Hacker News: jensC

New comment by jensC in "Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development"

jensC — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:23:00 +0000

It is also available with Ollama now and I am equally impressed too.

New comment by jensC in "Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development"

jensC — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:20:57 +0000

Me too, I am on a Jetson Orion 64GB (about 50W max). Using the nvidia graphic cards for AI seem to be so power hungry that it was not a choice I could take with todays environmental problems.

New comment by jensC in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

jensC — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:23:55 +0000

I have a similar problem. My handicap makes it impossible to use the huge trackpad of all newer MacBooks. I am working still with a 2012 MacBook Pro that had a considerable smaller trackpad. Any idea from you guys how to circumvent these trackpad monsters? Thanks for any suggestion.

Ask HN: Signal EOL on macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

jensC — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:56:19 +0000

Signal stops supporting macOS 10.15 (Catalina) soon. This is fine and correct, since the 10.15 support by Apple has been stopped for a while too. My problem is, that I depend on an old MacBook Pro from 2012, because I am handicaped and all newer MacBooks have a too large trackpad for me (typing for me is not possible with these trackpads). I could install a current Linux distro on that Mac and get Signal that way, but for some software reasons this is currently not an option. An external keyboard/trackpad seems to be problematic as well. Do you guys have an idea how to circumvent that problem? Signal is my main communication tool and extremely important to me. Thanks in advance for any help.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683437

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New comment by jensC in "Japan on edge of EUV lithography chip-making revolution"

jensC — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 17:50:28 +0000

Maybe it is a good idea to wait and see how the market envolves. I guess ASML has a few more years to be the leader.

New comment by jensC in "The Soul of an Old Machine"

jensC — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 13:53:35 +0000

I have a similar Mac, a 2013er. I love that machine so much that I bought another, nearly the exact copy of it, a few years ago. Currently I can not imagine that I will need a better/newer Mac or another modern machine. However I am old/older now and had my share on "I need a new computer/laptop every few years".

New comment by jensC in "Are cryptocurrencies about to go mainstream?"

jensC — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:42:55 +0000

That really depends on the amount.

New comment by jensC in "Why You Should Hire an Old Programmer"

jensC — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 14:22:39 +0000

Yep, same here too. Worked as a freelancer for 15 years with one company and now trying to find a new contract (with only a small network) is pretty hard (can only do remote jobs due to a handicap).

New comment by jensC in "Ask HN: What are some of the best job boards you have seen (any industry)?"

jensC — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 12:58:49 +0000

Anyone knows a good job board for remote jobs in Germany? Thanks!

New comment by jensC in "Dissecting Ponzi schemes on Ethereum: identification, analysis, and impact"

jensC — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:29:37 +0000

I agree. Nobody at any time promised anything. If you invested early, it was a high risk that the whole cryptocurrency could just have imploded and actually for many it did (BTC and Mt.Gox or lost wallets). Now a few years later it pays out for those who cared early about it. Congratulations for those.

New comment by jensC in "Not Just Any Old Geek"

jensC — Wed, 28 Sep 2016 13:02:36 +0000

I wished something similar would exist in Germany too. Maybe I should start a oldgeekjobs.de!

New comment by jensC in "DDoS protection"

jensC — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:02:59 +0000

I always liked Hetzner and I have a few dedicated servers there. Their service was always fast and very competent. However they are not soo cheap compared to other hosters anymore.

New comment by jensC in "A Message to the Apple Community in Europe"

jensC — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:24:28 +0000

I am sorry Apple, but that message made you look like you are excusing yourself for paying no tax.

New comment by jensC in "Coursera shuts access to old platform courses"

jensC — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 17:48:19 +0000

Unfortunately with coursera-dl it didn't work.

New comment by jensC in "Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it awesome? Please include URL"

jensC — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:34:18 +0000

ResQ-Pi

A little Raspi-App to call for help via SMS and/or E-Mail. An IR-Control triggers the alarm.

https://github.com/oprema/ResQ-Pi

New comment by jensC in "Introduction to Autonomous Robots"

jensC — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 15:04:28 +0000

thanks ... could not find it either.

New comment by jensC in "Open Source Email Templates"

jensC — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:34:32 +0000

Thanks for clarifying this.

New comment by jensC in "Homemade Speakers"

jensC — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:22:32 +0000

A friend of mine created an online app that helps calculating Loudspeaker Enclosures. The app is completely free, no registration necessary.

http://micka.de/org/en/index.php

Hope that someone finds this useful.

New comment by jensC in "Tptacek's Review of "Practical Cryptography With Go""

jensC — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:06:01 +0000

I think the list was helpful as well. I know quite a few of those acronyms and what hey mean, but a few I did not know.

New comment by jensC in "Apple Releases iBeacon Specification"

jensC — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:59:00 +0000

I think you can use it for indoor navigation were GPS is useless. However I am not sure of this.