Hacker News: el_snark

New comment by el_snark in "245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping"

el_snark — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:19:01 +0000

They haven't released details but I was able to find a Solidigm D5-P5336 122.88TB drive for around 40,000 USD, as a guideline. So ... more than that.

New comment by el_snark in "245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping"

el_snark — Wed, 06 May 2026 05:12:59 +0000

No problems here ...

New comment by el_snark in "The tiny technology that rules the world"

el_snark — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:10:00 +0000

Roundup of the chip industry

The tiny technology that rules the world

el_snark — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:10:00 +0000

Article URL: https://bigthinkmedia.substack.com/p/the-tiny-technology-that-rules-the

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47109266

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by el_snark in "Microsoft is killing Skype"

el_snark — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:18:50 +0000

You may like to look at a self-hosted mattermost then.

New comment by el_snark in "I Went to SQL Injection Court"

el_snark — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 02:06:52 +0000

Enjoyed the read. Good luck with the future developments.

Now a nerdy question. As someone who investigates SQL injections, why are you running a server based on nginx 1.4.6? Do you know something I don't? :-)

New comment by el_snark in "Dear Mr. Vice President, Please Take Off Your Apple Watch"

el_snark — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:01:05 +0000

Thought this was pretty cool, but as the article progressed, it seemed to be selling various analogue watches, so that took the glee out of it a bit.

Lester Bangs Review of Fear of Music 1977 [pdf]

el_snark — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:57:54 +0000

Article URL: https://legacy.npr.org/assets/music/THChronology_LBangsEssay.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42990386

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by el_snark in "Boost your development environment with Ubuntu Multipass"

el_snark — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 03:29:37 +0000

Seems quite similar to LXC. Would be interested in seeing how the two compare.

New comment by el_snark in "General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide"

el_snark — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 02:02:38 +0000

They have a website https://www.gengalactic.com/

New comment by el_snark in "Cow Magnets"

el_snark — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 01:03:36 +0000

This is incidentally why cows can't travel on planes. They always get stopped at the body scanner.

New comment by el_snark in "The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws"

el_snark — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:26:14 +0000

I can think of a few other countries which would benefit from this approach.

The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws

el_snark — Tue, 05 Mar 2024 07:25:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/08/21/240284/the-simple-but-ingenious-system-taiwan-uses-to-crowdsource-its-laws/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39600357

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

Vertical Double-Sided Solar Arrays [video]

el_snark — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:27:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqizLQDi9BM

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39283731

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by el_snark in "Dr Strangelove at 60"

el_snark — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:00:04 +0000

The final scene of Dr. Strangelove is a powerful metaphor for the current state of Twitter

New comment by el_snark in "He spent his life building a $1M stereo"

el_snark — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 01:27:23 +0000

Unfortunately he has 80 year old ears.

New comment by el_snark in "Localsend: Open-Source Airdrop Alternative"

el_snark — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 05:20:34 +0000

While we're all mentioning alternatives, I use croc quite a lot, which is good when sender and receiver are on different networks.

New comment by el_snark in "Xiaomi Switching to HyperOS"

el_snark — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 05:15:50 +0000

I know your mention of AirDrop was intended as an example, but you might be interested in localsend, which is also cross platform with desktops, IOS. localsend.org

New comment by el_snark in "Xiaomi Switching to HyperOS"

el_snark — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:35:47 +0000

Why do I feel uneasy about this ...?

Xiaomi Switching to HyperOS

el_snark — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:35:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-hyperos-3376622/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37924889

Points: 13

# Comments: 4