Hacker News: mariuolo

New comment by mariuolo in "Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows"

mariuolo — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:12:47 +0000

But it's not completely native, it's a wrapper around the original linux driver (or parts thereof) running in a container.

Still better than nothing.

New comment by mariuolo in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

mariuolo — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:11:05 +0000

> I got a really strange response over email which I clearly wasn't supposed to see. A representative from that airline was asking internally if they could put me on the no-fly list. That was really chilling.

What if they only pretended to forward it to you by mistake and you /were/ supposed to see it?

As in "it would be a shame if you could never fly again".

New comment by mariuolo in "Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI [video]"

mariuolo — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 05:12:11 +0000

> It's bananas...

Actually, it's lemons (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Zitron).

Sorry, I couldn't resist:)

New comment by mariuolo in "Japan now has human refrigerators inspired by Japanese vending machines"

mariuolo — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 05:11:19 +0000

> Needs a better name. How about cooling booth or chill box or something.

The human preserver.

New comment by mariuolo in "An unusual way for your DHCP server to run out of dynamic IPs"

mariuolo — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:17:05 +0000

Why did they use the ISC DHCP server for their proof of concept if it reached EOL years ago?

New comment by mariuolo in "Embedded Rust or C firmware? Lessons from an industrial microcontroller use case"

mariuolo — Tue, 05 May 2026 08:49:25 +0000

Isn't Charon VAX officially supported by HP/Compaq/DEC these days?

New comment by mariuolo in "Spain to expand internet blocks to tennis, golf, movies broadcasting times"

mariuolo — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:55:20 +0000

Just how much money is in all that?

New comment by mariuolo in "Show HN: Dux, a TUI Agent Multiplexer"

mariuolo — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:55:54 +0000

Nothing to say about the product itself, but the name has an unfortunate connection: https://ibb.co/W4DTbK0S

New comment by mariuolo in "Major publishers sue Anna's Archive over 'staggering' copyright infringement"

mariuolo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:07:42 +0000

Perhaps it would be more sensible to go after anyone publishing AI-created work on account of it being a derivative of training data.

New comment by mariuolo in "Blood test boosts Alzheimer's diagnosis accuracy to 94.5%, clinical study shows"

mariuolo — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:12:04 +0000

Could earlier diagnoses contribute to finding causes and treatments?

New comment by mariuolo in "I feel insulted when an LLM answers the phone"

mariuolo — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:48:05 +0000

Personally, I would vote with my wallet.

New comment by mariuolo in "My Antichrist Lecture"

mariuolo — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 10:55:54 +0000

I don't know if this article is supposed to be tongue-in-cheek, but Amodei is clearly the patronymic form of Amedeo or Amadeus (Lover of God).

If the rest of his etymological analyses are on par, they can't be taken seriously.

Unless the author wanted to demostrate that by playing with words one can prove anything.

New comment by mariuolo in "Patina: a Rust implementation of UEFI firmware"

mariuolo — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:45:59 +0000

Can one even do UEFI firmware projects without at least keeping Microsoft in the loop?

As far as I remmeber, they control the issuance of keys for bootloaders. Or is this project supposed to do away with that?

New comment by mariuolo in "Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned for hours amid gov't shutdown"

mariuolo — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 04:55:26 +0000

I'm no expert and as European I have no horse in this race, but couldn't the lack of a paycheck be actually contributing to the stress and resulting inability to work?

ATCs are responsible for the lives of many in the air and a mistake could result in a disaster and possibly criminal charges.

New comment by mariuolo in "Why the Obvious Choice for a Boeing 757 Replacement Isn't So Obvious"

mariuolo — Sat, 24 May 2025 03:55:58 +0000

I read somewhere that designing a new plane would be a financially challenging proposition, with a comparatively small return far down the road.

Plus, it would be a new type and airlines would end up with hybrid fleets, increasing logistics costs (spare parts stocks, retraining of mechanics, pilots who couldn't readily switch between new and old planes and probably more).

In short, not a compelling proposition for anyone involved.

New comment by mariuolo in "Pope Francis has died"

mariuolo — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:23:39 +0000

> As the child of Italian immigrants to Argentina, Francis was quite fluent in Italian.

Actually he was more fluent in the Piedmontese dialect. His Italian was somewhat wobbly at the time of his election.

New comment by mariuolo in "Napster pioneered music sharing over 25 years ago. It just got bought for $207M"

mariuolo — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:42:21 +0000

I'm surprised it still has brand recognition.

New comment by mariuolo in "The F-35 as a Subscription Service"

mariuolo — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:50:22 +0000

> UK, Italy and Japan are building a 6th gen fighter right now

They are starting to /design/ it now. Tempest is supposed to enter service in 10 years' time, which I will believe when I see it.

New comment by mariuolo in "Domain Name Prices Increasing April 1, 2025"

mariuolo — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 10:00:13 +0000

Aren't they all sponsored TLDs?

New comment by mariuolo in "Italy moves to reverse anti-nuclear stance"

mariuolo — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:38:50 +0000

The first one in 1987 was organised by the Radical Party.

The second one was an unfortunate coincidence.