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New comment by mfro in "Show HN: I built an OS that is pure AI"

mfro — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:06:33 +0000

You’re definitely right there should be distinction. I think “baremetal OS” is the term some people would use.

New comment by mfro in "Show HN: I built an OS that is pure AI"

mfro — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:16:33 +0000

Some might claim a browser is an OS. Some do claim emacs is an OS. Tlon claims urbit is an OS. It’s a fairly fluid term nowadays.

New comment by mfro in "What came after the 486?"

mfro — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:01:16 +0000

I think the problem is the distinction here between chips and boards. The entire GPU assembly can absolutely be worn down from continuous use, thermal pads, paste, VRMs, fans do degrade. The chip itself may be fine but it's very rare to find anyone willing to transplant a GPU from one board to another.

New comment by mfro in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

mfro — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:10:41 +0000

Windows is still a solid 'gets out of the way' operating system (with numerous tweaks, customizations, and stripping) when it works. If they focus on fixing UX issues and improving stability and performance, it may be enough to slow the rise of desktop Linux.

Better support for F#, or really any language other than C# is a longshot though. Those resources were likely 'reallocated' to AI R&D indefinitely.

New comment by mfro in "First MacBook Neo Benchmarks Are In"

mfro — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:32:49 +0000

Just get an M1 macbook air. Way cheaper, and you get can 16GB of memory.

New comment by mfro in "Ask HN: How do you motivate your humans to stop AI-washing their emails?"

mfro — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:25:26 +0000

It’s not always exhaustion, though. I work with several people who blindly spout AI responses out of sheer laziness.

New comment by mfro in "Thinking hard burns almost no calories but destroys your next workout"

mfro — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 14:31:24 +0000

I take it first thing in the morning and only have this issue early in the day. I don't know if that has some effect on its efficacy but it is more convenient for me.

New comment by mfro in "Windows Notepad App Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"

mfro — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:20:17 +0000

Doesn’t work for me. The absolute most infuriating thing is that copying text out of OneNote pastes as AN IMAGE. The only way around this is sanitizing the text in a notepad on the host machine itself.

New comment by mfro in "Julia"

mfro — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:30:32 +0000

Incredible

New comment by mfro in "Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft"

mfro — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:58:16 +0000

For me it just depends on the project. Sometimes one or the other performs better. If I am digging into something tough and I think it's hallucinating or misunderstanding, I will typically try another model.

New comment by mfro in "GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client"

mfro — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 16:24:22 +0000

Considering the Steam Machine will come with SteamOS, it looks like they are going all in.

New comment by mfro in "State of the Windows: What is going on with Windows 11?"

mfro — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:50:24 +0000

You definitely should run it after updates.

New comment by mfro in "Show HN: C From Scratch – Learn safety-critical C with prove-first methodology"

mfro — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:33:55 +0000

It’s definitely AI generated. I suspect much of their portfolio is. See spec.md. Also, the committer’s username is “williamofai”.

New comment by mfro in "The future of work when work is meaningless"

mfro — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:34:05 +0000

Is it just me that hates this style of writing? It feels like it should be kept to linkedin.

New comment by mfro in "What has Docker become?"

mfro — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:01:47 +0000

Devcontainers are great for me on windows and macos. What stack are you using?

New comment by mfro in "FreeBSD"

mfro — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:35:56 +0000

I will say the FreeBSD handbook is such a breath of fresh air compared to other OS documentation. Everything is easy to find and well formatted. Same goes for the OS internals themselves. It's just a cohesive project altogether.

New comment by mfro in "Can you slim macOS down?"

mfro — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:26:15 +0000

Right, but I could see an alternate timeline where OS X Server took off, and within a decade took a path similar to Windows Server (pared down services, headless flavor, etc)

New comment by mfro in "Can you slim macOS down?"

mfro — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:02:15 +0000

They did provide OS X Server at one time, but the market just wasn't there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Server

New comment by mfro in "Show HN: I quit coding years ago. AI brought me back"

mfro — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:44:04 +0000

Keep it up. The more you let AI do it for you, the less knowledge you retain.

New comment by mfro in "The 3D Software Rendering Technology of 1998's Thief: The Dark Project (2019)"

mfro — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:26:21 +0000

The software renderer did display many effects and even textures different. This video does a great breakdown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npMujOQsjGQ