Hacker News: simpleintheory

New comment by simpleintheory in "Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]"

simpleintheory — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:00:06 +0000

https://developers.meta.com/horizon/blog/unlocking-oculus-go...

New comment by simpleintheory in "GenCAD"

simpleintheory — Mon, 18 May 2026 01:22:46 +0000

Yeah, TIL, turns out they changed the license: it used to be under https://fonts.google.com/license/productsans

New comment by simpleintheory in "GenCAD"

simpleintheory — Mon, 18 May 2026 00:09:54 +0000

Is this Google-affiliated? The heading font is Product/Google Sans which IIRC only Alphabet is allowed to use and the entire webpage seems to be Google-style but neither of the two named researchers seem to be employed by Google?

New comment by simpleintheory in "Batteries Not Included, or Required, for These Smart Home Sensors"

simpleintheory — Wed, 06 May 2026 14:55:56 +0000

Are you sure it wasn’t one of these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito

Hair Dryer Used to Manipulate Polymarket

simpleintheory — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:19:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/someone-allegedly-used-a-hairdryer-to-rig-polymarket-weather-bets-155312411.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905149

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Australia Mandates Encryption Backdoors

simpleintheory — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 02:39:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830772

Points: 32

# Comments: 6

New comment by simpleintheory in "Google suspended my company's Google cloud account for the third time"

simpleintheory — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:35:14 +0000

I'm not sure whether to be amused or annoyed by this comment (generated in the style of ChatGPT).

New comment by simpleintheory in "Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version"

simpleintheory — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:02:18 +0000

It’s supported for iPads, just locked by software [1].

1: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/deployment/dep9a34c2ba...

New comment by simpleintheory in "ChatGPT-5 Can't Do Basic Math"

simpleintheory — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:42:13 +0000

Can confirm this is happening with the same prompt -- it even tries to justify that 5.9 is less than 5.11 when asked further.

[1] https://chatgpt.com/share/689652e0-c2ac-8004-811b-0856a76fe2...

New comment by simpleintheory in "Running GPT-OSS-120B at 500 tokens per second on Nvidia GPUs"

simpleintheory — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 11:54:35 +0000

That’s because it’s intended as a workstation GPU not one used in servers

New comment by simpleintheory in "TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process"

simpleintheory — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:58:41 +0000

The original link from Nikkei Asia that the 9to5mac article is a repost of has some more information and less generic filler:

Link: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/tsmc-fires-worke...

Archive: https://archive.ph/ta1kq

TikTok prepares US app with its own algorithm and user data

simpleintheory — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:29:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/tiktok-prepares-us-app-with-its-own-algorithm-user-data-2025-07-09/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44531911

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Thefacebook (2004)

simpleintheory — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 21:55:12 +0000

Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20040212031928/https://www.thefacebook.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44229961

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by simpleintheory in "Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996)"

simpleintheory — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:50:39 +0000

Previously discussed:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16299441 (2018)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5387052 (2013)

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3274335 (2011)

New comment by simpleintheory in "Next stop: Miami"

simpleintheory — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:44:48 +0000

I think the most interesting part is that the article says that Waymo's handing its operations to Moove. It seems like Waymo's trying to become a software provider while having other companies handle the capital-intensive parts.

Reducing Instagram's basic video compute time by 94 percent

simpleintheory — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:20:27 +0000

Article URL: https://engineering.fb.com/2022/11/04/video-engineering/instagram-video-processing-encoding-reduction/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41192476

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: What server host do you use for your personal projects?

simpleintheory — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:25:15 +0000

My VPS host is currently experiencing an outage that’s not even listed on the status page, and I’m starting to look at better options. Recommendations?

I’m on the east coast, but suggestions for other regions are appreciated too.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41033601

Points: 8

# Comments: 5