chamakits (u/chamakits)

chamakits commented on Ubiquiti launches UniFi OS Server for self-hosting lazyadmin.nl/home-network... · Posted by u/speckx

stephen_g · a month ago

I still use their access points because it's hard to get anything else as good for the same kind of price, but they burned me killing the development on EdgeRouter.

So I've gone elsewhere for cameras, switching and routing.

This release is a nice point in their favour though but I can't see myself going back all in on Ubiquiti.

chamakits · a month ago

Any recommendations on cameras that can be fully local?

chamakits commented on CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing) behind.pretix.eu/2025/05/... · Posted by u/pabs3

clipsy · 3 months ago

> I suspect the key thing is that the industry really wants scalpers

Why?

chamakits · 3 months ago

Well at least one possible reason is that for live events, the company that has an effective monopoly is Live Nation. And they also own at least one of the platforms where scalpers sell their tickets; Ticketmaster.

I also imagine that as an event promoter, being able to say some variation of "Another sold out show", or "Tickets sold out within seconds" creates pressure for buying early for all future events.

It also takes active planned work to implement these solutions. And if they have a monopoly, they have no incentive to do that work.

chamakits commented on Visual Basic 6 rebuilt in C# – complete with form designer and IDE in browser bandysc.github.io/Avaloni... · Posted by u/thunderbong

evrimoztamur · 10 months ago

VB6 is how I got really started off with programming and building games. There were project files you could find online of games made in VB6 of such immense complexity (one was an 'MMORPG' with networking, file save/load and data serialisation via RTF blocks, etc.) that it made my head spin. I don't know if I would have gotten into programming at such a young age otherwise.

chamakits · 10 months ago

Are you by any chance talking about Mirage online (and it’s many other servers)?

I remember loving that game (or the Jerrath Online server anyways) and being amazed by it. I knew enough about computers to know it was programmed in VB 6, but not enough to actually code.

But the desire to eventually make something like it definitely had to do with my interest in coding later on.

chamakits commented on A new dental scam is to pull healthy teeth to sell you expensive fake ones arstechnica.com/health/20... · Posted by u/pjmlp

candiddevmike · 10 months ago

Dentistry is a specialization, and Dentists are doctors. Not "doctors" in the chiropractic sense, but actual doctors with residency requirements.

chamakits · 10 months ago

I think the parent comment was referencing that, at least in the US, dentistry is treated differently in many ways. For example, it’s a different health insurance with its separe premiums and limits, and you’ll never find a dentist in a hospital; instead they have their own offices.

chamakits commented on Mark Zuckerberg unveils giant Roman sculpture of his wife – AP News apnews.com/video/social-m... · Posted by u/ssahoo

chamakits · a year ago

This really opened my eyes to some historical context I never thought of before.

My initial gut reaction was judgmental about the way billionaires spend their money; thinking it might involve some amount of hubris.

Then I realized I have no idea of how sculpture that are now show in museums as treasured historical art pieces were judge in the time they were created. Today we treasure them. But what did the general population think of them? I have no idea.

I imagine that at the time of their commissioning they were also paid by affluent people that could afford such luxuries. People that probably mirror today’s billionaires in influence and access. So what’s different about these?

chamakits commented on Ubisoft Employees In France have gone on a Strike playstationcouch.com/post... · Posted by u/cannibalXxx

imiric · 2 years ago

Good luck to them, but why would you want to work for such an awful company anyway? Even in the 3A (or "4A"...) space, there are much better studios, in Europe and elsewhere. Preserve your sanity and quit.

chamakits · 2 years ago

I'm not sure on hard hiring numbers; but I imagine that since Ubisoft is a French company, they have a much larger presence in France than other large studios.

chamakits commented on Ask HN: Are height adjustable desks worth it? · Posted by u/herodoturtle

chamakits · 2 years ago

It depends. I suggest you first try to work at your desk with a tray on top or something that lets you try out switching between standing and sitting all the time. See if you’ll actually be switching between standing and sitting and enjoy it.

I have one. Bought it about 9 years ago. Thought it was so cool. After the first week I barely ever moved it to standing.

Fast forward to now. I have some pretty bad lower back pains that I do like standing frequently. Unfortunately the desk I have is motorized not manual; and it stopped working. So I now have a tray that I switch in and out during the day to sit and stand.

chamakits commented on A suicide crisis among veterinarians bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/rntn

chamakits · 2 years ago

When I was young, the first profession I said I wanted to be was a Vet. I was obsessed with it. I loved all animals, but dogs the most. Still do.

Over the years of having my own pets at some point I realized I would be dealing with animals in their worst condition. Sick, injured, and suffering. I knew I would be bonding with animals I would rarely see and maybe even be responsible for putting them to sleep when the time came. I knew I definitely did not want to be a vet.

I know a few vets, and I know they have that same love for animals. I don’t know how they do it.

chamakits commented on Show HN: Lottielab – Create product animations in the browser easily lottielab.com/... · Posted by u/thegeomaster

jaxomlotus · 2 years ago

This is wonderful!

I co-founded a suite of flash design apps called Aviary back in 2007, so know how hard it is to pull of what you've done here.

I'm really blown away by what you created here. Super intuitive, very powerful, and solves a real product need (I literally was talking with my designer earlier about how hard using After Effects was).

Great work!

chamakits · 2 years ago

Oh my god I remember Aviary!

I was truly mind blown by how amazing those tools were in the browser. And so many different applications too!

Really impressive product! I can’t imagine it was easy trying to find a profitable market with the competition you had. But it was an infinitely useful suite and a technical marvel.

chamakits commented on Oxide Computer: Docs docs.oxide.computer/guide... · Posted by u/avrong

solarkraft · 2 years ago

Finally I actually understand what they're building. Now I must ask: Why?

On-prem servers aren't a new invention. The market seems pretty saturated (and shrinking). Virtualization isn't a new invention either. The market seems pretty well served, at least commercially. Can the integration of both be a convincing enough advantage?

The management UI certainly looks nice; it's something I'd like to have on my KVM box at home (any good Proxmox alternatives?). I don't see why it'd have to be bound to an enormous server.

chamakits · 2 years ago

I'm not affiliated with them, but I recall this being marketed at some point as giving you the flexibility and customization powers that the Googles and Facebooks of the world have with their on-prem infrastructure without needing to have as deep of a dedicated staff as they do to just this which allowed them to develop all their custom tooling in the first place.

Basically if you are on-prem, and you are dissatisfied with what you are getting out of today's onprem sellers. Things like bad firmware with slow update cycles, issues with rack/power supplies/cabling/interconnecting systems. Closed down systems that don't allow much customization, etc. They are open sourcing a lot of their work along the way

Again, I'm not affiliated with them, and my info may be outdated so take it with a grain of salt. But that's how I've seen them for some time.