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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for under-16s

bbayer — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:12:20 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/2066420074265661746

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539601

Points: 4

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New comment by bbayer in "Goodbye to Sora"

bbayer — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 06:35:36 +0000

This was inevitable since Antropic made a fortune by releasing single app with only text generation business. They did best code generator and targeted developers and enterprise users. OpenAI did only 1.5 million dollars from Sora which is obviously far from profitable. So it is logical to assign GPU time to more profitable business.

New comment by bbayer in "Everything we announced at our first LlamaCon"

bbayer — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:31:03 +0000

This is actually my first impression while I am reading the post. Mentions "open source" everywhere but dude how the earth it is open source without training data.

New comment by bbayer in "Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?"

bbayer — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 18:28:37 +0000

For some tips :) https://theunscrambled.com/anagram-solver

New comment by bbayer in "Building a T1D smartwatch for my son from scratch"

bbayer — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 05:09:05 +0000

Another alternative is to use ESP32's deep sleep mode. You can tell ESP to sleep until some event occurs. There are many options for waking up the microcontroller.

https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32c...

It uses little power, so standard 18650 battery could last years with single charge.

https://www.programmingelectronics.com/esp32-deep-sleep-mode

New comment by bbayer in "Liberating Wi-Fi on the ESP32 [video]"

bbayer — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:19:29 +0000

I am really impressed by how young speakers are. It is really fascinating to see how somebody collect such technical knowledge at such a young age.

New comment by bbayer in "Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?"

bbayer — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 17:23:28 +0000

Do you mind to share genre?

New comment by bbayer in "How to get a heart attack while using JEB decompiler (2022)"

bbayer — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:16:39 +0000

Why would a decompiler execute code that has decompiled?

New comment by bbayer in "KiCad 7.0"

bbayer — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 05:58:00 +0000

I want to learn PCB design, mostly with ARM and ESP based designs. How would I learn basics? I know theory part but I really couldn't figure out why they determine which component and which value they have to use. I mean there are resistors, capacitors all over the place but I really want to learn reason behind it. Also I guess there are some basics related power, battery, UART, USB etc. Is there any source that covers all of these concepts?

New comment by bbayer in "Pockit: A tiny, powerful, modular computer [video]"

bbayer — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:44:56 +0000

Such modular design is tricky. Some parts require close distance to specific components like clocks. OP did a good job by solving such problems.

New comment by bbayer in "Ask HN: How to make an extra $50k+ per year without changing jobs?"

bbayer — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 17:30:15 +0000

I think starting a side project with a goal of revenue is not practical. For me, doing side project is doing something that you can't normally do in day to day job. So, it has to something that I love to spend time for. On the other hand, I always think about making many part when I start something new. My side projects are generally about making games and mobile applications, search engine optimization, writing programs that transform data from one form to another. When I finish a side project, I don't hesitate to putting some ads and make passive income. It is lovely to make money while you are sleeping from something that you have enjoyed creating it.

New comment by bbayer in "Raspberry Pi 400 Desktop PC"

bbayer — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:27:06 +0000

It reminds me the joyful moments while I plugged my Commodore 64 to TV set.

New comment by bbayer in "Show HN: I co-wrote a novel with GPT-3 in 118 hours"

bbayer — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:00:44 +0000

> Peter has adopted the code and molded it for years, Anakin to a digital C3PO. He'd grown attached to his creation. He loved Art more than anyone else alive.

True gold.

Ask HN: What feature could make you switch your VPN provider?

bbayer — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:43:47 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24570448

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by bbayer in "Adobe to remove Flash Player from web site after December 2020"

bbayer — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:35:46 +0000

Flash Player itself has a lot of security vulnerabilities but Adobe Flash as IDE still has no competitor even today IMHO. There is no such tool that combines code and graphics with ease like Adobe Flash. You can use it as an animator, you can use it as graphic designer, you can use it as developer. All these features just came together perfectly and it made sense. I am still missing this usability.

New comment by bbayer in "Ask HN: How can I pick a side project and stick with it?"

bbayer — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:29:16 +0000

Actually speaking yes. I spent a lot of time to think about it. Here is my little thought process to keep my motivation;

Why am I working? Why am I spending my 1/3 of my time with my daily job. Is career real thing or other words is it really necessary to make money? Does it really matter to have high work satisfaction even though you earn little? I am working because of money. Money doesn't bring happiness but it brings freedom. At the end of the day what I need is freedom. It doesn't matter if I have shinny career if I can earn same money with something else. I have limited time and more money to become free. So I need to use my time wisely to get more money to become free eventually. It doesn't matter if I am using shiny programming language, technology or IDE. At the end of the day nobody will give a shit about what I am using. Quickest is the best because I have counted days in my life. I don't have time to learn new things every time I start a new projects. I already know everything I need to make money. Learning is not a goal but it is a reward when I become free.

New comment by bbayer in "Ask HN: How can I pick a side project and stick with it?"

bbayer — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:16:09 +0000

After several years of struggling with side projects I found one thing that motivates me: money. I don't even start a project if there is no possibility of some revenue. %99 of ideas got eliminated immediately. Every people have their own motivation though but having side income from a side project even you are sleeping is different thing. I have limited time for side projects. I always think I have one bullet so trying to use it wisely.

New comment by bbayer in "Honk more, wait more: Mumbai traffic police introduce the ‘punishing signal’"

bbayer — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 13:48:44 +0000

I have been in Bangalore and I really couldn't understand who is honking to me because everybody honk. It is just chaos.

New comment by bbayer in "Show HN: Flash replacement"

bbayer — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:01:44 +0000

It is definitely something but not Flash replacement.

New comment by bbayer in "Tesla Cybertruck"

bbayer — Sat, 23 Nov 2019 07:21:26 +0000

Yes. I suspect that production line will be designed to be built on Mars. Design of the car also looks like it is built for high dust environments (non-flat rooftop). Solar charging, shell with same material with Starship also supports this thesis.