Hacker News: wyclif

New comment by wyclif in "The Strongest El Niño Ever"

wyclif — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:04:30 +0000

Europeans are more accepting of being sweaty during the day.

New comment by wyclif in "Show HN: Brolly, a plain-text weather forecast site"

wyclif — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:23:27 +0000

Heads up, in a lot of locations the city is doubled up (displayed twice). Otherwise, I like it a lot and I have it saved to my weather bookmarks.

Dragon Labs CR-8: An 8-Channel Coherent SDR Crowdfunding Soon

wyclif — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:59:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rtl-sdr.com/dragon-labs-cr-8-an-8-channel-coherent-sdr-crowdfunding-soon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48984114

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by wyclif in "Is this the end of the once-mighty GoPro?"

wyclif — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:36:53 +0000

This article is not very satisfying to read, because it doesn't explore the reasons why GoPro is on the ropes.

British coder who revolutionised Ukraine's drone army on paternity leave

wyclif — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:33:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-occamx-software-vkrmmg6gl

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958026

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by wyclif in "AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn"

wyclif — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:59:41 +0000

The reason why Roger Ebert or Gene Siskel's reviews had value is because they were real people with carefully considered and sometimes strongly-held opinions. That's never going to be true of the algo.

New comment by wyclif in "AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn"

wyclif — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:01:29 +0000

Ghost jobs are a real thing, and they create so much noise and make it harder to find the signal when job searching. Also, a lot of job search websites don't even have a category for "remote anywhere." When they say "remote" what that usually means is "remote in the USA" or "remote in the EU" which isn't helpful to someone living outside of those regions.

New comment by wyclif in "Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux (2019)"

wyclif — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 14:15:01 +0000

I've had this bookmarked since 2016, and have referred to it many times over the years.

New comment by wyclif in "My favorite keyboards"

wyclif — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:38:27 +0000

My fave keyboard is the IBM Model M SSK. I started out with the full sized Model M, but the keypad got to be a bit too much and as I was making several geographical moves as a young person, I wanted something that saved space on my desk.

In a way, I agree with you that buckling spring keyboards are a novelty now but back then they were a revelation, and once you start using a keyboard with high tactile feedback and positive keyclick you won't want to go back.

I still have my Model M SSK, but these days I use a LoFree Flow84, which is a smoother, quieter experience. And it has absolutely the best space bar I've ever used on any keyboard.

New comment by wyclif in "The US Army Issued Ocarinas to Soldiers in World War II"

wyclif — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:03:41 +0000

You can get them in all sorts of shapes and sizes

Indeed. I mentioned Hind above. Charlie Hind makes soprano, alto, tenor, bass, and double ocarinas, made from rosewood, cocobola, and other woods. [I'm not affiliated at all; just a fan of his products]: https://hindocarina.com/sweet_potato.shtml

New comment by wyclif in "The US Army Issued Ocarinas to Soldiers in World War II"

wyclif — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:58:35 +0000

Ocarina? Immediate clickbait for me; one of my hobbies is playing obscure musical instruments. I have one of these, made of rosewood. Great if you're a little bit more serious about learning, and highly recommended (by me): https://hindocarina.com/sweet_potato.shtml

New comment by wyclif in "A man was gifted his dream car by Kevin Mitnick, who he helped put in prison"

wyclif — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:44:28 +0000

That 2002 Wired article is still behind a paywall. Shameful.

New comment by wyclif in "Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi"

wyclif — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:38:25 +0000

It is definitely a better fit because Stow was never intended to function as a manager for dotfiles under version control.

New comment by wyclif in "Giant Banana Pulled Over: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s of Times"

wyclif — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:32:06 +0000

IANAL, and would like to believe that what you say is true, but I think in most jurisdictions "reasonable suspicion" that the vehicle was not street legal would float as justification for a stop.

New comment by wyclif in "Show HN: Shumai – open-source Frame.io alternative for creative work"

wyclif — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:28:35 +0000

Interestingly, shumai (or "siomai" if in the Philippines) is a type of traditional Cantonese meat dumpling from China made of ground pork.

New comment by wyclif in "The Traditional Vi"

wyclif — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:25:11 +0000

It's still very much alive.

New comment by wyclif in "The Traditional Vi (2007)"

wyclif — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:55:30 +0000

Did they say "zz" or specify [capital] "ZZ"?

New comment by wyclif in "Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi"

wyclif — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:28:59 +0000

I wrote a short post about this a while back: https://stoddart.github.io/development/tools/open-source/rev...

This one is good, though, and very thorough—even though it's Mac-centric.

Qantas plans a 22-hour London-Sydney nonstop flight, set for October next year

wyclif — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:24:08 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/australia-qantas-longest-flight-sydney-london-4909f75c692b83cbe3b9e443ca3341a3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588608

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by wyclif in "Has AI already killed self-help nonfiction books?"

wyclif — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:45:18 +0000

Tim Ferriss has been called out on these "ironies" for years now: https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/01/08/5-time-management-...