Hacker News: thebeardisred

New comment by thebeardisred in "Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian"

thebeardisred — Mon, 18 May 2026 20:41:52 +0000

What is this providing over similarly Markdown based open source note taking applications like Joplin? (https://joplinapp.org/)

I've been a huge fan of the fact that my backend sync infrastructure is my own self-hosted S3 bucket with local clients handling the presentation layer.

New comment by thebeardisred in "Stop big tech from making users behave in ways they don't want to"

thebeardisred — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:30:06 +0000

> Dopamine neurons respond not to rewards received but to the uncertainty of whether a reward will arrive: the more unpredictable the outcome, the stronger the signal.

This leads me to think about the idea of procrastination as a mechanism of gambling by the sub-conscious. A subversive way of "raising the stakes on the game" in an attempt to "make things a little bit more interesting."

New comment by thebeardisred in "Dav2d"

thebeardisred — Sun, 03 May 2026 21:30:31 +0000

I've noticed that a number of comments seem to have missed the recursive naming pattern:

    Dav1d AV1 Decoder
    Dav2d AV2 Decoder

Just like "GNU's Not Unix"

LLM 0.32a0 is a major backwards-compatible refactor

thebeardisred — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:50:35 +0000

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/29/llm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47959504

Points: 3

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New comment by thebeardisred in "Plants can sense the sound of rain, a new study finds"

thebeardisred — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:54:36 +0000

I would frame this completely differently: plants evolved around sensing the low level vibration created by rain as a signaling technique for the timing of sprouting.

:shrug: Makes sense to me and doesn't try to turn this into some baffling mystery.

Ada's is Closing June 6th, 2026

thebeardisred — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:12:42 +0000

Article URL: https://adasbooks.com/adas-closing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47909358

Points: 2

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New comment by thebeardisred in "Familiarity is the enemy: On why Enterprise systems have failed for 60 years"

thebeardisred — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:22:45 +0000

For anyone looking for the original - https://web.archive.org/web/20120504065429/http://michaeloch...

(it was easier for me to use in reader mode because it didn't obliterate spacing between words)

New comment by thebeardisred in "The Story of Mel (1983)"

thebeardisred — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:52:14 +0000

Personally, I like this accounting - https://melsloop.com/

AWS would prefer to forget March ever happened in its UAE region

thebeardisred — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:42:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/aws_would_prefer_to_forget/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47545034

Points: 6

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The RISE RISC-V Runners: free, native RISC-V CI on GitHub

thebeardisred — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:17:17 +0000

Article URL: https://riseproject.dev/2026/03/24/announcing-the-rise-risc-v-runners-free-native-risc-v-ci-on-github/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47531576

Points: 143

# Comments: 45

New comment by thebeardisred in "Show HN: An open-source safety net for home hemodialysis"

thebeardisred — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:08:04 +0000

FYI, the "Explore the docs" link in README.md links back to the repo and not actual documentation.

The little shipping company that's making Europe's sanctions look silly

thebeardisred — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/07/mail-tracking-tariffs-berlin-moscow-00798601

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317486

Points: 4

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New comment by thebeardisred in "CasNum"

thebeardisred — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 06:34:01 +0000

"Think of these as your ISA." Thank you good Sir for truly naming this in the clearest, most precise semiotics.

New comment by thebeardisred in "Is AI the Paperclip?"

thebeardisred — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:26:29 +0000

I'm amazed no one has linked the game version - https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/index2.html

AI can 10x developers in creating tech debt

thebeardisred — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:40:40 +0000

Article URL: https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/23/ai-can-10x-developers-in-creating-tech-debt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46740548

Points: 71

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New comment by thebeardisred in "Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows"

thebeardisred — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:03:50 +0000

I watched the video of the cow picking up the brush with it's tongue an immediately thought "cow tools" (which they reference in the article almost immediately after showing the video).

Training large language models on narrow tasks can lead to broad misalignment

thebeardisred — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 06:17:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09937-5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46643565

Points: 5

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The 500k-ton typo: Why data center copper math doesn't add up

thebeardisred — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:53:34 +0000

Article URL: https://investinglive.com/news/the-500000-ton-typo-why-data-center-copper-math-doesnt-add-up-20260113/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46631728

Points: 123

# Comments: 148

New comment by thebeardisred in "Why homeownership in California isn't nearly the financial slam dunk it once was"

thebeardisred — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:27:06 +0000

I recently investigated the feasibility of purchasing a home again, and the data confirmed why I am staying put. My current rent for a 2BR house in Los Angeles is ~$5,500/mo. I analyzed 2+BR/1.5BA properties in my neighborhood on [Site Name] and used Gemini OCR to extract the following statistics for active listings:

   - Range              $8.85 Million ($0.65M to $9.50M)
   - Mean (Average)     $2.425 Million (Sum of $92.16M / 38 properties)
   - Median (Middle)    $2.04 Million
   - Mode (Most Common) $2.50 Million (appears 3 times)

I performed the same analysis for houses sold in the last three months within the same map area, with the following results:

   - Range              $1.155 Million ($0.725M to $1.88M)
   - Mean (Average)     $1.236 Million (Sum of $28.433M / 23 properties)
   - Median (Middle).   $1.25 Million 
   - Mode (Most Common) $1.10 Million (Appears 3 times)

The data confirms the disconnect: the only properties actually moving are those priced near the "least unaffordable" floor. Meanwhile, the bulk of the market is sitting stagnant because sellers are holding out for prices that, at current interest rates, make zero financial sense for a buyer compared to renting.

Why homeownership in California isn't nearly the financial slam dunk it once was