Hacker News: ktm5j

New comment by ktm5j in "RayforceDB – a pure C analytics database with a Lisp-like syntax"

ktm5j — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:03:50 +0000

You start with a hunch and then dive into their github repo to confirm that Claude is a top contributor. At least, that's my strategy. Honestly though, I don't care about the website being AI generated. That's not what's important for a project like this.

New comment by ktm5j in "Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data"

ktm5j — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:23:09 +0000

> This wouldn't have been an issue if the organization bought a $1,000 NAS and populated it with a few hard drives.

Okay hang on now.. that strategy comes with its own risks. Risks that I imagine PBS was trying to avoid by using a third party that specializes in archival data storage. This is a silly takeaway.

Edit: I was too quick to comment. I think they are suggesting that the NAS should have been used in addition to the third party storage, which is actually a great takeaway.

New comment by ktm5j in "Mojo 1.0"

ktm5j — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:48:44 +0000

A lot of people beg to differ. And it's their decision, not yours on when to open source. They have their reasons even if they aren't explaining them to you.

New comment by ktm5j in "Show HN: Bor – Open-source policy management for Linux desktops"

ktm5j — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:32:04 +0000

Some orgs might not want ssh running on user laptops/workstations, so I think that it's a plus to not have that requirement.

New comment by ktm5j in "Ask HN: My domain registrar (Hover) rug-pulled me for $3000"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:35:52 +0000

I'm not sure that analogy flies. Technically they did inform him of the price change ahead of time, they just didn't do a very good job. If I were them I'd add "PRICE CHANGE" or similar to the email subject, I feel like that's the least they can do.

New comment by ktm5j in "Ask HN: My domain registrar rug-pulled me for $3000 [fixed]"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:30:18 +0000

It will fix the problem of having paid $3000. Just want to add that while Hover might not be at fault, I don't think OP is either. I would have done the same thing (read the first renewal email and ignored the rest). I think Hover should change something, like adding PRICE CHANGE to the email headline or something similar.

New comment by ktm5j in "Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:02:00 +0000

And by the way, men are allowed to have opinions about abortion. You can't just play the woman card and act like that changes anything men might have to say.

New comment by ktm5j in "Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 15:51:30 +0000

Thinking about what they're doing and what those things mean.. some people just do what they want without putting a lot of thought into anything. We shouldn't make it easy for that type of person to hide from what they're doing.

New comment by ktm5j in "Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:51:00 +0000

I am a woman. And I only said that last part because I'm sick of seeing the internet hide contrary opinions just because they don't want to hear something.

New comment by ktm5j in "Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:41:52 +0000

What does that matter? You're the one making the decision, not nature. Personally I would give anything to be able to have a child, so honestly I don't understand why anyone would want to terminate a pregnancy. I'm willing to admit that people's lives are complicated and it's not my place to make that decision for others, but we shouldn't help people hide from what they're doing.

New comment by ktm5j in "Italy Blocks Reproductive Health Websites Women on Web and Women Help Women"

ktm5j — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:37:38 +0000

I think you're over estimating how self-aware a lot of people are.

New comment by ktm5j in "AI companies are shredding rare books"

ktm5j — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:28:30 +0000

So does life insurance.. but we still have that.

New comment by ktm5j in "Self-host your mail server"

ktm5j — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:43:48 +0000

Okay, you want to have that worry hanging over your head be my guest. Something, someday is going to break. Hope it's not something important that didn't get delivered, cause it'll be your fault.

New comment by ktm5j in "Self-host your mail server"

ktm5j — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:38:22 +0000

I used to run mail servers for a university and I also suggest that no one should do this. It's hard enough to get right when it's your full time job. No one wants that kind of headache just for an email address. Do what I do and pay for Proton and stick your domain on it.

New comment by ktm5j in "JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal"

ktm5j — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:33:02 +0000

Well Apple isn't making amd64 systems anymore, so software support will naturally start to waver.

New comment by ktm5j in "JEP 541: Deprecate the macOS/x64 Port for Removal"

ktm5j — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:31:28 +0000

That's just how things go. But, existing Oracle JDK versions will continue to work, and openjdk might continue to support osx/amd64 as a target.. so I wouldn't worry too much about this.

New comment by ktm5j in "AMD's Instinct MI455X: Aiming for the Sun"

ktm5j — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:54:36 +0000

Well, that appears to be the exact problem that they're trying to solve with spir-v.

> The shift SPIR-V enables is from ahead-of-time compilation per target to compile once, just-in-time specialize on device.

New comment by ktm5j in "You can now run same OCI images as containers or Firecracker microVMs"

ktm5j — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:49:42 +0000

I don't think I've ever seen a kernel or initrd in a container image. The whole point of containers is not to duplicate the kernel, and you definitely don't need an initial ram disk since you already have a running operating system.

New comment by ktm5j in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

ktm5j — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:34:27 +0000

Well presumably they might take this evidence seriously, since this time they're the ones who hired someone to do the research. Which is why I feel (maybe overly) optimistic that this might finally settle the issue.

New comment by ktm5j in "ICE to Pay Thomson Reuters $125M to Find Voter Fraud"

ktm5j — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:31:04 +0000

I assumed this was specifically in response to the Reuters deal, so my comment was off-base.