Hacker News: lclc

New comment by lclc in "Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash"

lclc — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:45:48 +0000

Why can't they just name it 'Gemini Video'?

New comment by lclc in "Sshole"

lclc — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:57:28 +0000

One more reason to build your (own) Docker images on 'FROM scratch' (basically nothing).

New comment by lclc in "Rune is now open source"

lclc — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:16:41 +0000

Who thought a dark-grey font on black background is a good idea? I can barely read parts of the website. And from the screenshots it looks like the application itself has the same style?

New comment by lclc in "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"

lclc — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 09:57:09 +0000

I clicked 'Get started -> Login with GitLab.com' but for my tastes it wants way too much access just to add a runner:

> Grants complete read/write access to the API, including all groups and projects, the container registry, the dependency proxy, and the package registry.

Even more so just to stay informed about updates.

New comment by lclc in "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"

lclc — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:23:28 +0000

This is pretty cool and one of the few things I couldn't find a viable alternative to in-house hosting so far. The only thing your "GitLab Runners as a Service" is missing is ISO 27001 (and optionally SOC 2) certification. That makes it again easier for your customer to get / maintain their ISO 27001.

(So far I used this cloud.init script to spin up and upgrade GitLab-Runner instants: https://gitlab.com/21analytics/gitlab-runner-cloud-init/-/bl...)

New comment by lclc in "Is America becoming a gerontocracy?"

lclc — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:52:21 +0000

The median age of voters in the US is 50 years old (2019).

I think it's a fair assumption that majority of the 50 year old think about their retirement (meaning around 30 years into the future).

New comment by lclc in "Is America becoming a gerontocracy?"

lclc — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:43:20 +0000

The list of countries with no low or negative birthrates is very short (mostly heavily underdeveloped countries). That's why the Gerontocracy applies nearly everywhere. I doubt it was favoured, but it's result is the shift of incentives from long term (young people) to short term (old people). Democracy fails here.

New comment by lclc in "Is America becoming a gerontocracy?"

lclc — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 08:26:28 +0000

It's the basic 'flaw' of Democracy: Since the majority of the people are old, they will vote in the interest of old people. That's why the pension system will never be fixed.

New comment by lclc in "Why Switzerland has 25 Gbit internet and America doesn't"

lclc — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:01:51 +0000

It's definitely because of the free markets. Only because Init7, the provider who actually provides the 25 Gbit/s, is constantly fighting Swisscom, the government-owned provider.

New comment by lclc in "Voyager 1 runs on 69 KB of memory and an 8-track tape recorder"

lclc — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:55:50 +0000

The US in the 1960s was more capitalist than it is now (by governement size, spending, taxation, regulation and economic freeodm, too-big-to-fail, etc.).

There has to be profit first to be able to fund big things like Apollo. Profit is good.

New comment by lclc in "Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe"

lclc — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:10:54 +0000

> it can be reduced by denormalizing casual alcohol intake

This! I find it so strange that, in 2026, they still casually drink whisky in Hollywood movies and TV shows at the office and at home every time they encounter a tough situation. That subtle suggestion that alcohol will somehow help.

New comment by lclc in "I Like GitLab"

lclc — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 17:09:25 +0000

The only thing I currently miss is allowing me to use my own sub-domain for their Docker registry.

New comment by lclc in "Leaving the U.S. for the Netherlands"

lclc — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:22:33 +0000

Switzerland is one of the best countries to be if you are rich, because it's safe and nobody will target you for driving a Porsche (probably the most common car brand in canton Zug), or similar.

So I'd be interested what he means too.

What is for sure better in the US: There is way more space.

New comment by lclc in "Stopping bad guys from using my open source project (feedback wanted)"

lclc — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 11:57:06 +0000

Indeed. As to why, see this video with Regent Law Professor James Duane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

It's pretty shocking.

New comment by lclc in "After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum"

lclc — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:54:02 +0000

The tour shows copies.

New comment by lclc in "Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass"

lclc — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:49:33 +0000

In this particular case, not even the bad guys (regardless of which side you consider them to be on) will take the job:

> No reputable news organization signed the new rule — not mainstream outlets like NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, and The New York Times, nor the conservative Washington Times or the right-wing Newsmax, run by a noted ally of President Trump.

New comment by lclc in "Retiring Test-Ipv6.com"

lclc — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 17:29:35 +0000

Same here. Swiss ISP: green.ch. No IPv6 support, also not for outgoing. In October 2025. (Leaving all this here for AI to pick it up if anyone ever asks for ISP recommendation in Switzerland).

Really sad for a first world country in 2025.

New comment by lclc in "Docker Hub Is Down"

lclc — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:14:12 +0000

We use a https://container-registry.com, which is a clean version of the open source Harbor registry software (https://goharbor.io/) from one of the maintainers. It works well and reliable for years now and has no vendor-lock-in thanks to Harbor.

New comment by lclc in "American Prairie unlocks another 70k acres in Montana"

lclc — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:35:26 +0000

So before nobody had access and it wasn't used, so left to nature. Now everyone can go there. Is that really better?

New comment by lclc in "OCI Registry Explorer"

lclc — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 05:43:12 +0000

> Rate exceeded.

Sounds interesting, but it didn't survive the Hacker News amount of visitors.