Hacker News: minusf

New comment by minusf in "Don't fall into the anti-AI hype"

minusf — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:30:26 +0000

It is a useful skill. But regardless of the theme at hand there is also

"You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."

People change all the time, and things need to be reevaluated from time to time.

So another skill is to disengage with our heroes when the values start misalign.

New comment by minusf in "How I wrote JustHTML, a Python-based HTML5 parser, using coding agents"

minusf — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:50:54 +0000

Thank you for the clarification, that was not entirely clear to me from the post.

You also mention that the current "optimised" version is "good enough" for every-day use (I use `bs4` for working with html), was the first iteration also usable in that way? Did you look at `html5ever` because the LLM hit a wall trying to speed it up?

New comment by minusf in "How I wrote JustHTML, a Python-based HTML5 parser, using coding agents"

minusf — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:48:59 +0000

while it's mentioned in the post, it seems to me a bit burried:

isn't this more like a port of `html5ever` from rust to python using LLM, as opposed to creating something "new" based on the test suite alone?

if yes, wouldn't be the distinction rather important?

A Deep Dive into the Baltic Sea Cable Cuts

minusf — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 12:56:41 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/a-deep-dive-into-the-baltic-sea-cable-cuts/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42461006

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Schrödinger's IPv6 Cat

minusf — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:30:07 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/hisham_ibrahim/schrodingers-ipv6-cat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42387475

Points: 43

# Comments: 71

New comment by minusf in "Does the Internet Route Around Damage? – Baltic Sea Cable Cuts"

minusf — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 09:53:34 +0000

Made possible in turn by giving safe haven for user content on the big social networks. Turned out to be a double edged sword.

When Rupert tried to lie about voting machines, he was fined couple of hundred mils. All the social networks mouthpiece accounts spouting nonsense suffer no repercussions whatsoever.

Internet.nl's Website Connection Checker

minusf — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:32:51 +0000

Article URL: https://internet.nl/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41983217

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by minusf in "Scammers prey on young Chinese desperate for jobs in bleak economy"

minusf — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:47:36 +0000

The hong kong police had to release this statement recently:

HKPF reminds the public that the following websites are not the official Hong Kong Police Force website.

1. 96o.1ss5623.com 2. joshhyoung.icu 3. amylfraser.xyz 4. tiaflowe.icu

IPv6 Stockpiling: A Trojan Horse in Our Midst?

minusf — Fri, 17 May 2024 08:55:16 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/marco_schmidt/ipv6-stockpiling-a-trojan-horse-in-our-midst/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40387799

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

10 years of legacy policy sees results, but 9% of RIPE legacy IPv4 still dormant

minusf — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 10:05:52 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/xavier/10-years-of-legacy-policy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39011535

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by minusf in "Ask HN: Is Knuth's TAOCP worth the time and effort?"

minusf — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:07:52 +0000

nobody is gonna mention TeX? so i will.

yes, i have TAOCP on the shelf and yes guilty of "one day i'll ready it".

but every now and then i open them up and just flip thru that magnificent typography.

Knuth has not just written up all these things, he has developed an entire typesetting system (complete with fonts) to bring technical publishing screaming and kicking into the 20th century (when other software thought kerning and hypenation were creatures from space). it's the only program deserving a version number approximating PI.

Does the Internet Route Around Damage?

minusf — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 13:17:56 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/emileaben/does-the-internet-route-around-damage-edition-2023/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38530311

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Palestine Internet Connectivity as Seen in BGP

minusf — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:32:44 +0000

Article URL: https://labs.ripe.net/author/qasim-lone/palestine-internet-connectivity-as-seen-in-bgp/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38365891

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by minusf in "A new, independent sovereign AWS cloud in Europe"

minusf — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:54:45 +0000

Anybody knows how Amazon is making this happen regarding Law enforcement, US jurisdiction, etc?

New comment by minusf in "1.1.1.1 lookup failures on October 4th, 2023"

minusf — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 08:45:18 +0000

> 1.1.1.1 has a WebAssembly app called static_zone running on top of the main DNS logic that serves those new versions when they are available.

webassembly? what is that word even doing in a post mortem about DNSSEC failures?

New comment by minusf in "Rupert Murdoch steps down as Fox and News Corp chairman"

minusf — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:23:53 +0000

none of the news anchors should get the kind of dramatic powers they acquired over time. obligatory reference to Network (1976)

here is a fantastic analysis of Network and rise of the news anchors in the framing of Network: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlCLZIn38ao

Cloudflare IPv6 ranges out of sync on website

minusf — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:19:30 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/kistel/status/1704841233904869864

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37597208

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by minusf in "The Future of the Vim Project"

minusf — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:01:41 +0000

not a heavy :! user, what i used there worked, but afaik neovim recommends :te . that's one of the bigger differences. neovim was very proud to have a fully integrated terminal

New comment by minusf in "Google Maps has become an eyesore"

minusf — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:48:29 +0000

apple maps doesnt have cycling maps for _amsterdam_. none of the eu countries do where i have been

New comment by minusf in "Why is DNS still hard to learn?"

minusf — Sat, 29 Jul 2023 04:37:09 +0000

behold the dns camel:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/101/materials/slides-10...