Hacker News: larrysalibra

New comment by larrysalibra in "Deno Desktop"

larrysalibra — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:24:09 +0000

Can you either at build time or runtime specify a minimum macOS version? No one running macOS 26 (for example) is using a 10 year old WebView.

New comment by larrysalibra in "FCC bars providers for non-compliance with robocall protections"

larrysalibra — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:40:18 +0000

You're right, it is an easy technical fix.

Mainland China lets people opt out of phone calls that come from outside of the Mainland...it's a feature one can turn off on an on their mobile plan.

Calls from outside the Mainland always cause a warning to pop up on the receiving user's phone that says something like "this call is coming from outside of the mainland, be careful of being scammed".

I can imagine there are many reasons the US doesn't fix this..one of which probably that much of US customer service is outsourced to people outside the US!

New comment by larrysalibra in "DeepSeek-v3.1"

larrysalibra — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:11:16 +0000

Wow thanks! I just ran into my claude code session limit like an hour ago and tried the method you linked and added 10 CNY to a deepseek api account and an hour later i've got 7.77 CNY left and have used 3.3 million tokens.

I'm not confident enough to say it's as good as claude opus or even sonnet, but it seems not bad!

I did run into an api error when my context exceeded deepseek's 128k window and had to manually compact the context.

New comment by larrysalibra in "Liquid Glass – WWDC25 [video]"

larrysalibra — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:26:50 +0000

I was skeptical at first but like it a lot after trying out the betas. It's all very intuitive if you've used visionOS before and the potential readability problems aren't really an issue in practice.

New comment by larrysalibra in "My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle"

larrysalibra — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:41:48 +0000

If he was on a student visa in Hong Kong he was able to access public health care for close to free.

All Hong Kong residents are eligible (anyone with an HKID and permission to remain >= 180 days).

On this Chinese island, patients are trying latest experimental drugs for cancer

larrysalibra — Sun, 25 May 2025 00:11:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3310623/chinese-island-patients-are-trying-latest-experimental-drugs-cancer

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44084593

Points: 4

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New comment by larrysalibra in "DeepSeek-Prover-V2"

larrysalibra — Thu, 01 May 2025 06:31:09 +0000

This was a homework assignment in my second grade class!

The next day we had to follow our instructions exactly in class to make the sandwich which was hilarious. A formative experience for me!

New comment by larrysalibra in "Dinner at a North Korean Restaurant in Shanghai (2016)"

larrysalibra — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 07:39:41 +0000

Yes, it’s still open.

10am to 9:30pm every day.

https://surl.amap.com/ooIMl6hgaqj

New comment by larrysalibra in "DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via RL"

larrysalibra — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:01:52 +0000

I tried Deepseek R1 via Kagi assistant and it was much better than claude or gpt.

I asked for suggestions for rust libraries for a certain task and the suggestions from Deepseek were better.

Results here: https://x.com/larrysalibra/status/1883016984021090796

Tiny 'Village Vehicles' Keep Hong Kong's Outlying Lamma Island Moving

larrysalibra — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:49:56 +0000

Article URL: https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/25/how-tiny-village-vehicles-which-cost-hk1m-to-own-keep-hong-kongs-outlying-lamma-island-moving/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42507361

Points: 3

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Cyborg cockroaches can now be mass-produced in a robotic factory

larrysalibra — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:43:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290724/cyborg-cockroaches-can-now-be-mass-produced-robotic-factory-pleasant-dreams

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42418383

Points: 4

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New comment by larrysalibra in "Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s"

larrysalibra — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:59:14 +0000

under 16 year olds cannot vote, are not represented and have no recourse.

when one group votes to make rules for another group that cannot vote, it can be called many things, but "democracy" is not one of them.

New comment by larrysalibra in "A Week of Failing to Pay with Bitcoin in El Salvador"

larrysalibra — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 01:36:43 +0000

This was in line with my experience in El Salvador in June of this year as well…if you don’t specifically seek out a business because you already know it accepts bitcoin, it’s not going to take Bitcoin.

Of the businesses in El Salvador marked on a map as supposedly accepting bitcoin (in bitcoin hotpots like Bitcoin beach), ~1/3 wouldn’t actually accept it for some reason or another.

That said, Bitcoin acceptance in El Salvador was still much better than I expected (perhaps my expectations were too low).

With a bit of planning, patience and persistence it is possible to have an entire trip in El Salvador using only Bitcoin

New comment by larrysalibra in "Rocket Cars in Cleveland"

larrysalibra — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 05:09:44 +0000

I grew up in Cleveland and saw these around occasionally...never knew anything about the backstory though...pretty interesting!

I had heard stories about Euclid Beach Park sort of like one hears stories of Coney Island. Never really understood why these parks disappeared.

Apple Is Adding Spatial Photo and Video Support to Safari

larrysalibra — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:37:50 +0000

Article URL: https://petapixel.com/2024/10/25/apple-is-adding-spatial-photo-and-video-support-to-safari/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41948240

Points: 2

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New comment by larrysalibra in "Goldman and Apple 'illegally sidestepped' obligations to credit-card customers"

larrysalibra — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:33:52 +0000

The press release from CFPB the article is about: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-order...

qBittorrent v5.0.0 Released

larrysalibra — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:07:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.qbittorrent.org/news#sun-sep-29th-2024---qbittorrent-v5.0.0-release

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41702113

Points: 4

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New comment by larrysalibra in "Why Apple Uses JPEG XL in the iPhone 16 and What It Means for Your Photos"

larrysalibra — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 07:00:37 +0000

How does JPEG XL compare to Apple’s current default HEIC? Is HEIC eventually going away in favor of JPEG XL?

A comparison of cellular bands in Apple's 2024 products

larrysalibra — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 18:30:21 +0000

Article URL: https://larrysalibra.com/a-comparison-of-cellular-bands-in-apples-2024-products/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41504017

Points: 1

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The iOS Continental Drift Widens

larrysalibra — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 19:55:55 +0000

Article URL: https://daringfireball.net/2024/09/the_ios_continental_drift_widens

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41476053

Points: 4

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