Hacker News: hsnewman

New comment by hsnewman in "SDF Public Access Unix System"

hsnewman — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:40:44 +0000

I've been on it forever, it's such a great resource

New comment by hsnewman in "Nanny state discovers Linux, demands it check kids' IDs before booting"

hsnewman — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 14:18:08 +0000

Biased headline indicates misleading contents.

New comment by hsnewman in "NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun"

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:49:00 +0000

Is this a surprise?

New comment by hsnewman in "U-Haul Growth Index: Top U.S. Growth Metros and Cities of 2025 Announced"

hsnewman — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:53:20 +0000

I recently went to a U-Haul for service and I was amazed at how well it is run. (I asked, and it's privately owned.)

New comment by hsnewman in "MacBook Neo"

hsnewman — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:57:14 +0000

Will it run linux?

New comment by hsnewman in "Elon Musk wants to build a giant catapult on the moon"

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:47:43 +0000

He can say this and not be fired?

Elon Musk wants to build a giant catapult on the moon

hsnewman — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:18:54 +0000

Article URL: https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-moon-catapult

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996676

Points: 4

# Comments: 5

New 'cloaking device' shields electronics from disruptive magnetic fields

hsnewman — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 21:33:08 +0000

Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2025-12-cloaking-device-concept-shields-electronics.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46348733

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

New comment by hsnewman in "Geothermal Breakthrough in South Texas Signals New Era for Ercot"

hsnewman — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:46:40 +0000

I too moved from TX, never been happier.

New comment by hsnewman in "Tesla Is Recalling Cybertrucks Again"

hsnewman — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 16:17:31 +0000

I can't believe they are still selling that abomination. The styling is not the same as their rest of the lineup, which was a major mistake. I personally wouldn't want a car that relies on glue that much.

New comment by hsnewman in "KDE is now my favorite desktop"

hsnewman — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:59:13 +0000

I have been using KDE as my primary desktop for 15 years. I love it, it's intuitive, polished and simple.

New comment by hsnewman in "Pig lung transplanted into a human"

hsnewman — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:02:45 +0000

Seinfield had an episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALpcxliWLeI

Bill Gates explains the 'safest' age to give a child a phone

hsnewman — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:33:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.good.is/bill-gates-and-the-phone-debate-ex1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44932335

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Tesla (TSLA) all but admits electric car sales growth is gone, gives no guidance

hsnewman — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:07:37 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2025/07/23/tesla-tsla-admits-electric-car-sales-growth-gone-gives-up-guidance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44670878

Points: 14

# Comments: 7

New comment by hsnewman in "Jeff Bezos sells $666M in Amazon stock, part of plan to unload 25 million shares"

hsnewman — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 16:49:50 +0000

Just a coincidence, 666 and all.

New comment by hsnewman in "It's 1970, you're Thompson/Ritchie applying to YC"

hsnewman — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:42:41 +0000

YC Application - Bell Labs Unix Project Dennis Ritchie & Ken Thompson, 1970 What is your company going to make? We're building a new operating system called Unix. It's designed to be simple, elegant, and portable - running on different types of computers without major rewrites. Think of it as a clean slate approach to computing that treats everything as files and emphasizes small, composable tools. What is your company going to make? (continued) Unlike the complex, monolithic systems dominating today's market, Unix follows a "do one thing well" philosophy. We're also developing a new programming language called C to write Unix in - making the whole system much more maintainable and portable than assembly language implementations. How far along are you? We have a working prototype running on a PDP-7 at Bell Labs. The basic kernel, file system, and shell are operational. We've ported it to a PDP-11/20 and are actively using it for our own development work. Several colleagues have started using it for text processing and software development. How will you make money? Initially, we see licensing opportunities to computer manufacturers and universities. The real value is in consulting and support services as organizations adopt Unix. Longer-term, we believe this architecture will become the foundation for a new generation of computing - from minicomputers to whatever comes next. What do you understand about your business that others don't? Most people think operating systems need to be complex to be powerful. We believe the opposite - simplicity and elegance create more robust, maintainable systems. The industry is moving toward smaller, more affordable computers, and they'll need operating systems that aren't resource hogs designed for room-sized machines. Who are your competitors? IBM with their various OS offerings, DEC with their systems, Multics (which we worked on previously). But honestly, we're not trying to compete directly - we're creating something fundamentally different. A system that's simple enough to understand completely, yet powerful enough to grow with computing needs. What's the most impressive thing you've built? The file system design that treats devices, processes, and files uniformly. Also, the pipe mechanism that lets you chain simple programs together to create complex workflows. It sounds simple, but it's surprisingly powerful - like building with Lego blocks instead of carving monoliths.

New comment by hsnewman in "Musk-Trump dispute includes threats to SpaceX contracts"

hsnewman — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 14:42:30 +0000

Both use deception and disruption to get to their goals. Now they both are at the receiving end. This will not end well for either.

Doritos and Mountain Dew to have 'not recommended for human consumption' warning

hsnewman — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:41:43 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2025/06/04/texas-bill-food-label-doritos-mountain-dew-hhs-maha/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44183420

Points: 2

# Comments: 5

Mark Zuckerberg says college isn't preparing students for today's job market

hsnewman — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:42:45 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-college-not-preparing-students-job-market-debt-burden/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43839402

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by hsnewman in "Show HN: I486SX_soft_FPU – Software FPU Emulator for NetBSD 10 on 486SX"

hsnewman — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:11:36 +0000

I tried it under the Misterfpga ao486 core and it failed, not finding a partition to boot from. :(