Hacker News: MrGilbert

New comment by MrGilbert in "Wi-Fi 8 is the first wireless upgrade in years that isn't chasing speed"

MrGilbert — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 07:48:36 +0000

You can’t blame them, though. I live in the industry for over 25 years now, and when 5 Ghz wifi got introduced, and started to live alongside 2.4 Ghz with all the different protocols, I was like: "Nah. Screw it." I honestly have no idea what the current hot stuff in terms of wifi is.^^

New comment by MrGilbert in "Don't Paste the AI, please"

MrGilbert — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:23:39 +0000

> But isn't that "burden" on others always going to be there, whether you or AI wrote it? That's what communicating is...

From my experience, AI tends to sugarcoat and be very verbose in its' responses. Theses two combined mean I need to peel away a lot of text before I can get to the "real" point as a reader.

So while I could use AI to craft a response, and then rework it to be more concise, I wonder if it wouldn't be faster (and more rewarding) to simply type it myself.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md"

MrGilbert — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:10:04 +0000

Next to the closed indicator at the top is a drop-down, which reads "Fixed by: Piebald-AI/tweakcc #459".

It also reads "Remaining: #58639 #29385"

New comment by MrGilbert in "Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md"

MrGilbert — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:06:17 +0000

Maybe I miss a bit of information here, but I'm wondering why a random PR in a repository (https://github.com/Piebald-AI/tweakcc/pull/459) can close an issue in an unrelated repository (https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/6235)?

Is that a misconfiguration, or is that on purpose for Github? I never noticed that before.

New comment by MrGilbert in "How does IKEA come up with names for its products?"

MrGilbert — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:56:59 +0000

I'm German, and I'd pronounce "-vik" the same as the beginning of "Victor". With a soft "w".

New comment by MrGilbert in "I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy"

MrGilbert — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:18:13 +0000

Here is my hobbyist take: There are certain types of personalities that do not form deep connections. They "use" people to suit their needs. Machiavellians and Narcissists come to mind. Especially for them, AI must be godsend. It tells them they are right, it listens, it admires. It‘s basically a perfect version of their perceived self.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Firefighter arson a long-standing issue – expert"

MrGilbert — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:44 +0000

Don’t think logically, think like a narcissist: If you plant that bug, you exactly know how to fix it. The more damage it causes, the higher the admiration if you fix it. HOWEVER, for that to work you'd need to blame someone else and gaslight everyone into believing your story. That makes it a tad more difficult, but I think it’s still doable.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Twenty-five years ago it was cryptography, today it's model weights"

MrGilbert — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:43:35 +0000

Reminds me of T-Shirts with DeCSS's code printed on it. Wild times.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Show HN: Edge Drop- #1 productivity and unique clipboard 200 stars on GitHub"

MrGilbert — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:14:40 +0000

Nearly 200 stars in a repository that is only four weeks old is remarkable. Where did you promote it?

New comment by MrGilbert in "The iPhone Upgrade Program is being replaced by Apple Upgrade"

MrGilbert — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:39:44 +0000

If I were good at financial math (which I'm not), I would calculate that against a regular loan. E.g., how high would the interest be, if you were to keep the device.

New comment by MrGilbert in "I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated"

MrGilbert — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:52:20 +0000

While diving deep into DCF77, I noticed there is something similar for the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWV_(radio_station)

It just doesn't seem to get used that much, I suppose?

New comment by MrGilbert in "Modern email can be built from borrowed parts"

MrGilbert — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:36:14 +0000

> I like this.

Honestly, I'd want this as a default. I wonder if a mailserver can be configure like this. Doesn't sound too hard, does it?

New comment by MrGilbert in "I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated"

MrGilbert — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:34:06 +0000

They are quite handy, though. Also, there is a (commercial, proprietary) weather protocol encoded on top. However, since the end of june, there are technical issues and no forecast is being transmitted. [1]

[1]: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Meteotime-Weather-stations-supp...

New comment by MrGilbert in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

MrGilbert — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:51:38 +0000

I wonder if "but the turtles survived and I was right!" is the best way to look at it if humanity is close to extinction in the next century or so.

New comment by MrGilbert in "An ESP32 based plane radar for my desk"

MrGilbert — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:28:43 +0000

Looks like several of these have come up in the past months, with the last one being a real product (that was on pre-order)

- https://makerworld.com/models/2872376-esp32-plane-radar-live... (referenced by the linked article)

- https://github.com/AnthonySturdy/micro-radar

- https://www.gadgies.co.uk/shop/p/product-3-szb2y-gzh2r-tzhkx...

Personally, I really like them. It's a nice gadget. :)

New comment by MrGilbert in "Dumber Mini: A Nokia-Style Phone with WhatsApp and Maps"

MrGilbert — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:45:19 +0000

Like 'LineageOS'? Or 'Fire OS'?

New comment by MrGilbert in "Someone Used AI to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me"

MrGilbert — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:59:50 +0000

So the algorithmic system could potentially destroy itself.

Neat!

New comment by MrGilbert in "Voxatron"

MrGilbert — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:37:41 +0000

I wonder if zep (the creator) ran into technical issues at some point. The voxels are actual voxels in the sense that the painter’s algorithm is used to splat the voxel grid on the screen. Afaik, he mentioned that there was a lot of optimization needed to get the 60 fps out of it.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

MrGilbert — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:18:18 +0000

Interesting - maybe my view is biased. So it's about the people that are in power or more likely to be in power. Hm. Makes sense, thinking about it. Maybe power does, in fact, change your principles.

New comment by MrGilbert in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

MrGilbert — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:15:35 +0000

Conservatives and right-wing. Gives them more control. It‘s a pattern that gets obvious once you see it. It’s so they can hide their own secrets better. In Germany, we have a law that grants you access to information, the "Informationsfreiheitsgesetz“. This was used in the past to uncover morally wrong or illegal behavior, mostly done by the conservative party. This party, as they are currently in charge, is now actively working to change the law, so it's in their benefit.