Hacker News: TruffleLabs

New comment by TruffleLabs in "We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code"

TruffleLabs — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:59:57 +0000

This is just writing; terse maybe and maybe not grammatically correct, but people write like that.

New comment by TruffleLabs in "We found an undocumented bug in the Apollo 11 guidance computer code"

TruffleLabs — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:57:51 +0000

"Written by an LLM" based on what data or symptom?

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Show HN: Swarm – Program a colony of 200 ants using a custom assembly language"

TruffleLabs — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 04:47:31 +0000

Why? =>

"Moment Engineering by Moment Technology wants to access your {GitHub account name} account Personal user data Email addresses (read-only), profile information (read-only) This application will be able to read your private email addresses and read your private profile information."

New comment by TruffleLabs in "MacBook Neo"

TruffleLabs — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:34:12 +0000

We are back to colors! https://appleclamshell.wordpress.com/color-guide/

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Number Research Inc"

TruffleLabs — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 04:48:21 +0000

Do we get digital stickers for the numbers we found? ;)

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Snow Simulation Toy"

TruffleLabs — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:02:47 +0000

This is fun to see :) thanks!

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds"

TruffleLabs — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:13:01 +0000

Duh!

New comment by TruffleLabs in "An archaeology of tracking on government websites"

TruffleLabs — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:52:32 +0000

Yes, governments are going to track.

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Eat Real Food"

TruffleLabs — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:07:46 +0000

Kellanova, formerly known as the Kellogg Company, got the message and are now making Pop-Tarts with extra protein ;)

https://www.poptarts.com/en_US/products/new/pop-tarts-protei...

New comment by TruffleLabs in "The Origins of APL (1974) [video]"

TruffleLabs — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:40:59 +0000

For some more APL history see the "50 Years of APL" at the Dyalog URL

https://www.dyalog.com/50-years-of-apl.htm

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Grokipedia is the antithesis of Wikipedia"

TruffleLabs — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 01:36:05 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grokipedia

https://grokipedia.com/page/Wikipedia

New comment by TruffleLabs in "X.com is gonna snitch you out to the public if you use a VPN"

TruffleLabs — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:20:58 +0000

"“When you read content on X, you should be able to verify its authenticity. This is critical to getting a pulse on important issues happening in the world,” posted Nikita Bier, Head of Product at X, back on October 14, 2025."

That feature of showing where an account was created was on for a bit and then turned off... it highlights that many accounts implying they are in the USA are actually not and probably not who they claim to be.

New comment by TruffleLabs in "How I am deeply integrating Emacs"

TruffleLabs — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:32:29 +0000

Like the writers that are looking for the best {pen, keyboard, paper} before they start to write... and they continue to look for the best thing to make them great writers ...

New comment by TruffleLabs in "'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers"

TruffleLabs — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:40:36 +0000

"Biocomputing could help address the skyrocketing energy demands of AI, which threatens climate emissions targets and led some tech giants to resort to nuclear power"

I'm reminded of the Battlestar Galactica episode "You Can't Go Home Again" where Starbuck repairs a crashed Cylon ship to get home. The main element she had to figure out is how the biological brain of the Cylon controlled the hardware.

'Wetware': Scientists use human mini-brains to power computers

TruffleLabs — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:36:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/10/20/wetware-scientists-use-human-mini-brains-to-power-computers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45643742

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64 ROM Reverse-Engineering Project Hits 100%"

TruffleLabs — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 22:17:56 +0000

"A decompilation of Duke Nukem Zero Hour for N64.

Note: To use this repository, you must already own a copy of the game."

New comment by TruffleLabs in "Did Space Debris Hit A United Flight Over The Rockies Thursday?"

TruffleLabs — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:58:38 +0000

More info here

https://viewfromthewing.com/united-captain-says-his-plane-wa...

New comment by TruffleLabs in "We'd be better off with 9-bit bytes"

TruffleLabs — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 21:16:35 +0000

PDP-8 has a 12-bit word size

New comment by TruffleLabs in "When is it the best time to post on Show HN?"

TruffleLabs — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 15:58:09 +0000

What is your desired definition of "best"?

Most readers on initial posting?

Quality comments?

Quantity traffic on shown website?

New comment by TruffleLabs in "A little-known Microsoft program could expose the Defense Department to hackers"

TruffleLabs — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:03:43 +0000

Secret is still sensitive info and, if released, can cause harm or disruption.

Spying is not based on finding a single discovery of top secret information but a continuous process of pulling various pieces together. A "secret" item by itself may not cause bad things to happen but combined with other information could result in far greater damage.