Hacker News: ireflect

The New York Times Got Caught Using AI Hallucinations in Its Reporting

ireflect — Wed, 13 May 2026 01:22:21 +0000

Article URL: https://thewalrus.ca/the-new-york-times-got-caught-using-ai-hallucinations-in-its-reporting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116740

Points: 9

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New comment by ireflect in "Native Instant Space Switching on macOS"

ireflect — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 04:02:20 +0000

Same same. I'd been a die hard mac user since System 6 in the early 90s, but last year I switched to Asahi Linux and my next hardware may or may not be from Apple.

With the Artemis II Mission, the Lunar Land Grab Begins

ireflect — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:54:12 +0000

Article URL: https://thewalrus.ca/with-the-artemis-missions-the-lunar-land-grab-begins/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47608705

Points: 3

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New comment by ireflect in "Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers"

ireflect — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:55:35 +0000

Is there a reason to use Gonic instead of Navidrome? I've been using the latter for hosting my music collection for over a year now and really like it. Good riddance Spotify. [1]

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for more choices. But it seems like you have opinions on this topic and I'd like to hear them.

[1] See my blog post from a while back: https://lukecyca.com/2025/listen-to-music-like-its-2005.html

New comment by ireflect in "MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max"

ireflect — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 16:24:44 +0000

Same. It looks like battery replacement from ifixit is not too difficult, so I plan to do that when the time comes.

Incidentally, I just switched to Asahi Linux, but that was for software quality and openness reasons, rather than anything to do with performance.

New comment by ireflect in "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time"

ireflect — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 03:25:16 +0000

The new rules will be incorporated into tzdata, which is used for various operating systems, software libraries, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database

British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time

ireflect — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:30:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-adopting-year-round-daylight-time-9.7111657

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223620

Points: 1177

# Comments: 561

New comment by ireflect in "PCB Tracer"

ireflect — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:12:53 +0000

Didn't work in my browser. I degoogled long ago. :shrug:

New comment by ireflect in "GrapheneOS – Break Free from Google and Apple"

ireflect — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:40:44 +0000

I’m with Freedom Mobile in Vancouver, currently using a rather old iPhone. My next phone will probably run GOS.

I have issues with Freedom on my iPhone too. Poor signal, or else “good” signal but poor data backhaul.

Are you pretty sure your issues went away after going back to stock Android? Or is it possible it’s just Freedom Mobile’s general issues?

How Big Tech Spearheads the US Threat to Canada

ireflect — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:26:13 +0000

Article URL: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/01/29/Big-Tech-Spearheads-US-Threat-Canada/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860976

Points: 3

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New comment by ireflect in "Is the RAM shortage killing small VPS hosts?"

ireflect — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:55:09 +0000

I did a detailed review of a few Canadian VPS providers last year.

https://lukecyca.com/2025/canadian-vps-review.html

Last year, I moved from DigitalOcean to FullHost (their Vancouver datacentre) for hosting a small SaaS and a bunch of personal projects. It's cheaper and FAR better performance.

New comment by ireflect in "Apple CEO Tim Cook Visited White House for 'Melania' Documentary Screening"

ireflect — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:10:26 +0000

Me too. I’ve been an Apple fan for 3 decades, and the Mac has always been my daily driver.

Up until this past November when I installed Asahi and haven’t looked back. It’s been tough work switching, but the writing’s been on the wall for a while now, so best get started.

New comment by ireflect in "Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK"

ireflect — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:03:59 +0000

Also been hit with this using DHL. Doing trade with the USA is such a gamble now with so much uncertainty.

New comment by ireflect in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

ireflect — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:56:43 +0000

https://lukecyca.com

Listen to music like it's 2005

ireflect — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:47:53 +0000

Article URL: https://lukecyca.com/2025/listen-to-music-like-its-2005.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46094193

Points: 6

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New comment by ireflect in "Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729"

ireflect — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:37:26 +0000

Suit yourself. I think a little whimsy is refreshing.

New comment by ireflect in "The last-ever penny will be minted today in Philadelphia"

ireflect — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:58:28 +0000

Finally!

Here is a delightful article from NYT from last year on this topic. Truly fascinating and bewildering.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/magazine/worthless-pennie...

New comment by ireflect in "iPhone Pocket"

ireflect — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:14:05 +0000

These ones, right?

https://us.isseymiyake.com/products/hp56-jf362

New comment by ireflect in "NIST Randomness Beacon Shut Down"

ireflect — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:32:55 +0000

An automated batch job started failing for us recently, and we found that it is because this source of randomness from NIST has been shut down "Due to a lapse in federal funding".

NIST Randomness Beacon Shut Down

ireflect — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:32:55 +0000

Article URL: https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/interoperable-randomness-beacons/beacon-20?2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45879147

Points: 7

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