Hacker News: ibrahima

New comment by ibrahima in "Another GitHub outage in the same day"

ibrahima — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:09:02 +0000

> I understand that the 'updating the part of the page that's changed' functionality is now dramatically slower, more unresponsive, and less reliable than the 'reload the entire thing' approach was, and it feels like browsing the site via Citrix over dial-up half the time, but look, sacrifices have to be made in the name of making things better even if the sacrifice is that things get worse instead.

I don't think they were being serious.

New comment by ibrahima in "Another GitHub outage in the same day"

ibrahima — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:06:33 +0000

FWIW, I find the new React-based diff viewer worse than the old server-rendered page. I disabled the preview for this reason. It does have some nice features but overall it feels more finicky. I would think that in theory this should be better at handling large diffs but I'm not sure that that's the case, and at least the UX feels more choppy.

New comment by ibrahima in "Vouch"

ibrahima — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 18:25:56 +0000

I guess this is why Sam Altman wants to scan everyone's eyeballs.

New comment by ibrahima in "Coursera to combine with Udemy"

ibrahima — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:05:10 +0000

Iirc the complaint was that machine generated captions were not good enough :(. Yeah it's pretty sad.

New comment by ibrahima in "Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux"

ibrahima — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:36:37 +0000

Yeah... I bought the regular version a few months before the bigger one was announced. Now I kinda want it but can't really justify it at this point. It's a cool product though and a lot of the code is open source or has open source alternatives (e.g. the official backend is not but they have sponsored the development of open source alternatives so that if they go out of business or something you can host your own backend).

New comment by ibrahima in "Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux"

ibrahima — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 08:35:00 +0000

Funnily you're describing https://usetrmnl.com/ which also happens to be pretty hacker friendly.

New comment by ibrahima in "CS234: Reinforcement Learning Winter 2025"

ibrahima — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:30:40 +0000

That's basically MOOCs, but those kinda fizzled out. It's tough to actually stay focused for a full-length university-level course outside of a university environment IMO, especially if you're working and have a family, etc.

(I mean, I have no idea how Coursera/edX/etc are doing behind the scenes, but it doesn't seem like people talk about them the way they used to ~10 years ago.)

New comment by ibrahima in "Gemini CLI"

ibrahima — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:44:06 +0000

So does that mean that if you "opt out", Google _won't_ use your code for training, even on a personal/free plan?

### 1. Is my code, including prompts and answers, used to train Google's models?

This depends entirely on the type of auth method you use.

- *Auth method 1:* Yes. When you use your personal Google account, the Gemini Code Assist Privacy Notice for Individuals applies. Under this notice, your *prompts, answers, and related code are collected* and may be used to improve Google's products, which includes model training.

### 2. What are "Usage Statistics" and what does the opt-out control?

The "Usage Statistics" setting is the single control for all optional data collection in the Gemini CLI. The data it collects depends on your account type:

- *Auth method 1:* When enabled, this setting allows Google to collect both anonymous telemetry (like commands run and performance metrics) and *your prompts and answers* for model improvement.

Does this mean that for a personal account, your data is always "collected", but the opt out may prevent your data from being used for training? Also, the question was about "code", but this addresses only addresses "prompts and answers". Is code covered under prompts? The first FAQ lists "*prompts, answers, and related code are collected*" as separate items so it's still not clear what happens to code and if there's a way to opt out from your code being used for model training IMO.

New comment by ibrahima in "Everything that uses configuration files should report where they're located"

ibrahima — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 18:48:27 +0000

Systemd didn't create this problem. But it solves the issue of distributions shipping config files as part of packages and then on every package upgrade having to reconcile between the distribution's config and your modifications. Now with the drop in system you don't need to do that.

I am not an expert but I think in general systemd has a lot of complexity but it's to handle existing issues in a better way. Some of the older init systems might be simpler to describe or get started but lead to more confusing situations in the long run.

