Hacker News: ngai_aku

New comment by ngai_aku in "Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode"

ngai_aku — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:36:06 +0000

I don’t think TFA meant to suggest that everyone should upend their current practices for the emphasize function. But I can see someone who is less familiar with the myriad of ways to emphasize, or the markers which signify the emphasis, appreciating what it offers

New comment by ngai_aku in "Ships keep moving through Hormuz despite strike"

ngai_aku — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 20:40:20 +0000

The same Nixon whom JD Vance praised yesterday and called a victim of a deep state witch hunt?

New comment by ngai_aku in "Military branches restore flu shot requirement after virus swept through base"

ngai_aku — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:21:38 +0000

“not rational” and freedom-restricting.

Lasted two months lol

New comment by ngai_aku in "Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads"

ngai_aku — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 20:36:02 +0000

You think the state of personal computing is a-ok because most people have smart phones. Others pointing out the very real limitations of what you can do on those phones seems highly relevant.

New comment by ngai_aku in "Finding the best dog treat with statistics"

ngai_aku — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 22:01:12 +0000

* varies by breed

I've seen many a lab eat their own shit, but my standard poodle takes his time investigating even a piece of steak before he decides whether it's worth eating.

New comment by ngai_aku in "A new bill takes aim at government pressure to silence lawful online speech"

ngai_aku — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:50:50 +0000

> At EFF, we’re continuing to fight back on behalf of those censored by government coercion. One recent example: we represent the creator of ICEBlock, an app that allows the public to report immigration enforcement activity in their communities.…

> EFF applauds Senators Cruz and Wyden for taking this critical issue seriously

Credit where it’s due, but I doubt that ICEBlock was the first thing Ted Cruz wanted to benefit from this bill

New comment by ngai_aku in "Emacs 31 is around the corner: The changes I'm daily driving"

ngai_aku — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:48:31 +0000

agent-shell is awesome, but Anthropic banning subscription usage via ACP is a killer. I've liked claude-code-ide.el when I've used it, but its lack of concurrent sessions per project has prevented me from fully adopting it. I know, I should be using worktrees, but I still haven't figured out a nice way to get that to work with my docker-compose-based project (though I'm open to suggestions!)

New comment by ngai_aku in "I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML models"

ngai_aku — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:38:11 +0000

I think most people are either in on Google or in on Apple whereas the OP indicated they have their media stored with both

New comment by ngai_aku in "I indexed 669 GB of my GoPro videos using my M1 Max computer and local ML models"

ngai_aku — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:34:45 +0000

What PAYG providers do people here recommend? Most powerful machine at home is an M1 MBA (16GB), so I too am interested in short term options where I can still benefit from the privacy of local models

New comment by ngai_aku in "Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)"

ngai_aku — Thu, 21 May 2026 18:38:30 +0000

I’d like to do something like this for the collection of home videos I have piling up, but I’m still on 16GB M1. Any hope of getting decent results with smaller models? If not, does anyone have tips on GPU rental?

I have a Claude max sub and plenty of OpenRouter credit, but I don’t feel good about uploading my family’s private videos

New comment by ngai_aku in "GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values"

ngai_aku — Tue, 12 May 2026 18:04:53 +0000

...Annnnd there's the active incident

May 12, 2026 17:56 UTC INVESTIGATING

We are seeing elevated error rates across GitLab.com and GitLab.com services.

We are investigating the issue and will continue to update as we have more information.

May 12, 2026 17:37 UTC INVESTIGATING

We're investigating elevated error rates on GitLab.com. Some users may experience intermittent failures or degraded performance while we work to identify the cause.

We'll share another update as soon as we have more information.

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https://status.gitlab.com

New comment by ngai_aku in "How fast is a macOS VM, and how small could it be?"

ngai_aku — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:07:34 +0000

AFAIK no support for Compose though

New comment by ngai_aku in "U.S. exempts oil industry from protecting Gulf animals, for 'national security'"

ngai_aku — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 05:01:32 +0000

Sorry, are you referring to the summer of 2015? Because purchasing a MAGA hat in 2025 for the lols is tasteless and shameful. I share your surprise generally, but at a certain point it’s just irresponsible to treat it all like a joke with no consequences

New comment by ngai_aku in "Big data on the cheapest MacBook"

ngai_aku — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:43:53 +0000

Linux? Outdated version of macOS?

New comment by ngai_aku in "Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled"

ngai_aku — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:11:22 +0000

I've been using this for a while. It's certainly better than nothing, but there are limitations. Most notably for me, automatic muting doesn't work when HomePods are the default output[1]

[1] https://github.com/dmunozv04/iSponsorBlockTV/issues/60#issue...

New comment by ngai_aku in "Show HN: Meals You Love – AI-powered meal planning and grocery shopping"

ngai_aku — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:35:24 +0000

I’ve been wanting to build something similar using a combination of Mealie/Tandoor/Recipya, n8n/Node-RED, and the Kroger API for personal use. Has anyone else explored this setup?

New comment by ngai_aku in "Claude Opus 4.1"

ngai_aku — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:27:42 +0000

Are you part time?

New comment by ngai_aku in "How to win an argument with a toddler"

ngai_aku — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:06:11 +0000

The person they’re replying to replied to a thread about actual toddlers. The subject of the thread diverged from the article

New comment by ngai_aku in "Grok3 Launch [video]"

ngai_aku — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 15:34:34 +0000

Any guess on its availability at that point? Is it likely to be limited to certain tiers like o1?

New comment by ngai_aku in "OCR4all"

ngai_aku — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:24:17 +0000

If we’re doing recommendations I’d like to know what everyone is using for handwriting