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New comment by matkoniecz in "The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:37:21 +0000

Ask LLM.

New comment by matkoniecz in "The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:37:15 +0000

Maybe, but still a counterexample.

New comment by matkoniecz in "How an oil refinery works"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:36:49 +0000

And? Given how much typical oil rig produces this would not be a serious part of its production.

New comment by matkoniecz in "How an oil refinery works"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:34:35 +0000

Sounds really dubious to me. Tankers and pipelines are really efficient.

I would not believe it at all without source.

Maybe someone got confused by "transportation" altogether being major consumer?

New comment by matkoniecz in "Belgium stops decommissioning nuclear power plants"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:19:48 +0000

> PV solar plus batteries: ALL THE WAY.

how much this would cost for the same guaranteed power output?

would it be more or less than 21B?

how it would look like in areas that have winter with snow?

New comment by matkoniecz in "The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:51:02 +0000

> Why use someone's project when you can just have the robot write your own?

Iff it is doable, then it would be worth considering it as alternative.

> It also stimulates the labor economy, because you have lots of people everywhere reinventing open source projects with their LLMs.

not sure what you mean by that

New comment by matkoniecz in "The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy"

matkoniecz — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:47:44 +0000

> No one reads docs, or goes through tests.

I regularly do both when trying to use library, especially unfamiliar to me.

New comment by matkoniecz in "Pgbackrest is no longer being maintained"

matkoniecz — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:00:30 +0000

> Is it really that much effort to maintain something?

yes

see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921198 for start

New comment by matkoniecz in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

matkoniecz — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:58:48 +0000

Probably beats being in denial over it and pretending you like it.

And identifying problem you dislike is a good first step to find a strategy to solve it at least in part.

New comment by matkoniecz in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

matkoniecz — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:19:26 +0000

Even if it is impossible to win, I am still feeling bad about it.

And at this point it is more about how large space will be usable and how much will be bot-controlled wasteland. I prefer spaces important for me to survive.

New comment by matkoniecz in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

matkoniecz — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:11:20 +0000

> a few seconds won't be a big deal

it is not that slow

New comment by matkoniecz in "Claude Code runs Git reset –hard origin/main against project repo every 10 mins"

matkoniecz — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:51:00 +0000

How that stops Claude from removing hook and then running command anyway?

New comment by matkoniecz in "Claude Code runs Git reset –hard origin/main against project repo every 10 mins"

matkoniecz — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:49:16 +0000

> How can people be so naive as to run something like Claude anywhere other than in a strictly locked down sandbox that has no access to anything but the single git repo they are working on (and certainly no creds to push code)?

Because it is much easier to do and failure rate is quite low.

(not saying that it is a good idea)

Ask HN: Have you broke you OpenStreetMap Foundation tiles by blocking referer?

matkoniecz — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:13:13 +0000

If you are not using OpenStreetMap tiles or they come from other source than tile.openstreetmap.org, then it is not applicable to you. As in such case you are not using OpenStreetMap Foundation tile servers.

https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ requires and required for long time to provide referer but it was not enforced.

Now It is visible as some map tiles being replaced by

> Access blocked > Referer is required by tile usage policy of OpenStreetMap's volunteer-run servers: osm.wiki/Blocked

message.

Currently it is a brownout with only some tiles failing but error rate will go up.

This block is automatically enforced and can be fixed by providing referer header as required by rules.

Apparently quite a lot of sites are affected by it, with some people being confused by why they get this error. Note that if you open file:// in browser then referer header is not send, and there is no known way to fix this problem.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47540130

Points: 2

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New comment by matkoniecz in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

matkoniecz — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:08:27 +0000

This should not be assumed to be available in case of a war.

See say https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/leading-satellite-firm-hol...

> Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of high resolution images taken from space, said Friday it would hold back for 96 hours images of Gulf states targeted by Iranian drone attacks.

New comment by matkoniecz in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

matkoniecz — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:07:42 +0000

No, it would be wide area. Like delay covering entire area of war.

See say https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/leading-satellite-firm-hol...

> Planet Labs PBC, a leading provider of high resolution images taken from space, said Friday it would hold back for 96 hours images of Gulf states targeted by Iranian drone attacks.

New comment by matkoniecz in "Super Micro Shares Plunge 25% After Co-Founder Charged in $2.5B Smuggling Plot"

matkoniecz — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:11:49 +0000

Worth noting that it was entirely legal do so, due to fair use rules.

New comment by matkoniecz in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

matkoniecz — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:10:44 +0000

What if US government bans US-based companies from selling pictures within area where carrier operates?

(of all "national security" reasons these is one of more reasonable ones)

New comment by matkoniecz in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

matkoniecz — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:10:26 +0000

That relies on transponders which can be switched of if decision is taken to do so.

New comment by matkoniecz in "France's aircraft carrier located in real time by Le Monde through fitness app"

matkoniecz — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:09:31 +0000

What if US government bans US-based companies from selling pictures within area where carrier operates?

(of all "national security" reasons these is one of more reasonable ones)