Hacker News: ermantrout

AI coding: faster MVP, slower review, and the security bill nobody mentions

ermantrout — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:01:49 +0000

Article URL: https://okaneland.com/study/does-ai-coding-make-you-faster/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48609711

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

GLM-5.2: The Most Powerful Open Model yet and the Brutal Reality of Running It

ermantrout — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:58:00 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/glm-5-2-the-most-powerful-open-weight-model-yet-and-the-brutal-reality-of-running-it-locally/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48594012

Points: 43

# Comments: 26

Prompt processing vs. generation: two phases, opposite bottlenecks

ermantrout — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:33:36 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/prompt-processing-vs-generation-why-your-box-is-fast-at-one-and-slow-at-the-other/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583830

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Why long context eats your VRAM: the KV cache explained

ermantrout — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:56:17 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/the-kv-cache-explained-why-long-context-eats-your-vram-and-how-to-fit-more/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544825

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Quant Picker – which GGUF file fits your model and machine

ermantrout — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:34:29 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/quant-picker/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48516202

Points: 20

# Comments: 0

Mixture-of-Experts (Moe), Explained: Why "Active Parameters" Decide What Runs

ermantrout — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:26:36 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/mixture-of-experts-moe-explained-why-active-parameters-decide-what-runs-on-your-machine/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497823

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

GGUF vs. GPTQ vs. AWQ: The Plain-English Guide to LLM Quantization

ermantrout — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 23:50:07 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/gguf-vs-gptq-vs-awq-the-plain-english-guide-to-llm-quantization-and-which-one-to-pick/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48484425

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

GGUF vs. GPTQ vs. AWQ: The Plain-English Guide to LLM Quantization

ermantrout — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 14:58:11 +0000

Article URL: https://vettedconsumer.com/gguf-vs-gptq-vs-awq-the-plain-english-guide-to-llm-quantization-and-which-one-to-pick/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48425712

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Death by AI: Israel using machine learning to designate and kill suspects

ermantrout — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:20:35 +0000

Article URL: https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/death-by-ai-israel-using-machine-learning-to-designate-and-kill-suspected-militants-and-their-families.6633/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40059376

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

The death of the Yesterweb and "The Web Revival" movement

ermantrout — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:21:10 +0000

Article URL: https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/the-personal-web.5647/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38587636

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

What I Learned from Citadel’s Training Software

ermantrout — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 18:37:20 +0000

Article URL: https://nairachan.com/index.php?threads/what-i-learned-from-citadel%E2%80%99s-training-software.23/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35496245

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

RLC: The Decentralized Cloud Computing Network Powering Distributed Applications

ermantrout — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 02:00:51 +0000

Article URL: https://nairachan.com/index.php?threads/rlc-the-decentralized-cloud-computing-network-powering-distributed-applications.21/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35322033

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Websock etPie – A new library for simple multi-u ser apps

ermantrout — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:09:01 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/jdoleary/WebsocketPie

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30794116

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Adding Okra to drinking water removes micropl astics

ermantrout — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:37:53 +0000

Article URL: https://newatlas.com/science/okra-microplastics-drinking-water/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783025

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Two brothers working at a gas station swindle $1B from a bank

ermantrout — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:37:12 +0000

Article URL: https://interestingengineering.com/two-brothers-working-at-a-gas-station-swindle-over-1-billion-from-a-bank

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30783011

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by ermantrout in "Ask HN: I'm hesitant to helping colleagues, why?"

ermantrout — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 17:58:35 +0000

The cause is that you are selfish and want to look after yourself. You need to let go of your ego and be happy for the success of others.

Oniongr ok: Onion addresses for anything

ermantrout — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:23:00 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/cmars/oniongrok

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30233932

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Open Source solution to scan Java Code for security and best practices

ermantrout — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 16:22:32 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/marcinguy/scanmycode-ce

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30233929

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Dark Souls 3 exploit could let hackers take control of your entire computer

ermantrout — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 06:38:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/22/22896785/dark-souls-3-remote-execution-exploit-rce-exploit-online-hack

Hacker News: ermantrout

AI coding: faster MVP, slower review, and the security bill nobody mentions

GLM-5.2: The Most Powerful Open Model yet and the Brutal Reality of Running It

Prompt processing vs. generation: two phases, opposite bottlenecks

Why long context eats your VRAM: the KV cache explained

Show HN: Quant Picker – which GGUF file fits your model and machine

Mixture-of-Experts (Moe), Explained: Why "Active Parameters" Decide What Runs

GGUF vs. GPTQ vs. AWQ: The Plain-English Guide to LLM Quantization

GGUF vs. GPTQ vs. AWQ: The Plain-English Guide to LLM Quantization

Death by AI: Israel using machine learning to designate and kill suspects

The death of the Yesterweb and "The Web Revival" movement

What I Learned from Citadel’s Training Software

RLC: The Decentralized Cloud Computing Network Powering Distributed Applications

Websock etPie – A new library for simple multi-u ser apps

Adding Okra to drinking water removes micropl astics

Two brothers working at a gas station swindle $1B from a bank

New comment by ermantrout in "Ask HN: I'm hesitant to helping colleagues, why?"

Oniongr ok: Onion addresses for anything

Open Source solution to scan Java Code for security and best practices

Dark Souls 3 exploit could let hackers take control of your entire computer

I wrote a CLI tool to determine the end-of- line format, tabs, bom, and nul