Hacker News: pas

New comment by pas in "Bitwarden Dual License Model"

pas — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:24:47 +0000

through a non-profit of course.

I don't like the changes, but if someone wants easy access to all the Android phones someone needs to take responsibility for what gets published. (and naturally since it's mostly a sham we need to have some shell corporation, just as malware publishers already have.)

New comment by pas in "11 year old unsoundness bugs found in Rust borrow checker"

pas — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:32:37 +0000

"I" stands for "issue"

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/labels?q=unsound

New comment by pas in "Secret of Orange Cats Revealed After 60-Year Search"

pas — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:19:28 +0000

people are very good at seeing their pets conforming to their expectations, whether that is scientifically true or not :)

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog-breed-individual-beh...

> Breed offers little predictive value for individuals, explaining just 9% of variation in behavior.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abk0639

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/which-dog-breed-s... (here note how big the overlap is between breeds for most traits, and clumpiness is rare, but present)

New comment by pas in "Bitwarden Dual License Model"

pas — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:05:16 +0000

addig Vaulwarden compatibility to already FOSS mobile password managers might be the path of least resistance

or pooling together tokens and asking Claude nicely to make a mobile app

New comment by pas in "California closed the Montana license plate loophole"

pas — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 05:08:59 +0000

granting an option for people who want to have this seems strictly better. it could be a bit more expensive to cover the added administration burden.

this is a very local need of some people. they are a minority, and they want some accomodations.

New comment by pas in "Mistral Large 4"

pas — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:11:23 +0000

it's industrial policy, which is of course the minimum for being able to even think about having independent thoughs when it comes to international relations.

hard to stand up for EU (or even national) values if some dude in Washington has the keys for most of your military

having at least some in-house expertise is the first step.

New comment by pas in "Testing 12 different Zigbee temperature/humidity sensors"

pas — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:37:27 +0000

depends on the device

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-kajplats-smart-bu...

New comment by pas in "Testing 12 different Zigbee temperature/humidity sensors"

pas — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:36:53 +0000

there seems to be a Zigbee mode for some devices

https://community.home-assistant.io/t/ikea-kajplats-smart-bu...

via

https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1tvtyyj/ikea...

New comment by pas in "Germany’s RobCo hits $1B valuation"

pas — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:42:25 +0000

yes, but valuations are dogshit, which means capital is scarce, runways are too short, products end up so-so, and startups fail before they gain mindshare, not to mention the long enterprise sales cycles

New comment by pas in "U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982"

pas — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:50:41 +0000

every time oil is removed the walls are damaged (because they pump in water to force out the oil, which dissolves more of the walls)

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-the-strategic-pet...

New comment by pas in "OpenAI Says It Will Not Release Newest A.I. Model Over Safety Concerns"

pas — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:59:31 +0000

brothel?

New comment by pas in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

pas — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:09:40 +0000

the quote was removed in ~2 days.

https://github.com/neovim/neovim.github.io/pull/504 of course with sweet sweet drama!

https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/117172601365228235

New comment by pas in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

pas — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:06:43 +0000

they use "autoread" to work around that (but it requires vim to be running and the given file open if I understand correctly)

https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/117172481079439378

New comment by pas in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

pas — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:04:56 +0000

it doesn't have "durable" though :)

New comment by pas in "On caring for user data: NeoVim caused Vim undo files to be deleted"

pas — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 05:01:31 +0000

it seems they are using 'autoread' (but I guess this only works if vim is running while the modification happens)

https://infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/117172481079439378

https://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5206

New comment by pas in "Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?"

pas — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 08:09:49 +0000

space is 3D, but the information content can be encoded on a 2D hologram. general relativity works, mass-energy is curving spacetime, it just happens to do it in a way, that these curves and slopes and ... the whole 3D geometry can be flattened to 2D without loss of information.

New comment by pas in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

pas — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 22:31:24 +0000

I tried to hint in my comment that the argument is completely different. the supply chain risk is just what the media runs with. (yes, it's in the opinion, but that is the weaker part. and the court agrees, that it basically does not apply to Anthropic.)

there's section 4713 which is roughly "Secretary of War can pull the nat.sec. card, bye"

New comment by pas in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

pas — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:53:09 +0000

just because someone copied one sentence from some online reference it doesn't mean that the court used it for arguing their decision.

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/09/26-104...

> Whatever paradigmatic examples individual members of Congress may have had in mind, the statutory definition is not limited to “adversar[ies],” 10 U.S.C. § 3252(d)(4), and instead covers “any person,”

New comment by pas in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

pas — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:47:56 +0000

that section is not important (the court says so, read page 30 https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/09/26-104... ) section 4713 is ("determination of exigency" regarding procurement decisions)

New comment by pas in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

pas — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:44:01 +0000

the courts interpret the statute, we have to read their argument where they explain why they think that's not the right definition to focus on. (the "adversary" is in section 3252, but they say that independently from that section 4713 allows determination of exigency.)

https://media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/docs/2026/09/26-104... see page 30