Hacker News: locusm

New comment by locusm in "French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time"

locusm — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:02:30 +0000

We get these in the Australian bushfire season, the weather systems they create can flip a 10 tonne fire appliance. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/31/volun...

The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now [video]

locusm — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:13:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FZy1lBNykA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48714374

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by locusm in "Nvidia RTX Spark"

locusm — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:52:57 +0000

Jensen Huang delivers the absolute worst keynotes - I wasnt ready for that level of cringe and stupidity.

New comment by locusm in "Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?"

locusm — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:20:23 +0000

If you deleted all your social media and AI platform accounts today you would wake up tomorrow and be no worse off.

New comment by locusm in "Ferrari Luce"

locusm — Wed, 27 May 2026 01:20:13 +0000

That interior is perfect and suggests Ferrari DNA. Externally with those wheels I'm looking at the proportions of a Pontiac Aztek. Would have loved to see Pininfarina involved instead.

It's Time to Take Down Your Smart Cameras [video]

locusm — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:19:12 +0000

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

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669586

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by locusm in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

locusm — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:14:56 +0000

It just shows how degenerate the indoctrination really is, its just out in the open now.

New comment by locusm in "Decided to fly to the US to buy some hard drives"

locusm — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 01:17:45 +0000

For some weird reason this story reminded me of Johnny Mnemonic.

Meta's Crime Empire [video]

locusm — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:32:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8wdS7TTw2w

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45974809

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by locusm in "Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity"

locusm — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 01:12:05 +0000

The feed in tariff you refer to was 52c in the beginning and was limited to a 5kW inverter. I installed 6.25kW worth of panels with a 5kW inverter in 2011 and haven't paid a single power bill since. There's no slap in the face, sure I have to give up the FIT if I want the battery subsidy but I haven't paid a cent for power in 13 years (beyond initial investment).

New comment by locusm in "Ubiquiti SFP Wizard"

locusm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 02:38:24 +0000

You're not using DAC's ?

New comment by locusm in "Ubiquiti SFP Wizard"

locusm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:29:18 +0000

What nics are you using on the server end? Im looking at moving from 10Gbe copper to 25Gbe/100Gbe between Mikrotik switches and 14/15th gen Dell servers

New comment by locusm in "Ubiquiti SFP Wizard"

locusm — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 01:17:22 +0000

Whats the best solution for short runs (rack) between Mikrotik switches and Dell servers. Will a DAC still work between different vendors or is it always best to buy individual transceivers?

New comment by locusm in "Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month?"

locusm — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 10:11:31 +0000

If you run Google Ads for your customers or yourself and you through whatever means block the Google Adsbot it will come up as a "site unreachable" error and Google will suspend all your ads running. If you dig down further it will state some kind of DNS error as the problem. This is why blocking entire countries is problematic.

New comment by locusm in "Ask HN: How to stop an AWS bot sending 2B requests/month?"

locusm — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 10:22:20 +0000

I am dealing with a similar situation and kinda screwed up as I managed to get Google Ads suspended due to blocking Singapore. I see a mix of traffic from AWS, Tencent and Huawei cloud at the moment. Currently Im just scanning server logs and blocking ip ranges.

New comment by locusm in "Framework Laptop 16"

locusm — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:04:37 +0000

Any plan to bring 10Gb ethernet modules to market?

New comment by locusm in "Why Tesla’s cars keep crashing"

locusm — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:51:02 +0000

Pretty sure if firefighters got there in time they could break the glass, unless they meant the battery fire was so fierce they couldn’t approach the vehicle.

New comment by locusm in "Framework Laptop 12 review"

locusm — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:23:07 +0000

Exactly my thinking too with my FW16.

New comment by locusm in "Framework Laptop 12 review"

locusm — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:20:29 +0000

Maybe you were an Intel user and couldn't be bothered upgrading to a new motherboard every CPU release?

New comment by locusm in "BYD's Five-Minute Charging Puts China in the Lead for EVs"

locusm — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 21:00:05 +0000

It’s far better in the Seal and Sea Lion.