Hacker News: Ralfp

New comment by Ralfp in "Python's experimental JIT to be removed"

Ralfp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:07:57 +0000

While JIT is being dropped, the original proposer and leader of the initiative was hired by ARM and continues work on speeding up Python.

His current focus seems to be speeding up GC and free threading.

New comment by Ralfp in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

Ralfp — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:41:25 +0000

What’s so special about 2026 that makes this impossible?

After further discussion, we have decided to withdraw PEP 836

Ralfp — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:15:19 +0000

Article URL: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-836-jit-go-brrr-the-path-to-a-supported-jit-compiler-for-cpython/108010?page=3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50162434

Points: 2

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New comment by Ralfp in "StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter"

Ralfp — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:34:24 +0000

Tempest Rising was taunted as the old school C&C RTS comeback and it ended as niche game with small player base and 9.5k player peak on Steam.

Probably best RTS game going on currently is Beyond All Reason, and that's because guys are doing it as an open source clone/followup to Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander Alliances and not actual business (but they started to look for a way to monetize it to fund future development).

New comment by Ralfp in "Why DNA damage from smoking and UV rays cause cancer in some but not others"

Ralfp — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 15:22:23 +0000

Yes, some stuff make your skin more sensitive to light than others. For example, you should avoid vitamin A creams and some herbs during summer because they increase risk of permanent skin discoloration.

Astronomers find strongest evidence yet that Betelgeuse has a companion

Ralfp — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 15:10:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2611/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49085124

Points: 3

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New comment by Ralfp in "Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)"

Ralfp — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:51:37 +0000

I'll write a follow in a few months, once the thing is actually out. :)

The improved performance wasn't the main goal, but the HTMX version feels snappier on my purposefully mid test device (Xiaomi Redmi 8 4GB RAM).

New comment by Ralfp in "Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity"

Ralfp — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:05:31 +0000

Archive link: https://archive.ph/bLu1Z

Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)

Ralfp — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:58:50 +0000

Article URL: https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codebase-and-adapting-htmx-for-ui-interactivity/1267/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067301

Points: 254

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New comment by Ralfp in "Htmx 4.0, the first JavaScript library to release exclusively on the Game Boy"

Ralfp — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 08:43:11 +0000

> So now I am building my own forum completely without JS, and with Python Django doing a lot of heavy lifting.

Later this year I will be releasing Misago 0.40, which is a near complete rewrite from React.js to HTMX, with rest of features to follow in 2027. And yes, noscripy support is part of it.

https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codeb...

New comment by Ralfp in "Airbus Takes Flight from AWS"

Ralfp — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:48:25 +0000

Why can't they say "we got payments from this and this payment card" and then they can follow up with the bank?

New comment by Ralfp in "A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading"

Ralfp — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:29:25 +0000

It's HBO Original actually

Boy's brain tumor tied to gene therapy

Ralfp — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:33:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/boy-s-brain-tumor-tied-gene-therapy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48445151

Points: 6

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New comment by Ralfp in "Meta repeatedly snubs EU body over Facebook and Instagram user bans"

Ralfp — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:06:12 +0000

I know a person managing social media for an elected politician in Poland.

On the first day Meta banned the account for impersonation. Protest was closed automatically within a hour with the usual "sorry you aint happy with this but the ban stands" response.

There was no way to contact a human about this... unless you buy meta premium support or whatever that is called. That will give you a human handler to contact!

This person asked for a paper work to verify. Next day after receiving the paper work, account was unbanned. For 15 minutes. It was then banned automatically for impersonation.

At this point the handler suggested not naming the account after politician but instead making it "Fans of the Jane Doe " page or something like that.

My understanding is that this was then escalated to one of ministries who did reach out Meta in Poland with request for explanations, after which account was unbanned and flagged as verified by Meta to exclude it from future automatic bans.

New comment by Ralfp in "GTA 6 Developers Unionize"

Ralfp — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:16:04 +0000

The company that does union busting to cut labour costs?

New comment by Ralfp in "Poland is now among the 20 largest economies. How it happened"

Ralfp — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:07:16 +0000

Yup, a lot of older folk with ruined health here because they overworked to "build a wealth" that eventually didn't materialize, but who at same time are criticizing younger gens of not wanting to follow in their steps.

New comment by Ralfp in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

Ralfp — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:21:28 +0000

Noting that you use exclusively gender critical sources (and some very poor ones to add, like Littman's "study") while also having history of blaming "wokism", I seriously doubt you have given this subject a fair consideration.

Interesingly, so called "gender critical" movement is increasingly pivoting to other conservative or plainly reactionary talking points. For example, the book you are recommending makes a thinly veilded point that "promoters of trans ideology" are rich jewish men, key figure among them being George Soros.

Kishwer Falkner who was big proponent of trans people segregation during her EHRC leadership recently turned to anti abortion activism. And plenty of LGB sans TQ people I've talked to are big fans of "we are normal gays who limit our orientation to the bedroom" talking points while also leaning conservative or reactionary themselves.

New comment by Ralfp in "Sneaky spam in conversational replies to blog posts"

Ralfp — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:24:52 +0000

I’ve been seeing this kind of spam on forums all the way back in 2004. I wonder if it was a feature in Xrumer or whatever they used to post spam back then.

YouTube suggests videos of animals killing for Python programming searches

Ralfp — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:34:05 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/Bobcatous/status/2041901924077699484

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691644

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by Ralfp in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

Ralfp — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:08:25 +0000

Media research points to transgender topic being spun primarily by traditional media and social media as a political wedge issue to mobilize right-leaning voters, akin to abortion rights before:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/us/politics/transgender-c...

https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/Anti-trans-attitudes...

https://www.mediamatters.org/facebook/right-dominating-faceb...