Hacker News: hofiflo

New comment by hofiflo in "Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption"

hofiflo — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:24:20 +0000

That’s not true. It was (and is) a huge thing in the German news and public discussion, especially now that it’s brought up again with recent arrests of suspects, the explosives targeting cargo airports, etc.

New comment by hofiflo in "JetKVM Mini"

hofiflo — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:07:28 +0000

Oh that makes sense, cool! Thanks for clarifying! :)

New comment by hofiflo in "JetKVM Mini"

hofiflo — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 17:06:46 +0000

That’s cool, then I’ll need to buy a few of those I guess! :) Thanks for the clarification!

New comment by hofiflo in "JetKVM Mini"

hofiflo — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 10:04:05 +0000

Wait, do I understand correctly that you can only boot ISOs off a microSD card that I have to pre-load? I can’t just put in a card and load ISOs over the web interface? That makes the use case of full remote control (after plugging it in for the first time, of course) kinda moot… Otherwise, this seems to be a great product for homelab stuff :)

New comment by hofiflo in "Rust Glancer: Rust LSP using 100x less RAM"

hofiflo — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:47:13 +0000

I’ve observed that people saying “LLMs are just a tool” usually compare them to language server implementations, compilers, and more. I disagree with this view because the tools they’re compared to are usually deterministic in the sense of they’re not just a blackbox that sometimes answers one way, sometimes another depending on whether the API provider changes the model weights, the temperature, etc.

New comment by hofiflo in "Rust Glancer: Rust LSP using 100x less RAM"

hofiflo — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 09:54:15 +0000

I personally don’t agree with “LLMs are just a tool” but I’m honestly impressed by the author’s description of LLM usage and taking the responsibility for the code. IMHO, without having looked at the code base itself, this sounds like a pretty healthy way to approach LLM usage!

New comment by hofiflo in "Frontier AI has broken the open CTF format"

hofiflo — Sat, 16 May 2026 16:48:01 +0000

The recent LakeCTF onsite finals had exactly that. LLM usage was forbidden (but players still used their own devices) and there were real-life challenges such as lockpicking as well. I’m part of the organizer team and what we’ve heard so far from participants was that it was really enjoyable not to have any LLM help because suddenly the actual skill and thrill when solving a challenge mattered again. I think what helped in this case as well was that the prizes weren’t high-value enough to incentivize cheating but that participating in the event itself and the social aspect around it are the main point.