Hacker News: michalf6

New comment by michalf6 in "A list of fun destinations for telnet"

michalf6 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:36:04 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol)

New comment by michalf6 in "Writerdeck.org"

michalf6 — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:38:46 +0000

Not a Linux machine, but 14 and 16 inch MBPs with something like the Vivid app do really well in sunlight in light mode. I enjoy working outside on mine.

New comment by michalf6 in "Ask HN: What's the best hackable smart TV?"

michalf6 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 19:29:48 +0000

I was looking for a 40-43in 4K TV for PC monitor use, considered the LG C series, but it wouldn't work in my bright room.

I went with Samsung QN90C instead and I'm super happy with it. It's very bright, fights glare well, and there's Jellyfin for it.

New comment by michalf6 in "Genie 3: A new frontier for world models"

michalf6 — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:49:30 +0000

This is pretty decent, at least the first half: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrOVKHg_PJQ

New comment by michalf6 in "Genie 3: A new frontier for world models"

michalf6 — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:41:12 +0000

Nick Land kind of took this line of reasoning to its ultimate conclusion, I recommend giving his ideas a read even if they sound repulsive.

"Nothing human makes it out of the near-future."

New comment by michalf6 in "The Hater's Guide to the AI Bubble"

michalf6 — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 14:16:07 +0000

Aren't AI GPUs a drop in the bucket compared to consumer electronics?

Nvidia sold ~3M blackwells in 2025: https://wccftech.com/nvidia-has-sold-over-three-million-blac...

Compare that to laptops which sell in tens of millions per manufacturer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manu...

Plus, it's way easier to collect boards for recycling from a centralized data center.

New comment by michalf6 in "Lyon Drops Microsoft to Boost Digital Sovereignty"

michalf6 — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:46:44 +0000

What was that Microsoft alternative called?

New comment by michalf6 in "Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison"

michalf6 — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 14:04:49 +0000

>Exactly my thoughts. I really admired the design and how far WSL1 got. It is just sad to see it abandoned.

But why was it better, other than aesthetic preference?

New comment by michalf6 in "Show HN: FiddleCube – Generate Q&A to test your LLM"

michalf6 — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:53:19 +0000

Ragas also has a feature to generate ground truths and queries: https://docs.ragas.io/en/latest/getstarted/testset_generatio... Although simply prompting an LLM with chunks of source documents might work better / cheaper - ragas tends to explode with retries in my experience.

New comment by michalf6 in "The Singularity Is Nearer"

michalf6 — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 02:47:31 +0000

>The universe is trillions of times larger than we currently think it is

Why do you think that?

New comment by michalf6 in "Popular Mac app 'Bartender' acquired by new unknown developer"

michalf6 — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:10:21 +0000

Use Ice instead: https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

New comment by michalf6 in "VMware Fusion Pro: Now available free for personal use"

michalf6 — Thu, 16 May 2024 12:28:51 +0000

ARM Windows seems to be able to run x86 apps, though. I use an ARM Windows on an M1 mac to run BMW E-Sys and it works well enough.

New comment by michalf6 in "GPT-4o"

michalf6 — Mon, 13 May 2024 18:13:37 +0000

I cannot find the mac app anywhere. Is there a link?

New comment by michalf6 in "Video generation models as world simulators"

michalf6 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:32:39 +0000

There are thousands of porn consumers with destroyed reward circuitry per every porn actor, of which few are mistreated and the majority are compensated very well.

Producing a neverending supply of wireheading-like addictive stimuli is the farthest possible thing from a good for humanity.

Want to do good in this area - work on ways to limit consumption.

New comment by michalf6 in "The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing)"

michalf6 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:01:04 +0000

The ability to exert power and influence over things you value continues to scale with money. There's more to life than consumption.

New comment by michalf6 in "AMD funded a drop-in CUDA implementation built on ROCm: It's now open-source"

michalf6 — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 15:22:38 +0000

Złuda roughly means "delusion" / "mirage" / "illusion" in Polish, given the author is called Andrzej Janik this may be a pun :)

New comment by michalf6 in "Lichee Console 4A – RISC-V mini laptop: Review, benchmarks and early issues"

michalf6 — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 12:19:53 +0000

Why a trackpoint without the middle click? How do you scroll?

A Review of the Top Tools for Generating LLM Structured Output

michalf6 — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:19:09 +0000

Article URL: https://monadical.com/posts/how-to-make-llms-speak-your-language.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38712469

Points: 1

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New comment by michalf6 in "Lack of sunlight during the day is worse than electric lighting at night"

michalf6 — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:59:42 +0000

Just make sure you're getting enough lux, commercial SAD lamps are so dark it's borderline fraudulent. You need a LOT of light.

New comment by michalf6 in "How to easily pay a single employee in another country"

michalf6 — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:14:11 +0000

What's the country? I'm in this situation in Poland and I'm running a company (sole proprietorship). I'd say the majority of IT work is done this way here for tax benefits, even within the country. You may be doing the employee a favor this way (their costs can be written off), and you'll make things simple for yourself.