Hacker News: kozak

New comment by kozak in "RISC-V is the Future – Jiachen Project"

kozak — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:03:58 +0000

So far, the main use case for RISC-V has been providing access to CPU technology for regimes under sanctions from developed countries (or preparing for such future sanctions). I find it quite unfortunate.

Dyson PencilVac [video]

kozak — Thu, 22 May 2025 22:00:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve6JuJV17FQ

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44067607

Points: 2

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New comment by kozak in "Airlines Prepare for Nuclear War"

kozak — Mon, 19 May 2025 14:38:12 +0000

In the 1990s, we had a glimpse of how the world could gradually rid itself of nuclear weapons. But the U.S. refusal to uphold the Budapest Memorandum is sending a clear message: anyone without nukes is extremely vulnerable. Now wait while arsenals quietly grow around the world, and then some "spark" sets everything on fire.

New comment by kozak in "An e-bike that charges off USB-C"

kozak — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:04:46 +0000

The answer to the "is it PD?" question is increasingly becoming "yes". I recently needed a Qualcomm Quick Charge USB-A charger, and finding one for sale took some effort because most chargers now use PD over USB-C, with their USB-A ports (if any) being plain 5 volts only.

New comment by kozak in "European word translator: an interactive map"

kozak — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 21:14:58 +0000

Ukrainian and russian words often use the same letters but are pronounced very differently due to distinct phonetics. On the other hand, some Polish and Czech words sound the same or very similar to Ukrainian but look quite different because of their different alphabets. Therefore, phonetic transcription would be a valuable improvement.

New comment by kozak in "OpenWrt 24.10.0 – First Stable Release"

kozak — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:34:14 +0000

OpenWrt One is based on Banana Pi anyway. And it comes already assembled, with the Luci GUI working out of the box, etc. In other words, it is a nice package for those who DON'T want to any screwdrivers to be involved just to get it actually running in your home.

New comment by kozak in "OpenWrt 24.10.0 – First Stable Release"

kozak — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:19:30 +0000

I always wanted to try OpenWRT but was put off by the necessity of doing hardware modifications to stock routers to gain root access. So naturally, once I found out that they were releasing some official hardware for OpenWRT (the OpenWRT One router), I ordered it as soon as possible. The router is excellent! It solved my bufferbloat issues and much more.

New comment by kozak in "Google Cache is fully dead"

kozak — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:43:02 +0000

I use it mostly for the "Google TV" part, not for the "Chromecast" part.

New comment by kozak in "Google Cache Is Fully Dead"

kozak — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:14:19 +0000

I guess I'll have to buy the new Google TV Streamer because my previous Chromecast with Google TV 4K is now close to useless because of the lack of flash memory space after all the updates (despite it has a properly initialized USB drive connected via a powered USB-C hub, the most essential apps still require to be installed on the miniscule internal memory).

New comment by kozak in "Ukrainian drones now spray 2,500° C thermite streams right into Russian trenches"

kozak — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 17:57:57 +0000

Russia uses TOS-1 thermobaric heavy flamethrowers A LOT in this war, so either this is lawful or no one cares.

New comment by kozak in "[dead]"

kozak — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 14:52:53 +0000

Which seems sensible until you think about all the non-English letters there can be.

New comment by kozak in "[dead]"

kozak — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:43:17 +0000

April fools?

New comment by kozak in "The streets of GTA3 looked too clean so I added litter"

kozak — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 14:17:49 +0000

I remember how back in the day this particular feature had somewhat impressed me in this game.

New comment by kozak in "Infamous $30 Logitech F710 called out in $50M lawsuit over Titan sub implosion"

kozak — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:55:41 +0000

In my opinion, the gamepad (assuming that it had a backup controller onboard) was one of the less questionable things on that submarine.

New comment by kozak in "Microsoft Is Removing Ads from Skype"

kozak — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:53:01 +0000

There's only one problem with Skype now: no one seems to be using it anymore.

New comment by kozak in "Run Google Gemma 2 2B 100% Locally"

kozak — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 20:29:06 +0000

I tried this code, and it cannot download the model from https://huggingface.co/google/gemma-2-2b-it-GGUF/resolve/mai... without authentication.

New comment by kozak in "Apache Software Foundation Is Retiring Its Feather Logo"

kozak — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:05:29 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Auto#Logo

New comment by kozak in "The license does not indicate which Bible is to be used"

kozak — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:58:45 +0000

This is a self-destructive license: prohibition of use for "warfare" and "weapons manufacturing" basically means that the author wants the world to be conquered by whatever bad guy is stronger. At which point it will be impossible for the license to work because there will be no effective rule of law.

New comment by kozak in "I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers"

kozak — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 13:56:46 +0000

This tech will definitely find some good use here in Ukraine.

New comment by kozak in "High Res WiFi Signal Mapping [video]"

kozak — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 21:50:05 +0000

(2015), but great!