Hacker News: zdw

Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV Silicon

zdw — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 19:56:33 +0000

Article URL: https://morethanmoore.substack.com/p/intel-starts-shipping-high-na-euv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48961698

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Painting the sides of railroad rails white to reduce derailment

zdw — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:12:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.up.com/news/safety/Tracking-Rail-Heat-260608

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951780

Points: 141

# Comments: 88

Tech note: making your own V-I plots at home

zdw — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:10:02 +0000

Article URL: https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/tech-note-making-your-own-v-i-plots

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951756

Points: 78

# Comments: 10

Spot Birds Not Golf

zdw — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:37:35 +0000

Article URL: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/17/spot-birds-not-golf/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48943670

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by zdw in "Alternative(s) to run CUDA on non-Nvidia hardware"

zdw — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:45:34 +0000

A YouTuber automated ROCm version testing for Strix Halo/R9700 + LLM workloads:

https://kyuz0.github.io/amd-strix-halo-toolboxes/

https://kyuz0.github.io/amd-r9700-ai-toolboxes/

Don't ask what you want. Ask who you want to be

zdw — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:39:48 +0000

Article URL: https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2026/07/13/who-want-to-be.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48921566

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Grok Build CLI uploads full Git history and .env secret to xAI's cloud

zdw — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 13:34:02 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ut7tis/grok_build_cli_uploads_your_whole_repo_full_git/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48920626

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

8086 CPU, chipset, 640 KB RAM, floppy, keyboard and VGA screen in one CSS file

zdw — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:21:37 +0000

Article URL: https://css-dos.ahmedamer.co.uk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48908231

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

TwoMillionKit: Private Cloud Compute in FoundationModels without an entitlement

zdw — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 05:01:08 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/insidegui/TwoMillionKit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48888117

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Cyberpunk Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:45:31 +0000

Article URL: https://shellzine.net/cyberpunk-comics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885643

Points: 304

# Comments: 159

Mastodon, the Only Good Choice

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:44:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/07/05/Choose-Mastodon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885639

Points: 26

# Comments: 14

How to build a circular LCD clock

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:41:01 +0000

Article URL: https://blinry.org/lcd-clock/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885613

Points: 12

# Comments: 5

A Speed Limit for Computers

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 22:29:46 +0000

Article URL: https://caolan.uk/notes/2026-07-02_a_speed_limit_for_computers.cm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885525

Points: 19

# Comments: 29

Archaeology team unearths 'prototype' of world-famous Stonehenge monument

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:41:41 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/stonehenge-britain-discovery-summer-solstice-36f8517159a9e750c1042bebd884ca2d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48885100

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

China lands rocket during an orbital launch for first time

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 20:49:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/making-history-china-lands-rocket-during-an-orbital-launch-for-1st-time-ever

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48884642

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Don't you mean extinct?

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:17:20 +0000

Article URL: https://fabiensanglard.net/extinct/index.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48881830

Points: 218

# Comments: 136

Why Write Code in 2026

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:15:27 +0000

Article URL: https://softwaredoug.com/blog/2026/07/09/write-code.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878195

Points: 65

# Comments: 1

Apple Hide My Email bug, possibly related to disclosure vulnerability

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 01:05:37 +0000

Article URL: https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/7/2.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877353

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by zdw in "Mesh LLM: distributed AI computing on iroh"

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:44:25 +0000

What hardware (CPU/GPU/memory) and network was used for this? What quantization for GLM 5.2? How much tuning of the split was needed?

Old Icons

zdw — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:24:24 +0000

Article URL: https://leancrew.com/all-this/2026/07/old-icons/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48877137

Points: 99

# Comments: 30