Hacker News: self

New comment by self in "Toit v2.0.0"

self — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:38:51 +0000

Think of it as a runtime + scheduler that you deploy programs to ESP32 devices. It gives you the ability to run multiple programs simultaneously (with isolation) and remote updates. The language compiles to bytecode; the developers have lots of experience writing VMs for constrained devices; see https://www.theregister.com/software/2004/07/27/forgotten-la... for something that predates V8 and Dart.

HGATE – Human-Guided AI-Assisted Traceable Engineering

self — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:40:05 +0000

Article URL: https://mali-tintash.github.io/hgate/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50178696

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by self in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

self — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:12:06 +0000

I had to upgrade from an M1 Pro with 16 GB to an M4 Pro with 24 GB last year because one of my work projects at the time needed multiple docker instances, and 16 GB wasn't enough. This year 24 GB isn't enough for a few AI models, but there's no budget for an upgrade...

My home "servers" don't do much but 8 GB or 16 GB of RAM is enough them, for now (Linux).

New comment by self in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

self — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:04:28 +0000

> One problem is that you need Firefox because safari doesn’t peppery do ad blocking.

ublock origin lite is on the app stores (both mac and i-devices), and works reasonably well.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ublock-origin-lite/id674534269...

New comment by self in "Air Theremin – a browser theremin you play by waving at your webcam"

self — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:38:18 +0000

There's a button next to "gyro" labeled "hands." Click on it, and the browser will ask for the camera permission. For me (Chrome, mac), I had to click on the "cal" button next to it the first time to actually switch to the camera.

Symbolics Genera now available free for non-commercial use (inv-only early beta)

self — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:16:59 +0000

Article URL: https://hachyderm.io/@gmpalter/117044268951603975

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49190805

Points: 19

# Comments: 2

New comment by self in "IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center"

self — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:21:34 +0000

There was a building hit near the data center on the first day of the war and that took down one AZ (unfortunately, two of my three EC2 instances were in that AZ). The hit on April 1 pretty much took it all down. Fortunately I had relatively up-to-date backups (both within 24 hours before each outage) so all I lost was a little email (spam) and some libera chat logs. I've moved to ap-southeast-1, which means trading a ~ 60ms ping to ~ 110ms.

The CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers

self — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:58:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48994063

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

The University in the AI Era

self — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 10:19:30 +0000

Article URL: https://htmx.org/essays/universities-and-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717280

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Foundry-5: browser puzzle game that teaches you real RISC-V assembly

self — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:25:57 +0000

Article URL: https://atticarun.itch.io/foundry-5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588632

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by self in "RISC-V and Floating-Point"

self — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:50:35 +0000

You buy a https://www.spacemit.com/products/keystone/k3 board. A few links:

- https://sipeed.com/k3

- https://milkv.io/jupiter2-dev-kit

More here: https://redd.it/1tcrx4o

New comment by self in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

self — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:37:50 +0000

They cost under $500/launcher: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/one-for-history-books...

$300/launcher here: https://www.un.org/depts/los/nippon/unnff_programme_home/fel...

A decade ago it wasn't terrorist groups funding them.

New comment by self in "An update on rust-coreutils for Ubuntu 26.04"

self — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:15:56 +0000

> cp, mv, and rm continue to be provided by GNU coreutils in 26.04. These utilities have remaining open TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) issues (8 as of Apr 22, 2026) that need to be resolved before we are confident shipping them.

An update on rust-coreutils for Ubuntu 26.04

self — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:09:17 +0000

Article URL: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-rust-coreutils/80773

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47873317

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Kerala, Breasts, and the Tax That Wasn't

self — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 16:53:02 +0000

Article URL: https://waatcoconut.substack.com/p/kerala-breasts-and-the-tax-that-wasnt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732066

Points: 8

# Comments: 5

New comment by self in "Emacs Hugo Theme"

self — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:38:28 +0000

A Hugo theme that transforms your blog into an Emacs-like experience with buffer management, keyboard navigation, and authentic styling.

Blog post: https://blog.aheymans.xyz/post/hugo-emacs-theme/

Emacs Hugo Theme

self — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:38:28 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/hugo-emacs-theme

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859529

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

I got paid minimum wage to solve an impossible problem

self — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:15:34 +0000

Article URL: https://tiespetersen.substack.com/p/i-got-paid-minimum-wage-to-solve

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46536753

Points: 11

# Comments: 3

New comment by self in "I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon"

self — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:55:51 +0000

> Would it still be possible to participate in conversations, would people still be able to subscribe to you?

Yes. I follow several remote users who default to "unlisted" posts. (To be honest, I don't know if they're unlisted or follower-only posts -- I can't tell.)

New comment by self in "Solarpunk is happening in Africa"

self — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 11:05:29 +0000

Extending the grid to power a remote village is not the same thing as the villagers running their own microgrid.