<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: dataflow</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dataflow</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 01:51:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=dataflow" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Fairphone is now officially available in the United States"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Can someone explain why in 2026 we have artificial limits like this?<p>> expandable upto 2TB with microSD<p>I get that 2TB ought to be enough for everybody, but why the heck shouldn't a 4TB microSD Just Work?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:40:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348367</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348367</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Same story here as your first paragraph. But I can't bring myself to make the switch. Not just because of the pain or changing addresses but also because (among other reasons) payment introduces failure modes that I don't find acceptable. E.g., there should be no payment necessary for me to receive mail at my main address. Physical mail doesn't work that way; it's ridiculous for email to. Email is supposed to be better than physical mail, not worse. Even more so if I'm paying for it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:26:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348134</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348134</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Searching for Answers from the Man Accused of Sabotaging Alaska's Senate Race]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-primary.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-primary.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344053">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344053</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:20:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/us/politics/dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-primary.html</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344053</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "How do functions like alloca allocate memory from the stack?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> who can<p>Probably enough to keep Windows going, at least.<p>> and want to<p>Not if the pay or location is uncompetitive.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:01:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339833</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339833</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "People are worried about America's solvency"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From your reply it sounds like you're still voting Republican, just not for the candidates that you classify as "MAGA"? In which case I guess that's a (current) RINO...<p>Assuming my assumption is correct, I hope you're just recognizing the fact that MAGA didn't get where it is today without massive help from non-MAGA Republicans (in Congress as well as outside), in numerous ways. So you're not going to see the outcome you're waiting for if that's the case.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:04:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334246</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334246</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is every utilization of CarPlay inside a car performed "while driving"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:53:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334065</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334065</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "AI-Generated GitHub Copilot “Autofix” Allowed Compromise of Snowflake's Jira"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Would it be fair to say the blame falls squarely on Github? Why do they even allow pasting of arbitrary strings from a title directly into a script? And if they feel there is a reason, what did they imagine the safe way to do it was?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:50:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334028</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334028</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "People are worried about America's solvency"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not to veer too far off-topic but are former-Republican and RINO mutually exclusive? How can one simultaneously be a Republican (in name or otherwise) while calling themself a former Republican?
Either you've stopped voting Republican (in which case you're no longer RINO) or you still are (in which case you're a current Republican)...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330687</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330687</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "People are worried about America's solvency"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've had the same question for a long time and I suspect the answer is something like "the executive is still the one doing the analysis and making the proposals" - presumably Congress doesn't just allocate with complete disregard for what the executive requests. If the executive requests less then it (usually) gets less. But I'd definitely appreciate a more satisfactory answer.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:29:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330522</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330522</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49330522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "The AI Credit Resale Economy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What does it mean for a phone number, bank card, and IP to "match together to make sense"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:58:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324636</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324636</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "The AI Credit Resale Economy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When you say a portion is that more like 1%, 5%, 20%, 50%, or 90%?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:55:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324605</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324605</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49324605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Pixel Watch 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Phone in the bed? My phone is not in the bed. It still wakes me up when vibrating.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:02:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307796</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307796</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Pixel Watch 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> The killer feature of modern watches is the vibration alarm - you can wake up even if you use earplugs/headphones/noise machine and you won't wake up anyone else along with you.<p>Probably depends a lot on the person. A phone already does that for me, and doesn't have the associated uncomfortableness of wearing a watch while I sleep.