Hacker News: somanyphotons

New comment by somanyphotons in "How to Attend Meetings"

somanyphotons — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:46:34 +0000

Your head might not be, but you might find yourself being unhappily cleaning up a mess for months

New comment by somanyphotons in "Self-hosting a NAT Gateway"

somanyphotons — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:43:39 +0000

Presumably the idea is that if you go ipv6-only you can avoid this cost and just use a firewall?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Homeschooling hits record numbers"

somanyphotons — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:56:52 +0000

Kids (and teachers) generally don't deal with bullies well.

It really just results in them continuing to being bullied, or reacting badly and getting blamed themselves.

New comment by somanyphotons in "FEX-emu – Run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices"

somanyphotons — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:59:08 +0000

What motivates CodeWeavers specifically to work on this?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"

somanyphotons — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:33:35 +0000

I think Apple will be ok with this, it clearly shows Android being less capable/compatible than other iPhones, a bit like blue/green bubbles

New comment by somanyphotons in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"

somanyphotons — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 17:40:58 +0000

Am I right to assume that they simply implemented AirDrop without discussing with Apple?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Ford can't find mechanics for $120K: It takes math to learn a trade"

somanyphotons — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:08:40 +0000

$company can't find high skilled people willing to work for low wages

New comment by somanyphotons in "Steam Machine"

somanyphotons — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 21:04:50 +0000

If they can make it play Microsoft Flight Simulator then that'd be pretty enticing

New comment by somanyphotons in "Steam Machine"

somanyphotons — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:54:16 +0000

Does this suddenly become the best supported ARM desktop?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Steam Machine"

somanyphotons — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 20:54:02 +0000

I'm surprised they went for ARM in the desktop, but for x86 on the handheld. Does this mean the handheld will move to ARM aswell?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity"

somanyphotons — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:41:25 +0000

If a bad spider bite happens, government-provided health care has your back

New comment by somanyphotons in "Mark Zuckerberg Had Illegal School at His Palo Alto Compound. Neighbors Revolted"

somanyphotons — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:45:38 +0000

Kids will slam car doors at dropoff/pickup. It's pretty annoying. I used to live around the corner from a school and parents would use our street for it. They can also cause unexpected heavy traffic if they have some special event.

New comment by somanyphotons in "Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity"

somanyphotons — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 17:32:08 +0000

With free power for 3 hours a day, I'd skip installing solar and I'd buy a ~30kwh battery (2x Ruixu Lithi2-16) and a big inverter.

Charge the batteries in the free time and then use the stored power the rest of the day.

New comment by somanyphotons in "You can't cURL a Border"

somanyphotons — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:14:10 +0000

2 years ago I landed at London City (from Zurich), got off the plane and then we all walked all the way to the exit without being stopped by a single human to check passports or customs. I couldn't believe it.

I am not a British or EU citizen

New comment by somanyphotons in "Another European agency shifts off US Tech as digital sovereignty gains steam"

somanyphotons — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:53:23 +0000

US companies get big first, only then try Europe once they have big revenue/headcount to handle the risk/complexity.

New comment by somanyphotons in "Amazon says it didn't cut people because of money. But because of 'culture'"

somanyphotons — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 17:05:42 +0000

What are the aspects that you're looking for from enterprise-land

New comment by somanyphotons in "Falling panel prices lead to global solar boom, except for the US"

somanyphotons — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:42:48 +0000

What mass of hydrogen is needed per house to last a winter?

New comment by somanyphotons in "Affinity Studio now free"

somanyphotons — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:56:43 +0000

It might be the plan now - but it only takes one Product Manager in 18 months who is looking to push a metric

It's also concerning that you have to be logged in to use a free native app

New comment by somanyphotons in "OpenAI’s promise to stay in California helped clear the path for its IPO"

somanyphotons — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:36:40 +0000

ETFs like VOO will buy it eventually.

It started me wondering if theres an ETF that explicitly avoids the top 20 companies

New comment by somanyphotons in "Apple will phase out Rosetta 2 in macOS 28"

somanyphotons — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:27:18 +0000

> Or make room for a new fat binary for a future "arm64v2" :)

Or, one can dream: RVA23