Hacker News: ranguna

New comment by ranguna in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

ranguna — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:28:46 +0000

I'm not sure you read the question right. You can host American software on a EU sovereign cloud.

New comment by ranguna in "Cisco workforce reductions"

ranguna — Thu, 14 May 2026 08:22:56 +0000

I agree with you. Putting myself in the shoes of a tech CEO, I see other companies laying off and saying that their AI strategy made them so productive that they don't need 20% of their employees anymore, I see investors flocking to that company, I look at my company and feel investor FOMO, I layoff as well.

It's nothing personal, it's just how the US works. If this were to happen in Europe, your company would burn to the ground. The amount of compensation you'd have to do would eat your gains from the layoffs.

New comment by ranguna in "Fuck You, Bambu Lab. Go Ahead, Sue Us"

ranguna — Wed, 13 May 2026 09:29:04 +0000

> From everything we’ve seen, Pawel’s code is a legal third-party tool that is covered under open source software licensing, and in no way has he “impersonated” Bambu Labs or presented as them at any point.

The name of the software literally has "BambuLabs" in it. Not picking sides, but that's pretty dumb.

Also cease and desist are "easy" to handle, just host your code on a European git hoster or host your own gitlab/codeberg. That USA law doesn't affect EU platforms.

New comment by ranguna in "Iran mulls taking control of all 7 cables passing through Strait of Hormuz"

ranguna — Mon, 11 May 2026 07:54:00 +0000

Sources other than project flower?

New comment by ranguna in "GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused to patch"

ranguna — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:25:52 +0000

For the very specific case where you are connected to that router, yes.

New comment by ranguna in "Make some art with your phone sensors"

ranguna — Thu, 07 May 2026 09:03:12 +0000

Everything works expect the drums

New comment by ranguna in "Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license"

ranguna — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:58:36 +0000

Only for windows, and maybe mac

New comment by ranguna in "Make some art with your phone sensors"

ranguna — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:47:57 +0000

Same, also on a pixel

New comment by ranguna in "GrapheneOS: The Linux kernel is a fundamentally anti-security project"

ranguna — Sat, 02 May 2026 08:14:34 +0000

Wow that's a hard take if I've read one

New comment by ranguna in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"

ranguna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:33:51 +0000

Yeah I wasn't clear with "the author is right", I think they are right to be frustrated, but that doesn't clear their own fault in the matter It's just that it wasn't their fault alone.

This is not a polarizing issue, it's not just the authors fault, or cursors fault, or society's fault. It's everyone's, and we all got something to learn from this.

New comment by ranguna in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"

ranguna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:30:53 +0000

Impossible?

You just have to add a human in the loop for destructive calls. Add an additional TOTP parameter to destructive calls that's generated from the agent UI that requires a human to click a button, which generates a code that's sent to the model and used in the call.

Why do you think this is impossible?

New comment by ranguna in "BYD Seal 08 debuts with Blade Battery 2.0: 1,000km range, 5-min charging, 684hp"

ranguna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:23:58 +0000

How much will it cost in Europe and how did they manage to fit so much energy into their battery pack?

New comment by ranguna in "An AI agent deleted our production database. The agent's confession is below"

ranguna — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:15:49 +0000

I get what your saying, but this is resonating with me and making me feel for the author:

Cursor: we have top notch safeguards for destructive operations, you have our guarantee, we are the best

Author: uses their tools expecting their guarantees to be true (I would expect them to have a confirmation before destructive operation outside their prompt, as a coded system guardrail)

Cursor AI: Does destructive operation without asking

Author: feels betrayed.

So yeah, I think the author is right because they trusted Cursor to have better system guardrails, they didn't (agents shouldn't be able to delete a volume without having a meta-guardrail outside the prompt). Now the author knows and so do we: even if companies say they have good guardrails, never trust them. If it's not your code, you have no guarantees.

New comment by ranguna in "Sauna effect on heart rate"

ranguna — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:34:52 +0000

Strong conclusion that the hardware is precisely imperfect?

New comment by ranguna in "DRAM pricing is killing the hobbyist SBC market"

ranguna — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:30:19 +0000

Single Board Computer

New comment by ranguna in "Kona EV Hacking"

ranguna — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:22:32 +0000

In Europe, sometimes it's just kWh, other times it's kWh and time. After charging is done, it's just time.

New comment by ranguna in "Daily Driving GrapheneOS"

ranguna — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:50:02 +0000

Sure, if you are ok walking around with a card. I've been "walletless" for the past 6 years or so, and I don't want to go back.

Leaving and coming back home and only have to mentally track one object that I can't forget is great. If it breaks, I'll temporarily use cards or physical money until I get a new phone and install everything again.

"Use a card" is not really a good alternative for those that prefer not to use them. Sure it works for you, but not everyone has your preferences of walking around with a wallet.

New comment by ranguna in "Smartphone market forecast to decline this year due to memory shortage"

ranguna — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:33:05 +0000

Extended battery life?

New comment by ranguna in "Daily Driving GrapheneOS"

ranguna — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 09:28:56 +0000

You can pay with a card on your phone? I mean, sure, if you are buying something online. Not with contactless I think

New comment by ranguna in "Jolla phone – a full-stack European alternative"

ranguna — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 10:52:13 +0000

Will it have USB C with DisplayPort alt mode?