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298594</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298594</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Rust SIMD on the GPU"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thank you, this is the exact kind of answer I was hoping for!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:06:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296285</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296285</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's your desired conclusion, not an explanation of how you're reaching it.<p>And the only way that would make any sense is if you also believe that what Sony is doing wouldn't be anticompetitive even if they were selling their consoles at a profit.<p>Which makes that argument a complete distraction, given the sheer number of opportunities you've evaded to simply clarify that that criterion (or any other, for that matter) would actually make a difference in your eyes. Honestly, how hard you've avoided approaching this speaks volumes for itself IMO, but perhaps other readers will see this differently.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 06:29:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268553</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268553</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49268553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That makes no sense, I'm sorry. The criteria ultimately need to be clear so people know what is allowed and what is not. Either the fact that Sony has a sell-console-at-a-loss business model is why they deserve a pass for anticompetitive behavior... or it is not. In the first case (what you're arguing) then Sony indeed gets a pass like you want, but it comes with uncomfortable questions you apparently would rather avoid. In the latter case then you're not even divulging what criteria you're using. You can't just keep waving your hands around and repeating how poor Sony's entire business model is selling these at a loss while refusing to claim that that's your criterion, it makes no sense.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:12:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254857</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254857</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49254857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I still don't see how this is inconsistent with what I described. If your business is to sell consoles at >$X/unit then your business is to sell consoles at a profit. If it is to sell at <$X/unit then your business is to sell them at a loss and make up for it later at the gaming app store. Console businesses prefer the latter model nowadays; of course they can still always go for the former model too. So you believe the console businesses following the latter model should be able to restrict the app store but not those following the former. That means $X/unit is where you draw the line for the cutoff where they earn that right to restrict app store competition... how is this not what you're saying?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:47:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253497</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253497</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Rust SIMD on the GPU"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a fantastic explanation, thanks for writing it. It also makes me wonder something: where exactly is the biggest difference between a 32-core x86 CPU (AVX512 basically being 16 32-bit lanes) and (say) an NVIDIA GPU with ~8-16 processing cores? Like why can't the CPU compete against a GPU like that for GPU-y tasks - or can it?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:33:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253411</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253411</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "Stop Killing Games: It's time to sue Sony, join us"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So let's say the breakeven price was $X. You're saying if they sell at ($X-$0.01)/unit then restricting competition is OK but if they sell at $X/unit then it isn't?<p>Am I representing your stance correctly and if so do you see any potential issues with this?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:59:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253225</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253225</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by dataflow in "The main way I've seen people turn ideologically crazy (2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Feels a little disingenuous to quote this line and not the full section where OP was just asking you to know your local representatives. [...] you have to almost actively not pay attention to not know anything about yours.<p>Feels disingenuous to ignore the fact that what I said applies to the rest of the comment too, don't you think? If it isn't obvious: typically the first year after a move - likely more, at least until House elections - most people will have zero reason to know their representatives' names, let alone keep remembering it for years. Who ever forgets a name they learned during a campaign a couple years ago, right?<p>For starters, something like almost ~half of students move away from their families to attend college. And then look at moves for jobs and retirement and everything else. And then when an incumbent leaves, <i>all</i> of their constituents end up in a similar boat as someone who just moved. And I'm not even beginning to touch the fact that a lot of people's unawareness of politics is (spoiler, I know) due to them not having the luxury to be able to devote as much bandwidth to it as HNers do. All these people shouldn't have any political opinions whatsoever until they figure out their representatives because... some wise guy on HN thinks knowing your representative's name is a good litmus test for whether you can tell good from bad? Do you expect any other response than "screw you"?<p>> I've never called anyone about anything political<p>Quite a confession given the side you're standing on. You'd think such a model citizen would've at least cared to contact their rep <i>one</i> damn time to suggest <i>something</i> about such a serious issue. Like maybe helping educate people about the government and politics better so they become as enlightened as the others.<p>If you (and/or parent, whoever feels this way) genuinely want a good outcome for something so serious instead of standing on a high horse and looking down on the uneducated, maybe actually go campaign to put your lovely literacy tests in the constitution, or whatever else would advance your cause forward. If you have some integrity, perhaps also campaign to fund the education system better and make it easier for citizens to vote in the same amendment, so that you're actually helping the people you presumably care about. Until you actually do something meaningful about this, I hope you can understand that your opinions about who should have opinions <i>really</i> won't come across the way you'd presumably hope they do.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:29:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237815</link><dc:creator>dataflow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237815</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237815</guid></item></channel></rss>