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New comment by Create in "Kernel code removals driven by LLM-created security reports"

Create — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:16:10 +0000

When LLM reports the bug, is should be used to fix it on the same occasion. Nobody will bother afterwards.

New comment by Create in "Changes to GitHub Copilot individual plans"

Create — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:44:27 +0000

It's BASIC. LET them GOTO jail (BSD also comes to mind)

(see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_licensing_corruption... ) The upside: the EU finally got a prosecutor. And last but not least everybody forgot why the Baby Bells were born.

New comment by Create in "CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering"

Create — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:23:38 +0000

CERN builds almost next to nothing anymore. Half a century ago they really did do RF cavities, cooling, electronics etc. Not anymore. It is either COTS (DELL, Alterra etc.) or chiefly vendor bidding for some custom parts. Much like what NASA (from Rocketdyne, TRW to Boeing and SpaceX) or copycat ESA (Airbus, DLR, BAE's suppliers) does today.

It is a project bureau. Everything is essentially outsourced, leaving a management shell institute to parade for VIPs. Actually they are close to completely forgetting what they already knew in the hard sciences domain.

New comment by Create in "CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering"

Create — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:34:17 +0000

Other news, is that HEP has used FPGAs for L0 triggers (amongst others) for decades. These always had a diverse selection criteria in their algorithms, event filters, suppression, weights etc. And just mentioning, that some custom radhard simple readout silicon from the likes of STM isn't any news either.

And for historians: Delphi people (amongst others) had papers on Higgs selection using (A)NN from LEP data (overfit :) , obviously without the 5 sigma. It was an argument for LHC.

Dear downvoters/shadowbanners: do your homework.

New comment by Create in "CERN to host a new phase of Open Research Europe"

Create — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:55:27 +0000

You mean string theorists?

New comment by Create in "US vs. Google amicus curiae brief of Y Combinator in support of plaintiffs [pdf]"

Create — Sun, 11 May 2025 07:04:34 +0000

  - OpenStreetMap, MapLibre
  - GMX, ProtonMail, Tutanota
  - Nextcloud, Seafile
  - Collabora, Etherpad, CryptPad
  - Discourse, Flarum
  - LimeSurvey Framaforms
  - Nextcloud, OpenStack, Hetzner, OVHcloud, Wix
  - Keycloak, Gluu, eduID, SAML2, OAUTH
  - Qwant, DuckDuckGo
  - Matomo, Plausible Analytics
  - Firefox, Brave
  - LineageOS, /e/ OS
  - OpenAuto, AGL (Automotive Grade Linux)
  - Open Health, Gadgetbridge
  - Fairphone, Various MVNOs (Mobile Virtual Network Operators)
  - Community Fiber Networks, Local ISPs (various)
  - Skyscanner, Kiwi.com, Amadeus
  - LibreTranslate, Apertium, Mistral
  - CB, Swish, Klarna, SumUp, Revolut (UK)
  - EasyMile, Navya, Aurora, Apriv, BMW, Daimler, Renault, Volvo, VW, Oxbotica, Zenuity

New comment by Create in "Show HN: Remote-Controlled IKEA Deathstar Lamp"

Create — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:51:40 +0000

I've got to say, the IKEA PS 2014 lamp is really a Death Star - not just because of its spherical shape, but also because it played a significant role in bankrupting the factory that produced it. According to Wikipedia, the Szarvasi Vas-Fémipari Zrt. factory in Hungary had big plans to expand its production in 2011, including manufacturing high-end design lamps for Western European markets. By 2018, they had invested 2 billion forints in a development project that would make them the exclusive supplier of one of IKEA's lamp families. At its peak, the factory was producing 130,000 coffee makers and 2 million lamps per year. However, it seems that producing the PS 2014 lamp at a price point that was too low to be sustainable ultimately led to the factory's downfall. It's a cautionary tale about the risks of prioritizing low costs over sustainability and fair labor practices. The Death Star lamp may have been a stylish and affordable addition to many homes, but its production came at a significant cost to the workers and community involved.

New comment by Create in "This is what a digital coup looks like"

Create — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:16:10 +0000

Carole Cadwalladr: Six years ago I was sued for libel. This time, I call Silicon Valley collaborators and data rapists. What could possibly go wrong?

