Hacker News: aaronbrethorst

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?"

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:00:40 +0000

I think the point of the person you're responding to is what are the practical consequences for future scientific and technological leaps if this is accurate. Does that make FTL travel possible? Does it predict an outcome for the fate of the universe? etc.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026"

aaronbrethorst — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 14:28:49 +0000

Very Red Hot chili peppers of you

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger"

aaronbrethorst — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 04:18:52 +0000

UAL used to let you listen into the cockpit to ATC chatter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17656352 — I understand this was really helpful for calming some passengers' nerves during flying.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Oracle’s 6am layoff emails hit staff amid new wave of cuts"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:26:12 +0000

He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his Dilbert characters.

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

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:35:21 +0000

Thank you so much! What city do you live in now?

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:47 +0000

I work on a suite of open source public transit software projects, collectively called OneBusAway (or OBA). The software is used by millions of transit riders every day around the world, including in New York City, the Seattle area, San Diego, and Washington, D.C.

Since last month, our four Google Summer of Code interns finished their projects.

University of California San Diego has deployed our Wayfinder and Waystation web apps for their 35,000+ students!

We launched a redesign of our Android app.

Our next-generation server software, Maglev, is almost at v1.0!

We are always looking for more developers, biz dev, ux designers, product managers, and more to help out!

Open volunteer positions: https://ossvolunteers.com/organizations/open-transit-softwar...

Our software: https://github.com/OneBusAway/

More about us: https://opentransitsoftwarefoundation.org

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Will there be a 7G?"

aaronbrethorst — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:37:07 +0000

Interesting. Thanks for the detailed information and texture.

OpenAI's rogue AI tried to hack another company in May

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:07:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/994383/openais-rogue-ai-rubygems-hack

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49677712

Points: 5

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New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Will there be a 7G?"

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 20:25:21 +0000

I get 5G mmWave in my home and around my neighborhood in Seattle. In fact sometimes at home I’ll turn off WiFi on my phone just because I’m sitting in a WiFi dead zone but the mmWave still works great.

This is on Mint Mobile, a budget MVNO now owned by T-Mobile. I pay $20/month for 15GB data.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Make your first edit to OpenStreetMap"

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:01:47 +0000

Funny enough, Cafe Lolo, the business that the example edit demonstrates, replaced my favorite restaurant in Seattle, Cookweaver. The chef-owner of Cookweaver is now doing private events and in-home meals for folks who miss his cooking: https://www.cookweaver.com/omakase-menu

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Show HN: What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?"

aaronbrethorst — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:22:12 +0000

I'm being vague to avoid spoilers, but I'll just say that it serves for a very interesting meditation on the concept of loss, and has stuck with me for the 5+ years since I read the trilogy.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework"

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:20:14 +0000

I have never tried. I'm sure there are some reddit threads about this though.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Boot a Virtual iPhone via Apple's Virtualization.framework"

aaronbrethorst — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:59:55 +0000

Since 2024: https://www.macstories.net/news/altstore-is-now-available-in...

https://altstore.io

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Htmx 4.0"

aaronbrethorst — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:00:08 +0000

HTMX is a layer on top of server-side rendered HTML that gives you near-SPA-levels of interactivity without having to build a standalone SPA.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Show HN: My Claude quota ran out in 10 minutes, so I made a tool to find out why"

aaronbrethorst — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:30:04 +0000

Darmok and Jalad, after their quota ran out.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Show HN: I built self-hosted deployment automation tool for Windows and IIS"

aaronbrethorst — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 22:28:21 +0000

Does Microsoft still maintain IIS? I thought it hadn't been meaningfully updated in about 8 years.

Dolly Parton Dies at 80

aaronbrethorst — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:08:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/arts/music/dolly-parton-dead.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49438136

Points: 11

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New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Nearly 3M Teslas recalled in China over hidden door handles"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:23:30 +0000

whew, that's going to be a relief to the driver that hits an unexpected cloudburst while driving 80mph (130km) down the highway.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "The Story of Mac: A Just-So Story"

aaronbrethorst — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:29:22 +0000

I'd posit that this is just as good as every programmer koan or story from esr's The New Hackers Dictionary

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:54:57 +0000

This is the most direct way: https://opentransitsoftwarefoundation.org/onebusaway/contrib...