Hacker News: hx8

New comment by hx8 in "Googlebook"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:41:18 +0000

Just to take one step further, labor costs are largely a function of local real estate costs.

New comment by hx8 in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:39:54 +0000

Maybe you're just online shopping on Amazon and Temu like it's 2018. It's 2026, low quality knockoff crap is sold in physical stores just as much as online. You just have to pay attention to what you're buying which is true irl and online.

New comment by hx8 in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:37:46 +0000

My engagement with adblocking technology is such that I actually have little insights into how much marketing ebay does.

Don't they do TV commercials, engage with creators on ebay live, and have normal Adsense type ads?

New comment by hx8 in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:30:19 +0000

Book shops are actually one of the few physical stores I still want to visit

New comment by hx8 in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:56:36 +0000

Who wants to go to a physical store in 2026?

New comment by hx8 in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

hx8 — Tue, 12 May 2026 16:30:16 +0000

I agree. eBay has a strong brand, one of the oldest web brands. It should just continue doing what it's doing.

New comment by hx8 in "The One Dollar Counterfeiter"

hx8 — Sun, 10 May 2026 13:58:28 +0000

I don't fully understand how this isn't a monopoly on violence.

New comment by hx8 in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:25:37 +0000

Yeah that's expensive. So many signs and letterheads.

New comment by hx8 in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 18:25:03 +0000

Who is "they"? Yes the US Government owns .gov. No it isn't owned by the Department of War/Department of Defense/War Department. It's owned by the Department of Homeland Security.

New comment by hx8 in "US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:56:30 +0000

Why would it cost millions? I've switched domains for just a couple bucks before.

1. Have both domains point to the same IP address.

2. Make sure both domains are working and DNS has fully propagated.

3. Make your old domain a 301 redirect.

4. Do a couple of find and replaces in your codebase and ship it out.

New comment by hx8 in "Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision..."

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:50:44 +0000

There's plenty of reasons to set a unique identifier before database save, or to want a unique identifier that doesn't have a 1-to-1 relationship with your object.

For example, in the idempotent kafka consumer pattern we set a unique ID in the header of every kafka message at the time of message publishing. We then have our consumers do a quick check of the ID against their data store to see if they have processed the message before or not. This way there is no impact if a consumer sees the same message twice. This allows us more flexibility during rebalancing events or replaying old offsets.

New comment by hx8 in "Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 14:05:47 +0000

Historically last generation hardware is sold at steep discounts compared to original MSRP. The insanity is we live in a world where manufacturing 9 year old hardware has increasing manufacturing and shipping cost, where this was not the case. Another layer of insanity is that Nintendo did the analysis and decided it's going to make sales at this increased price.

New comment by hx8 in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:54:28 +0000

I came back to this comment 12+ hrs later hoping to find someone make a great argument for some platform in the 70s that I didn't know enough about, or maybe a modern open hardware movement that is building niche support.

I guess it really is just the PC.

New comment by hx8 in "I want to live like Costco people"

hx8 — Fri, 08 May 2026 02:24:01 +0000

I'm specifically trying to make the point that identity is not just a personal experience -- the experience of how you see yourself. Identity is also a label that can be placed upon you.

Parent Comment was trying to reject the personal identity of consumer while their words actively affirming their identity as a consumer in the marketplace. You can reject the personal identity of a consumer all you want, but businesses will still judge you by your actions (how much you spend).

New comment by hx8 in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:53:31 +0000

Great take, but if the market is expanding for capable PCs why are motherboard sales decreasing?

New comment by hx8 in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:49:47 +0000

Ziply Fiber is offering 50 gbps home internet connections in some US locations. You cannot utilize that type of speed with a Mac Mini. Even the modest 8-10gbps connections offered by T-Mobile and Google probably require more.

New comment by hx8 in "I want to live like Costco people"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:34:15 +0000

The entire activity of going to buy a few things for around the house during the weekend is something that is performed by a consumer. This guy is exactly talking about you, but you aren't seeing it because your own internal identity isn't Consumer it's something like "guy who wants a chill weekend." However in the marketplace your identity is consumer.

New comment by hx8 in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 19:25:59 +0000

You're right, I may have significantly over-estimated the percentage of people on hn that have dealt with server hardware. It's expensive, big, loud, power hungry and temperature sensitive.

New comment by hx8 in "California leaders report four to six weeks worth of gasoline and diesel supply"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:40:44 +0000

Isn't 4-6 weeks about normal conditions? It feels like a large amount of slack for a modern JIT logistical system. Anymore enters strategic reserves territory.

New comment by hx8 in "Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

hx8 — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:21:26 +0000

I think it's possible (10-15%) that the AI bubble pops and we all live without 50M token/day OpenClaw installs and running Opus to do things that should have been done by a shell script to the point that it causes a dip in total compute demand. I think it's likely (75% likely if the AI bubble pop causes a dip in compute demand) that this dip extends longer than the median lifespan of the hardware currently being installed in datacenter.

Of course in 20 years we'll be using more compute than today (99% likely).

EDIT: Of course cryptocurrencies provide a floor compute pricing.