<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: darrenf</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=darrenf</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:03:23 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=darrenf" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "XS: A programming language. Anywhere, anytime, by anyone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DuckDuckGo.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 20:23:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172881</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172881</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Why is this site named Antipope?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Disappointed it isn’t to do with Robert Rankin. Oh well.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 19:46:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163160</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163160</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’d be surprised, given how outspoken Sawe is about doping. He invited the AIU to test him before Berlin and Adidas also paid.<p>> <i>Determined to prove he is competing clean, Adidas provided $50,000 (£36,900) to the Athletics Integrity Unit, the sport's anti-doping body, to frequently test Sawe over a 12-month period.</i><p>> <i>That began with a reported 25 out-of-competition tests in the lead-up to Berlin in September, continuing at a similar rate as he prepared for London.</i><p>> <i>Sawe said on Monday: "It's very important to me because it gets out the doubt in my career of athletics and yesterday's performance.</i><p>> <i>"It shows Sabastian Sawe is clean. It shows running clean is good, and we can run clean and we can run faster.</i></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:19:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921214</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921214</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "At long last, InfoWars is ours"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Knowledge Fight podcast already took the “synonym name” route. <a href="https://knowledgefight.com/" rel="nofollow">https://knowledgefight.com/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:12:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838346</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838346</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Qwen3.6-35B-A3B: Agentic coding power, now open to all"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> > <i>The performance/intelligence is said to be about the same as the geometric mean of the total and active parameter counts. So, this model should be equivalent to a dense model with about 10.25 billion parameters.</i><p>> <i>Sorry, how did you calculate the 10.25B?</i><p>The geometric mean of two numbers is the square root of their product. Square root of 105 (35*3) is ~10.25.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:06:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794263</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794263</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47794263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key accessing Gemini APIs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In Firebase world API keys are for identification, not authorisation.<p><a href="https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/api-keys" rel="nofollow">https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/api-keys</a><p><i>Public by design: API keys for Firebase services only identify your Firebase project and app to those services. Authorization is handled through Google Cloud IAM permissions, Firebase Security Rules, and Firebase App Check.</i></p>
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<p>Godalming, UK (where I live) stakes a claim for having the world's first public electricity supply in 1881. I walk past the commemorative plaque on almost a daily basis. <a href="https://www.godalmingmuseum.co.uk/articles/electricity" rel="nofollow">https://www.godalmingmuseum.co.uk/articles/electricity</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:47:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515619</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515619</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47515619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "You Want to Visit the UK? You Better Have a Google Play or App Store Account"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ah. I’ve always used the subclass 651 eVisitor, without realising it was only for some European countries (or that it was different to the ETA).</p>
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<p>That link clearly says you don't have to use an app.<p><i>If you are unable to use the app, you can apply online through ImmiAccount for another visa that suits your needs.</i><p>This triggered me because I've been to Australia tens of times (albeit not since 2023) and have always used my Immi account. I just logged in to check and sure enough I can still lodge an application there, no app required. Ironically I would prefer an app and will use it for my next visits because I've always found the Immi site cumbersome. But the site is still there.</p>
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<p>There is legislation in the EU, and BirdyChat announced compatibility.<p><a href="https://www.birdy.chat/blog/first-to-interoperate-with-whatsapp" rel="nofollow">https://www.birdy.chat/blog/first-to-interoperate-with-whats...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:33:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801118</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801118</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46801118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The BBC have been covering it in the UK. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cjnwl8q4ggwt" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cjnwl8q4ggwt</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:37:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779185</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779185</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>People have been protesting in the UK.<p>Fourteen arrested after protest at Iranian embassy: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3g8glgxvo" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3g8glgxvo</a><p>Protester climbs on to balcony of Iranian embassy in London: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy09yvd57x2o" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy09yvd57x2o</a><p>Silent protestors gather in solidarity with Iran: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4g1me23x7o" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4g1me23x7o</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:35:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779171</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779171</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46779171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Apple Creator Studio"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> <i>What data centers? Does Apple even have data centers?</i><p>Apple absolutely has data centres. Where do you think Apple TV, Apple Music, iCloud, Maps, etc compute happens?<p>Here's a press release straight from the horse's mouth about one in Denmark, in late 2020: <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2020/09/apple-expands-renewable-energy-footprint-in-europe/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2020/09/apple-expands-rene...</a><p>> <i>Can people purchase compute on Apple's data centers?</i><p>Not to my knowledge, but that's not saying much.</p>
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<p>Manx is the demonym for people from the Isle of Man. It's odd to see it written "Isle of Manx" in a list of other demonyms, but the word Manx itself is far from modern. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_people" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_people</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5K_run" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5K_run</a></p>
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<p>I’m advocating not advertising.<p>I capitalise it out of muscle memory. That’s all. FWIW Wikipedia capitalises it as well.<p>I called it out with a link because I expect many folk to be unfamiliar with it, but the nature of parkrun itself — rather than simply going for a 5k[m] run — is intrinsic to the point I was trying to make.<p>5k is perfectly well understood to be a distance, especially in context, in British English and I’m a Brit. My bad I guess for not adding “m” for (some of) the HN readership. [EDIT: actually, <i>I</i> said 5km! Not my fault if parkrun says 5k, but they are a British organisation)<p>Regardless of that, you were correct that parkrun is indeed a run around a park. I won’t explain any further nor link anywhere lest it be misconstrued as advertising (something that’s proudly free, mind you). Besides which I need to get to and get my running kit on.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:46:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563399</link><dc:creator>darrenf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563399</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by darrenf in "Exercise can be nearly as effective as therapy for depression"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I found this to be true, and that it perfectly dovetailed with TFA.<p>When I was at my absolute depth (so far…) back in 2013, I would see my counsellor at 1130 on a Saturday. I’d be able to recount the darkness of the previous 7 days in stark vivid detail, yet cheerfully and not feeling at all depressed in the moment. The counsellor asked what I did on Saturday morning except the session and my answer was, well I do Parkrun[0] of course. I always do Parkrun. It’s in my calendar, it’s not really negotiable. It might have been the only time I managed to get out of bed all week, but, I mean, how can I possibly skip Parkrun?<p>I never actually linked the exercise to the boost in my mental health until I had it pointed out to me at that moment. I go for a run and I feel better <i>because of the run</i>. I would spend the whole 5km stewing and ruminating and maybe in tears but half hour after getting home I could function! it’s stuck with me ever since, and I’ve never (yet) been so down again.<p>Tomorrow will be my 429th Parkrun :)<p>[0] <a href="https://www.parkrun.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.parkrun.com/</a></p>
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<p>Long time fileformat.info user. here, just wanted to say thanks -- always found it incredibly useful for this exact purpose.</p>
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<p>I’m trying to understand the “In order of usage popularity” thing — this implies telemetry in CLIs, doesn’t it? Wouldn’t the order of options change/fluctuate over time?<p>Or if no telemetry but based on local usage, it would promote/reinforce the options you already can recall and do use, hiding the ones you can’t/don’t?</p>
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<p>Is that not `whatis`?<p><a href="https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/whatis.1.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/whatis.1.html</a></p>
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