keyworkorange's comments

On: Just let me select text

[keyworkorange]

Seriously! Same! Relieved to know I'm not alone in having this quirk.

On: GPT-5

[keyworkorange]

This reminded me of a few subplots in Murderbot- (Do yourself a favor and check it out if you haven't, it's a fun, quick read)

But seriously, one would assume there's a reward system of some sort at play, otherwise why do anything?

On: Remembering the LAN (2020)

[keyworkorange]

Maybe you're thinking of subnet relays? https://tailscale.com/kb/1019/subnets

On: The rise of the disposable car

[keyworkorange]

I envision a bunch of those car carousels with charging plugs!

https://www.siemens.com/global/en/company/stories/research-t...

https://www.parkmatic.com/automated/carousel/

On: Show HN: Kaytu – Optimizing cloud costs using actual usage data

[keyworkorange]

Always looking to conserve cloud spend, I'll give this a shot.

Heads up- there's an error on your landing page's Calendly link. "This Calendly URL is not valid."

On: My $500M Mars rover mistake

[keyworkorange]

My understanding is that these electronics need to be radiation hardened (eg; RADHARD) to prevent them from misbehaving in ways far worse than the Belgian bit flipping incident (https://radiolab.org/podcast/bit-flip). If you want to use commercial off the shelf (COTS) parts, you need to install them in triplicate and have them "vote". (https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA391766)

On: Clearspace-1 space debris cleanup target struck by space debris

[keyworkorange]

I wonder if we couldn't "harpoon" debris with lower cost tethers like the ones tested on TEPCE, but optimized for drag rather than power generation?

[PDF Warning] https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1161973.pdf

On: Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic

[keyworkorange]

I could use one!

On: Bluesky facing degraded performance due to record high traffic

[keyworkorange]

Dang, bummer. Those went fast! Thanks for posting though xenospn