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sintezcs commented on Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?    · Posted by u/rickybule
doix · a day ago
I'm currently traveling in Uzbekistan and am surprised that wireguard as a protocol is just blocked. I use wireguard with my own server, because usually governments just block well known VPN providers and a small individual server is fine.

It's the first time I've encountered where the entire protocol is just blocked. Worth checking what is blocked and how before deciding which VPN provider to use.

sintezcs · a day ago
Same in Russia
sintezcs commented on Live coding interviews measure stress, not coding skills   hadid.dev/posts/living-co... · Posted by u/mustaphah
StableAlkyne · a month ago
Take-homes suck on both sides nowadays - if you're the interviewer, how do you know they didn't just plug it into chatGPT and spend the rest of the afternoon studying the solution?

I just don't know what a better proxy of coding ability even is, when we exclude options that can't be gamed/cheated.

sintezcs · a month ago
What’s wrong with it if they studied the codeGPT solution well enough to explain it, answer the questions about corner cases and suggest improvements? Won’t it be a good indicator of the candidates skills? ChatGPT is one of the daily tools nowadays, we should not ban it, but the one using it should be able to understand and explain the code, and his logic, and explain how he architected the solution and how the LlM assisted him, and where it worked well and where not so good.
sintezcs commented on Learning basic electronics by building fireflies   a64.in/posts/learning-bas... · Posted by u/signa11
sintezcs · a month ago
I really loved that you started with a multivibrator scheme instead of arduino
sintezcs commented on What were the MS-DOS programs that the moricons.dll icons were intended for?   devblogs.microsoft.com/ol... · Posted by u/rbanffy
sintezcs · 3 months ago
I’m really amazed by the fact how expressive and solid such low-res icons can be. Creating them is a true art
sintezcs commented on I put sheet music into smart glasses [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=j36u2... · Posted by u/alex1115alex
mk_stjames · 4 months ago
All these glasses have so many layers of abstraction I don't want between something I develop and the display.

Let me connect via bluetooth direct to the glasses with anything and just tx/rx via a serial port and some low level protocol to get pixels/text on the screen.

This is also the only way I'd be able to buy a pair and feel safe it won't be able to be bricked in 2 years when some company shuts their server down and ends support.

sintezcs · 4 months ago
Check out brilliant.xyz
sintezcs commented on The Real Book (2021)   99percentinvisible.org/ep... · Posted by u/Tomte
sintezcs · 5 months ago
99% invisible is one of my most favourite podcasts, I recommend it every time when I talk about podcasts to someone
sintezcs commented on iPhones were being stolen off porches right after delivery, and now we know how   9to5mac.com/2025/03/20/ip... · Posted by u/TMWNN
sintezcs · 5 months ago
In my country delivery guys always phone you and knock on your door to give you your package. If you are not at home, they will get the package back and try to deliver it the next day. I’ve never heard of an option to ask them to just leave the package outside.
sintezcs commented on OpenAI Audio Models   openai.fm/... · Posted by u/KuzeyAbi
sintezcs · 5 months ago
I love the Teenage Engineering vibe of this page
sintezcs commented on Show HN: Cs16.css – CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI   cs16.samke.me... · Posted by u/samke-
nolan_wyss · 7 months ago
Very nice! I installed CS 1.6 last year again, after almost 15 years of not playing, and now I almost play every day 10 - 15 mins against bots to clear my mind. To make it more fun I even created my own bot team and a whole tournament where I play against all the pro teams of the ±2008ties. I also rediscovered a map I created back then on a super old hard disk - never thought that with almost 40 I would still play it - so thank you past-me.
sintezcs · 7 months ago
I also haven’t touched CS 1.6 for 15-16 years, it will be cool to try it. Is it possible to run it on Mac M1 or I need a VM? Also, can you recommend any resources where I can read how to setup and configure bots? TY!
sintezcs commented on Lifetime access plans are (mostly) a hoax    · Posted by u/limbojunkie
sintezcs · 8 months ago
Same thoughts. I’ve also received that email today and got really disappointed

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