<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: throwaway_ab</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwaway_ab</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:10:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=throwaway_ab" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The original design was that the body would be made from these panels. The exoskeleton structure.<p>The Cybertruck that was released did not have that, instead the panels are just normal body parts connected to a standard car frame underneath - like any other car.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 17:50:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50395710</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50395710</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50395710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hi honestlyranked you might want to reach out to the mods, your comments are dead. I think you are meant to put info in the submitted post text field, not in the comments, I could be wrong!</p>
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<p>Do you mind me asking what type of system do you use for keeping these notes, the 30mb text corpus with conversations and journaling? Are you using txt, an app like Logseq? I flip flop between apps for this sort of thing and then annoyingly the building of a "system" sucks up my time rather than writing and logging and reflecting. It's a struggle for me any advice would be much appreciated :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:16:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737565</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737565</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "It's hard to justify Tahoe icons"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's hard to justify snowflake animations on your website...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:14:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497887</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497887</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Azure hit by 15 Tbps DDoS attack using 500k IP addresses"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not sure how this would work, if you blocked those IPv6, the mostly innocent companies and people that are now blocked will be in short order getting a new IPv6 assigned by the ISP after a support call.<p>I was under the impression that these botnets still rely on vulnerable computers, which have a human that will be calling support asking for the issue to be resolved.<p>Then it needs an ISP to figure out the issue and ask the client to sort out their compromised computer, but unlikely the ISP will stop a paying customer from internet access especially if it's not clear why their original assigned IPv6 is blocked.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:50:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45963187</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45963187</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45963187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah this is true and a good point. As an Australian when the government passed that law it hurt so much, like a betrayal of enormous magnitude, it's disgusting.<p>I suppose one difference is that I can fight the government legally on the issue and am more free in many ways to resist, especially as I'm not employed by the state.<p>But I do agree, on the scale (0-1?) of how much your government can take away your liberty (when you haven't committed a crime) and compel you commit crimes, most western countries probably sit around 0.01 to 0.05 maybe, North Korea sits around 0.98 to 0.99 and Australia probably 0.4<p>Thanks for bringing that up, Australia seems to be the test state for how many draconian laws a "free" society will bare, and it is terrifying.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2025 06:39:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43618950</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43618950</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43618950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "North Korean IT workers have infiltrated the Fortune 500"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A flagged post mentions this is racist and typical anti immigration rhetoric.<p>That's not true, there are only two types of North Korean people you'll meet, either those that have defected and escaped North Korea or those that are agents of the state of North Korea.<p>There are very few defectors in existence and once they escape they're given full South Korean citizenship. This article is not about those people.<p>The vast majority of North Koreans outside North Korea are not defectors, instead they are controlled state assets. There are no North Korean people outside the country that are free citizens. Every single North Korean authorised to leave the country is working directly for their government often to raise money for the regime, to steal IP, to infiltrate for some nefarious purpose.<p>Having one of these North Korean active assets in your company is extremely dangerous, your business is now at risk of leaks, theft, or worst something being modified like added vulnerabilities that could be exploited later in cyber attacks.<p>So no, this article is not racist at all and really has nothing to do with the recent political situation.</p>
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<p>I wonder what other health measurements could be obtained with this technology? Sending radar through the wrist seems like a method that could observe much more information, although I am not sure which.</p>
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<p>What's the website? I'm interested in having a look :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 11:36:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41887240</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41887240</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41887240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Artificial intelligence is losing hype"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find LLM's great for:<p>- Getting over the blank canvas hurdle, this is great for kick starting a small project and even if the code isn't amazing, it gets my brain to the "start writing code and thinking about algo/data-structures/interesting-problem" rather than being held up at the "Where to begin?" Metaphorically where to place my first stroke, this helps somewhat.<p>- Sometimes LLM has helped when stuck on issues but this is hit and miss, more specifically it will often show a solution that jogs my brain and gets me there, "oh yeah of course" however I've noticed I'm more in than state when tired and need sleep, so the LLM might let me push a bit longer making up for tired brain. However this is more harmful to be honest without the LLM I go to sleep and then magically like brains do solve 4 hours of issues in 20 minutes after waking up.<p>So LLM might be helping in ways that actually indicate you should sleep as brain is slooooowwwwing down</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308969</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308969</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Artificial intelligence is losing hype"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find LLM's great for:<p>- Getting over the blank canvas hurdle, this is great for kick starting a small project and even if the code isn't amazing, it gets my brain to the "start writing code and thinking about algo/data-structures/interesting-problem" rather than being held up at the "Where to begin?" Metaphorically where to place my first stroke, this helps somewhat.