Hacker News: hyruo

Oracle Cuts Free Tier Ampere A1 Resources in Half

hyruo — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:25:33 +0000

Article URL: https://linuxiac.com/oracle-quietly-cuts-free-tier-ampere-a1-resources-in-half/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48538242

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New comment by hyruo in "Why China got rich and India didn't"

hyruo — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:40:18 +0000

The easiest issue to explain is the Taiwan question. In 1949, Taiwan stripped China of all its gold reserves and its entire elite class, leaving the Chinese mainland with nothing but a shambles. Furthermore, following the Korean War in 1950, the United States backed Taiwan in imposing a comprehensive blockade on China's coastline; this plunged China into a state of total hostility with the U.S.and, by extension, with the entire Western bloc. By the later stages of the Cold War, this situation had become even more dire: Khrushchev threatened to launch a "surgical" nuclear strike against China, while Eisenhower devised a strike plan involving 870 nuclear warheads. Here was an agrarian nation facing simultaneous nuclear threats from two major superpowers; under such circumstances, any discussion of economic development was nothing short of a luxury.

New comment by hyruo in "Your Smart TV is taking screenshots of your screen every 15 seconds (2024)"

hyruo — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:46:47 +0000

Since TV screenshots are used for advertising purposes, I'd like to know if the same thing happens on mobile phones.

New comment by hyruo in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

hyruo — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:04:17 +0000

In China, there is only one way to deal with this situation: when the police summon you for the first time, do not bring your phone. Before the second summons, get a new phone or completely format your old one. However, this does not apply in cases of ongoing crimes or when someone is already wanted by the authorities, as they will not be given a second chance.

New comment by hyruo in "A lot of population numbers are fake"

hyruo — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:58:29 +0000

I happened to have participated in census work before. For instance, in a country like China, the national census conducted every ten years generally yields accurate overall data, but the data for individual regions is indeed based on estimates. There are several reasons for this:

1. Population Mobility: Generally speaking, in economically developed areas, population figures are often underestimated because a large number of people freely migrate into these regions, and local governments are actually unclear about the exact increase in population. In contrast, in less economically developed areas, population figures are often overestimated because many people leave to work in cities, only returning to their hometowns for brief periods each year.

2. Mortality Data: China’s birth data is already quite accurate. Nowadays, the vast majority of babies are born in hospitals, unlike decades ago when midwives would come to homes to assist with deliveries. Moreover, birth certificates must be issued immediately after a baby is born. However, China’s mortality data is not precise, primarily because burials are still common in many rural areas, and these death records are often delayed.

For example, my city conducted multiple rounds of mass COVID-19 testing in 2021. Each time, more than 4.4 million people were tested, but our small city's 2020 census results only showed a population of 3.7 million.

New comment by hyruo in "Google Cloud Run cost me $4,676 in 6 weeks with zero traff"

hyruo — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:42:56 +0000

It's a bit like when I needed ChatGPT to help me revise an article yesterday, and it automatically toned down the harsh criticisms I had written about ChatGPT in the article. Asking Gemini how to save money on Google Cloud would likely yield similar results.

New comment by hyruo in "How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips"

hyruo — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:34:09 +0000

This is undoubtedly a good news story, and the most wonderful part is that the article mentions that 14 organizations declined to comment on the matter.

New comment by hyruo in "Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why"

hyruo — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:26:45 +0000

I encountered the same problem. I also use the Bear theme, specifically Hugo Bear. Recently, my blog was unindexed by Bing. Using `site:`, there are no links at all. My blog has been running normally for 17 years without any issues before.

New comment by hyruo in "Drilling down on Uncle Sam's proposed TP-Link ban"

hyruo — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:43:26 +0000

It's just another TikTok.

New comment by hyruo in "AWS multiple services outage in us-east-1"

hyruo — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:40:52 +0000

No wonder, when I opened Vercel it showed a 502 error.

New comment by hyruo in "Thoughts on Cloudflare"

hyruo — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:43:08 +0000

Any infrastructure can be abused, but that doesn't negate its legitimate uses.In fact, it is precisely because of the popularity of free services such as CloudFlare that the threshold for network security has been significantly lowered.

New comment by hyruo in "Where's Firefox going next?"

hyruo — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 04:50:11 +0000

Firefox only supports a limited number of alphabetic text translations, and other third-party plugins are not as convenient as Chrome & Edge.That's why I gave up on using it.

New comment by hyruo in "China Dominates 44% of Visible Fishing Activity Worldwide"

hyruo — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 01:55:34 +0000

The 44% mentioned in the data is actually composed of a large number of small family-run fishing boats, whose actual catch volumes are very low.In fact, China’s offshore catch (2.3 million tons in 2023, accounting for only ~10% of the global total and declining for three consecutive years) is far lower than its domestic aquaculture output (58.1 million tons).

New comment by hyruo in "We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s, only nobody knew"

hyruo — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 01:08:27 +0000

However there are two bizarre facts: 1.Modern-day Chinese carry virtually zero Denisovan DNA, yet it accounts for over 5% in indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia and Oceania; 2.Modern-day Chinese possess 20% more Neanderthal DNA than contemporary Europeans.

New comment by hyruo in "China's Many Ghost Towns of Abandoned Mansions (2024)"

hyruo — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:50:03 +0000

I Think there are two typically causes: 1.Developers often acquire land in remote rural areas to build housing projects, anticipating urban expansion that would drive up property values. However, China's urbanization has largely reached its limit, making further expansion unlikely. 2.Some developers construct properties on leased land without securing proper ownership titles. If full property rights aren't obtained before sales commence, these units become unsellable and are eventually abandoned, as buyers avoid legally precarious investments.

New comment by hyruo in "How the US built 5k ships in WWII"

hyruo — Fri, 09 May 2025 01:29:36 +0000

Radical goals, obedient workers, a peaceful environment on the continental, and the necessary industrialization capabilities all worked together to make this seemingly great thing happen.

New comment by hyruo in "India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir"

hyruo — Thu, 08 May 2025 01:28:27 +0000

You can't expect Russia to admit that SU30 and MiG29 were shot down by Pakistan.

New comment by hyruo in "The highest-ranking personal blogs of Hacker News"

hyruo — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 01:04:37 +0000

A simple statistics of the top 5,000 blog domain names shows that 54% use .com, 14% use .org, 7% use .io (40% of which are github.io), and 6% use .net. These five together account for 81%.

New comment by hyruo in "Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site. What trends are we seeing?"

hyruo — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:50:39 +0000

The United States promoted globalization, and the United States ended the process of globalization.

New comment by hyruo in "63 Chinese Cuisines: The Complete Guide (2024)"

hyruo — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 06:28:54 +0000

I have known since I was a child that China must have more than eight major cuisines, but the exact number of cuisines has always been a controversial topic. This work puts an end to this controversy.