<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: chubs</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=chubs</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:50:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=chubs" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Holy moly, that guy in the reddit post needs to see a dermatologist asap and figure out why their skin is emitting acid.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:19:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728958</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728958</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47728958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't understand: Who's lending the $2B in situations like this? Wouldn't they be worried that the above situation (company gutted, then going down the drain) is going to play out and they won't get their $2B back? Or is that the root problem with this whole YC submission: banks are being hit by defaults because of this exact problem?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:57:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360839</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360839</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "BMW's Newest "Innovation" Is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>BMW resale values make it very clear: these cars are actively hostile (in many many ways) to their owners the second they go out of warranty. Pity, their interiors are lovely. In the long term, is this strategy going to work out for them? I won't buy another one. I know... anecdata :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 09:40:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46897750</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46897750</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46897750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Hyundai Paywalls Brake Pads replacement on Ioniq 5 N"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I believe this is already what happens with Volkswagen - recently I had my brakes replaced by an independent mechanic, and they had to charge me $50ish for some software lock as part of the process.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:44:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944079</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944079</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45944079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Report: Tim Cook could step down as Apple CEO 'as soon as next year'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is it worth mentioning that there are almost countless Chinese EV brands nowadays? I wonder if Apple was really trying. I’m sure it’s difficult, of course, but it seems like every week there’s a new car manufacturer. To quote Clarkson ‘how hard could it be’ ;)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:48:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942604</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942604</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45942604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Also reminded me a lot of simcity 2000. Congrats, it's very neat!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 21:04:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45815871</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45815871</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45815871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Kirigami-inspired parachute falls on target"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wonder if this would be suitable for drone delivery of small groceries, to keep the drone high enough that people don’t have to hear the noise.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:35:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498482</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498482</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "$2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB information display to your computer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anyone know if this or similar devices can display information sent from some code I write in, say, rust without drivers or libraries (eg should not be too complicated to write to) on macOS? Could be a lot of fun to be had!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 05:13:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45320228</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45320228</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45320228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I largely agree with you. I used to work at Cochlear (hearing aid implants) - their "headphone" equivalents actually had neatly replaceable batteries 10 years ago, it's doable! Larger than airpods, to be sure, however i'm sure Apple could shrink them nicely. But... would anyone want the ability to replace batteries? I wouldn't know. I suspect most people misplace them before the batteries go bad.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:04:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45258565</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45258565</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45258565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Why do we keep gravitating toward complexity?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a bee in my bonnet about this software complexity issue. Perhaps it takes large amounts of humility to accept that your job is fairly mundane, and only needs simple code to get the job done? I mean: who wants to turn spanners on a Toyota when you can imagine you're working for NASA, and introduce fascinating new paradigms to your work, that ultimately add complexity. I suspect that's why i've joined so many teams that have tied themselves up in knots of un-grok-able indirection. Another theory I have is that people encounter bad code, and misdiagnose it, identifying the (wrong) solution as needing a big complex architecture.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 23:24:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45256176</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45256176</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45256176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is really disappointing. I used to have a fertility tracking app on the iOS App Store, zero data sharing, all local thus private. But, people don’t want to pay $1 for an app, and I can’t afford the marketing drive that an investor-backed company such as this has… and so we end up with situations like this. Pity :(</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 12:23:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899561</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899561</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44899561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Facial recognition vans to be rolled out across police forces in England"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You say that hamas is no "credible military threat" - may I beg you please reconsider this in light of the 1195 killed when they attacked on October 7? They're no world-class army, to be sure, but it's not like they have no teeth whatsoever...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 01:15:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44895749</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44895749</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44895749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Young graduates are facing an employment crisis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anecdata: Recently spoke with a friend's son who graduated compsci a year-ish ago, he reckons none of his year got jobs, now working in a kitchen. (in australia for context). Very sad. For comparison, I graduated just after the dot-com crash, and our year mostly found jobs, just not very good ones, so maybe they're doing worse than we did. Good luck convincing anyone to study compsci any more.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:51:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44587684</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44587684</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44587684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Endangered classic Mac plastic color returns as 3D-printer filament"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I printed a few for a friend. They seem to work just fine, but if you look close you can see the ‘terraced’ steps in the printing. Probably feels a bit rough. I guess you could smooth that with acetone vapour and ABS filament if so inclined.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:10:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44222623</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44222623</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44222623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The article does talk of it being a relatively simple proposition to embiggen the range with an bigger battery kit if that helps. But yeah, it's not a ton of range.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799167</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799167</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm very positive, however note that when they mention "injection molded polypropylene composite material" - this (i think) is the same material used for Seadoo Spark jetskis. I owned one and had a minor crash, and because this material cannot be repaired, the entire hull needed replacing, it was an insurance write-off. I hope they've thought about how to make this car repairable and not 'disposable' after the first inevitable minor crash. Of course this may not be a fair comparison because jetski hulls are exposed, whereas car chassis' have panels and bumpers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 22:32:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799103</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799103</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43799103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "The DOJ still wants Google to sell off Chrome"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Speculation: Perhaps Google accelerated the Manifest V3 change to get anti-adblocking 'baked in' and benefitting their interests, before they're forced to sell off Chrome?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 03:54:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43306042</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43306042</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43306042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Uchū – Color scheme for internet lovers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ok this is beautiful, I love it, I was looking for something exactly like this earlier today. Nice one.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:38:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43075912</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43075912</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43075912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Basis of the Kalman Filter [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As a developer I always found these maths-first approaches to Kalman filters impenetrable (I guess that betrays my lack of knowledge, I dare cast no aspersions on the quality of these explanations!). However, if like me, it helps with the learning curve to implement it first, here's a 1-dimensional version simplified from my blog:<p><pre><code>  function transpose(a) { return a } // 1x1 matrix eg a single value.
  function invert(a) { return 1/a }

  const qExternalNoiseVariance = 0.1
  const rMeasurementNoiseVariance = 0.1
  const fStateTransition = 1

  let pStateError = 1
  let xCurrentState = rawDataArray[0]
  for (const zMeasurement in rawDataArray) {
    const xPredicted = fStateTransition * xCurrentState
    const pPredicted = fStateTransition * pStateError * transpose(fStateTransition) + qExternalNoiseVariance
    const kKalmanGain = pPredicted * invert(pPredicted + rMeasurementNoiseVariance)

    pStateError = pPredicted - kKalmanGain * pPredicted
    xCurrentState = xPredicted + kKalmanGain * (zMeasurement - xPredicted) // Output!
  }
</code></pre>
<a href="https://www.splinter.com.au/2023/12/14/the-kalman-filter-for-programmers/" rel="nofollow">https://www.splinter.com.au/2023/12/14/the-kalman-filter-for...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 22:43:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43042423</link><dc:creator>chubs</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43042423</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43042423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by chubs in "Rhai: An embedded scripting language for Rust"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Very impressive. I read the readme and I’m unsure how memory management works, is it GC? And is it
OOP or not? Thanks :)</p>
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