Hacker News: poetaster

New comment by poetaster in "RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to renters"

poetaster — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:49:58 +0000

I wonder about the failure of the PRC while heaving 500 million out of poverty the last 50 years. Interesting failure mode.

New comment by poetaster in "Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits"

poetaster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:23:51 +0000

Taste is all that ever matters.

New comment by poetaster in "Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits"

poetaster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:22:25 +0000

Canadian Citizens and BC residents. Those are the tax authorities.

New comment by poetaster in "Living off-grid: Hundred Rabbits"

poetaster — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:17:36 +0000

What a silly view. They do not live off grid. They live upon the sea. And share their work for free.

New comment by poetaster in "Interview with Chicken Scheme Maintainer Sjamaan/Peter Bex"

poetaster — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:34:41 +0000

https://www.more-magic.net/

New comment by poetaster in "Smartphone makers don't bother to comply with EU repairability requirements"

poetaster — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:36:26 +0000

In Germany both Shift and Gigaset have had user replaceable batteries for over a decade. The rebrands like Volla and rePhone, obviously. The Finish Jolla has a new phone with battery, camera lenses, etc. Typing on a GS5 with Sailfish. Repair of display was easy to perform.

New comment by poetaster in "We have a year to fix security everywhere"

poetaster — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:05:55 +0000

The exact 2 points I was itching to make. The political dice rolled some time ago ...

New comment by poetaster in "Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation"

poetaster — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 16:43:29 +0000

Is it just dark on the NA side if the pond? I still see it just fine...

New comment by poetaster in "Unlocking a locked/deactivated e-waste Cricut Maker"

poetaster — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:39:06 +0000

Nice write-up! I was also a Suzuki fan (1980s) and always liked the stylized S logo. Now to go find a vinyl cutter.....

New comment by poetaster in "Finger: the 1971 social network that never died"

poetaster — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:29:58 +0000

Bravo!

New comment by poetaster in "Self hosted email continues to steeply decline"

poetaster — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:58:08 +0000

Ditto. It is practical and I am stubborn. Though I no longer run sendmail :-)

New comment by poetaster in "Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage"

poetaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:16:29 +0000

I'll agree as a 90% typist dev. There is a certain class of problems I've sovled for a dozen times. And as often forgotten. Mostly parsing. Recently, I had a local qwen just build data (from html) because I wanted to concentrate on the code that ingests it. Win win. In the end, I thought the python it used a bit verbose so I might return to it to flex some awk muscles, but in the moment, I could focus on the code I wanted to write.

New comment by poetaster in "Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are against LLM usage"

poetaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:00:22 +0000

Well, sometimes it's not a choice you have. I am arguably still a hobby programmer, but was forced by circumstance to go pro. I could not earn enough in graphic design to fix my teeth. Still managed to retain my love for the underlying mathematical (lambda calculs) and do to this day. I was always an enthusiast even as a manager. Now I do volunteer FOSS maint on numerous projects. Some embedded, most Linux phone adjacent. A circle.

New comment by poetaster in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

poetaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:07:43 +0000

I'm running SailfishOs on Gigasets assembled in Germany and they have G5. It's a port and I don't have android support at all. I maintain a number if apps and it feels like ownership. Also have a spare Jolla with droid stuff, but use that max once a week.

New comment by poetaster in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

poetaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:01:35 +0000

The safety contacts issue is legislated in Europe. Removing them is breaking the law, I believe. Can be done if you really want to hack.

New comment by poetaster in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

poetaster — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:53:33 +0000

Bluetooth support is for Jolla's android support. 5.2 for ports and waydroid is awayz out. My guess,18 months.

New comment by poetaster in "Germany Records Historic 12B KWh Solar Feed-In in July 2026"

poetaster — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:18:01 +0000

The Deutsche Wetter dienst is just as 50/50 as any meteorological service. May/June were atypically warm, but rainfall sufficient in the north east. July has been mixed extremes from Saxony to the Baltic with sufficient rain that we have not had to water the Garden. 320km north, Grandmother territory, same. The droughts of previous years were much more destructive. We'll see when the crops come in.

New comment by poetaster in "Is AI reasoning right for the wrong reasons?"

poetaster — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:01:42 +0000

If by 101 you mean the decades long debate between Dennet and everyone else, I think you'll find the 101 gloss throws up more questions than answers. Presuming that language is necessary for consciousness is not a settled question, for instance. As you complain, it is a more complicated field of study than cs, philosophy, biology and chemistry combined.

New comment by poetaster in "Is AI reasoning right for the wrong reasons?"

poetaster — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:50:10 +0000

I'll go so far as to propose that many brains, dog or cat, certainly display 'signs' of consciousness. They are nothing like LLMs either. Confusing some stream of language with consciousness is missing the a priori.

New comment by poetaster in "How real are real numbers? (2004)"

poetaster — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:28:57 +0000

Thanks! That was a nice read.