<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: pricechild</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pricechild</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:15:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=pricechild" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Many SWE-bench-Passing PRs would not be merged"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> the entire point of an LLM is you give it the <i>what</i> and it outputs the <i>how</i><p>I'm still struggling to move past the magic trick of guessing what characters come next to ascribe understanding of "how" and implying understanding?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:46:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349828</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349828</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47349828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "ICE, CBP Knew Facial Recognition App Couldn't Do What DHS Says It Could"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think that's anywhere close to an accurate description of the UK's recent post office scandal?<p>I haven't seen AI feature in any reporting. Rather, the software had bugs, some people decided the software couldn't be wrong and convinced others to the point of conviction?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:42:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996916</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996916</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finishing My ZX Spectrum Emulator with Gemini 3 Pro – Bitwrangler.uk]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://bitwrangler.uk/2025/12/29/finishing-my-zx-spectrum-emulator-with-gemini-3-pro/">https://bitwrangler.uk/2025/12/29/finishing-my-zx-spectrum-emulator-with-gemini-3-pro/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552835">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552835</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 11:43:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://bitwrangler.uk/2025/12/29/finishing-my-zx-spectrum-emulator-with-gemini-3-pro/</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552835</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46552835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Could the same not be said about the US?<p>I suspect it'd have a different spin put on it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:54:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262984</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262984</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46262984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "When Knowing Someone at Meta Is the Only Way to Break Out of "Content Jail""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been receiving this also. Rather annoying!!
I wonder if abuse@ or postmaster@ would be able to help... /s</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 20:07:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294334</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294334</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45294334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "How to decode METAR and TAF reports"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've always found the "TAF Ruler" to be a much simpler method at only minor expense: <a href="https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1619621&sid=ef52a0d1e61412217d839413c57b084b#p1619621" rel="nofollow">https://forums.flyer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=1619621&sid=ef52a...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jan 2025 06:56:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42620032</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42620032</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42620032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Our Plans for Open Source Puppet in 2025"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was surprised not to find a discussion on this ~6 day old blog post already.<p>Looks like the only change is that the Puppet project's binary distribution will impose 25 node limits without licensing. The source remains Apache 2.0.<p>I'm assuming someone will distribute binaries without that 25 node limit without issue shortly...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:14:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125784</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Plans for Open Source Puppet in 2025]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.puppet.com/blog/open-source-puppet-updates-2025">https://www.puppet.com/blog/open-source-puppet-updates-2025</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125777">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125777</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 13:12:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.puppet.com/blog/open-source-puppet-updates-2025</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125777</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42125777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Show HN: A journaling service that runs over WhatsApp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>WhatsApp lets you link multiple devices now - I have the same account on an android and spare iPhone.<p>The main restrictions are that you have to use the main device every 14 days and can only have ~4 linked devices.<p><a href="https://faq.whatsapp.com/378279804439436/?helpref=faq_content&cms_platform=android" rel="nofollow">https://faq.whatsapp.com/378279804439436/?helpref=faq_conten...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635795</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635795</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41635795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I get the idea... but what happens when a pitot tube is blocked or an aoa sensor gets stuck or ... ?<p>With "traditional" controls and an autopilot failure, you still have control over all the control surfaces.<p>With your solution, you don't have enough hand axis to fall back to manual flying? How can the computer possibly guarantee safe flight in all conditions?<p>In the case of an e.g. air speed sensor failure, how do you get on the ground safely? Is the answer "Just BRS"? Or multiple sensors etc. ?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:33:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166223</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166223</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41166223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Howdy! FI(H) here. Looks very cool, I watched the video too.<p>Many students get the hang of hovering within 10 hours - "learning to fly" really isn't that hard? I see the rest of the course as "learning to become a pilot." That means the background knowledge and practice to allow decision making & dealing with emergencies etc.<p>I think if you could improve just a single one of the problems you touch on (difficult controls, navigation, mass and balance, fly by wire etc) you could make a lot of money...<p>... But improving <i>all</i> of them in one shot... that sounds unreasonable to me? Are they really connected?<p>> Our system makes it impossible to lose control of the airplane, potentially solving 80% of today’s fatal accidents in general aviation.<p>I'd love to see details on how you achieved this... or at least your definition of "impossible"...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:11:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163795</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163795</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41163795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Don’t let your domain name become a sitting duck"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ironic as last I checked (admittedly 2016) .uk domain transfers saw <i>no</i> verification: <a href="https://pricey.uk/blog/uk-domain-transfers-are-scary/" rel="nofollow">https://pricey.uk/blog/uk-domain-transfers-are-scary/</a><p>> I registered a new domain at one registrar and immediately asked they change the IPS tag to another. A coworker [saw] ... the tag change, but then I got distracted looking for cake/looking over their shoulder. They set up a new account at the second registrar and claimed the domain, using no secret information and without either registrar or Nominet gaining my consent.<p>To be clear, the IPS was (is?) publicly visible. So you could poll a list of domains looking for it.<p>It's worth noting that even if you registered .co.uk with e.g. Gandi, you still get a separate Nominet account with it's own authentication. It doesn't matter if you add 2FA etc - after such a transfer, the domain was registered to a different nominet account.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:36:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41126954</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41126954</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41126954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "When eyesight fades and climbing provides comfort"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I saw the film "Soundscape" at the Banff mountain film festival and thought it was great. Looks like it's won awards and been shown at a lot of festivals. Definitely recommend it!<p>The description:<p>> Soundscape shares the sightless experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch and imagination. It features Erik Weihenmayer, a fully blind adventure athlete and author, as he ascends a massive rock face deep in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Using expert camera work and emotive, novel animation to bring to life a concept by adaptive climbing pioneer Timmy O’Neill, the film is a surprising and soulful adventure.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:31:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066922</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066922</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41066922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Show HN: Dut – a fast Linux disk usage calculator"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Disk Usage Analyser" / "Baobab" on Linux is awesome with the same UI: <a href="https://apps.gnome.org/en-GB/Baobab/" rel="nofollow">https://apps.gnome.org/en-GB/Baobab/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2024 08:13:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40934617</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40934617</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40934617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Car dealerships revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What does Tesla do differently regarding changing product prices that they're worth calling out compared to other companies?<p>My personal experience is that they honoured my order and delivered a vehicle superior in every metric but "turning radius". (Which has a far higher price if ordered again on my delivery day)<p>Every company in every industry modifies products and pricing? See e.g. "shrinkflation"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2024 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40778116</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40778116</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40778116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Start presentations on the second slide"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think it is. It's a commonly taught technique to flight instructors and I personally think it does often work.<p>Not saying it applies in all situations.<p>I think it does depend on narrowly scoping the presentation.</p>
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<p>You still need to reduce your horizontal velocity. (For "geo-stationary", think "really high and really, really fast")<p>Either you do that with atmospheric drag, or a huge amount of fuel. The weight of heat protection is much lower and more efficient than the fuel option.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2024 22:27:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40603076</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40603076</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40603076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "How GM Made the $35,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV into a 319-Mile Range Champ"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Is it not true that labour is also cheaper, and why is that?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 08:10:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40405213</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40405213</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40405213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Jeff Barr: customers should not have to pay for unauthorized requests"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"... that they did not initiate"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:44:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40216109</link><dc:creator>pricechild</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40216109</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40216109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pricechild in "Passkeys: A shattered dream"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Bitwarden (& vaultwarden) also offer passkey which seem to work pretty well.<p>I've not had a problem registering both this and my phone on any site.</p>
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