Hacker News: cyann

New comment by cyann in "Migrating from Go to Rust"

cyann — Sun, 24 May 2026 23:36:04 +0000

I've got a `.rustfmt.toml` file in all my repos with

  hard_tabs = true

New comment by cyann in "Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users"

cyann — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:55:49 +0000

Got this spam today on my GitHub address, YC affiliated:

From: henry@joincactuscompute.com

Hey,

I hope all is well with you, just reaching out as you seem to be interested in on-device speech models.

Cactus is a low-latency AI engine for consumer devices like phones, Macs, wearables, Raspberry Pis, etc.

We support transcription models like Whisper & Parakeet, benchmarks available in the attached GitHub repo.

GitHub: https://github.com/cactus-compute/cactus

We are keen to get your feedback, and star if feeling generous.

Thanks a million

New comment by cyann in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"

cyann — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:54:10 +0000

I had a similar problem, the 5 reboots fixed it: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102577

New comment by cyann in "Psilocybin shows promise as anti-aging therapy"

cyann — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:27:31 +0000

Melatonin is effective ~5 hours later. No need to take more than 0.3 mg.

What you should try is L-Theanine just before going to sleep, it's effective against Caffeine, not sure about Psilocybin.

New comment by cyann in "Show HN: Lstr – A modern, interactive tree command written in Rust"

cyann — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 06:16:23 +0000

I did some benchmarks on one of our CLI and found that `opt-level = "z"` reduced the size from 2.68M to 2.28M, and shaved 10% on the build time, worth a try.

I'll try with `panic = "abort"` for our next release, thanks for the reminder.

New comment by cyann in "If not React, then what?"

cyann — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:22:11 +0000

Same, anGLuar sounds, for a french speaker, like https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/engluer

1. to birdlime

2. (reflexive) to get bogged down

New comment by cyann in "If not React, then what?"

cyann — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 10:00:46 +0000

Angluar -> I'm using this from now on

New comment by cyann in "Night owls' cognitive function 'superior' to early risers, study suggests"

cyann — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:29:46 +0000

The EU will switch to permanent winter time as well: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/28/when-will-the-...

New comment by cyann in "A clickjacking vulnerability in WhatsApp that enables phishing attacks"

cyann — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 13:55:21 +0000

Proof of Concept

New comment by cyann in "De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon"

cyann — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 15:15:54 +0000

Excellent user experience using a Logitech MX Master 3S with Mos and ScrollReverser.

https://mos.caldis.me/

https://pilotmoon.com/scrollreverser/

New comment by cyann in "Kagi finally let me lay Google Search to rest"

cyann — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 06:41:56 +0000

I'm a paying customer since June 2022, and I was wondering if I was the only one using its most powerful feature: domains personalizations. I guess not: https://kagi.com/stats?stat=leaderboard&k=2

When you start searching a lot for professional reasons (e.g. rust the language vs rust the game), Kagi's value is a no-brainer.

New comment by cyann in "Safely open apps on your Mac"

cyann — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:15:55 +0000

This should help:

  defaults write com.apple.security.authorization ignoreArd -bool true

New comment by cyann in "Klack – Satisfying sound with every keystroke"

cyann — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:23:29 +0000

Been using it for weeks, makes me feel "productive" when typing a lot.

Some keys (numeric keypad) are silent, which is odd, and makes me look at the keyboard wondering where did I put my fingers...

New comment by cyann in "Ball milling destroys PFAS in contaminated soil"

cyann — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 16:18:53 +0000

Flywheel are efficient for high power in short duration: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage

Usually used during a short period of time before the diesel generator can be fully operational.

New comment by cyann in "Instagram will shut down its companion app Threads by year end (2021)"

cyann — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 06:51:13 +0000

G.net

New comment by cyann in "Store epoch times as 64-bit floats"

cyann — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 21:22:20 +0000

At first glance I thought you were talking about "Thai" time, which is a surprising calendar when you have dates with years in the 2500 range. Looking at you Symantec AntiVirus, storing AV definitions date using the user's locale...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_calendar

New comment by cyann in "US solar market is projected to triple in size by 2028"

cyann — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 09:54:18 +0000

If you are a homeowner, first start with your own house.

1. Insulation

2. Heat pump

3. Solar panels (more the better)

Depending on your location, this will be amortized in ~7 years, which is like 14%/year return rate. Excellent investment!

With some added benefits:

- Better climate control (less cold in winter, less hot in summer)

- Charge the car/bike for free

- Some green washing points to brag about ;-)

New comment by cyann in "“A Great Ox Stands on My Tongue”: The Pitfalls of Latin Translation"

cyann — Tue, 02 May 2023 06:49:11 +0000

Well, Romansh is a Romance language, a Latin vernacular like French and Spanish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_languages

Off topic: I'm rebuilding our landing page (targeting CH for the time being) and decided to add Romansh. Long story short, there are 5 standard forms, plus an official made-up version, all of that for 60k speakers. Was interesting to read so much about our 4th official language.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh_language

New comment by cyann in "Becoming Rustacean: Resources to Learn Rust Programming"

cyann — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:01:51 +0000

Something like https://exercism.org/tracks/rust

New comment by cyann in "Rust Is a Scalable Language"

cyann — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:57:01 +0000

I've found the sparse protocol many times faster than git since Rust 1.68

To use the sparse protocol with crates.io, set the environment variable CARGO_REGISTRIES_CRATES_IO_PROTOCOL=sparse, or edit your .cargo/config.toml file to add:

  [registries.crates-io]
  protocol = "sparse"

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2023/03/09/Rust-1.68.0.html#cargo...