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New comment by simonjgreen in "Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5"

simonjgreen — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:12:47 +0000

This might be the first time I’ve favourited a post without upvoting it.

This is really sus. I’d love a more detailed explanation and “take” from AA on what problem they felt needed correcting and why things have shuffled the way they have. And how they can claim their index has relevance if positions can be switched around so easily.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Type Server Protocol"

simonjgreen — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 21:10:58 +0000

So… not out of charity then?

Pax8 Launches 8os

simonjgreen — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 05:20:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/news-post/pax8-launches-8os-the-first-agentic-workforce-operating-system-for-partners-and-their-small-business-customers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50161646

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Don't be one of them (Use your release notes)

simonjgreen — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:08:06 +0000

Article URL: https://sjg.io/writing/dont-be-one-of-them/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50131798

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by simonjgreen in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

simonjgreen — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:46:45 +0000

It’s definitely not a good thing :D

The credits cost a fortune

New comment by simonjgreen in "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"

simonjgreen — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:12:57 +0000

It’s funny, I’ve never enforced a dress code at a company I’ve operated and yet nobody turned up to work naked. Weird.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

simonjgreen — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:10:31 +0000

We did this at a local makerspace on an old medical laser for tattoo removal (we wanted to use it for non medical purposes). It was pretty trivial, the credits mechanism was as low tech as you might expect :) it used a mifare classic card in a slot and simply deducted credits from a counter until 0.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

simonjgreen — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:08:24 +0000

A lot of hospital and lab equipment has worked like this for a long time. Often done with “credits” on a mag card, smart card, usb, or something downloaded. I definitely recall seeing floppy disks in use for it way back…

This is because, in some cases, the machine is actually rented or leased and the maintenance and supply costs are charged based on usage rather than as capex. Maintaining these machines is not cheap, especially calibration and testing.

New comment by simonjgreen in "WSL3 Performance is about 5-60% faster than WSL2 depending on the workload"

simonjgreen — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:48:59 +0000

Delightful way to write off an enormous cohort of people and huge variety of work.

New comment by simonjgreen in "How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with AI [video]"

simonjgreen — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:23:00 +0000

I suggest that while many people might express that they have no interest at all in art, that doesn't mean that they don't passively recognise it and reap the benefits of high-quality design.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:17:32 +0000

That’s beautiful. As is the mentioned Bindicator!

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:44:03 +0000

s/claude/codex

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 11:43:14 +0000

That’s nuts. Where is ‘here’?

New comment by simonjgreen in "How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with AI [video]"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:43:00 +0000

Just stumbled on this on YouTube and was compelled to share. This is the best (relatively) short form piece I’ve seen on avoiding AI slop while simultaneously embracing the gifts of AI

How to scale intent, quality, and artistry with AI [video]

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 08:41:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLvFTMtw4Jk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951891

Points: 106

# Comments: 51

Blackbody: Scientific OLED Wallpapers

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:51:51 +0000

Article URL: https://alistair-roberts.co.uk/blackbody

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49951632

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:03:26 +0000

It is indeed a typo! Thanks.

Interestingly I’ve used Zigbee for well over a decade, tried easily over a hundred different devices, built others homes, and I’d never encountered this battery size until this project!

Will fix the typo later

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 07:00:48 +0000

Well that’s fascinating. The answer is a small amount was Claude written, like one of the image captions when I had it find the render and insert it, and I had it do a brief grammar and spelling check, but very little. Most of those chunks that tool has flagged were 100% handwritten.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 06:57:04 +0000

It’s in there, specifically noting that I am going to be watching that over the coming weeks.

The BLE tags I previously used lasted about 2 years of a CR2045. These are much larger CRs, and I have tuned it right down on the report timing when stationary, so I am anticipating more than 2 years.

New comment by simonjgreen in "Surely you have ultra-wideband radios on your bins too?"

simonjgreen — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 23:41:51 +0000

Kinda liking this idea :)

I’ve not played with vision models much. I did some experiments with OpenCV and Processing many years ago, but times have changed.

I think you just wrote me next weekend project ;)