Hacker News: jfoucher

They can fly 200 miles with no fuel - Tom Scott [video]

jfoucher — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:27:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKx1VJsLsfk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47674225

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New Tom Scott video–I helped break a 142-year-old bell, and that's okay [video]

jfoucher — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:32:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpaNijzRaJI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47578682

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Machine Yearning (4096-byte album) [video]

jfoucher — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:43:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74d_Ter3HcU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44786508

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Kaleidoscopico (A Demo for the Raspberry Pi Pico 2) [video]

jfoucher — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:41:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhLoVBpg48

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43786019

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

DOS Subsystem for Linux

jfoucher — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:35:48 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/lpsantil/doslinux

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39176051

Points: 20

# Comments: 2

The First Voyage Round the World/Pigafetta's Account of Magellan's Voyage

jfoucher — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:18:55 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_First_Voyage_Round_the_World/Pigafetta%27s_Account_of_Magellan%27s_Voyage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38981347

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

AT&T Archives: The Unix Operating System [video]

jfoucher — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 23:33:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc4ROCJYbm0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777246

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Inventronic, an electronics parts inventory management webapp

jfoucher — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:03:15 +0000

Hi HN, I recently created this side project, an electronic component inventory management system.

Basically I am the creator of a 6502-based retro computer, the Planck 6502. I tried to sell it on Tindie and on my website but I was quite disorganized, meaning that I never knew if I had enough parts to make a whole kit or not. Sometimes I would take an order, only to notice that a critical component was missing and I had to cancel the order and issue a refund.

I resorted to a more manual process where I asked interested parties to contact me by email if they wanted to buy a kit. I would then prepare the package and only then send them a payment link. This was a hassle for everyone. I needed some organization. Partkeepr seems to be the standard electronic component management tool, so I gave it a try. Installation was easy, but using it not so much. It seemed way too complex for my basic needs: know how many of each project I can build with the parts I have in stock, and know when to restock each component.

So I thought I would make my own electronic component management system, https://inventronic.org

It allows me to keep parts in well defined locations. Each part container (small drawer usually) has a label generated by the app stuck onto it. I bought a label printer for that explicit purpose. The label has the part name, value and footprint on it, as well as a QR code that is a direct link to the part page to easily update inventory from the phone.

The projects page allows me to know exactly how many of each I can build, and which parts are running low. The only thing missing for my use case is a way to know if I can build two or more different projects with the parts I have (I often sell several kits at once to the same customer)

But anyway, it's been exactly a month since I started working on this. It's time to see what people think. If it's something that might interest you, head over to https://inventronic.org and login with demo@example.org, the password is 'password'

There are still a few bugs, but I am already using it to manage my electronic components.

If you like what you see, create your own account, or self-host it (I tried to make it as easy as possible to self-host, details on github: https://github.com/6px/inventronic)

Built with Nuxtjs and Supabase backend.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38674261

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jfoucher in "How a four-day workweek works, from the companies pulling it off"

jfoucher — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 18:18:52 +0000

I used to work 5 days a week, 9 am to 2pm. I quite liked it, but my employer would often call or ask for "urgent" stuff to be down after my hours, which meant I could not be fully present for family or whatever I had planned. I have now switched to a 3 days workweek at another job, and I find it much easier to set effective boundaries. If I'm not there I'm not there and that's it. I don't think I could ever go back to working 40 hour weeks to be honest. When do you get anything personal done?

French Governement Design System

jfoucher — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:21:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37507467

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jfoucher in "An Internet of PHP"

jfoucher — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 09:34:07 +0000

Yes, the apache[0] image will do what you want

[0] https://github.com/docker-library/php/blob/1c4b255f3e5ab610c...

New comment by jfoucher in "Continue with LocalAI: An alternative to GitHub's Copilot that runs locally"

jfoucher — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 10:59:31 +0000

Thanks, I managed to convert what I had downloaded with the convert.py script in llama.cpp.

New comment by jfoucher in "Continue with LocalAI: An alternative to GitHub's Copilot that runs locally"

jfoucher — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 20:43:58 +0000

I'm a complete beginner regarding this stuff, so if I may ask, how would I go about downloading the relevant model (e.g. wizardcoder-python-34b-v1.0.Q4_K_S.gguf) I checked on Hugging face but all I got was a bunch of .bin files...

Thanks.

New comment by jfoucher in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

jfoucher — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:51:08 +0000

https://jfoucher.com/ My blog since 2004 with a variety of subjects, some technical some less so. I rarely blog anymore so most of the content is pretty out of date.

The Great War: Western Front, a Gain of Inches

jfoucher — Fri, 05 May 2023 20:09:26 +0000

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2023/05/05/collections-the-great-war-western-front-a-gain-of-inches/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35834525

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jfoucher in "Sailcargo"

jfoucher — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:04:53 +0000

Not that I know of, sorry...

New comment by jfoucher in "Sailcargo"

jfoucher — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 21:07:51 +0000

I used to be a naval architect, and I completely agree with you. This type of design is extremely inefficient for cargo delivery. I think it is unrealistic to expect to be able to even remotely compete with diesel cargo ships. As another commenter said, the crew are in fact paying passengers (I have not verified this) which means this is actually a cruise ship, which makes a lot more sense. It must be a great experience. In my mind, the only way sailing ships can come back as work boats is if a way is found to make them nearly automatic and space efficient. In my mind this means large steel ships, not dissimilar to regular cargo ships, but with automated kite sails (e.g. https://skysails-marine.com/) as they do not tend to tip the ship over like regular sails do.

New comment by jfoucher in "Using CompactFlash card as mass storage on 6502 based computer"

jfoucher — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:02:49 +0000

In my case it’s because interfacing to the CPU bus is much simpler, and the code to drive it way smaller. SD card pretty much require a separate interface such as a 6522 VIA.

Using CompactFlash card as mass storage on 6502 based computer

jfoucher — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:02:12 +0000

Article URL: https://planck6502.com/news/2023/03/27/compactflash-6502/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35343210

Points: 2

# Comments: 3

The Nitpicks of Power, Part II: Falling Towers

jfoucher — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:50:49 +0000

Article URL: https://acoup.blog/2023/01/27/collections-the-nitpicks-of-power-part-ii-falling-towers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34549262

Points: 2

# Comments: 0