Hacker News: tkfoss

New comment by tkfoss in "New research suggests people can communicate and practice skills while dreaming"

tkfoss — Fri, 01 May 2026 19:27:37 +0000

tl:dr "Andrillon warned against trying to harness the sleeping mind in the service of the waking world." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-024-00276-0

New comment by tkfoss in "Apple randomly closes bug reports unless you "verify" the bug remains unfixed"

tkfoss — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:23:41 +0000

What about OSS weekend ?

New comment by tkfoss in "Big data on the cheapest MacBook"

tkfoss — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:11:13 +0000

sorry, thanks for the answer!

New comment by tkfoss in "Overcoming the friendship recession"

tkfoss — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 23:09:45 +0000

I m 6'4", bearded, and as my wife says, with "constant bitter brooding face" - most people in every day life are unwelcoming and suspicious towards me xd, and while having very cute daughter for sure helps immensely, just interacting with kiddos the right way ultimately lowers peoples guard, and even if kiddos are not around, you have to win over the trust & respect. To some it comes easy, others have to work for it, but it does get better, and you build the social circle. Don't get left out over initial resistance! Bring your kiddo and bring extra snacks

New comment by tkfoss in "Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application"

tkfoss — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:11:29 +0000

This guys videos are up to date and always great too, if anyone missed them https://www.youtube.com/@MangoJellySolutions

New comment by tkfoss in "Overcoming the friendship recession"

tkfoss — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:57:59 +0000

In the past 3 years I got married and got a kid. Both mine and my wifes social situation went 180, and now we are one of those couples you saw in the park. The kids and kid problems become new shared interest, you meet bunch of people, with similar shared experience, and you end up connecting on other fronts as well. eg - I m in high rise, parking next to an interesting winter beater every day for 2 years, and now I know the guy because our wifes meet on the playground. Turns out he also likes 3d printers and CNCs and has many ideas :)

But even before this, through wife and her hobbies (dance, pottery etc) I had chance to meet many people and their partners and through them their friends etc. Then it becomes a choice whether you will get up and go see others or pick your screen.

New comment by tkfoss in "Can I run AI locally?"

tkfoss — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:57:49 +0000

Nice UI, but crap data, probably llm generated.

New comment by tkfoss in "Big Data on the Cheapest MacBook"

tkfoss — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 18:22:41 +0000

Doubt this is getting answered :)

New comment by tkfoss in "I started programming when I was 7. I'm 50 now and the thing I loved has changed"

tkfoss — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:48:23 +0000

A lot of people go through the life never experiencing deep dedication and intimate relationship with something or someone. I noticed its often children who had less toys & space and learned to pay attention to every nook and crazy, letting their imagination fill the boredom, tend to appreciate things more deeply later in life.

New comment by tkfoss in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

tkfoss — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:45:33 +0000

Why don't you have a few extra children for societal benefit, being aware of the importance thereof?

New comment by tkfoss in "10 years of personal finances in plain text files"

tkfoss — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:28:01 +0000

How many hours a year do you spend to make the money? How many hours is ok to spend then managing that money?

New comment by tkfoss in "He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, his quest is nearly over"

tkfoss — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:46:01 +0000

I imagine world like savannas -- don't tease the lions, avoid packs of hyenas and you ll be mostly fine.

New comment by tkfoss in "Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers"

tkfoss — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 21:02:10 +0000

95,95,95,{depends on the country, from 30 to 100}

New comment by tkfoss in "Guarding My Git Forge Against AI Scrapers"

tkfoss — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:56:15 +0000

I read it as small compared to total population affected by the block

New comment by tkfoss in "Making tiny 0.1cc two stroke engine from scratch"

tkfoss — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 10:37:39 +0000

Work with few engines and you ll hear most of problems right away

New comment by tkfoss in "After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers"

tkfoss — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:22:20 +0000

> It is about space, laptops don't really have the same luxury as PC.

Whats the difference, really? If your laptop CPU and RAM are socketed you can replace/upgrade. If mobos and peripherals were standardized you'd see macs with thinkpad keyboards, and thinkpads with mac internals.

New comment by tkfoss in "Greeting Vocalizations in Domestic Cats Are More Frequent with Male Caregivers"

tkfoss — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:10:56 +0000

I haven't seen a single convincing example yet, do you mind sharing some?

New comment by tkfoss in "After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers"

tkfoss — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:55:13 +0000

> No space in there to make it easy to drop in a totally different engine with just a few hookups.

It's not about the space, but rather standards and engineering. Old flip phone was as busy around the battery as is modern smartphone. It's hard to change a dying battery if its glued in behind a solid case, no matter the device.

New comment by tkfoss in "Google unkills JPEG XL?"

tkfoss — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:49:18 +0000

I'm familiar with the concept[1], but I'm unsure if it's a good showcase of code complexity. I've tested some internal microservices I'm deeply familiar with and found no correlation...

[1] for the past ~15 years actually, got introduced to the concept through works of mr. Hutter, after becoming aware of his Prize, and I'm dabbling in compression to this day (right now trying to improve on Bellard's nncp)

New comment by tkfoss in "Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business"

tkfoss — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:45:20 +0000

Just bought one last week, sadly not many options left for 2.5" SSDs