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was_a_dev commented on Show HN: I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia   detective.wiki/... · Posted by u/jasonsmiles
chrysoprace · 2 months ago
Cool game, but when I was doing the map game it gave me the same article about 5 times.

It's also not clear if there's a goal in each game. So far as I can tell it goes on forever.

Edit: both the lock and dial game modes put me into the same dial game mode; I'm going to guess it's a bug. They also seem to be for the same article.

was_a_dev · 2 months ago
I played the Map mode and got the same page several times, and then the game ended with half my "life" left. It was really fun but I passed a lot of rounds just on memory
was_a_dev commented on German government comes out against Chat Control   xcancel.com/paddi_hansen/... · Posted by u/SolonIslandus
serbuvlad · 2 months ago
Yep. And that's exactly why the EU has the structure it does.

Unfortunately the only country that ever left proceeded to shoot itself in both knees, light itself on fire and jump in a pool of gasoline. For NO reason.

was_a_dev · 2 months ago
There were reasons, they just weren't good ones
was_a_dev commented on Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?    · Posted by u/rickybule
tarruda · 4 months ago
To complement the answer (if the OP or anyone else is looking for a step-by-step guide), ask an LLM:

" Give me step by step instructions on how to setup trojan client/server to bypass censorship. Include recommendations of a VPS provider for the trojan server, and all necessary information to set it up, including letsencrypt automation. Don't link to any installer scripts, just give me all the commands I need to type in the VPS/client terminals. Assume Ubuntu 22.04 for both client and server. "

ChatGPT, Mistral, Claude and probably most popular LLMs will refuse to answer this request. Funny that DeepSeek (https://chat.deepseek.com) will comply despite it being from China.

Another option is to use local LLMs. I've tested this with GPT-OSS-120b and Gemma 3 27b(https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-3-27b-it-qat-q4_0-gguf/) and both seems to work.

was_a_dev · 4 months ago
Interestingly I just got what seems to be a complete and coherent answer from GPT-5 mini. No refusal, many steps given
was_a_dev commented on Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers   apnews.com/article/trump-... · Posted by u/tedsanders
_heimdall · a year ago
Free to the student sounds nice, but who pays for it in the end? And does an education lose a bit of its value when anyone can get it for free?
was_a_dev · a year ago
Free to US citizens would be a better policy, the state investing in its own people.
was_a_dev commented on Ocean Carbon Removal: Captura's marine carbon capture explained   spectrum.ieee.org/ocean-c... · Posted by u/geox
anakaine · a year ago
That sulfur was removed to reduce acid rain, so its not without some pretty terrible side effects.
was_a_dev · a year ago
The idea (in theory being the key word) is by injecting into the stratosphere minimises acid rain production and maximises cooling requiring less SO2
was_a_dev commented on Universities enrolling foreign students with poor English, BBC finds   bbc.com/news/articles/c0m... · Posted by u/impish9208
djaouen · a year ago
I never understood the prejudice against poor English speakers. How else are you supposed to learn a language than to be immersed in the culture before you are fluent?
was_a_dev · a year ago
In this context, its not so much the prejudice but the exploitation of such students and the devaluation of the degree as a result.
was_a_dev commented on Starship Flight 5: Launch and booster catch [video]   twitter.com/SpaceX/status... · Posted by u/alecco
mhandley · a year ago
As to whether catching the booster adds risk - I'm not sure it does.

First, to the extent the booster is out of position in the x (sideways) direction, the chopsticks can move to accomodate error. But actually I think this dimension is the easiest of the three, as the booster has plenty to time to null any error in this dimension.

In the y direction (direction of travel towards the tower), the rails on the chopsticks can cope with the booster touching down along quite a long distance. But importantly, they appear to be smooth, so the pins can initially skid along them and then the booster can swing if it has not fully nulled any horizontal movement. In contrast, if the booster used legs and has not yet fully nulled any horizontal motion at touchdown, there is a greater risk of breaking a leg or simply tipping over.

And in the z direction, it should be possible for the chopsticks can absorb more vertical motion than legs can absorb, because you can easily build in huge springs/dampers/etc into the ground equipment without concern about mass.

Catching also puts the booster in tension rather than compression - it's easier to be rigid in tension than compression.

Finally, if legs were used, the engines would have to get close to the ground during landing, so reflected shock from the ground could cause damage. I know Falcon 9 does this, but the area of the base of Starship is much greater, so there's effectively less room for the reflected energy to escape. Catching completely removes this risk.

On balance, I think they would have better chance of success for each mission by catching. The main downside would be if you fail to catch, you may need to build a new tower, whereas a flat pad would be cheaper and easier to repair.

was_a_dev · a year ago
The most challenging axis in my opinion is the roll axis of Super Heavy, if there is a roll angle error, the pins could not sit properly on the chopsticks and the whole booster slides off.
was_a_dev commented on Britain's last coal-fired power plant shuts down   theguardian.com/business/... · Posted by u/geox
b800h · a year ago
Just a shame that we're increasingly purchasing power from abroad as we don't seem to be very good at building nuclear power stations.
was_a_dev · a year ago
We're not good at building nuclear power stations, partly because we haven't the skilled workforce to do so.

A lot of the (finanical and time) investment for Hinkley Point C has been certifying and upskilling the workforce.

Sizewell C is projected to be a much smoother and 'cheaper' operation, as it is a near clone of HPC. And the timing means the workforce will just transfer over to the new site.

was_a_dev commented on Britain's reliance on coal-fired power set to end after 140 years   ft.com/content/5164185d-b... · Posted by u/tolien
stuaxo · a year ago
We have some of the oldest housing stock in Europe.

There isn't much space inside for insulation, one solution is thin wall insulation.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...

was_a_dev · a year ago
In the North East of England, theres a point where these houses aren't even worthwhile purchasing to rennovate. Houses can be purchases easily for £60k but require at least that to modernize. But while you've done well to purchase a house for £120k, it doesn't reflect in the local market.

The solution would be to knock the house down and build a modern one on the reclaimed land. But you've just bought a mid-terrace, so that's out of the question.

was_a_dev commented on State of S3 – Your Laptop is no Laptop anymore – a personal Rant   blog.jeujeus.de/blog/hard... · Posted by u/tosh
redundantly · a year ago
If your notebook has 16 GB of RAM that needs to be written out every time it hibernates, and you do that three times a day, five days a week, you’d accumulate about 63 TB of writes over five years. That’s roughly a third of the TBW rating for an average 256 GB SSD. A typical 1 TB SSD would have three times the endurance or more.

I think your SSD will handle it just fine. :)

was_a_dev · a year ago
I'd say 1/3rd is a rather large chunk of an SSDs TBW if its just for hibernating. In practice, for reasons you outlined, it would be a smaller amount but I would only find 1-2% tolerable.

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