<p>- Sometimes LLM has helped when stuck on issues but this is hit and miss, more specifically it will often show a solution that jogs my brain and gets me there, "oh yeah of course" however I've noticed I'm more in than state when tired and need sleep, so the LLM might let me push a bit longer making up for tired brain. However this is more harmful to be honest without the LLM I go to sleep and then magically like brains do solve 4 hours of issues in 20 minutes after waking up.<p>So LLM might be helping in ways that actually indicate you should sleep as brain is slooooowwwwing down</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2024 10:56:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308968</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308968</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Pixel smartphones delivered with secret but inactive remote maintenance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If the underlying OS has a remote access vulnerability wouldn't that compromise every VM OS running on top?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2024 11:19:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41265274</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41265274</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41265274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Launch HN: Airhart Aeronautics (YC S22) – A modern personal airplane"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A few thoughts:<p>- Enable fall back controls where the pilot can input "traditional" controls when the more advanced system is degraded, even though it's all fly by wire their should still be inputs that fully mimic a traditional cockpit and ability to use this system should be allowed if the pilot requires it.<p>- Drop any focus or marketing on getting more people flying, if the ease of use of your aircraft is such that pilots who otherwise would not be qualified to fly now can fly, this is a recipe for disaster.<p>- Instead, focus on bringing a higher quality aircraft to market for pilots who want a more capable system, this cannot do any harm imo.<p>- Any system that lowers mental workload so that more focus can go into other areas of flying is welcome, just ensure there is always a method to fly the aircraft without the "auto" magic, there should always be controls that give raw control if needed even modern fly by wire commercial airliners have this fall back ability.</p>
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<p>How would a server/workstation like this be setup?<p>I thought you could only use the vram on the GPU, so for 700GB you would need 8-9 A100 nodes as 2 only gives 160GB.<p>I've been trying to figure out how to build a local system to run inference and train on top of LLM models, I thought there was no way to add vram to a system outside of adding more and more GPU's or use system ram (DDR5) even though that would be considerably slower.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2024 19:23:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40684095</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40684095</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40684095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "How Meta trains large language models at scale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm only aware of Nvidia AI Enterprise and that isn't required to run the GPU.<p>I think it's aimed at medium to large corporations.<p>Massive corporations such as Meta and OpenAI would build their own cloud and not rely on this.<p>The GPU really is a shovel, and can be used without any subscription.<p>Don't get me wrong, I want there to be competition with Nvidia, I want more access for open source and small players to run and train AI on competitive hardware at our own sites.<p>But no one is competing, no one has any idea what they're doing. Nvidia has no competition whatsoever, no one is even close.<p>This lets Nvidia get away with adding more vram onto an AI specific GPU and increase the price by 10x.<p>This lets Nvidia remove NVLink from current gen consumer cards like the 4090.<p>This lets Nvidia use their driver licence to prevent cloud platforms from offering consumers cards as a choice in datacenters.<p>If Nvidia had a shred of competition things would be much better.</p>
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<p>Wouldn't that be renting a shovel vs selling a shovel?</p>
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<p>I think it's likely Nvidia's GPU's, many of which are $50,000+ for a single unit, far surpass Google's custom silicon otherwise why wouldn't Google be selling shovels like Nvidia?<p>If Google had a better chip, or even a chip that was close, they would sell it to anyone and everyone.<p>From a quick search I can see Google's custom chips are 15x to 30x slower to train AI compared to Nvidia's current latest gen AI specific GPU's.</p>
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<p>Works for me on iPhone.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:41:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40542935</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40542935</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40542935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Most of Europe is glowing pink under the aurora"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In the dark notice how much light comes from a phone and how much that illuminates the person holding the phone.<p>A car headlight shining your way from hundreds of meters even over 1km will often illuminate that person far more than their phone screen.<p>So if the phone screen is enough to undo the hour long eyes adjusting to the dark duration, then the car headlights at almost any realistic distance causes an undo.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2024 02:01:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40325473</link><dc:creator>throwaway_ab</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40325473</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40325473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwaway_ab in "Intel Brags of $152B in Stock Buybacks. Why Does It Need an $8B Subsidy?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For them to be effective at returning money to shareholders, the action of buying stock is intended to take stock out of supply thus increasing share price value. Exactly as you say.<p>Yet, this is clearly a form of stock manipulation, as it's an action to manipulate the share price.<p>Whilst it is stock manipulation, it's debatable if it should be legal.<p>I believe it should be legal, it's an efficient way to increase share value without adding to someone's income, thus often carries no immediate taxable obligation.<p>However one could argue that these methods of moving wealth around without taxable events triggering adds to the fuel for calls to tax unrealised gains on all stock.<p>So in the long run we are all worse off.<p>Those laws will likely come regardless, as a way to fight the billionaire class, so stopping stock buybacks at this stage is unlikely to do anything.</p>
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