Hacker News: Evidlo

New comment by Evidlo in "PyTorch Custom Operation"

Evidlo — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:28:39 +0000

Aren't there other options for custom PyTorch operators before going so low-level as CUDA C++, like using Jax or CuPy?

New comment by Evidlo in "I found a seashell in the middle of the desert"

Evidlo — Sun, 31 May 2026 07:46:47 +0000

Finding a chess piece out there would be very interesting

New comment by Evidlo in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

Evidlo — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:01:54 +0000

Keyboard looks pretty unpleasant.

New comment by Evidlo in "Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up"

Evidlo — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:37:23 +0000

Tried to watch trailer but auto-scrolling carousel won't allow it.

New comment by Evidlo in "I’ve built a virtual museum with nearly every operating system you can think of"

Evidlo — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:24:50 +0000

I would suggest to crop your screenshots down to the OS being featured. It's a bit confusing to see a picture labeled as IBM AIX but then see GNOME 2 window decorations everywhere.

New comment by Evidlo in "I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation"

Evidlo — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:13:15 +0000

People should check out Termux-X11 for desktop Linux in android. Its come a long way since the days of running a VNC server and it runs at nearly native speed

New comment by Evidlo in "Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels"

Evidlo — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:32:01 +0000

Framework Pro has that now

New comment by Evidlo in "Maladaptive Frugality"

Evidlo — Fri, 01 May 2026 07:17:44 +0000

Or get a previous gen used iPhone, then she can have both a big screen and feel good about the cheap phone.

New comment by Evidlo in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

Evidlo — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:31:59 +0000

Do stores need minute by minute pricing? Could they just update prices at the end of the day?

New comment by Evidlo in "Picklecast – Eliminate your Chromecast dependence"

Evidlo — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:52:23 +0000

This is a little project I've been working on to cast my laptop's screen to a remote display (e.g. a conference room projector or my living room TV).

It uses WebRTC + p2pt for a signalling server, and is hosted completely on Github pages without a backend.

It supports casting your camera, screen, and YouTube URLs (for videos where iframe embedding is allowed) with remote scrubbing and media controls. It is not compatible with the Chromecast protocol in any way.

Picklecast – Eliminate your Chromecast dependence

Evidlo — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:52:23 +0000

Article URL: https://evan.widloski.com/picklecast/display.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880843

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by Evidlo in "SPEAKE(a)R: Turn Speakers to Microphones for Fun and Profit [pdf] (2017)"

Evidlo — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:37:53 +0000

Wow, what are the odds you were friends with him too!

New comment by Evidlo in "NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating"

Evidlo — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:30:59 +0000

> microcontroller on my desk in front of me without it triggering a reboot

Most microcontrollers can update their own flash while running, either with a built-in bootloader or a user-programmed bootloader that takes up a little bit of the flash.

What makes you think that Voyager isn't "rebooted" though?

New comment by Evidlo in "Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent"

Evidlo — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 18:00:04 +0000

I guess we'll see in 5 years how well these comments will age. I can easily see a future where 3rd party apps are not allowed anymore.

The harder it is to install 3rd party apps, the less people will do it and therefore care about it. When few enough people care, it will be easy for Google to justify turning it off. e.g. "Only scammers/hackers use APK installs"

New comment by Evidlo in "Android CLI: Build Android apps 3x faster using any agent"

Evidlo — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:55:37 +0000

Now please let us install the apps just as easily

New comment by Evidlo in "Tom7: No one can force me to have a secure website [video]"

Evidlo — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 02:02:56 +0000

Was fortunate enough to see this presented live at SIGBOVIK this year!

New comment by Evidlo in "Tax Wrapped 2025"

Evidlo — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:47:35 +0000

How much goes to retirees vs low income people?

New comment by Evidlo in "Installing every* Firefox extension"

Evidlo — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 03:14:37 +0000

Maybe it was this?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-metal-...

New comment by Evidlo in "My Google Workspace account suspension"

Evidlo — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:47:50 +0000

Anyone have an idea whether it would be practical to go to small claims court? I'm curious if this is a path consumers can take if a corporation breaks an agreement?

New comment by Evidlo in "iNaturalist"

Evidlo — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:39:49 +0000

> it has open CORS headers which means it's amazing for demos and tutorials.

The fact that this even exists is so sad. CORS is such an ill-conceived idea