Hacker News: chromadon

New comment by chromadon in "Europe's top court upholds Google's record $4.7B antitrust fine"

chromadon — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:55:56 +0000

I often wonder what would happen if Google just refused to pay, or just kept it stuck in legal purgatory as that would be cheaper than paying the fine.

New comment by chromadon in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

chromadon — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:47:33 +0000

I always think of Furbies because of that geocities (memories!) site.

New comment by chromadon in "Previewing GPT‑5.6 Sol: a next-generation model"

chromadon — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:43:03 +0000

I asked it for a block of C++ code and it hit 14,189 tok/s. I assume it cached someone else's session?

New comment by chromadon in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"

chromadon — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:27:15 +0000

Location: UK (South West)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: C, C++, JUCE, QT, Native desktop software, systems engineering, embedded engineering, "real- time/audio" software.

Résumé/CV: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2vmpmxzlu9itj1kyyrmgf/OliverJ...

Email: oli@brokencode.co.uk

New comment by chromadon in "Chuwi Minibook X"

chromadon — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 07:41:28 +0000

I feel like this is another “Framework 12 vs Neo” type of deal.

I can get a used MacBook Air M1 for £250 which beats the Minibook in every regard and it can run Linux.

New comment by chromadon in "Anthropic surpasses OpenAI to become most valuable AI startup"

chromadon — Sat, 30 May 2026 16:58:17 +0000

How could you possibly know all the most "technical and best engineers?". Wait.. are you a codex instance?

New comment by chromadon in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

chromadon — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:31:05 +0000

I know someone with a modern Zenbook and it sounds like a jet engine at all times, battery life is awful too.

New comment by chromadon in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"

chromadon — Fri, 29 May 2026 21:29:32 +0000

- "Let’s not forget that Apple advertises paid subscriptions in notifications and settings pane alerts when you first buy the computer."

I've literally never seen an advert outside of a 3rd party app or website on any Apple device I've owned (many).

New comment by chromadon in "Native all the way, until you need text"

chromadon — Sun, 17 May 2026 12:39:46 +0000

This is where QT/JUCE can help. Although you are limited to c++.

New comment by chromadon in "Bill to block publishers from killing online games advances in California"

chromadon — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:51:24 +0000

Does it though? Just release the a standalone server once the game is done making money.

New comment by chromadon in "Rewrite Bun in Rust has been merged"

chromadon — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:26:06 +0000

This is the thing. I do use LLMs (mostly Anthropic).

It just does not generate good useable code. I have to review every single change to a higher degree than I would my own code because it likes to slip in hidden nasties. I have to rewrite at least 50% of what it generates.

That being said, I know devs who swear that they don’t even write code anymore. Like this rust port. I can’t even fathom blindly merging something his massive.

New comment by chromadon in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

chromadon — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:47:08 +0000

desktop mode

New comment by chromadon in "Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid"

chromadon — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:46:50 +0000

I wonder if insurance would refuse to pay out in the event of an accident due to this modification?

New comment by chromadon in "Bitcoin trader recovers wallet with help of Claude"

chromadon — Thu, 14 May 2026 18:42:28 +0000

If any authority wants your data, a password isn't whats stopping them.

New comment by chromadon in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

chromadon — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:13:17 +0000

I’m using an AMD cpu and an Nvidia gpu and it worked out of the box.

New comment by chromadon in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

chromadon — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

I use Bazzite for all my gaming (Returnal at the minute) and it works unbelievably well. I don’t tinker with any of the proton version. I just press play.

I recently completed Stellar Blade with zero issues.

I don’t even shutdown the machine, I just hit the power to sleep it. Instantly resumes where I left off.

Incredible to see just how far it’s come.

New comment by chromadon in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

chromadon — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:46:11 +0000

I use it for non collectible stuff. I’m always buying weird interesting things. Old computer stuff at least once a month.

I buy most of my physical games from eBay too

New comment by chromadon in "I'm going back to writing code by hand"

chromadon — Mon, 11 May 2026 09:45:16 +0000

This struck me as odd too. 7 months? It wouldn’t take that long to write it in a new language.

Another thing I don’t see mentioned is code quality.

Vibe-coded code bases are an excellent example of why LLMs aren’t very good at writing code. It will often correct its own mistakes only to make them again immediately after and Inconsistent pattern use.

Recently Claude has been making some “interesting” code style choices, not inline with the code base it’s currently supposed to be working on.

New comment by chromadon in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)"

chromadon — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:07:02 +0000

I’m developing a Gizmondo emulator. It’s an old gaming handheld.

New comment by chromadon in "10Gb/s Ethernet: what I did to get it working in my home"

chromadon — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:17:06 +0000

Off topic (sorry). Interested to know what your startup is?