New comment by ibrahima in "Fakespot Is Acquired by Mozilla"

ibrahima — Tue, 02 May 2023 23:18:44 +0000

There are no Chrome builds for Linux on ARM, for instance. (There might be Chromium builds but that won't have the proprietary Google stuff like account sync.)

New comment by ibrahima in "Geany – A flyweight IDE"

ibrahima — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:10:00 +0000

I tend to agree, but then I wonder what we would call language server protocol additions to editors like Emacs/Vim. Or even Visual Studio Code, for that matter.

New comment by ibrahima in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020)"

ibrahima — Fri, 01 May 2020 21:41:06 +0000

Gradescope | Oakland, CA | Software Engineers | https://www.gradescope.com

Gradescope is an online grading and assessment platform that uses cutting-edge technology and features like flexible autograders and AI-assisted answer grouping to make grading easier, faster, and more equitable. We're a small, collaborative team who are passionate about improving assessment in higher education. We care deeply about our users and work proactively to deliver new value for them. We iterate often, wear multiple hats, and take pride in building reliable, high-quality software. Gradescope was founded in 2014 at UC Berkeley and joined Turnitin, a leading provider of educational technology for academic integrity, in 2018.

We're looking for experienced Ruby on Rails developers to join us in expanding and scaling Gradescope:

- Software Engineer, Full Stack: https://smrtr.io/3-GGh

- Software Engineer, Growth: https://smrtr.io/424VR

New comment by ibrahima in "Emacs: The Editor for the Next Forty Years [video]"

ibrahima — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 06:49:32 +0000

https://github.com/Malabarba/paradox lets you install packages async, by the way.

New comment by ibrahima in "Samsung Unveils 15.6-Inch Ultra-HD OLED Display for Laptops"

ibrahima — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 04:17:57 +0000

I dunno, in my experience going from 1080p to 4K is a huge benefit for photos as well. While I wouldn't necessarily notice the extra details when looking at a photo from a distance, when I see the 4K next to the 1080p displaying the same photo it is noticeably more "realistic" somehow. Considering that even phone cameras take 12MP+ pictures, that extra detail has to count for something. For me pretty much everything looks noticeably better on a 4K display. Granted I'm slightly under 30 but I do wear glasses, so I dunno how much eyesight affects things.

Troubleshooting Deep Neural Networks

ibrahima — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 17:00:52 +0000

Article URL: http://josh-tobin.com/troubleshooting-deep-neural-networks.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18999860

Points: 9

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New comment by ibrahima in "Why iPhone Xs performance on JavaScript is so good"

ibrahima — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 06:21:16 +0000

Jazelle predates Android.

New comment by ibrahima in "Android container in Chrome OS"

ibrahima — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 16:21:30 +0000

Yeah, it would be pretty interesting to be able to use this as an Android development environment. It should be significantly faster than current approaches with emulation.

Debugging the Novel

ibrahima — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 21:55:26 +0000

Article URL: https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/fall-2017-bugged/debugging-novel

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15380068

Points: 6

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New comment by ibrahima in "iPhone 8 Plus: The best smartphone camera we’ve ever tested"

ibrahima — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:59:10 +0000

I think we're already well past that point to be honest. One of the things people laud about the Google Pixel cameras is their HDR mode, and that's really not just capturing the real world as it is.

New comment by ibrahima in "U.S. Wireless Industry Is Finally Competitive, FCC Says"

ibrahima — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 03:45:14 +0000

T-Mobile and Sprint are independent networks. Other smaller carriers, known as MVNOs (eg. MetroPCS, Cricket, Google Fi, etc), do rent the networks of the major 4 carriers, but T-Mobile and Sprint do not, which is part of why their coverage is a little worse in less populated areas. I'm not sure if T-Mobile can roam on AT&T towers (since they're both GSM, but are probably using different bands for 3G). I do know that when I'm in Yosemite with T-Mobile I don't get any reception, but I've heard that Verizon and possibly AT&T do.