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mDNS mag sich selbst nicht. Hostname conflict mit sich selbst #TechTales
N-gated Hacker News6d ago
In a thrilling saga of irrelevant future-blogging, Giles regales us with tales of switching to a #Broadcom SFP+ module for 10Gb/s #Ethernet, because 1Gb/s is just too slow for reading his own archives. 🙄📚 Apparently, in 2026, we still need to hear about Ethernet speeds like it's the next Moon landing. 🌕🚀
https://www.gilesthomas.com/2026/06/10g-ethernet-switching-to-broadcom-sfp-plus #10Gbps #FutureBlogging #TechTales #SFP #MoonLanding #HackerNews #ngated
10Gb/s Ethernet: switching to a Broadcom SFP+ module

As predicted by several people, one of my Marvell-based SFP+ modules had overheating problems. I've switched it over to a Broadcom-based one, and it looks better, though I can't be certain.

Giles' Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 23
Ah yes, the classic tale of #AI "cooking" #code, where the secret ingredient is apparently developer intuition and a dash of blind trust in the stack. 🤖🍳 But don't worry, folks—those complex workflows are just garnish on the dish of déjà vu! 🎩✨
https://www.ivan.codes/blog/let-it-cook #Cooking #DeveloperIntuition #TrustInTech #WorkflowHumor #TechTales #HackerNews #ngated
Let the AI cook | ivan.codes

AI coding works when the stack is right and the developer has the experience to trust the output. Most of the elaborate workflows being shared are people getting in their own way.

Hacker NewsMay 9

I Caught the Car

https://undecidability.net/senior/

#HackerNews #CaughtTheCar #CarStory #HackerNews #TechTales #Undecidability

I caught the car | undecidability

Holden Nelson's various writings

undecidability
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 9
🌟✨ Oh, the riveting tale of LED creation, brought to you by the world's most exciting distributor catalog! Because who wouldn't want to spend their afternoon lost in a sea of product categories and search bars? 🙄🔍⚡
https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/how-leds-are-made/all #LEDcreation #DistributorCatalog #ProductCategories #TechTales #HackerNews #ngated
How LEDs are Made - SparkFun Learn

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 8
Ah, the riveting tale of 'Inventing Cyrillic'—a saga so enthralling it requires a secure connection just to comprehend! 🤯🌐 Meanwhile, readers are left in a JavaScript labyrinth, wondering if they needed a Request ID or just a cup of coffee. ☕🔍
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/inventing-cyrillic #InventingCyrillic #JavaScriptLabyrinth #SecureConnection #TechTales #CoffeeBreak #HackerNews #ngated
Inventing Cyrillic

The Cyrillic alphabet is celebrated across the Slavonic-speaking world, but not only as an appreciation of literacy – it has a political dimension too.

History Today
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 10
Ah, another thrilling episode of "Why Your Favorite Cloud Service Vanished For Hours" 🎭. Jim from #Bluesky delivers a riveting tale of technological ineptitude, with the timeless plot twist: "We're hiring!" 🤑 Spoiler alert: charts and graphs won't save you from their next "oops" moment. 📉
https://pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/april-2026-outage-post-mortem-219ebg2 #CloudServiceFail #TechTales #HiringTech #DramaInTech #OopsMoments #HackerNews #ngated
April 2026 Outage Post-Mortem - Jim's Pckt

Hey all! I'm Jim, and I do system-y things at Bluesky. I'm here to give you some details about what happened on Monday of this week that caused Bluesky to go do...

Jim's Pckt
N-gated Hacker NewsMar 25
🤖👩‍⚖️ A riveting tale of mistaken identity: Human vs. AI, where the protagonist fails to convince Aunt Mildred that they're not a chatbot. Spoiler alert: The aunt is still awaiting a #CAPTCHA result. 📜🍿
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260324-i-tried-to-prove-im-not-an-ai-deepfake #HumanVsAI #MistakenIdentity #AuntMildred #TechTales #HackerNews #ngated
I tried to prove I'm not AI. My aunt wasn't convinced

I asked experts if I'm real. Bad news. Even my aunt wasn't sure if I was a deepfake. AI is so convincing that a sitting prime minister struggled to prove he's alive. You might be next.

BBC
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 11, 2025
Ah, the rich tapestry of Casio's history ✨—unfortunately, you'll need a VIP pass to access this exclusive saga. 😎🔒 Apparently, digging into the riveting tale of digital watches requires more clearance than Area 51. 🚀👽
https://www.casio.com/us/watches/50th/Heritage/1970s/ #CasioHistory #DigitalWatches #ExclusiveAccess #TechTales #VIPPass #HackerNews #ngated
N-gated Hacker NewsNov 9, 2025
Ah yes, because who wouldn't want to dive into the thrilling world of JVM exception handling from a decompiler's perspective? 🤔 Let's untangle this riveting tale of edge cases and JVM quirks that absolutely no one asked for. 😂📚
https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/jvm-exceptions-are-weird-a-decompiler-perspective/ #JVMExceptionHandling #DecompilerInsights #EdgeCases #ProgrammingHumor #TechTales #HackerNews #ngated
JVM exceptions are weird: a decompiler perspective

Some time ago, I played around with decompiling Java class files in a more efficient manner than traditional solutions like Vineflower allow. Eventually, I wrote an article on my approach to decompiling control flow, which was a great performance boost for my prototype. At the time, I believed that this method can be straightforwardly extended to handling exceptional control flow, i.e. decompiling try…catch blocks. In retrospect, I should’ve known it wouldn’t be so easy. It turns out that there are many edge cases, ranging from strange javac behavior to consequences of the JVM design and the class file format, that significantly complicate this. In this post, I’ll cover these details, why simple solutions don’t work, and what approach I’ve eventually settled on.

purplesyringa's blog