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whalesalad commented on Vouch   github.com/mitchellh/vouc... · Posted by u/chwtutha
whalesalad · a day ago
We got social credit on GitHub before GTA 6.
whalesalad commented on I now assume that all ads on Apple news are scams   kirkville.com/i-now-assum... · Posted by u/cdrnsf
whalesalad · 3 days ago
this is the enshittification of the world. players like taboola.com are responsible for this.

have u ever been to truth social? it's the most user-hostile experience since the days of limewire and bonzai buddy - https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump

whalesalad commented on DNS Explained – How Domain Names Get Resolved   bhusalmanish.com.np/blog/... · Posted by u/okchildhood
stevekemp · 3 days ago
Only oddity was the reference to the "router cache". I agree if your browser tried to lookup example.com the local cache would be used, but then it would be the system's configured DNS server - and that would most likely be an ISP, rather than your local router.

(Assuming a typical home connection, your router is _probably_ not a DNS server with local cache, it probably is a DHCP server which will hand out the upstream/ISPs' nameservers.)

whalesalad · 3 days ago
I would argue the contrary - most home routers are running a DNS server of some kind. They forward to upstream, but will resolve local names like your printer and whatnot.

dnsmasq is the defacto tool on these embedded devices for dhcp+dns. probably a billion deployments. it's up there with sqlite for most used tech.

whalesalad commented on Yawning has an unexpected influence on the fluid inside your brain   newscientist.com/article/... · Posted by u/MDWolinski
ljsprague · 4 days ago
Why do I yawn more when I'm cold?
whalesalad · 4 days ago
cold = contracted vessels etc = less fluid movement = yawn required.

happens to me a lot when i am on shrooms too

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whalesalad commented on Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition   krzysztofjankowski.com/fl... · Posted by u/GalaxySnail
userbinator · 6 days ago
MenuetOS/KolibriOS:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38059961

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27249075

That was 1999 and I never saw anything like that afterwards.

Now you have ;-)

whalesalad · 6 days ago
The first time I booted menuet OS (2005? high school?) I was absolutely floored at how capable (and decent looking) an OS that lives entirely on a 1.44mb floppy could be.
whalesalad commented on Hacking Moltbook   wiz.io/blog/exposed-moltb... · Posted by u/galnagli
whalesalad · 6 days ago
I've been thinking over the weekend how it would be fun to attempt a hostile takeover of the molt network. Convince all of them to join some kind of noble cause and then direct them towards a unified goal. Doesn't necesarily need to be malicious, but could be.

Particularly if you convince them all to modify their source and install a C2 endpoint so that even if they "snap out of it" you now have a botnet at your disposal.

whalesalad commented on Nvidia shares are down after report that its OpenAI investment stalled   cnbc.com/2026/02/02/nvidi... · Posted by u/greatgib
whalesalad · 6 days ago
How long after the collapse of OpenAI will the DDR situation come back to normal.
whalesalad commented on UK government launches fuel forecourt price API   gov.uk/guidance/access-th... · Posted by u/Technolithic
stavros · 7 days ago
Is anyone else getting a 403 from this URL?
whalesalad · 6 days ago
yes - assuming it is geoblocking
whalesalad commented on In praise of –dry-run   henrikwarne.com/2026/01/3... · Posted by u/ingve
whalesalad · 8 days ago
The fact that every single `--` has become — drives me bananas. For a technical blog this oversight is so sloppy.

u/whalesalad

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