This is what a digital coup looks like

Create — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:16:10 +0000

Article URL: https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/speaking-truth-to-tech-gods-i-return

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43647164

Points: 26

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New comment by Create in "The two factions of C++"

Create — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:18:45 +0000

https://web.archive.org/web/20241123183550/https://en.wikipe... https://web.archive.org/web/20241125065641/https://arstechni...

Ars is controversial on YC news. Who knew?

New comment by Create in "The two factions of C++"

Create — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:03:49 +0000

Thank you, I rest my case. I didn't even need to bring up the DragonEgg cartel (Chandler?) going down the gcc-llvm-clang pathway used essentially for getting rid of the pesky GPL quoted above. With BSD-style, source code is no longer any of your business (not to mention chrome-chromium differences along the textbook AndroidTV tivoization).

New comment by Create in "The two factions of C++"

Create — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 22:48:51 +0000

   November 4, 1998; 26 years ago (KHTML released)
   June 7, 2005; 19 years ago (WebKit sourced)

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/HEAD/third_...

   * (C) 1999-2003 Lars Knoll (knoll@kde.org)
   * (C) 2002-2003 Dirk Mueller (mueller@kde.org)
   * Copyright (C) 2002, 2006, 2008, 2012 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.
   * Copyright (C) 2006 Samuel Weinig (sam@webkit.org)

"...they never used it in the first place"

New comment by Create in "The two factions of C++"

Create — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:57:32 +0000

KHTML, officially discontinued in 2023. -- "Embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE) also known as "embrace, extend, and exterminate", is a phrase that the U.S. Department of Justice. It's also possible that President-elect Donald Trump may interfere with the DOJ's proposed remedies; he said on the campaign trail that a Google break-up may not be desirable since it could "destroy" a company that the US highly values.

New comment by Create in "Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated"

Create — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:57:23 +0000

For the others: According to James Gosling's intentions, by retaining the familiar syntax of C programming with its use of curly braces, Java aimed to build upon the existing skills and knowledge of a larger community of developers who were already well-versed in C. This decision was meant to make the transition to Java as smooth as possible for those programmers, thereby increasing their adoption of the new language and its associated ecosystem (VM etc.). By the way, JavaScript was originally an embedded Scheme and had nothing in common with Java, except for the Sun marketing team (Brendan Eich was brave and took no pride...).

New comment by Create in "DEC PDP-1 emulator running "Spacewar", the earliest known digital video game"

Create — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:40:11 +0000

Thank you! Although it wasn't the loveletter I was thinking of, but you are right: it was probably this, because it also plays some music and it is covered in the paper. There was an instance on the web, so those who could not make it to the installation could also experience it. According to alpha60.de, there was a Group Exhibition "Love Letters", Gallery Gabriele Senn in Vienna from 12.05.2023 to 28.07.2023. I think it was this: https://web.archive.org/web/20110723063000/http://alpha60.de... but the jar never loads from the archive. This is what I am after!

New comment by Create in "DEC PDP-1 emulator running "Spacewar", the earliest known digital video game"

Create — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:33:47 +0000

:) From what I can recall, it was a java (applet) Ferranti simulator running a typed in copy of the song obtained from a library (Manchester?). It was part of a research/art installation project. I'm not so sure now, but .at, and masswerk seemed to be involved. I'll look into it, or if someone here recognizes it...

New comment by Create in "DEC PDP-1 emulator running "Spacewar", the earliest known digital video game"

Create — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:43:24 +0000

Hi! We are grateful for all your nice archeological work, may we please ask to make "Baa Baa Black Sheep" on the Ferranti available again based on the scans? Many thanks!

New comment by Create in "Microsoft Alternatives project (MAlt): Taking back control using open software"

Create — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:29:45 +0000

Because CERN is pretty much active in the global surveillance effort (recruiting and training), hence the authwall people are discussing above. The previous DG openly despised anonymity.

New comment by Create in "Concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN"

Create — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:02:44 +0000

In Fermilab’s building phase Wilson’s attitude was famous: he would fire anybody not busy working. At one time such a victim responded: you cannot fire me. Wilson asked why not, to which the man answered that he actually did not work for Fermilab. -- Facts and mysteries in elementary particle physics

Some down voters here seem to be at odds with the facts.

New comment by Create in "Concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN"

Create — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 18:50:35 +0000

Well, there is a dedicated top of the line full-manned CERN video studio to produce marketing videos.

https://cds.cern.ch/record/1331512