Hacker News: CharlesW

New comment by CharlesW in "Bun has an open PR adding shared-memory threads to JavaScriptCore"

CharlesW — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:56:35 +0000

That's excellent work and a great read, Filip!

New comment by CharlesW in "Show HN: StartupWiki – A Free Alternative to Crunchbase"

CharlesW — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:55:28 +0000

I expected the VERIFIED badges to link to some sort of provenance information. That seems like a must, otherwise (given the "assume everything's incorrect" disclaimers) I'm not sure why one would take that badge seriously.

Exosomes in nanomedicine: A cell-free therapeutic intervention in burn wounds

CharlesW — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:32:17 +0000

Article URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11462792/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611137

Points: 4

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How the FAA is using AI to prevent close calls on runways

CharlesW — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:13:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/19/faa-ai-close-calls-00963264

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599559

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27"

CharlesW — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 22:05:44 +0000

Apps continue to have their own "Apple Intelligence and Siri" preferences in iOS 27. https://imgur.com/a/1Oq6i8S

New comment by CharlesW in "Apple Intelligence may become mandatory in iOS and macOS 27"

CharlesW — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:56:10 +0000

The author missed the big red "Turn Siri Off" button at the bottom of the same preferences window that they're using as proof that it can't be turned off. https://imgur.com/a/hB5fWLS

ReixOS: Experimental microkernel written in Embedded Swift for ARM64

CharlesW — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:23:29 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/eliorodr2104/ReixOS

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48575467

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

swift-os: A real operating system, written in Swift

CharlesW — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:21:09 +0000

Article URL: https://swiftos.tech/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48575441

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Eve: Vercel's Framework for Building Agents

CharlesW — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:47:10 +0000

Article URL: https://vercel.com/eve

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574882

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Claude: Elevated errors across many models [resolved]"

CharlesW — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:15:06 +0000

Claude Code is notably better than Pi, although I wish them the best of luck in their efforts. As https://c-daniele.github.io/en/posts/2026-05-18-coding-harne... notes, "Pi's lightness comes from a default setup that does not survive contact with reality."

The same post on Claude Code: "Even though the System Prompt and tool descriptions are clearly more verbose, most of the extra tokens encode product features and rational design choices: a memory system, scheduled tasks, sub-agents, plan mode, worktree support. Whether those features are worth paying for depends on your needs. Calling the prompt 'bloated' without looking at the whole picture feels wrong to me."

New comment by CharlesW in "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"

CharlesW — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:12:04 +0000

> It's because Apple does not allow Firefox to install an actual browser on iOS.

That's incorrect, and Firefox doesn't blame Apple for this. Many 3rd-party iOS browsers do ad blocking natively and/or via extensions. https://orionbrowser.com/platforms/ios

New comment by CharlesW in "An interview with an Apple emoji designer"

CharlesW — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:46:56 +0000

It's a combination of the layout, the typeface (https://monokrom.no/fonts/satyr), and the thoughtful typography.

New comment by CharlesW in "Solar Overtakes Coal in US Electricity for the First Month on Record`"

CharlesW — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:56:13 +0000

I think I'm missing your point. I'm under the impression that electricity has never been easy or cheap to move very far, and it's not clear to me how solar-generated electricity is different in that respect.

New comment by CharlesW in "Open source AI must win"

CharlesW — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:35:18 +0000

In case you're not just trolling, please learn how "the weights", which are analgous to a compiled executable, are made.

New comment by CharlesW in "Open source AI must win"

CharlesW — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 02:41:04 +0000

Can we assume that the author isn't using "Opensource" to mean "Openweights"?

Or are we still collectively brainwashed by the strategic false equivalence established by Big AI CMOs?

New comment by CharlesW in "How to setup a local coding agent on macOS"

CharlesW — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:41:15 +0000

Yes, I can confirm that LM Studio works great for this.

New comment by CharlesW in "WASI 0.3"

CharlesW — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:51:20 +0000

> If you have used WASI in the past, can you mention your use case?

For my "TagLib for TypeScript" library, I use WASI for local filesystem operations when used with Node.js/Deno/Bun. https://github.com/CharlesWiltgen/taglib-wasm

Siri won't be your AI girlfriend

CharlesW — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:42:08 +0000

Article URL: https://sixcolors.com/link/2026/06/siri-wont-be-your-ai-girlfriend/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48504822

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CharlesW in "Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012)"

CharlesW — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:11:11 +0000

Jobs mischaracterized the innovation, and the author is technically correct (the best kind), but it's a shame that the piece appears to want to bury Holt's actual accomplishment. Holt's work was innovative in the same way that Woz's Disk II controller was. He didn’t invent the underlying technology, and he did create an elegant, product-defining implementation of a known (but difficult) technique.

What Apple Knows About AI That Silicon Valley Won't Admit

CharlesW — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:37:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thealgorithmicbridge.com/p/what-apple-knows-about-ai-that-silicon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48456477

Points: 6

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