Hacker News: somewhatrandom9

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Barman – Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL"

somewhatrandom9 — Sat, 02 May 2026 16:50:01 +0000

There are other ways to mount S3, but you may want to check out Amazon's new product, S3 files: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/04/amazon-s3...

https://aws.amazon.com/s3/features/files/

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Optimizing Ruby Path Methods"

somewhatrandom9 — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:15:40 +0000

byroot sets a great example sharing his code optimization expertise. His blog has many great improvements like this. A 7x improvement in Dir.join and similar calls?! Thank you, byroot!

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Show HN: Klaus – OpenClaw on a VM, batteries included"

somewhatrandom9 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:32:26 +0000

You may want to also look into AWS's OpenClaw offering (I was surprised to see this): https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-openclaw-on-ama...

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant"

somewhatrandom9 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:29:51 +0000

"Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning."

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Replacement.ai"

somewhatrandom9 — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:13:35 +0000

https://replacement.ai/safety

Bitcoin Whale Shorted $1.1B Right Before Tariffs

somewhatrandom9 — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 23:11:48 +0000

Article URL: https://cryptonews.com/news/early-bitcoin-whale-shorted-1-1b-right-before-tariffs-now-up-27m-how-did-he-know/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45553548

Points: 105

# Comments: 46

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Data Centers Use Huge Amounts of Water – But Few Companies Disclose How Much"

somewhatrandom9 — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 23:56:01 +0000

This piece (at a website I know nothing about) claims AWS next generation data centers will use "closed loop" water systems: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-liquid-cooling-data...

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Pixel 10 Phones"

somewhatrandom9 — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 18:45:19 +0000

The tech specs: https://store.google.com/us/product/pixel_10_specs?hl=en-US Says it has vpn capabilities..But then there is a footnote:

>12. Restrictions apply. Some data is not transmitted through VPN.... See https://g.co/pixel/vpn for details.

Does anyone know what data doesn't go through the vpn?

On the positive side it lists a 24+ hour battery life!! This is huge for me!! ..but it has a footnote, as well

> 6. Battery life depends upon many factors and usage of certain features will decrease battery life. Actual battery life may be lower. Over time, Pixel software will manage battery performance to help maintain battery health as your battery ages. See https://g.co/pixel/battery-tests and https://g.co/pixel/batteryhealth for details.

Which I guess is understandable

Ruby: Unlocking Ractors: generic instance variables

somewhatrandom9 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:36:06 +0000

Article URL: https://byroot.github.io/ruby/performance/2025/08/11/unlocking-ractors-generic-variables.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44876767

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Tell HN: GPT means I farted in French

somewhatrandom9 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:50:39 +0000

Someone French told me to say, "chat GPT" in French. I said chat jay-pay-tay. Well in French J'ai pété means "I farted". I didn't realize that!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44869326

Points: 6

# Comments: 2

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Pixel 6a gets a mandatory Android update next week with battery reduction"

somewhatrandom9 — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 02:27:04 +0000

The Google Pixel 6a was released on July 21, 2022. A perfectly fine phone artificially obsoleted in 3 years? Time to switch to Apple?

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "I deleted my second brain"

somewhatrandom9 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 14:03:24 +0000

I enjoyed the piece, but wonder if the author could have found some benefit if they used the corpus to train an (ideally locally-run (for privacy)) ai - so that questions could be asked of it and some value extracted..

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway"

somewhatrandom9 — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:30:56 +0000

Speaking to a European woman, she said she was not surprised women would pay more not to be harassed. I guess in her country there is more of that. Me, I enjoy human interaction, but the European female angle on taxi "safety" was something I hadn't considered.

New comment by somewhatrandom9 in "Myths and Facts Regarding Low-Carbohydrate Diets"

somewhatrandom9 — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 18:45:26 +0000

I found being on a keto diet reduced inflammation and very healthily decreased my appetite, so I lost weight. I also avoided eating fatty foods like bacon. The problem was that after two months it made me thirsty as hell at night and I had to drink lots of water, then I would have to wake up to pee and be thirsty again, so I'd drink more and the cycle repeated. So it was unsustainable for me because of this insomnia. Otherwise, it felt very healthy to me and my cholesterol and triglycerides went to healthy levels.