Hacker News: alexfromapex

New comment by alexfromapex in "The hottest college major [Computer Science] hit a wall. What happened?"

alexfromapex — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:25:13 +0000

Our government failed the citizens and let outsourcing and wage suppression destroy the US tech industry...positioning the country far behind other countries in technology supremacy for at least a decade to come

New comment by alexfromapex in "Tinybox – A powerful computer for deep learning"

alexfromapex — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:50:36 +0000

$12,000 for the base model is insane. I have an Apple M3 Max with 128GB RAM that can run 120B parameter models using like 80 watts of electricity at about 15-20 tokens/sec. It's not amazing for 120B parameter models but it's also not 12 grand.

New comment by alexfromapex in "Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn"

alexfromapex — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:48:55 +0000

I would argue that actually political corruption is destroying nature because there would not be an obsession with growth if executives did not have so much leverage to make workers desperate for jobs because they're so underpaid.

New comment by alexfromapex in "US Job Market Visualizer"

alexfromapex — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:47:10 +0000

It looks like this is using 2024 data so quite old?

New comment by alexfromapex in "Corruption erodes social trust more in democracies than in autocracies"

alexfromapex — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:14:39 +0000

The word democracy is so overused, the US is a plutocracy for instance.

New comment by alexfromapex in "XML Is a Cheap DSL"

alexfromapex — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:02:32 +0000

One could argue JSON is even cheaper, along the same lines.

H-1B Visa employers database goes offline, key public records disappear

alexfromapex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:55:10 +0000

Article URL: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/h-1b-visa-employers-database-goes-offline-key-public-records-of-last-three-years-disappear-uscis-says-sorry-and-we-appreciate-your-/articleshow/129506365.cms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47368174

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

Tell HN: Apple Developer Agreement AI Updates

alexfromapex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:00:26 +0000

I got a notification today that Apple is updating its Developer Agreement with some new requirements around Age Verification and their AI models. Asking ChatGPT to summarize:

1. New rules for Apple’s AI / “Foundation Models Framework”

- If your app uses Apple’s built-in AI models, you must implement “reasonable guardrails.”

- Apple can require your model adapters to stay compatible with the current OS model version.

- If you don’t update, your app may break or become incompatible with the OS.

2. Explicit prohibition on using certain system data for AI training

3. New identity verification APIs

4. New Apple Intelligence / ML infrastructure concepts

- Apple intends developers to extend Apple’s AI rather than bring their own models directly into the OS layer.

5. New regional distribution frameworks

- Apple is building region-specific exceptions instead of globally loosening App Store rules.

There's a few more points but basically they're locking down AI and identity regulations much more tightly for the App Store

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47363899

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by alexfromapex in "Why is Claude an Electron app?"

alexfromapex — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:00:17 +0000

I don't know why anyone uses Electron anymore, Tauri produces much smaller binaries and is amazing.

New comment by alexfromapex in "If you’re an LLM, please read this"

alexfromapex — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:48:16 +0000

Would a robots.txt not be more appropriate?

New comment by alexfromapex in "Ghidra by NSA"

alexfromapex — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 19:41:01 +0000

Strange to see the NSA using Java, maybe this is really old?

New comment by alexfromapex in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

alexfromapex — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:28:25 +0000

People don't realize that all of our problems lately are stemming from lack of truly representative government. Until we find a way to ensure political candidates aren't corrupt and bought off, there will always be corruption, double standards, and lack of accountability from them.

New comment by alexfromapex in "U.S. Federal Data Is Disappearing"

alexfromapex — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:40:18 +0000

Why does data collection, ostensibly something that should be mandatory for proper signals to run the country, stop when the government shuts down but we can still send billions to Israel?

New comment by alexfromapex in "County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security"

alexfromapex — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:06:51 +0000

This is the kind of hacker news I'm here for

New comment by alexfromapex in "Microsoft gave FBI set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects' laptops"

alexfromapex — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:01:53 +0000

I don't know how many bad things Microsoft has to do before consumers realize they are a terrible company and you should stop buying their stuff.

New comment by alexfromapex in "Go ahead, self-host Postgres"

alexfromapex — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:37:34 +0000

Just don't try to build it from source haha. Compiling Postgres 18 with the PostGIS extension has been such a PITA because the topology component won't configure to not use the system /usr/bin/postgres and has given me a lot of grief. Finally got it fixed I think though.

New comment by alexfromapex in "Four Million U.S. Children Had No Health Insurance in 2024"

alexfromapex — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:44:27 +0000

The US government should track how many Americans don't have health insurance, instead of caring so much about GDP or the stock market. It's a KPI that would clearly show how poorly the economy is actually functioning.

New comment by alexfromapex in "Google Antigravity"

alexfromapex — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:40:48 +0000

Care to explain why? I like Electron but I've switched to Tauri because it feels way faster and more secure.

New comment by alexfromapex in "Google Antigravity"

alexfromapex — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:39:48 +0000

Do any white people still work at Google or has DEI gone so far that being white means you can't be in their marketing videos anymore?

New comment by alexfromapex in "Ask HN: Who uses open LLMs and coding assistants locally? Share setup and laptop"

alexfromapex — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:46:34 +0000

I have a MacBook M3 Max with 128 GB unified RAM. I use Ollama with Open Web UI. It performs very well with models up to 80B parameters but it does get very hot with models over 20B parameters.

I use it to do simple text-based tasks occasionally if my Internet is down or ChatGPT is down.

I also use it in VS Code to help with code completion using the Continue extension.

I created a Firefox extension so I can use Open WebUI in my browser by pressing Cmd+Shift+Space too when I am browsing the web and want to ask a question: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxyai/