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ruskyhacker commented on Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong   about.usps.com/newsroom/s... · Posted by u/DannyPage
dtquad · a year ago
>I literally do not know how the electrical and firmware engineers will do their jobs now if we cannot receive packages from China

As a software engineer who works closely with electrical and firmware engineers I know what you are saying is completely true.

The question is how did we let it go this far? Why has there never been serious Western alternatives to JLCPCB, PCBWay, JLCCNC etc.? Has anyone asked themselves how these Chinese firms are so cheap? How can JLCCNC take ~$120 worth of raw material, CNC machine it into our specified part, anodize the part, and send it to Denmark for ~$120? Like what is going on?

ruskyhacker · a year ago
I believe the answer is "economies of scale"
ruskyhacker commented on Real time face swap and one-click video deepfake   github.com/hacksider/Deep... · Posted by u/sabrina_ramonov
matt-attack · 2 years ago
This looks pretty cumbersome to set up. Anyone have any recommendations on the easiest platform to try this on?
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
It's only like five steps? Just use the platform supported on your hardware...
ruskyhacker commented on Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob   github.com/devrim/cloudfl... · Posted by u/aesopsfable
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
I feel ripped off! (kidding, this is commonly "reinvented" by many. Here's my Cloudflare and Google DNS ones: https://github.com/zackoch/easy_cloudflare_dns_updater/tree/...

https://github.com/zackoch/easy-dynamic-google-cloud-dns

ruskyhacker commented on Free DDNS with Cloudflare and a cronjob   github.com/devrim/cloudfl... · Posted by u/aesopsfable
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
Weird, this project is very similar to this one https://github.com/zackoch/easy_cloudflare_dns_updater/tree/... Did OP kang my project?
ruskyhacker commented on Unpopular opinion: you should copy/fork/DIY your dependencies for everything   twitter.com/mitchellh/sta... · Posted by u/tosh
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
Idk how I feel about this. I think this is only an appropriate solution if you are 100% capable and can take complete ownership of patching said dependencies.

I get how there is risk associated with a supply chain attack, but what are you going to do when you don't understand a vulnerability and need to fix it?

Most problems aren't impossible to solve of course, but those who've been working with a codebase for a long time probably have a more intimate knowledge of how it works.

ruskyhacker commented on Why so many people in Hacker News do not use their real names?    · Posted by u/NarcisMirandes
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
I don't know the answer to your question, but have often thought the same thing. I used to have this saying - at some point you have to take the tinfoil hat off and just "live a little." My thoughts is I'd never make a name for myself if people didn't know who I was. Now at almost 34, I just straight up don't care anymore. I'll never "be someone" and I'm too old in tech to be taken seriously by the movers and shakers.

Not sure where I'm really going with this other than I fully understand opsec, the hacker mindset, cyber security, etc, but I've never really cared to stay private because I wanted to be known. Now that I'm likely as good as I'll ever be, it doesn't really matter lol. If someone finds something I said in poor taste, I'll apologize and hopefully have learned from it and move on.

ruskyhacker commented on Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?    · Posted by u/Exorust
ruskyhacker · 2 years ago
Definitely try out fancyzones from powertoys if you're on Windows. For Linux I'm not really sure, not much of a Linux desktop environment type, but I'm sure there's something for gnome. Lg makes a software I think it's called screen split, but fancy zones is better in my opinion. I run six 34 inch 2k ultrawides. I use the "edges" for stuff on the back burner - main content goes in the middle. It you have the right monitor some ultrawides can split inputs if you have multiple machines/ sources. That could be useful for dual os or work & personal setups.
ruskyhacker commented on Receiving weather satellite images using SatDump   support.nooelec.com/hc/en... · Posted by u/belter
matthewaveryusa · 2 years ago
Has anyone had any luck with a pvc qfh helix antenna like this one?

https://www.instructables.com/NOAA-Satellite-Signals-with-a-...

I already have an rtl-sdr picking up aircraft beacons and have this antenna on my todo list. Are there any benefits to buying a grid antenna vs DIYing my own helix?

ruskyhacker commented on The burden of Long Covid “so large as to be unfathomable”   rnz.co.nz/national/progra... · Posted by u/harryleeming
whimsicalism · 3 years ago
They're very similar and if you work in these fields you wink wink know what it means that the disease profiles are so similar.
ruskyhacker · 3 years ago
What does it mean?

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