Hacker News: ch_sm

New comment by ch_sm in "Gemma 4 12B: A unified, encoder-free multimodal model"

ch_sm — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:21:58 +0000

can‘t speak to compatibility with this new model, but oMLX supports MTP drafters very well.

The Metaverse Fever-Dream

ch_sm — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:00:41 +0000

Article URL: https://pxlnv.com/blog/metaverse-fever-dream/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48368586

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by ch_sm in "Why Espresso Tastes Different Every Minute: Science Explains Coffee Physics"

ch_sm — Sat, 30 May 2026 15:49:01 +0000

The article is quite superficial. Yes, too coarse means weak or sour, and too fine means heavy and bitter - most espresso lovers know this. Where are the x-rays, CTs and details?

AI is a technology not a product

ch_sm — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:11:20 +0000

Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/ai_is_technology_not_a_product

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168626

Points: 480

# Comments: 209

New comment by ch_sm in "US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war"

ch_sm — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:04 +0000

> You cannot just switch an entire country's energy source on a finger snap

no one is suggesting that

> nor do we have a viable alternative for making nitrogen based fertilizer

nor is anyone suggesting that

New comment by ch_sm in "Why China Believes America Will Flame Out"

ch_sm — Mon, 11 May 2026 17:05:58 +0000

https://archive.is/We6GM

New comment by ch_sm in "Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on Russia"

ch_sm — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:53:02 +0000

Isn‘t Iran a good counter-example? Heavily sanctioned, huge uprisings.

New comment by ch_sm in "Accelerating Gemma 4: faster inference with multi-token prediction drafters"

ch_sm — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:46:37 +0000

gemma4 has a specific problem with toolcalls that affects most runtimes. fixes for ollama and vllm are being worked on right now

New comment by ch_sm in "Show HN: Access OPFS from multiple tabs using a fake Shared Worker"

ch_sm — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:20:12 +0000

Hi all!

I wanted to share a library I wrote that I think is needed to make OPFS actually useful.

For context, OPFS is the Origin Private File System, giving your app a orgin-scoped high performance file system, ideal for stuff like sqlite or data intensive local-first apps.

However, if you have multiple windows or tabs, using the same FileHandle will break your app, since there can only be one FileHandle per file.

This library attempts to fix this by doing some MessagePort acrobatics between tabs, and keeps only one worker alive managing access to the file system.

It’s informed by this discussion on wa-sqlite: https://github.com/rhashimoto/wa-sqlite/discussions/81

Hope somebody will find this useful!

Show HN: Access OPFS from multiple tabs using a fake Shared Worker

ch_sm — Fri, 01 May 2026 16:15:31 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/arnold-graf/cross-tab-worker/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976492

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by ch_sm in "JavaScript Is Enough"

ch_sm — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:30:58 +0000

hey! Great job on this, dashersw. I‘ve believed for a while now that the compile time dependency analyzer approach is the only good way for frameworks like this. Really neat choices on the API surface as well – so simple! Launching with a headless UI lib is smart. will try both in a side project soon! thanks and cheers!

New comment by ch_sm in "Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation"

ch_sm — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 15:37:10 +0000

> Safari is still working on pulling theirs back up.

not sure about this take, given that chrome‘s rendering engine was famously based on Safari‘s - WebKit - before they forked it (Blink). V8 was indeed faster than Safari‘s JS engine at the time. However, today, Safari is objectively faster in both rendering (WK) and JS performance (JSCore).

Republicans haul Netflix before Congress for being ‚woke'

ch_sm — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:11:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/policy/873533/netflix-warner-bros-discovery-senate-antitrust-hearing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46888463

Points: 13

# Comments: 5

New comment by ch_sm in "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence"

ch_sm — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:26:02 +0000

I see your point, but that is definitely not the only cause of American economic dominance. The U.S. has been the largest economy by GDP since ca 1900 – i.e. before the wars.

New comment by ch_sm in "Koralm Railway"

ch_sm — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:36:42 +0000

Really? I always thought it was London in 1801. Do you have a link to the data?

New comment by ch_sm in "BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive"

ch_sm — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:35:02 +0000

> Huh? Every EV uses recuperative braking, how is this special to Tesla?

It‘s not. But there are some newer EVs (e.g. Mercedes and VW) that track brake usage and will periodically switch to using the disk brakes when there‘s danger of corrosion.

New comment by ch_sm in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)"

ch_sm — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 13:20:39 +0000

  Location: Austria
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: TypeScript, React and similar, Docker & friends, Postgres & MySQL, Integration- and End-to-End-testing, Node.js, Linux, Golang, Figma,
  Résumé/CV: arni.at/cv.pdf
  Email: arnold  graf [at] gmail (dot) com

Hi! I’m a Senior Software Engineer and project manager with over 16 years experience in the industry. Full Stack, with a strong focus on the front end side of things.

I’ve co-founded and led a music and messaging focused start up as the CTO for 5 years — from the first MVP until it got acquired in 2019.

I’m very much a product builder with a keen eye for detail and UX, a strong sense of responsibility and ownership. As a team leader I consider myself empathetic and pragmatic.

New comment by ch_sm in "Apple will phase out Rosetta 2 in macOS 28"

ch_sm — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 11:53:42 +0000

just as a little side note: while it really isn‘t regarded as a typical mac game nowadays, Halo was originally planned as a Mac-exclusive, before Microsoft bought Bungie. If memory servese me right, Jobs even presented it as an exclusive at some MacWorld or Expo.

New comment by ch_sm in "Porsche demonstrates inductive EV charging at IAA"

ch_sm — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 19:56:10 +0000

their site says it’s 90% efficient [0], which is impressive, but I agree, still sub-optimal for large scale installations.

The other thing is that it needs to be perfectly aligned. If you can’t be bothered to plug in a cable, can you be bothered to align your SUV in your garage perfectly with a charge pad?

[0] https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2025/products/porsche-wirele...

New comment by ch_sm in "Ask HN: Why hasn't x86 caught up with Apple M series?"

ch_sm — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:30:25 +0000

Yeah I had that same i9 16 inch from 2019. Easily the worst Mac I‘ve ever owned (in 20 years!). Now I‘m on an M2 16 inch an it is night and day.