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New comment by danielrmay in "Gemma 4 on iPhone"

danielrmay — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:20:55 +0000

I spent some time getting Gemma4-e4b working via llamacpp on iPhone and I'm really impressed so far! I posted a short video of an example application on LinkedIn here https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7446746... (or x: https://x.com/danielrmay/status/2040971117419192553)

New comment by danielrmay in "Why the Most Valuable Things You Know Are Things You Cannot Say"

danielrmay — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 18:25:43 +0000

This was a powerful read and a useful lens to apply to the legibility of the technology era we're in.

New comment by danielrmay in "I reverse-engineered the TiinyAI Pocket Lab from marketing photos"

danielrmay — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:05:37 +0000

Solid analysis, these quotes were particularly damning imo:

"You don’t accidentally forget to disclose that your memory is split into two non-unified pools. That’s a deliberate omission of the single most important architectural limitation of the device."

"Read that filename. layer_27_36. That’s not dynamic hot neuron routing, that’s static layer assignment"

New comment by danielrmay in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

danielrmay — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 05:01:20 +0000

My all-time favorite. Compaq had a compelling story, and I liked where the writers went after the first season.

New comment by danielrmay in "[dead]"

danielrmay — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 12:17:00 +0000

The original title isn't appropriate or descriptive for this context.

New comment by danielrmay in "Neopets.com changed my life (2019)"

danielrmay — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:54:09 +0000

i was 12 sorry lol

New comment by danielrmay in "Neopets.com changed my life (2019)"

danielrmay — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:24:18 +0000

this is how i got my start in programming, eventually leading to working in finance and now in gamedev for a AAA. many of the programmers i worked with as a teenager to build neopets automations are in similar places. i have so many stories and even met my ex wife of ten years through the community!

oh and i regret all the duping glitches i found and exposed and stuff im sorry

New comment by danielrmay in "The NixOS Foundation’s Call to Action: S3 Costs Require Community Support"

danielrmay — Sat, 03 Jun 2023 08:10:37 +0000

That's the business model.

New comment by danielrmay in "PureVPN Logs Helped FBI Net Alleged Cyberstalker"

danielrmay — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 12:45:06 +0000

What do you use now?

New comment by danielrmay in "White House Looks at Replacing Social Security Numbers"

danielrmay — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 22:52:35 +0000

Just to make a pedantic point, SSNs do not indicate US citizenship or nationality. Permanent residents (green card holders) and those on temporary work visas receive SSNs.

New comment by danielrmay in "GitHub Pro – Improved GitHub Dashboard"

danielrmay — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:45:54 +0000

Yeah, this should state "Chrome extension" or similar in the title.

New comment by danielrmay in "iPhone X"

danielrmay — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:58:09 +0000

I don't think posting a comment necessarily means you value it as a submission

New comment by danielrmay in "With a $1k Price, Apple’s iPhone Crosses a Threshold"

danielrmay — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 08:58:39 +0000

Is it? I think the S8 Plus is the equivalent - unless the new iPhone comes with a stylus.

New comment by danielrmay in "You See Sneakers, These Guys See Hundreds of Millions in Resale Profit (2014)"

danielrmay — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 14:18:30 +0000

Interesting! Over the last few years, as popularity has seemingly increased, I've noticed more and more the use of bots to speed up the checkout process and ensure that fans don't miss out on "drops".

Did you see any of this while you were working there, and did you work on anything to try and combat this? Very curious as to whether this is recognised and active measures are put in place to discourage the behaviour.

New comment by danielrmay in "Delete Facebook Account"

danielrmay — Sun, 03 Sep 2017 14:02:52 +0000

Donate to the EFF. They're the only organisation providing solid advice on how to protect yourself against these (IMO unconstitutional) border searches [1]

[1]: https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-privacy-us-border-2017

18-year-old asks man for advice on her startup, he texts back sleazy messages

danielrmay — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 19:20:33 +0000

Article URL: http://mashable.com/2017/08/15/lydia-jones-tech-harassment/#9rlIsv.NckqX

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15021439

Points: 29

# Comments: 49

New comment by danielrmay in "Italy’s rarest pasta"

danielrmay — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:18:24 +0000

I wonder if there's some kind of restriction meaning they aren't allowed to serve ad content to those living in the UK (and presumably paying a licence fee) and thus the simplest option is just to wall off users based in those locations

New comment by danielrmay in "Moving to GitLab: Yes, it's worth it"

danielrmay — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:55:27 +0000

Avg salary of $250k per dev? Are you hiring?

New comment by danielrmay in "Pokemon Go API"

danielrmay — Sun, 24 Jul 2016 15:55:24 +0000

I'm pretty sure this already exists. These APIs have been in development for a couple of weeks now and as far as I can tell (from watching the /r/pokemongodev subreddit) there haven't been any bans. Niantic, at present, don't appear to have any automated system attempting to catch bot-like behavior.

New comment by danielrmay in "Body count rises as Philippines president calls for drug addicts to be killed"

danielrmay — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:01:59 +0000

Didn't think I'd have to scroll this far to see some sense. Thanks