Hacker News: jimmcslim

New comment by jimmcslim in "Didgeridoo playing as alternative treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (2006)"

jimmcslim — Mon, 25 May 2026 05:30:58 +0000

Didgeridoo specifically?, or any instrument that requires circular breathing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circular_breathing

New comment by jimmcslim in "PyInfra 3.8.0"

jimmcslim — Tue, 05 May 2026 02:45:08 +0000

Can you explain how you combine PyInfra and Pulumi? It feels like these are mutually exclusive projects?

New comment by jimmcslim in "Show HN: OSS Agent I built topped the TerminalBench on Gemini-3-flash-preview"

jimmcslim — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:39:59 +0000

For the hash-anchored edits, sharing here Can Bölük's original post about the idea https://blog.can.ac/2026/02/12/the-harness-problem/

New comment by jimmcslim in "Documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro"

jimmcslim — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:09:53 +0000

Thanks to Dan Catt [1] for sharing a link to this in his latest newsletter [2], which includes a flip-book style animation of the result of him pen-plotting a number of frames and stitching them together into a video.

[1] https://revdancatt.com/

[2] https://newsletter.revdancatt.com/p/085-the-sentinel-adventu...

Documented source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro

jimmcslim — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:59:58 +0000

Article URL: https://thesentinel.bbcelite.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909632

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by jimmcslim in "Could a Claude Code routine watch my finances?"

jimmcslim — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:28:12 +0000

And indeed it does, in some markets.

I'll speak to Australia... here we have the legislated Consumer Data Right [1]. This currently puts obligations on banks and energy retailers to make consumer data accessible via an API, via Authorised Data Holders (ADH - the banks and retailers) and Authorised Data Recipients (ADR). However! The major criticism I have of this scheme is that as an individual power user I do not have direct access to these APIs myself. I believe there was originally an intent to support this under the scheme, however due to somewhat legitimate security and access concerns, but also I expect pushback from anyone falling into the ADH category, this is not possible. Setting up an ADR has a not insignificant compliance burden.

However I have recently come across Redbark [2] which is a simple service that has taken on the mantle, and provides a simple sync mechanism for any Consumers that believe they have a Right to their Data. Not affiliated, just a happy customer and I hope that they can make the economics work over the long term.

[1] https://www.cdr.gov.au/

[2] https://redbark.co/

New comment by jimmcslim in "Show HN: Tolaria – Open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases"

jimmcslim — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:50:06 +0000

And I was going to say Mac native as well, but uses Tauri. I’d love some app with the polish of Bear Notes but that just edited raw Markdown files. Ideally Obsidian with the Notebook Navigator plugin (strongly inspired by Bear Notes perhaps?) and (checks list) this very specific list of plugins that I need and should be good for everyone else thanks.

New comment by jimmcslim in "Hacker News CLI (2014)"

jimmcslim — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 04:03:25 +0000

Can we have an official Hacker News API that lets me authenticate to my account and grab the submissions and comments that I have upvoted?

New comment by jimmcslim in "My home network observes bedtime with OpenBSD and pf"

jimmcslim — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 19:17:31 +0000

THIS. Incredibly frustrating that iOS (I’m not sure about Android) doesn’t provide a way to disable mobile data or Personal Hotspot as part of Screen Time settings.

New comment by jimmcslim in "My Journey to a reliable and enjoyable locally hosted voice assistant (2025)"

jimmcslim — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:53:37 +0000

I’m keen to see if Nabu Casa release an update to the Voice Assist hardware sometime soon. Something with the same fidelity and finish of the Amazon and Google options but open would be fantastic.

New comment by jimmcslim in "GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams"

jimmcslim — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 07:51:21 +0000

Pour one out for the memory of CruiseControl, the OG (?) granddaddy of all CI systems in the form we would recognise them today.

New comment by jimmcslim in "Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw"

jimmcslim — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 13:40:19 +0000

Hah, I was looking at this and going "wasn't this up on HN front page just a few days ago?" and has completely missed Nanoclaw vs Nanobot.

New comment by jimmcslim in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

jimmcslim — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 22:32:57 +0000

Meanwhile in Australia two teens I am responsible for still have TikTok appearing in their screentime usage and for longer than the time limit I have set for them.

Singing the Gospel of Collective Efficacy

jimmcslim — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:29:42 +0000

Article URL: https://interconnected.org/home/2026/01/30/efficacy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46835646

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by jimmcslim in "On Being a Human Being in the Time of Collapse (2022) [pdf]"

jimmcslim — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 11:29:43 +0000

I think if someone came up with a liquid solution that could be easily carried and sprayed on dog poo, such that it harmlessly (to either the pavement or grass/soil it was deposited upon) dissolved in the space of a few minutes leaving nary a trace… that person would become very very rich.

New comment by jimmcslim in "Sprites: Stateful Sandbox Environments (from fly.io)"

jimmcslim — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:25:40 +0000

Sprites: Stateful Sandbox Environments (from fly.io)

jimmcslim — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:24:43 +0000

Article URL: https://sprites.dev/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46563308

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by jimmcslim in "Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review"

jimmcslim — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 22:53:38 +0000

Where is "Cloudflare Cock-Ups" in this chart? https://radar.cloudflare.com/year-in-review/2025#internet-ou...

ChatGPT – Truth over comfort instruction set

jimmcslim — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:50:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.organizingcreativity.com/2025/06/chatgpt-truth-over-comfort-instruction-set/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45557504

Points: 28

# Comments: 28

New comment by jimmcslim in "Anthropic's Prompt Engineering Tutorial (2024)"

jimmcslim — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:24:25 +0000

Ask yourself "what is intelligence?". Can intelligence at the level of human experience exist without that which we all also (allegedly) have... "consciousness". What is the source of "consciousness"? Can consciousness be computed?

Without answers to these questions, I don't think we are ever achieving AGI. At the end of the day, frontier models are just arithmetic, conditionals, and loops.