Hacker News: natebc

New comment by natebc in "The end of Microsoft Research's AI Frontiers group"

natebc — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 19:01:38 +0000

It got rebooted a couple years back. One of the founders of reddit was involved too lol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digg#2025%E2%80%93present:_The...

Seems like it quickly pivoted quickly to cash in on "AI" hype.

New comment by natebc in "They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7"

natebc — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:57:20 +0000

I ran a small PC lab at a university for a while and we used PC-Rdist. It was magical!

You could have different templates that all built off of the same base which made switching between different specialized classes in the lab super easy.

New comment by natebc in "Police chief unplugs cameras after Flock ignores contract cancellation"

natebc — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:29:34 +0000

except for, you know the city in TFA. And Asheville, NC.

I'm sure there's more but not enough for sure.

New comment by natebc in "ChatGPT and Codex usage limits merging"

natebc — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:10:04 +0000

I'll say something.

Elon Musk has likely done irreparable harm to my country. Harm that undoes generations of progress and sacrifice by people I've loved dearly.

I do wish that more people cared and it's supremely disappointing to me that they don't.

A collection of custom M-VAVE FM1 Firmware

natebc — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:46:39 +0000

Article URL: https://fm1-editor.com/firmware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50321388

Points: 2

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New comment by natebc in "Anthropic takes steps to block Claude from reverse-engineering video games"

natebc — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:57:33 +0000

And stole every bit of Intellectual Property they could get their hands on legally or otherwise.

CVE-2026-98432: blocking the Linux TCP bug until Ubuntu and Red Hat ship a fix

natebc — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:19:08 +0000

Article URL: https://getrff.com/blog/cve-2026-98432-linux-tcp-ip-options-block/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50320349

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by natebc in "Prospero: A new coding harness for a more civilized age"

natebc — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:32:47 +0000

I'm similar but not really a programmer. I've been a linux sysadmin for a few decades but for whatever reason I prefer using Codex via the desktop app rather than the TUI. The desktop app on linux is fine for me. Note: i've not used it anywhere else but since linux was the last to get the desktop client i'm assuming it's at least as good on other operating systems.

On looking at Prospero it's ... simpler than this is so maybe not robust enough for your wants.

New comment by natebc in "'Elite North Korean hackers' blamed for $6.3B Binance hack"

natebc — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:20:37 +0000

and presidential bribery

New comment by natebc in "Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer"

natebc — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:42:42 +0000

I'd have gone with Bantha in an ice cave myself.

New comment by natebc in "In Leaked Audio, Flock CEO Tells Cops Backlash to the Company Isn't Real"

natebc — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:39:08 +0000

In yesterday's video from Benn Jordan [0] there was a Flock employee that told 911 multiple times "I'm not sure if they are armed." when reporting that a few people were filming from the perimeter of a Flock office building in Georgia.

He also said several times that "we're under lockdown here."

/shrug Seems like he was certainly trying to cause some form of harm.

Flock sucks.

0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP5GDiLZ1Nw

https://youtu.be/OP5GDiLZ1Nw?t=1130 if you want a timestamp.

New comment by natebc in "Anthropic S-1"

natebc — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 19:32:46 +0000

As a homelabber, that 5090 I bought a couple years ago for 2k just sold for 9k and I paid off my car.

New comment by natebc in "Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop"

natebc — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:17:15 +0000

To flip Congress in the hopes that a few people that will actually obey The U.S. Constitution are elected.

New comment by natebc in "Oregon Police Are Charging a Local News Outlet $2.5M for Records About One Cop"

natebc — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:05:24 +0000

At that rate surely they started with just goose eggs.

Steam Next Fest Has Become a Disaster and a Grim Look at the Future

natebc — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:54:52 +0000

Article URL: https://kotaku.com/steam-next-fest-has-become-a-massive-disaster-and-a-grim-look-at-the-future-2000748008

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50207015

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by natebc in "EA is shutting down BioWare"

natebc — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:22:32 +0000

Where does Ubisoft slot into this equation?

New comment by natebc in "US Rep Announces Congressional Legislation to Protect Video Game Ownership"

natebc — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 21:03:40 +0000

Funcom released a single player update for Dune: Awakening (not quite MMO but close) just a few weeks ago. They have simulated player economy and end game systems and flexible rules+progression for the game itself ... it's been great.

For many online games the same could be done. Simulate the systems, give players the ability to tweak the rules and just have fun.

New comment by natebc in "How Amazon pushes up prices all across the Internet"

natebc — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:38:39 +0000

I had the option to return to a Sheetz a couple of weeks back. Totally unattended kiosk, scan QR code, bag item and drop it in.

New comment by natebc in "'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey"

natebc — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:15:35 +0000

The part about "It's just a tool." that always bugged me is exactly this.

A Hammer is a tool ... a carpentry sub-contractor is not.

New comment by natebc in "Transit rewards"

natebc — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:30:23 +0000

https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html