Hacker News: thebruce87m

New comment by thebruce87m in "Asahi Linux Progress Linux 7.3"

thebruce87m — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:03:02 +0000

For me the definition of actively hostile would require a locked down device that needs an exploit/jailbreak to install and a cat&mouse patch/exploit cycle - but it seems that Apple intentionally designed this to be allowed - what is giving you the “actively hostile” impression?

New comment by thebruce87m in "Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions"

thebruce87m — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:28:42 +0000

42 years since I was born in the UK and never heard the term, also it can’t be a term for England/Britain since England and Britain are not interchangeable.

New comment by thebruce87m in "OBS Studio 33"

thebruce87m — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 10:00:17 +0000

Out of interest- what is your recommended path for this? I mean the path of least resistance where I don’t even have to check out the code locally or similar.

New comment by thebruce87m in "You said no MCP"

thebruce87m — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:51:24 +0000

Thanks. It sounded like something more since you asked it to look in a few minutes time. I’m not familiar with the cli tool (I just use vscode) but I assumed it was openclaw you were using or something.

New comment by thebruce87m in "You said no MCP"

thebruce87m — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:30:54 +0000

How are you interacting with Claude for this?

New comment by thebruce87m in "BYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada"

thebruce87m — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:08:45 +0000

I don’t disagree with that, but that doesn’t change the fact that overstay fees currently do exist on some EV chargers, e.g. Tesla chargers. I’d also not like to regress and have to wait that extra 5 minutes if possible since I don’t have to currently do that - plug in, leave the car and by the time I’m finished eating (20 mins) it’s ready.

It is also expected that you move your car immediately after filling (then paying) an ICE, in my country at least. Sometimes this can mean people waiting a few extra minutes for them to move their car while they go in to pay.

New comment by thebruce87m in "BYD looking to build 5-minute EV charging network in Canada"

thebruce87m — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:47:08 +0000

I wonder what the optimal charge time really is - 5 minutes is short enough that you might have to stay with the car then move it to avoid overstay fines.

If you are stopping for 20 minutes for a bathroom break and a snack every 2 or 3 hours on a long trip that might actually add 5 minutes each time.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Decompiling a Nintendo 64 game in 84 days"

thebruce87m — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 17:56:23 +0000

Mildly related, but I have been waiting for goldeneye to be decompiled for a while but before that process has finished there is has been a spiritual successor(?) made that has scratched the single-player itch for me: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1574480/Agent_64_Spies_Ne...

Worth a look if you want a bit of nostalgia.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Could AIs Become Conscious?"

thebruce87m — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:04:27 +0000

Yes. A sperm isn’t conscious, and neither is an egg, but what they create eventually becomes conscious( in humans anyway ) - so therefore consciousness can emerge in something that doesn’t have it already.

Given the correct modifications I don’t see why Microsoft Word couldn’t be, although the modifications needed wouldn’t leave the word processing part a bit redundant.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Auto-research with codex: How I achieved a 232x Faster Kernel"

thebruce87m — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:04:01 +0000

What’s the best way to loop it?

New comment by thebruce87m in "England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C"

thebruce87m — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:16:32 +0000

Really? Perth? You can go on uninterrupted 70mph roads from London to Perth.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Waymo CEO explains why Tesla’s camera-only self-driving falls short"

thebruce87m — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:35:09 +0000

> you need to calculate the Z from multiple cameras.

You can get 3D depth estimation from a single 2D image but I don’t know how good it is for automotive.

https://huggingface.co/tasks/depth-estimation

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 13:46:29 +0000

Pushing electrons around quickly is only part of the charging experience.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:28:11 +0000

I think the plug situation in the US is different and they only just settled on a standard which is what I assume the parent comment is talking about.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:31:52 +0000

(Up to) 250kW is fine in my Model Y - it’s always charged by the time my family has refreshed on a long trip.

Ironically - if it was faster I’d need to go move it in the middle of the bathroom/food stop.

In the UK most EVs use the standard CCS2 plug.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Europe EV Sales BEVs Jump 50% & Reach 26% Market Share"

thebruce87m — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:06:00 +0000

Best charging experience and best software experience.

Note: I do not want this to be true. Other companies please copy what Tesla has done with both of these. You’ve had years to do this and failed.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Why is everyone trying to build a solid-state battery?"

thebruce87m — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:46:15 +0000

AA battery size is black holes. Can’t quite get the technology to scale for AAA so you still have to swap the TV remote.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Vehicle Motion Cues"

thebruce87m — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 09:27:37 +0000

I think two accelerometers would do it at different ends of the phone. Normal hand-based motion will rarely include a sustained exact acceleration in one direction on both of these at the same time e.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines"

thebruce87m — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 12:15:25 +0000

I imagine Nintendo is a bit more like malfunctioning ED-209 in the office scene than a person with a rifle.

New comment by thebruce87m in "Japan develops a method to recover up to 90% of lithium from used EV batteries"

thebruce87m — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:19:16 +0000

Is this human slop?