Hacker News: geoffeg

New comment by geoffeg in "Patrick Stewart has died"

geoffeg — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:01:16 +0000

This hits pretty hard. TNG and Picard's character was a huge part of my childhood.

New comment by geoffeg in "Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline"

geoffeg — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:06:52 +0000

Ham radio does have a lot of outdoor activities. Parks on the Air, Summits on the Air, and to some extent, field day. Some people just operate from their car, others do full day hikes to the spot they setup at.

New comment by geoffeg in "KOReader"

geoffeg — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:52:50 +0000

If you have a newer Kindle and some hacking skills, consider looking for new Kindle jailbreak methods. The existing jailbreak methods don't work on newer firmwares. ( See https://kindlemodding.org/kindle-models.html )

Open Source AI Gap Map

geoffeg — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:00:54 +0000

Article URL: https://map.currentai.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48835998

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by geoffeg in "Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95"

geoffeg — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:23:31 +0000

The Pine Phone is cool, but the slide out keyboard on the N900/N810 was a big selling point for me.

New comment by geoffeg in "Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95"

geoffeg — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:47:03 +0000

I would love a modern version of the N900/N810. If I could get one with a recent ARM processor, good slide out keyboard, and running a more desktop-oriented Linux install (meaning more hacking/developer friendly than just Android), I'd be seriously tempted. Sadly, I assume the current component prices would mean it would be too expensive to be realistic.

New comment by geoffeg in "When AI Crosses the Line: The Matplotlib Incident"

geoffeg — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:20:40 +0000

I have to think that the litigation and maybe the legislation will end up deciding that the person in the vehicle is still responsible for any actions of the vehicle.

New comment by geoffeg in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

geoffeg — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:12:10 +0000

I'm back in the office (3 days a week) and there's some weird cultural thing on my team that I don't quite understand. Coworkers I sit next to will message me on Teams instead of just standing up and talking to me over the cube wall. No one eats lunch together or really converses outside of meetings. We have meetings on Teams even though everyone in the meeting is in the office sitting next to each other. I'll book rooms for the meetings and inform the team only to be the only one in the room.

I sometimes wonder if the change to the culture and ways of working from the covid-era WFH days became more pervasive than I realized.

New comment by geoffeg in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

geoffeg — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:32:21 +0000

Good point, buy an old CRT in addition to the DVD player!

New comment by geoffeg in "Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US"

geoffeg — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:36:26 +0000

There's an option which doesn't involve drinking any yucky fluids, just water. SuTab. You have two rounds of twelve pills that you drink with three cups of water at various intervals.

New comment by geoffeg in "iPhone 17e"

geoffeg — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:06:28 +0000

I doubt the target market for the 17e would notice... or care.

New comment by geoffeg in "Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate"

geoffeg — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:14:36 +0000

Original title was "Promoting The National Defense By Ensuring An Adequate Supply Of Elemental Phosphorus And Glyphosate-based Herbicides" but that was too long for HN.

Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate

geoffeg — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:13:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/promoting-the-national-defense-by-ensuring-an-adequate-supply-of-elemental-phosphorus-and-glyphosate-based-herbicides/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47077810

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by geoffeg in "NetNewsWire Turns 23"

geoffeg — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:26:54 +0000

Is there some way to create this kind of experience without having to change RSS readers? Is there a service that allows you to easily create RSS feeds for websites without them? I'd rather go with a more unix "do one thing and do it well" philosophy for something like this.

New comment by geoffeg in "NetNewsWire Turns 23"

geoffeg — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:58:10 +0000

I started out with NNW and am back on it now. After Google killed Reader I went to Feedly, then tried a few self-hosted solutions and, in the end, NNW is just the easiest solution for me since I'm in the Apple ecosystem.

New comment by geoffeg in "Data centers in space makes no sense"

geoffeg — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 22:32:35 +0000

Maybe instead of housing life, civilizations develop Dyson's spheres to house data centers. Solar panels on the interior, thermal radiators on the exterior and the data centers make up the structure in between. Combine that Von Neumann probes and you've got a fun new Fermi paradox hypothesis!

New comment by geoffeg in "Mamdani to kill the NYC AI chatbot caught telling businesses to break the law"

geoffeg — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:21:39 +0000

To ride NYC's free busses, you must have a two minute conversation with a chat bot. (/s)

New comment by geoffeg in "Tesla ending Models S and X production"

geoffeg — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:39:35 +0000

Lower than expected sales https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-cybertruck-sales-elon-mus...

New comment by geoffeg in "Dole Kemp 96 Web Site"

geoffeg — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:07:10 +0000

If you want to experience this, Firefox and Chrome support throttling network connections, check the "Network" tab of the Developer Tools.

A first look at Aperture by Tailscale (private alpha)

geoffeg — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:23:40 +0000

Article URL: https://tailscale.com/blog/aperture-private-alpha

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46782091

Points: 108

# Comments: 39