<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: oakesm9</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=oakesm9</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:40:02 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=oakesm9" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As someone who lives on a residential street right by a primary school in the UK, the majority of drivers are going over 20mph even at the peak time when there are children everywhere.<p>While in theory human drivers should be situationally aware of the higher risks of children being around, the reality is that the majority will be in their own bubble of being late to drop their kid off and searching for the first free spot they can find.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:24:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814219</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814219</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46814219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Show HN: Sweep, Open-weights 1.5B model for next-edit autocomplete"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is great and similar to what I was thinking of doing at some point. I just wasn't sure if it needed to be specific to Sweep Local or if it could be a generic llama.cpp provider.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:24:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735112</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735112</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46735112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Tesla fined for repeatedly failing to help UK police over driving offences"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you lease a car the owner of the vehicle isn't the driver, but the lease company itself. Tesla was contacted to provide the drivers name (as is their legal obligation) and when they didn't they were fined.<p>Exactly the same is true if you own the car outright. You as the owner of the vehicle will be contacted and asked to provide the details of the person who was driving at the time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:04:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733331</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733331</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Show HN: Pipenet – A Modern Alternative to Localtunnel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Would this be able to support TCP and UDP in the future?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:05:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681483</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681483</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "UK secures record supply of offshore wind projects"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, negative is rare, but I wouldn't say that it's overwhelmingly expensive.<p>The median range is 15p-20p (60% of the time in December) and the UK "price cap" is about 26.35p.<p>With a tariff like that, shifting usage outside of 4pm-7pm can lead to massive savings. With our usage from the Octopus API, I can see from OctopusCompare that in the past month my effective average unit cost would be 19.24p/kWh, and we don't do any specific load shifting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 12:44:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615392</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615392</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46615392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Monzo Is Down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Related: Very interesting article about Monzo's "stand-in" system which allows the app to be run with minimal services running in a different cloud in the event of a full outage of their primary systems:<p><a href="https://monzo.com/blog/tolerating-full-cloud-outages-with-monzo-stand-in" rel="nofollow">https://monzo.com/blog/tolerating-full-cloud-outages-with-mo...</a></p>
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<p>We do have bicycle ambulance which carry a defibrillator [0]<p>The 40 paramedics attend over 17,000 calls a year and the average response time is 6 minutes.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/calling-us/who-will-treat-you/single-responder/cycle-responder/" rel="nofollow">https://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/calling-us/who-will-treat...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 16:17:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566957</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566957</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "SQL Studio"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I prefer the pricing model of TablePlus[0].<p>$99 for the current version forever with 1 year of updates. Once that expires you can keep using the last version you had access to forever, or get another year of update for $59.<p>Fair and flexible for everyone.<p>[0]<a href="https://tableplus.com/pricing" rel="nofollow">https://tableplus.com/pricing</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:35:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547474</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46547474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Tesla’s 4680 battery supply chain collapses as partner writes down deal by 99%"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Pretty much every electric car has charging stops built-in to the navigation. For some the quality of the data isn’t as high, but it will be there.<p>Many like Polestars and Renaults are built on Android Automotive (different from Android Auto) and the built-in navigation is full Google Maps with direct access to the cars battery state and control systems.<p>Works perfectly on my Renault Megane E-Tech.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 19:19:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424313</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424313</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46424313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "A $20 drug in Europe requires a prescription and $800 in the U.S."]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Such an easily debunkable line with even the tiniest bit of critical thinking.<p>You’re basically saying the drug companies subsidise a loss in Europe by over charging Americans, right?<p>As the drug company is a private and doesn’t have to sell everywhere, why wouldn’t they just skip the loss making Europeans and just sell to Americans? They’d make more profit that way!<p>That must mean they make some profit from the European prices, otherwise they wouldn’t be bothering.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 22:45:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168404</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168404</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46168404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thank you for the confirmation. I have updated to 4.13.0 anyway.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:51:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036879</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036879</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Your status page isn't clear, but are all versions between the compromised and "safe to install" versions compromised or just the ones listed?<p>For example I installed `posthog-react-native` version `4.12.4` which is between the `4.11.1` version which is compromised and the safe to install version `4.13.0`. Is that version compromised or not?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 17:40:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036747</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036747</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46036747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "iPhone Pocket"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The iPhone hasn’t had a “real” home button since the iPhone 7 in 2016. It’s a static touch pad with haptic feedback.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:36:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893841</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893841</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45893841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s buried in the “new widgets” section:<p>> As part of the Family Hub™ software update, we are piloting a new widget for select Cover screens themes of Family Hub™ refrigerators. The widget will display useful day-to-day information such as news, calendar and weather forecasts, along with curated advertisements</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:35:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866784</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45866784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[React Native 0.82 – A New Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://reactnative.dev/blog/2025/10/08/react-native-0.82">https://reactnative.dev/blog/2025/10/08/react-native-0.82</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45525058">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45525058</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>For homelabs, yer you can get something much better for much less.<p>For use cases where consistency and future support is key (education and industry) you really can't beat a Raspberry Pi. Their hardware and software support is top class. The first Raspberry Pi is still supported by the latest version of their OS over a decade later and it's even still being manufactured.<p>For all their products they commit to long term availability. For example, the Pi 5 will be in active production until at least January 2036 (assuming the company itself exists of course).<p>For anyone with a fleet of these, that's an amazing commitment. It means that when a piece of hardware breaks you can buy a band new but identical piece of hardware to replace it.<p>For most other companies you'd need to buy a different piece of hardware. Yes, the specs would be better, but now you have a fleet with mixed hardware which _you_ need to support and maintain going forwards.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:47:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45515062</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45515062</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45515062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facebook and Instagram to offer ad-free service in UK for up to £3.99 a month]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-paid-ad-free-service-uk">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-paid-ad-free-service-uk</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45385252">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45385252</a></p>
<p>Points: 34</p>
<p># Comments: 52</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 11:28:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/26/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-paid-ad-free-service-uk</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45385252</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45385252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-Based"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>All makes sense. I presumed it was an oversight.<p>It’s hard for me to conceptualise what a million tokens actually looks like, but I don’t think there’s a way around that aside from making proving some concrete examples of inputs, outputs, and the number of tokens that actually is. I guess it would become clearer after using it a bit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:14:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45364001</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45364001</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45364001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-Based"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I completely get why this pricing is needed and it seems fair. There’s a major flaw in the announcement though.<p>I get that the pro plan has $5 of tokens and the pricing page says that a token is roughly 3-4 characters. However, it is not clear:<p>- Are tokens input characters, output characters, or both?<p>- What does a token cost? I get that the pricing page says it varies by model and is “ API list price +10%”, but nowhere does it say what these API list prices are. Am I meant to go to The OpenAI, Anthropic, and other websites to get that pricing information? Shouldn’t that be in a table on that page which each hosted model listed?<p>—<p>I’m only a very casual user of AI tools so maybe this is clear to people deep in this world, but it’s not clear to me just based on Zelda pricing page exactly how far $5 per month will get me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:52:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45363726</link><dc:creator>oakesm9</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45363726</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45363726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by oakesm9 in "Gutenprint Discontinues macOS Support"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dye sublimation printers is another reason. Gutenprint has great support for those</p>
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