<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: chorizo</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=chorizo</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:54:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=chorizo" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Steam Machine launches today"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Organized/scripted scalping isn’t new at all in the Western world. Just look at concert/game tickets. It assumed that if you really need it, you’ll alarm clock the release and even then might end up paying a scalper.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:12:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635438</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635438</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Steam Machine launches today"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In Valve’s, they’re raffling the opportunity to make a purchase. For a generalized Vickery auction, it’s assumed the buyer will complete the bid, but that’s not so in valve’s case. What’s a good solution when there is a significant % of bids that do not complete the purchase?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:06:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635358</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635358</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48635358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Identity verification on Claude"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I made the same switch. Impressed with the sheer value of Deepseek v4 Pro and Minimax M3 so far. I mostly work on an open source academic simulation tool, so I’m happy to be a source of training data.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 23:41:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623772</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623772</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "UK Home Office launches £75M 'PoliceAI' to capitalise on artificial intelligence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Imagine security cameras everywhere. Oh wait, we already have that.<p>Imagine llm’s analyzing every frame of every security camera everywhere (including shared ones like stores, flock, ring etc). Then an agentic judge issues warrants.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:06:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613861</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613861</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48613861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "But yak shaving is fun (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Downside: Code is not mature; can have edge cases, bugs and security issues. Likely limited config options without hardcoding features<p>Upside: Only the features you actually need. Likely fewer dependencies. You know exactly what your yak looks like under the fur.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 20:21:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561474</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48561474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Nobody ever gets credit for fixing problems that never happened (2001) [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In academia that translates to, the more senior the faculty member, the easier the talk is to understand.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:09:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505913</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505913</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed offline products"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is software I paid for specifically because I didn’t want a subscription. If I wanted to use Libreoffice instead, I would have.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 01:19:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342208</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342208</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48342208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That sounds lawsuit worthy. If you submitted both sets of paperwork at the same time, a reasonable expectation would be for your opt-opt application to be processed first, otherwise it’s pointless.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 01:58:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303428</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303428</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Internet Archive Switzerland"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They do exist and involved in archiving. Someone reached out to our amateur radio club and offered to archive any documents we might have. They even asked to archive the video recording of one of our monthly meetings.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 21:37:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48078499</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48078499</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48078499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Why are there both TMP and TEMP environment variables? (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That unlocked a memory of me seeing my computer lab teacher after class in 5th or 6th grade to ask her about the applications of PEEK and POKE. I’d picked up a copy of the GW-BASIC manual from a used bookstore. She’d never heard of those commands. Ended up promptly locking up one of the school computers by poking random numbers to random addresses.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 04:02:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993219</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993219</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "NetHack 5.0.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That was my favorite class. Still remember the game where I mostly (t) threw my wakizashi (b) at enemies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 03:22:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993014</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993014</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47993014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "The Tipping Point: The Economics of Taxi Fares"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It think it's telling that most customers picked 20%, the lowest on the menu. I would conclude that the menu presents a nudge towards establishing 20% as the lowest socially acceptable tip. Selecting a custom tip lower than 20% runs the risk of upsetting the driver, possibly leading to a verbal or physical altercation.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 22:08:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29898815</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29898815</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29898815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Amid a demand for batteries, companies are scrambling for supplies of lithium"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_ion" rel="nofollow">http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_lithium_...</a><p>Most Li-ion batteries also contain Cobalt, which is a somewhat toxic heavy metal. Layers of solid cobalt oxide used in the batteries could dissolve and leach out into the soil and ground water if large amounts of Li-ion batteries are disposed of in landfills.<p>I do not have a source for this, but given the relative abundance of lithium and ease of purifying salt deposits, it will be a long time before recycling lithium from spent Li-ion batteries would be cost effective. Lead isn't rare at all, but large lead acid batteries are  easy to recycle. The lead mostly stays on the battery plates and isn't mixed in with other metals. Besides, there are laws that make disposing of lead more expensive than recycling it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2016 18:00:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10910900</link><dc:creator>chorizo</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10910900</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10910900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chorizo in "Wikipedia Turns 15"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Or at least the linguistics department at the local community college.</p>
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