04rob's comments

On: Ask HN: Favorite blog in 2024?

[04rob]

Construction Physics:

https://www.construction-physics.com/

On: Ask HN: A network device that doesn't exist?

[04rob]

I believe what you are looking for is called a multi-WAN router. More specifically, one with a failover function.

On: Daily 'Breath Training' can work as well as Meds to reduce high blood pressure

[04rob]

Anyone able to tell if the study was funded by the device manufacturer?

On: Fissure: The RF and Reverse Engineering Framework for Everyone

[04rob]

Video overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGHbxXXmnms

[tjfl → 04rob]

The demo starts [here](https://youtu.be/AGHbxXXmnms?t=1208).

On: Facebook's timeline just shows random things for some users

[04rob]

It's a bug, now fixed: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/24/23319552/facebook-bug-cel...

On: Ask HN: Is it just me or Facebook is being bombarded by spam?

[04rob]

Facebook/Meta has said it's a bug: https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/24/23319552/facebook-bug-cel...

On: Ask HN: Is there a spiritual successor to del.icio.us?

[04rob]

Raindrop looks amazing. Wish it weren't based in Russia.

[RockstarSprain → 04rob]

I once emailed my concerns to them and they replied they are actually based in Kazakhstan since a few years, while their servers are all on AWS.

On: NBA Metaverse Partner Terminates Relationship, Threatens Reporters Covering Deal

[04rob]

Background:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29682102

On: Ready for an N95? Here's how to find a high-quality one that fits you well

[04rob]

This has been studied. A beard does compromise the seal, but to a lesser extent on n95s than in other masks:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34006963/

[NDizzle → 04rob]

0 to 10mm!? Some study. That’s barely a beard. Loses 40% effectivenes at 10mm.

[goodside → NDizzle]

No, that's the figure for KF94 and KN95 masks. For N95s it's only about a 20% loss of FFE.

On: Google introduces mandatory 2-Step Verification for Google Accounts

[04rob]

Is this really "mandatory" or rather just "opt-out?" My understanding is that it can still be disabled...