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New comment by FerretFred in "Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents"

FerretFred — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:58:43 +0000

As always, there are some very erudite comments here on HN, which is why I like the site so much. My erudite comment, or rather question, is this: why aren't these people using AI to solve all these problems? Surely it would be a good test of The Product and maybe it would give s[ck]eptics some food for thought?

New comment by FerretFred in "Three of our worst VC stories"

FerretFred — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:40:06 +0000

Fascinating - thanks for sharing!

New comment by FerretFred in "What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix? (2014)"

FerretFred — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:38:21 +0000

Umm .. how about a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W powered by a 2000MaH " lipstick style" powerbank?

New comment by FerretFred in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

FerretFred — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:27:43 +0000

Now available from my gopher server which gets a lot of traffic for an "obsolete" protocol ;)

New comment by FerretFred in "What is the purpose of the lost+found folder in Linux and Unix? (2014)"

FerretFred — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 18:13:01 +0000

In a couple of decades running Linux installations of all flavours, I have never seen anything in lost+found!

New comment by FerretFred in "GoPro warned it may not survive"

FerretFred — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:30:40 +0000

Quik is an abomination. I have 3 cameras including the Mission 1 Pro and am satisfied with them. I go on long mucky country dog walks and they've never let me down. Getting the content off the cameras is horrible though: no, I don't want to upload 16Gb of data to your cloud using a poor, 2-bar 4G intermittent phone connection. No. I don't want special editing effects that an only be done in app. Ultimately I pop the card out and use a USB adapter to transfer for editing, but what a pain: surely they could have produced something more user friendly?!

New comment by FerretFred in "AI sticker shock hits corporate America"

FerretFred — Thu, 28 May 2026 17:52:29 +0000

Was that at Microsoft by any chance?

New comment by FerretFred in "Oura says it gets government demands for user data"

FerretFred — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:31:43 +0000

"I see Mr Smith was running in [street/location] when the explosion occurred - we'd better bring him in for questioning". Maybe the Oura doesn't record that, but if they can match other metadata with Smith's ring it could put him firmly in the frame.

New comment by FerretFred in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

FerretFred — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:50:14 +0000

>I’ve watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks. Non-technical teams are now shipping production code

Good luck to those (human) teams when the briefness stuff hits the fan thanks to an AI hallucination... oh wait, the Active Individually-contributing leaders will be there to lend a hand, right?

New comment by FerretFred in "Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons"

FerretFred — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:41:56 +0000

Great, but what they haven't told you is that they'll probably create a subscription for the buttons. Gotta recoup those R & D costs!

New comment by FerretFred in "NHS goes to war against open source"

FerretFred — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:17:36 +0000

That almost how you spell "palantir"...

New comment by FerretFred in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

FerretFred — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:31:49 +0000

I always wanted one but could never afford it. Now I can afford it, they're not available

New comment by FerretFred in "When the cheap one is the cool one"

FerretFred — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:47:56 +0000

I got the citrus version because it made such a change from the usual. However, I'd love it if Apple could make some truly vibrant non-pastel colours like tangerine and lime devices they did in the early days.

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

FerretFred — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:48:59 +0000

I agree! Having seen how some of the police operate in parts of Europe I wouldn't want to upset them especially if I don't speak the language. I have a burner tablet and can always keep stuff I need in the Cloud.

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

FerretFred — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:25:27 +0000

I agree.. having to spend longer than necessary at UK's Manchester Airport would have me singing like a canary!

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

FerretFred — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:23:48 +0000

The middle finger could be the emergency use one ...

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

FerretFred — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:21:38 +0000

I'm reading this nervously on my MacBook Air, but chuckling quietly with my cheapest Mac Neo (my new travel companion).

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

FerretFred — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 07:16:55 +0000

Sadly yes. IANAL but under the Ripa Act they can issue a section 49 notice and you risk imprisonment for not complying. However, they need proper authorisation to do so, and the notice must be lawfully issued, so presumably a magistrate. This is all part of our famous British Justice!

New comment by FerretFred in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

FerretFred — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:32 +0000

Someone, somewhere has an unwatched phone waiting for an authorisation code response...

Interesting solar power breakthrough in Yorkshire, UK

FerretFred — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:14:04 +0000

Article URL: https://petergarner.net/notes.php?thisnote=20260401-Solar+Power+Breakthrough+in+Yorkshire.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47598228

Points: 5

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