Hacker News: harambae

Do more Europeans die of summer heat than Americans die of guns?

harambae — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:17:52 +0000

Article URL: https://hannahritchie.substack.com/p/heat-guns-america-europe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317789

Points: 5

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New comment by harambae in "FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home"

harambae — Thu, 28 May 2026 17:58:09 +0000

Not that it matters, but I think it's closer to 600 lbs.

$40M /( $4.5k / oz) and then (1 lbs / 16 oz)

Erin Brockovich Asks Americans for Help as She Launches Data Center Map

harambae — Wed, 27 May 2026 06:15:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newsweek.com/erin-brockovich-asks-americans-for-help-as-she-launches-data-center-map-11989813

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48290353

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

West Coast Cities Turn to Vacancy Taxes to Grapple with Housing Crisis

harambae — Sun, 24 May 2026 19:52:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theurbanist.org/west-coast-cities-turn-to-vacancy-taxes-to-grapple-with-housing-crisis/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260448

Points: 50

# Comments: 35

House Passes Housing Bill, Uniting on a Measure to Bring Down Costs

harambae — Thu, 21 May 2026 02:09:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/housing-bill-house-senate-trump.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48216966

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by harambae in "I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis"

harambae — Sun, 17 May 2026 08:06:24 +0000

> No wonder they need to lay people off!

He clearly works at Apple, and they aren't laying people off.

New comment by harambae in "First public macOS kernel memory corruption exploit on Apple M5"

harambae — Fri, 15 May 2026 20:52:55 +0000

> replay of Y2K, where, compared to the warnings, not lot happened

My dad was on one of the many Y2K teams that major tech companies had to make sure nothing went wrong. I feel like history may have undersold what could've been if not for considerable effort leading up to Jan 1, 2000.

New comment by harambae in "Amazon to stop selling 'hooligan e-bikes' in California"

harambae — Thu, 14 May 2026 02:13:39 +0000

Are you in Florida?

In San Jose it’s mostly kids on serious e-bikes doing wheelies. and it’s probably not entirely safe, but does look fun

There Is a Fire Sale on M.B.A.s

harambae — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:07:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/there-is-a-fire-sale-on-m-b-a-s-87d56c69

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126785

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by harambae in "Googlebook"

harambae — Wed, 13 May 2026 17:06:17 +0000

SIP is similar to an enhanced secure boot. It's not (at least not primarily) for DRM.

He might be talking about a Gatekeeper override which is available by digging into the system settings? This allows you to run insecure resigned software (like pirated software is a common use case, honestly). But you only have to do this once, it isn't some constant headache.

I'm not sure what exactly he's referencing, actually. But it can almost all be disabled on macOS (the same is not true of iOS).

Amazon to stop selling 'hooligan e-bikes' in California

harambae — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:30:18 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/05/11/amazon-to-stop-selling-hooligan-bikes-in-california-after-investigation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48097203

Points: 11

# Comments: 2

New comment by harambae in "The Secret Team Blowing Up Ford's Assembly Line to Make a $30k Electric Truck"

harambae — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:56:58 +0000

"...a modular system stamps out three massive, aluminum castings..."

I don't see how you can stamp out a casting - maybe (or maybe not) a forging

New comment by harambae in "Debunking the CIA's “magic” heartbeat sensor [video]"

harambae — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:34:30 +0000

> discourage their adversaries from looking for the beacon signal

I thought the exact same thing the moment I saw it. LPI (low probability of intercept) beacon just makes so much more sense (in the kit the pilot ejects with... has existed for decades). Why would they bother detecting heartbeats? They might not even detect the right one or trigger on an animal or whatever.

What Happens When Europeans Find Out How Poor They Are?

harambae — Mon, 04 May 2026 07:04:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-happens-when-europeans-find-out-how-poor-they-are-270cff5d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48005546

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

High-tech Chinese cars pop up in California thanks to legal loophole

harambae — Sun, 03 May 2026 03:01:15 +0000

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/high-tech-chinese-cars-pop-up-in-california/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992904

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by harambae in "Apple Says Mac Studio and Mac Mini Will Be in Short Supply for Months"

harambae — Fri, 01 May 2026 21:22:18 +0000

Yeah but the base Mac Mini comes with 16GB. So getting that for $600 instead of a very clapped out M1 for $300 seems worth it. That's what I thought when I was browsing on ebay, anyway.

'New Einstein' vows to find 'source code of universe' and change everything

harambae — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:39:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/new-einstein-vows-find-source-1805568

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955648

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by harambae in "AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it"

harambae — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:52:23 +0000

On the flip side, how much training data exists for coding in Swift? Especially when a new version seems to come out every 6 months.

New comment by harambae in "Claude Code to be removed from Anthropic's Pro plan?"

harambae — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:21:16 +0000

> Hope you can still resume working on your projects without AI.

How often does technology really move backwards? I can already run a decent local model on a spec’d out MacBook and for better or worse electronics/computers moves one direction (with minor supply chain hiccups along the way notwithstanding)

For $700 a Month, Sleeping Pods Make SF More Affordable

harambae — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:05:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.kqed.org/news/12080289/700-a-month-sleeping-pods-make-sf-more-affordable-but-at-what-cost

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47871559

Points: 19

# Comments: 27