Hacker News: RyJones

Show HN: A static SPA to query ATF / BATFE historic AFMER data

RyJones — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:23:12 +0000

I guided Claude to write an SPA to make the BATFE Annual Firearms Manufacturers And Export Report (AFMER) data easier to explore.

I have the raw data in https://github.com/ryjones/AFMER . I've been collecting the raw data since 2005 or 2006 as it became available.

I started grabbing the data years ago to interrogate claims firearms manufacturers were making in public about sales volumes against the data the BATFE publishes.

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New comment by RyJones in "The EU Open Source Strategy"

RyJones — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:13:56 +0000

Help us spread the word? We have good engagement but we need more from governments.

https://openwallet.foundation/

New comment by RyJones in "How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S."

RyJones — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:28:20 +0000

I will point to two items. One, an interview I had. Two, a footnote in history.

1: I own a gun because a disarmed populace is required for genocide and should it come around again, I’m not going to be that guy. I’m not going to be standing on the side.

Ry Jones

https://www.amazon.com/Armed-America-Portraits-Owners-Their/... page 186

2: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/warsaw-ghe...

New comment by RyJones in "Changing how we develop Ladybird"

RyJones — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:23:59 +0000

I manage multiple open source Github enterprises for the Linux Foundation. Something like this is under discussion in all of them - the amount of terrible PRs and issues being filed is overwhelming.

New comment by RyJones in "How Fear and Social Pressure Are 'Overarming' the U.S."

RyJones — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:24:15 +0000

Does it matter? Control of you life is your basic human right. Firearms are the great equalizer.

New comment by RyJones in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

RyJones — Tue, 26 May 2026 18:28:09 +0000

As an American citizen supporting your government's work to do exactly that, I also wonder.

https://openwallet.foundation/staff/

New comment by RyJones in "DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYOD"

RyJones — Tue, 26 May 2026 17:22:48 +0000

thanks. shoot me an email ry@walledcity.org if you need a test subject

New comment by RyJones in "DynIP – Dynamic DNS with RFC 2136, IPv6, DNSSEC, and BYOD"

RyJones — Tue, 26 May 2026 15:58:22 +0000

Trying to set it up with HOVER as a registrar - I get:

Nameserver [ns1.dynip.dev] doesn't exist at the registry (Code 480)

New comment by RyJones in "Gemini CLI will stop working from June 18, 2026"

RyJones — Wed, 20 May 2026 09:42:49 +0000

I'm in the same boat. I've been using the Gemini CLI since late last year - it's the only reason I moved up to Ultra.

I guess it's time to move to something else with a business model that might survive a reorg.

Update: unsubscribed from Google Ultra, moving to Claude Max

New comment by RyJones in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

RyJones — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:05:34 +0000

For my Linux machines, I'm almost always coming to them via SSH or proxmox console. I started with Unix in like 85 or 86 and live on the command line when I can.

New comment by RyJones in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

RyJones — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:12:02 +0000

Apple's passwords app. It's what I use almost everywhere. I use 1password for work but I'd prefer not to mix work and personal life.

New comment by RyJones in "The quiet renovation at Bitwarden"

RyJones — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:47:08 +0000

Thank you for pushing me to migrate away from Bitwarden. I've used them for years but I was moving away slowly; now I've moved.

New comment by RyJones in "Soft launch of open-source code platform for government"

RyJones — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:28:45 +0000

One of the projects I work on, OWF, has great engagement with our open source efforts from Dutch companies and NGOs.

https://openwallet.foundation/staff/

New comment by RyJones in "My phone replaced a brass plug"

RyJones — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:10:55 +0000

My USPSA rank is public: I'm terrible with pistols. I haven't shot in competition for over a decade. This is the kind of project that tickles a couple of my nerves and might get me back to the range.

New comment by RyJones in "Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups"

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

I took my mom there a few years ago, it is a really nice setup. If you’re in town, highly recommend.

New comment by RyJones in "The GNU libc atanh is correctly rounded"

RyJones — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:26:53 +0000

Interesting: https://youtu.be/cb5r3r38O9c

Guy's world records get deleted due to changes in atanh over time

New comment by RyJones in "20 years on AWS and never not my job"

RyJones — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:23:08 +0000

He wants to evangelize, spread, and support FreeBSD adoption; this free labor helps in this.

New comment by RyJones in "Moooooonitoring the Cow.txt Herd"

RyJones — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:16:38 +0000

I wonder if Jeff Lawson (bovine) is involved.

New comment by RyJones in "Show HN: I built a navigation app that displays weather along the route"

RyJones — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:30:02 +0000

The route from Tallinn to Warsaw to Kyiv was pretty good! Nice tool.

New comment by RyJones in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

RyJones — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:54:09 +0000

A friend in Palouse has found several heritage apple trees and has spent at least a decade grafting and working with them. It’s an interesting hobby to watch him experiment with.