Hacker News: xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=xyzzy3000Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:13:43 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car"]]>The wheel in the photo is on the left, which is wrong in Japan. Domestic Japanese vehicles have the steering wheel on the right.

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:42:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542045xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542045https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542045<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "The Last Surviving Japanese Porsche 912 Police Car"]]>The car in the article has the steering wheel on the left, which is the wrong side for vehicles driving on the left-hand side of the road. Domestically-produced cars in both the UK and Japan have the steering wheel on the right.

]]>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:41:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542019xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542019https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542019<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Thought-Terminating Cliché"]]>"The proof of the pudding is in the eating".

]]>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:07:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947743xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947743https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46947743<![CDATA[WebGL Raytracer]]>Article URL: https://oseiskar.github.io/webgl-raytracer/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808167

Points: 3

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]]>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 10:23:52 +0000https://oseiskar.github.io/webgl-raytracer/xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808167https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46808167<![CDATA[UK gambling regulator accuses Meta of lying about struggle to spot illegal ads]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/uk_gambling_comission_criticizes_meta/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46689525

Points: 5

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]]>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 08:56:03 +0000https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/uk_gambling_comission_criticizes_meta/xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46689525https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46689525<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop"]]>RISC OS has the concept of "OS units" which don't map directly onto pixels 1:1, and it was possible to fiddle with the ratio on the RiscPC from 1994 onwards, giving reasonably-scaled windows and icons in high-resolution modes such as 1080p.

It's hinted at in this tutorial, but you'd have to go through the Programmer's Reference Manual for the full details: https://www.stevefryatt.org.uk/risc-os/wimp-prog/window-theo...

RISC OS 3.5 (1994) was still 2MB in size, supplied on ROM.

]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 20:13:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176265xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176265https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176265<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Tiny Core Linux: a 23 MB Linux distro with graphical desktop"]]>That's only RISC OS 2 though. RISC OS 3 was 2MB, and even 3.7 didn't have everything in ROM as Acorn had introduced the !Boot directory for softloading a large amount of 'stuff' at boot time.

]]>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 17:35:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175056xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175056https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46175056<![CDATA[Trial by jury is a right that needs protecting]]>Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/786f8412-641e-4029-aafe-5d74f6744980

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126127

Points: 31

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]]>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:08:04 +0000https://www.ft.com/content/786f8412-641e-4029-aafe-5d74f6744980xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126127<![CDATA[Rockstar co-founder compares AI to 'mad cow disease,']]>Article URL: https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/rockstar-co-founder-compares-ai-to-mad-cow-disease-and-says-the-execs-pushing-it-arent-fully-rounded-humans/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126104

Points: 9

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]]>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:06:27 +0000https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/rockstar-co-founder-compares-ai-to-mad-cow-disease-and-says-the-execs-pushing-it-arent-fully-rounded-humans/xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126104https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126104<![CDATA[The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6 [video]]]>Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nOwjeznjI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007736

Points: 1

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]]>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:06:53 +0000https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nOwjeznjIxyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46007736<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Nuremberg trial records made available online after painstaking 25-year project"]]>Is there a copy of this dataset available for download, or held at the Internet Archive?

]]>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 15:31:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005443xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005443https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46005443<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Whole Earth Index"]]>An influential architect whose ideas form the basis of 'design patterns' in software development.

]]>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:30:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821431xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821431https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45821431<![CDATA[Britain's most tattooed man says UK's age check told him to "remove his face"]]>Article URL: https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/britains-most-tattooed-man-says-uks-age-check-system-told-him-to-remove-his-face-3232920/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45692163

Points: 62

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]]>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 08:10:53 +0000https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/britains-most-tattooed-man-says-uks-age-check-system-told-him-to-remove-his-face-3232920/xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45692163https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45692163<![CDATA[China wants to rid itself of Western tech by 2027 (2024)]]>Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-wants-to-rid-itself-of-western-tech-by-2027-outlines-domestic-alternatives-in-document-79

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681253

Points: 6

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]]>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:55:33 +0000https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-wants-to-rid-itself-of-western-tech-by-2027-outlines-domestic-alternatives-in-document-79xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681253https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681253<![CDATA[Design-Driven Deception of Face Recognition: An Empirical Study]]>Article URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3769675

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681095

Points: 2

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]]>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:33:58 +0000https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3769675xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681095https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45681095<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "News Integrity in AI Assistants [pdf]"]]>Also this associated toolkit: https://www.ebu.ch/files/live/sites/ebu/files/Publications/M...

]]>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:04:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667336xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667336https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45667336<![CDATA[Friedrich Engels 'took creative liberties' with descriptions of class divides]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/21/friedrich-engels-segregated-manchester-cambridge-historian

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45653841

Points: 6

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]]>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:58:57 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/oct/21/friedrich-engels-segregated-manchester-cambridge-historianxyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45653841https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45653841<![CDATA[New comment by xyzzy3000 in "Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards"]]>Some inside stories here, from the writer: https://allowe.com/games/larry.html

]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:15:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569256xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569256https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569256<![CDATA[Dutch restrict Nexperia to keep its chip secrets outside of China]]>Article URL: https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/135367/dutch-restrict-nexperia-to-keep-its-chip-secrets-outside-of-china/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569156

Points: 13

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]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:08:05 +0000https://www.techzine.eu/news/security/135367/dutch-restrict-nexperia-to-keep-its-chip-secrets-outside-of-china/xyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569156https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569156<![CDATA[Governing in the Age of AI: A New Model to Transform the State (2024)]]>Article URL: https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/governing-in-the-age-of-ai-a-new-model-to-transform-the-state

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569144

Points: 1

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]]>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:07:15 +0000https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/governing-in-the-age-of-ai-a-new-model-to-transform-the-statexyzzy3000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569144https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45569144