Hacker News: calcifer

Trying to understand SR-1 Freedom

calcifer — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:50:25 +0000

Article URL: https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/trying-to-understand-freedom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49709625

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

JetKVM OS Services

calcifer — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:38:38 +0000

Article URL: https://jetkvm.com/blog/introducing-jetkvm-os-services

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49670977

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by calcifer in "1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe"

calcifer — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:13:15 +0000

> Expelling people who have no particular attachment or roots to a given land is not ethnic cleansing.

And, pray tell, who decides if a person has "particular attachment or roots"? For example, would you be fine with me deciding if you do?

New comment by calcifer in "1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe"

calcifer — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:11:52 +0000

> but this kind of hyperbole

Looking at the linked DHH posts, which part(s) do you think make "ethnic cleansing" hyperbole? It seems like a pretty fair reading of his wishes to me.

Anonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset

calcifer — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:37:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/home-assistant-survey-dataset/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452924

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by calcifer in "The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You"

calcifer — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:38:13 +0000

> I don’t need a stair-climbing wheelchair that costs $30,000 and requires a maintenance crew. I need better doorknobs and/or a ramp. But a ramp is boring. You can't make investors have a hard on for a ramp that doesn't connect to the cloud. You can’t give a TED Talk about a ramp. You can’t get venture capital funding for a slightly wider doorframe.

The "Disability Dongle": Why Silicon Valley Hates Me and You

calcifer — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:38:13 +0000

Article URL: https://sightlessscribbles.com/disability-dongle/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49183665

Points: 210

# Comments: 204

Radiation Tradeoffs for Mars – How to get by when the sky wants you dead

calcifer — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:14:55 +0000

Article URL: https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/radiation-tradeoffs-for-mars

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49106931

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Patreon CEO: Why I'm (sort of) not worried about AI [video]

calcifer — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 16:38:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17_HcR95YBc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48949332

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by calcifer in "Count Binface"

calcifer — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 07:02:19 +0000

Sorry yes, I meant the parliament.

New comment by calcifer in "Count Binface"

calcifer — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:41:01 +0000

There are very few ways of becoming PM without also being an MP. The PM must be able to sit in the parliament, so he must either be an MP or a member of the Lords. In theory, the current PM or even the King could make him a Peer, and therefore a member of the Lords, but neither is likely :)

New comment by calcifer in "Hunting a 16-year-old SQLite WAL bug with TLA+"

calcifer — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:47:34 +0000

It's a Blade Runner reference [1].

[1] https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Voight-Kampff_test

New comment by calcifer in "Claude Code is steganographically marking requests"

calcifer — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 06:26:45 +0000

> Much as I hate to defend companies climbing to success and pulling up the ladder afterwards

Based on your post, you don't sound like you hate it at all.

New comment by calcifer in "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party"

calcifer — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:23:03 +0000

You have freedom of speech to advocate for your politics. The rest of us have the freedom of association to not want to be involved with you in any way.

These are not contradictory - they are both essential freedoms.

New comment by calcifer in "Ford AI hiccups push carmaker to rehire ‘gray beard’ inspectors"

calcifer — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:32:26 +0000

The article has named sources for its quotes, whereas your comment relies entirely on "almost certainly" which sounds a lot less informed.

Sorry Guys,but I'll Be Cryosleeping Throughout the Rest of This Space Expedition

calcifer — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:07:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sorry-guys-but-ill-be-cryosleeping-throughout-the-rest-of-this-space-expedition

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48596856

Points: 3

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Wilshire subway took 46 years. Future projects should skip decades of objections

calcifer — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:22:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-16/wilshire-subway-california-transit-construction-delays

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554114

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by calcifer in "KPMG report on benefits of AI contained AI hallucinations"

calcifer — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:16:11 +0000

Archive link https://archive.ph/T39aS

KPMG report on benefits of AI contained AI hallucinations

calcifer — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:16:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/b3828e92-4961-4b39-84f0-c42f33be3c3f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501330

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by calcifer in "Corrupting a ZFS File on Purpose"

calcifer — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:20:02 +0000

> Things can be fun or interesting or worthwhile without being a harrowing battle of discovery!

The quoted sentences used "correct", "right" and "wrong". Hardly the sensationalist words you're implying.