<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: micw</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=micw</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:17:09 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=micw" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Why aren't smart people happier? (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would even think that "smart" and "lazy" has a strong correlation ;-)<p>If you give a smart one a task, he will look for a way to do it with lowest effort. Probably most would do it but the smart ones will find way more the shortcuts, automations and exploits.<p>Edit: also smart people will more often ask "why" if a task makes no sense to them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:41:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385030</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "PostgreSQL for Everything"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Tetris on postgres? Not doom? So not a candidate for everything!<p>Just kidding. Of course there's doom for postgres: <a href="https://github.com/cedardb/DOOMQL" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/cedardb/DOOMQL</a> (pure SQL) and <a href="https://github.com/DreamNik/pg_doom" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/DreamNik/pg_doom</a> (extension).<p>Oh and there's <a href="https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/snaplet/postgres-wasm</a> that allows to run everything else in postgres ^^</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:23:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371871</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371871</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49371871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So is this a regression or a bug in systemd triggered by this change?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:10:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295907</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295907</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What does the (currently latest, <a href="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40262#issuecomment-5288996192" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/40262#issuecomment...</a>) comment mean? Who are the "large folio people"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:24:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295319</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295319</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Single log line is 49KB+ (ext4) / 110KB+ (btrfs) of systemd-journald disk writes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>systemd-journald also has rate limits that you can configure ;-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:23:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295311</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295311</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Mistral OCR 4.1"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I also saw this when I made a (personal use only) book translation (agent learns how book 1-3 of a row is translated, then translates book 4 the same way because it is not available in my language).
Claude happily translated most of the book, except a few chapters which it denied. Tried several times always the same results (with no other context about the rest of the book).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 06:08:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295235</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295235</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49295235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "uBlock Origin is giving up the fight to keep ads off Facebook"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> if you see an ad somewhere [...] close the tab immediately and never return to that site<p>I would even extend this: if you are bugged by an ad, avoid the product, the vendor and tell everyone why you do so. Also tell it to the vendor, why you avoid their product (aggressive, non blockable ads at facebook for example).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:06:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283762</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283762</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49283762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "More than 10 firms pay up to $100k a month for access to Truth Social posts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why is this not being stopped by us jurisdiction?
Or at least why does the rest of the world does not decouple from those markets?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:07:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257697</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257697</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I even upvoted, no idea why you're downvoted here. It _is_ a potential issue that you pointed out.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:45:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257413</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257413</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To be precise (Germany): 800W inverter, 2kWp solar panels (maximum 4 panels). This allows you to get the 800W during long periods of daylight (e.g. east/west configuration). You only need to add the installation to a public database and plug in the inverter.
Before it was more complex (special plug needed, only 600W, need allowance from grid operator) and still we have ~1.5 GW installed plug-in solar plants. It's almost always a no-brainer, RoI is typically 3-4 years while the lifespan is 20 years.<p>Edit: My state had a subsidy of 300€ when I bought mine, so the RoI was instant ;-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:08:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235908</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Plug-In Solar Panels Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In Germany, where this kind of plug-in solar panels is very common (1.5 GW installed power) it is mandatory that the inverter powers itself down as soon as the grid is offline/disconnected. It has to be so fast that you can savely touch the plug after unplugging it.
I guess it's standard everywhere.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:25:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234777</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234777</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No, they would collapse into a singularity with an infinite event horizon that eats up the universe at the speed of light</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:55:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49219471</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49219471</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49219471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "US strikes $1.2B deal to pay German firm to halt offshore wind projects"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wonder how Americans feel to see that their elected president takes tax money to forcefully destroy the planet and our kid's future :-(</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:31:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209407</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209407</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49209407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Qwen3.8 Max now ranked as the best overall model by agentic index"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Guess that's the exact point of the "intelligence" benchmarks</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:08:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202582</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202582</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Claude Code sends 33k tokens before reading the prompt; OpenCode sends 7k"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I recently did a few tests. And always the same prompt has been cached properly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:41:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883978</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883978</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48883978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Paying $100/month and using Opus 4.8 all the time to get my work done. I had a brief look at fable (when it was available the 1st time) but it burned my allowance to fast. So I keep paying the $100 for Opus and enjoy friction-less uninterrupted work.<p>I'm usually at 60-70% usage at the end of a 5 hour window, that's the pace where I can still think about what to delegate and what to expect and verify the results. Could probably go faster but that would have a significant impact on output quality.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:22:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827844</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827844</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48827844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Hengefinder"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would have expected at least a few sample real-world photos on that page.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 04:57:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48742423</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48742423</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48742423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>More reason to frame it correctly, like "IBM debuts another 5 nanometer chip technology, selling it as sub nanometer chip technology"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:16:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679926</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679926</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "IBM debuts sub-1 nanometer chip technology"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So the title should be corrected. The did not debut sub nm chips at all.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 17:38:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676794</link><dc:creator>micw</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676794</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48676794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by micw in "Venezuela reveals $240B in debt it cannot pay (~$100B more than expected)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not to all, only to those who are in line with the president...</p>
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