Hacker News: LorenDB

New comment by LorenDB in "Woman Gets on Route 66. Then She Starts Hearing Music Coming from Her Tires"

LorenDB — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:51:43 +0000

It's a really cool concept, but this article has a misleading clickbait title that really turns me off. Could this post be renamed?

New comment by LorenDB in "Babel-USB: USB drive with every file"

LorenDB — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:47:05 +0000

Since I didn't think to post it earlier, here is the related video that explains the project: https://youtube.com/watch?v=w6rkhvdAqHU

Babel-USB: USB drive with every file

LorenDB — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:28:30 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/p2r3/babel-usb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478766

Points: 39

# Comments: 14

Commonwealth Fusion makes the physics case for its 400 MW reactor

LorenDB — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:14:52 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/__trashed-19/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48475826

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Quest 3 Accessory Turns Brain Activity into VR Avatar Control

LorenDB — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 03:21:10 +0000

Article URL: https://roadtovr.com/quest-accessory-bci-brain-activity-avatar-control/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48421065

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by LorenDB in "Google to pay SpaceX $920M a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers"

LorenDB — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 22:29:50 +0000

> Not an easy thing to gauge. X/Twitter stopped publishing MAUs after the acquisition.

You're in luck. IIRC some of the SpaceX IPO marketing materials said they have 550M MAU.

Create Godot Games on Android

LorenDB — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:59:03 +0000

Article URL: https://godotengine.org/article/gabe-stable-release/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376907

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

I hired 5 people to sit behind me and make me productive for a month (2023)

LorenDB — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:39:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gp9pmgSX3BXnhv8pJ/i-hired-5-people-to-sit-behind-me-and-make-me-productive-for

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48356744

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by LorenDB in "Microsoft Office 2019 and 2021 for Mac view-only conversion"

LorenDB — Sun, 31 May 2026 03:12:05 +0000

Don't forget, this is the same company that is killing Publisher with no true alternative to open existing .pub files. At least they aren't planning to rip Publisher away from perpetually-licensed users (yet).

Windows Everywhere Was a Bust

LorenDB — Fri, 29 May 2026 04:28:24 +0000

Article URL: https://newscrewdriver.com/2026/05/27/windows-everywhere-was-a-bust/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319044

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Acer and Qualcomm take on MacBook Neo with first Snapdragon C laptop

LorenDB — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:06:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/acer-and-qualcomm-take-on-the-macbook-neo-with-first-snapdragon-c-laptop-aspire-go-15-delivers-512gb-ssd-and-8gb-of-ram-at-entry-tier-price

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48308449

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by LorenDB in "AMD pulls a bait-and-switch on Linux users with Vivado licensing changes"

LorenDB — Thu, 28 May 2026 13:04:04 +0000

Found the UserBenchmark alt!

Nvidia bets $150B on Taiwan as Trump's plan to make US an AI hub backfires

LorenDB — Thu, 28 May 2026 12:03:09 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/nvidia-ceo-wants-taiwan-to-be-center-of-ai-revolution-not-us/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307731

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

Carbon Nanotube CPU Cooling

LorenDB — Thu, 28 May 2026 02:56:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/05/26/carbice-ice-pads

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303859

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by LorenDB in "GitHub Actions down again today"

LorenDB — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:09:26 +0000

Please don't. These "prediction markets" are a scourge upon mankind.

New comment by LorenDB in "GitHub Actions down again today"

LorenDB — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:08:26 +0000

Yep, they just need to improve their reliability by 2%!

https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/

First ever Cray T3D Supercomputer goes up for auction with $81,000 reserve

LorenDB — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:36:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/supercomputers/first-ever-cray-t3d-supercomputer-goes-up-for-auction-with-usd81-000-reserve-europes-fastest-supercomputer-in-june-1996-goes-on-the-block

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48258732

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by LorenDB in "SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket"

LorenDB — Sun, 24 May 2026 03:37:28 +0000

Check around T+50:00

The $58,000 TV bill: When DirecTV sued O.J. Simpson for piracy

LorenDB — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:31:07 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/the-58000-tv-bill-when-directv-sued-o-j-simpson-for-piracy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48247097

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by LorenDB in "SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket"

LorenDB — Sat, 23 May 2026 01:42:32 +0000

My favorite part of this launch that others haven't already mentioned: during reentry, the dummy payload satellites were visible burning up behind the ship!