide commented on AOL closes its dial up internet service ispreview.co.uk/index.php... · Posted by u/simonjgreen

matja · 21 days ago

ATS12=255!

brewtide · 21 days ago

I thought it was ATS2=255?

Either way, the memories!

brewtide commented on Installing a mini-split AC in a Brooklyn apartment probablydance.com/2025/08... · Posted by u/ibobev

jghn · 21 days ago

mid-1800s in new england checking in. No knob in tube here, but guilty as charged on the sagging floors.

brewtide · 21 days ago

I'm in the same boat. No knob and tune, and all the plaster has been removed as well (thankfully by someone else in the houses lifetime).

I've also DIY installed 3 mini split units in the house -- the last one being an AC / DC unit that directly gets powered via 4 panels on the roof during the sunny moments of the day.

Built a new addition 3-4 years back. It's far better insulated than the main structure, but the wood stove and heat pump combo keeps winter mostly at bay.

Anything over 30 years is insane.

brewtide commented on Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file server github.com/9001/copyparty... · Posted by u/saint11

MostlyStable · a month ago

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something, but wouldn't this work great (albeit huge overkill) for the extremely common problem of trying to get files from one device to another (especially when one of those devices is a phone)? I see tools that are supposed to do that posted to HN all the time, with the comments usually pointing out one or another problem with any given utility. This seems like it would be pretty great self hosted, open source, solution to that problem?

brewtide · a month ago

If you have not tried "localsend" I would highly recommend.

brewtide commented on Malware found in official gravityforms plugin indicating supply chain breach patchstack.com/articles/c... · Posted by u/taubek

astura · 2 months ago

For those who didn't understand this comment (like me)

Nonce is also British slang for alleged or convicted sex offenders, especially ones involving children.

brewtide · 2 months ago

I was this close to putting it on a car license plate unaware of the British use.

I've never been happier to just, check, before clicking a submit button.

brewtide commented on The death of partying in the USA derekthompson.org/p/the-d... · Posted by u/tysone

zoomablemind · 2 months ago

I thought a prime time for contacting the parents is right after school when picking up the kid. Everyone is there waiting, so it's just natural to chit chat, esp when the kids are friends.

brewtide · 2 months ago

My local school killed this with COVID. Now you are no longer able to stand and wait, everyone has to line up in their cars. Viva la community!

brewtide commented on Xfinity using WiFi signals in your house to detect motion xfinity.com/support/artic... · Posted by u/bearsyankees

snarf21 · 2 months ago

Curious: What about adding a small battery powered WiFi device to your dogs collar? Would that look like a person moving around the house? What about a WiFi controlled mini drone that flew around you house?

[Note: this should be illegal]

brewtide · 2 months ago

It's basically passive radar using the wifi bands as the reflection AFAIK. It doesn't seem to be about the active state of devices, but the deflections in known points. It's creepy.

brewtide commented on Google aims to reinvent email with Wave (2009) cbc.ca/news/canada/how-go... · Posted by u/xattt

evbogue · 2 months ago

I was totally joking! My humor is not compatible with the current SV trendscape.

brewtide · 2 months ago

"also a distant relative bought a piece of farmland."

brewtide commented on Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE contributed to blackout reuters.com/business/ener... · Posted by u/croes

btilly · 2 months ago

I would think that a trivial solution for that is to create devices that can supply variable demand. (For example by heating up water somewhere in the ocean.) If the power created by nuclear exceeds base-line demand, create artificial demand to level out the valleys. By strategically wasting power, nuclear can supply a larger share of the demand.

brewtide · 2 months ago

I know it's a shamed topic around here, or it seems like it, however I find the Bitcoin mining aspect of chewing up these "needed to be wasted" loads the one true positive of it (Bitcoin).

Yeah, it's changed from its seeming origins. Yes it's number go up! But being able to turn that extra juice, that NEEDS to go somewhere back into 'cash' is certainly on my list of positives.

Obviously, it's lower than batteries and lower or on par with storing as sand/thermal (I guess location and season dependant on this one).

One other perk, now that I rant about thermal, is being able to absorb this extra energy, do some calculations and then provide (location/season) heat. Seems like the calculation aspect is the 3 birds one stone, to me.

brewtide commented on SkyRoof: New Ham Satellite Tracking and SDR Receiver Software rtl-sdr.com/skyroof-new-h... · Posted by u/rmason

zombot · 3 months ago

Since macOS 14 (Sonoma) I'm unable to find SDR software that works with my SDRPlay device. CubicSDR still worked in Ventura. I was hoping this app also had a macOS build.

brewtide · 3 months ago

Perhaps https://www.sdrpp.org/ would work for you? Just throwing it out there -- I've learned that my few SDRplay devices def. require a lot more pieces and parts on my linux machines than any of the other SDR devices that I own.

brewtide commented on Show HN: Smart Silence – Remind your iPhone to stay quiet in quiet places testflight.apple.com/join... · Posted by u/ebagsnave

bigiain · 3 months ago

> I would love my phone to know I’m in Church for a wedding or at a play and not have to remember to switch.

I kinda have the opposite problem. I turn my phone to silent because I'm at a restaurant or cinema or whatever, then 3 or 4 weeks later discover I never remembered to turn it back.

And I'm 100% OK with that, I've gotten good enough at turning the ringer on when I'm expecting a call, and not worrying about "missing calls" from people who aren't in my VIP list or who don't leave voicemail.

brewtide · 3 months ago

Semi-related, I've found this one of the primary reasons I wear a smartwatch. My phone now generally remains on silent 99% of the time, as does the watch. It's pretty easy to miss a vibration when a phone is in a pocket or on a table somewhere, but having a vibration on my wrist is almost always noticeable.

The few times I do not notice a notification, I'll pick up up when just keeping an eye on the time.

Not having bings , boops, and rings surround my life has been a huge nicety -- Far more than I'd have expected. Highly recommend if someone wants to be 'notified reliably' but has the modern day sounds also drive them a bit nuts...