Hacker News: abawany

New comment by abawany in "Hax – a minimalist, terminal-native coding agent written in C"

abawany — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:17:22 +0000

I just installed it via homebrew on macos and used the anthropic-compatible custom provider option to configure it to use with deepseek-flash and then used this setup to build a quick rust project that I had been deferring for months - total cost: 1 us cent and under 10 minutes total for setup and etc. Thank you for making such a lean and clean option.

China's first sodium-ion electric dump truck enters service

abawany — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 07:58:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.electrive.com/2026/08/05/chinas-first-sodium-ion-dump-truck-enters-service/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49193828

Points: 1

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Flock cameras violate highway safety standards

abawany — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 19:32:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jalopnik.com/2229647/flock-cameras-violate-highway-safety-standards/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49173773

Points: 7

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Eating less protein could help you live longer (mouse study)

abawany — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:53:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eating-less-protein-could-help-you-live-longer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49161294

Points: 5

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OpenAI's Fidji Simo steps down

abawany — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 02:03:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/openais-applications-chief-fidji-simo-step-down-2026-07-09/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48854884

Points: 2

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New comment by abawany in "Costco is the anti-Amazon"

abawany — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 23:31:24 +0000

Yep, around 18% higher not including tip, in my estimate. HEB (local Texas grocery chain featured here a few days ago) puts in just a 3% margin for pickup or delivery (before tip.) Walmart and Sams have no special delivery/pickup margin but instead charge delivery fees that can be avoided by membership levels or order amount thresholds.

Charged with manslaughter over Tesla crash initially blamed on self-driving mode

abawany — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 20:18:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/03/tesla-texas-crash-manslaughter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48779479

Points: 8

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New comment by abawany in "I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M"

abawany — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:37:54 +0000

I've also read reviews of Greystar properties where the reviewers expressed shock at being forced to consent to such abuse.

Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

abawany — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:02:42 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48249747

Points: 803

# Comments: 325

New comment by abawany in "Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit"

abawany — Sun, 17 May 2026 20:34:48 +0000

I was once (12 years ago) told: "they debate, they decide, we deliver" along with other "teamwork" pablum. This evil has been with us for a very long time, unfortunately.

New comment by abawany in "Trapped in the dark web – a crisis growing in the shadows"

abawany — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:03:45 +0000

I found the anti-encryption undertone of this article interesting, especially the focus on Apple.

Trapped in the dark web – a crisis growing in the shadows

abawany — Sun, 17 May 2026 19:03:45 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/business/trapped-dark-web/child-exploitation-exploding-online/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172162

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

What the FDA won't tell you about your medications (transcript, Propublica)

abawany — Sun, 17 May 2026 07:49:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/what-fda-wont-tell-you-generic-drugs-safety

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48166875

Points: 4

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German intelligence offices snub Palantir software

abawany — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:50:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.dw.com/en/german-intelligence-offices-snub-us-based-palantir-software/a-77160897

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48139547

Points: 76

# Comments: 30

New comment by abawany in "ReMarkable Paper Pure"

abawany — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:06:51 +0000

agree - the hardware seems comparable to the Pocketbook Inkpad One (https://pocketbook.ch/en-ch/catalog/e-notes/pocketbook-inkpa...) but the latter is available for a lower price with no subscription.

New comment by abawany in "Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th"

abawany — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:31:58 +0000

I prefer it as I don't like the following things about the kobo: ads for their stuff on the front page, and cumbersome sync (they seem to use a sqlite db to scan the loaded books on each sync, which for my ebooks takes a long while.) By comparison, pocketbook is what I want in a device: a file manager like interface to access my library, no fuss sync (via rsync and usb, primarily - I use their cloud to store books to read across devices), a good ecosystem of third party installs, and a front page that just features my books instead of whatever they want me to buy.

New comment by abawany in "Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th"

abawany — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:26:58 +0000

the drm is the reason why I never bought any kindle along with the relatively small non-expandable onboard storage, though the dx was tempting to me for a bit. I've stuck with Kobo, Pocketbook, and reMarkable and have been happy with them.

Reed Hastings to step down from Netflix board

abawany — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 06:53:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr/16/netflix-chair-reed-hastings

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47803174

Points: 2

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Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions

abawany — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:41:56 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/elon-musk-insists-banks-working-on-spacex-ipo-must-buy-grok-subscriptions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632687

Points: 21

# Comments: 5

Vaping likely to cause cancer, new Australian review of evidence finds

abawany — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:42:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/591096/vaping-likely-to-cause-cancer-new-australian-review-of-evidence-finds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47583566

Points: 7

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