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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2026)
on Thursday October 01, 2026 @02:00PM (#49924961)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Remote: yes
Willingness to relocate: maybe
Technologies: Go, Python, Java, k8s, AWS, JS (React/Plain), Kafka, SQL (Postgres, MySQL, ...), Docker, IaaS
Resume/CV: https://www.debuisne.com/resume/
Email: [email protected]
Re:Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available
on Wednesday September 30, 2026 @10:42AM (#49909681)
I used to run Arch out of engineering school (that's what we used there), and loved it. But as I started working on my business, I started having less time to simply configure my OS and fight it on a few things. The breaking point for me, when I switched to Ubuntu Desktop, was not being able to connect to my two monitors via a dock (2 display ports). It simply took too much of my time to figure out all the nuances of evdi between my Thinkpad and my Dell monitors - Ubuntu just...worked (I could have spent more time understanding the issue, but I just needed it to work)
But as I get older and am starting to rethink my tech stack, I'm strongly considering going back to my dear Arch
Re:Bill Gates: The turbulent AI era is here
on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @09:47AM (#49449120)
Interesting read, good to see some nuance in this space for once: not evil, can be used for evil, not good, can be used for good, but requires a lot of safeguards.
What really got me is the concept of "Human Reserved" - man that is a depressing thought...
Re:When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python – Seth Larson
on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:47PM (#49442802)
So the attack surface would be a bit flip on a domain name? Or more specifically, a unicode conversion flip, where an attacker could redirect to a malicious IP?
Impressive to have found such a vulnerability!
Re:Ramp Launches a Model Router
on Wednesday August 19, 2026 @04:29PM (#49366804)
Indeed. Also, ramp.com is shorter than router.com, so I don't really understand the "spelling out a longer URL on podcasts". I guess router.com is just clearer for customers?
Re:Fake polls on Wisconsin and California elections
on Tuesday August 18, 2026 @06:26PM (#49353654)
> On Monday, Median Strategies withdrew those results, saying they “should not be treated as genuine polling data.”
In a statement posted to the organization’s website, Median Strategies said the fabricated results were intended to examine “how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.”
Re:Lines of Code Got a Better Publicist
on Thursday June 11, 2026 @10:42AM (#48491042)
I did get quite a laugh when the comments made me realize what an asshat I was
Re:Lines of Code Got a Better Publicist
on Thursday June 11, 2026 @09:46AM (#48490280)
Damn it - well, I'll never live this one down, I'll learn to shut up next time
Re:Lines of Code Got a Better Publicist
on Thursday June 11, 2026 @09:15AM (#48489935)
Confusing skeptic and sceptic will never not be funny to me (edit: I now live in shame)
Re:Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage
on Monday May 25, 2026 @07:50PM (#48273227)
Is it common in these Launch HNs to have a "Live on Hacker News" on the website banner. What does that mean? The link doesn't even point to this thread, but only the main page. Perhaps this is common, but I just don't get it
Re:Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in Encyclical
on Monday May 25, 2026 @03:59PM (#48270970)
"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till."
Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in Encyclical
Re:Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
on Friday May 22, 2026 @01:50PM (#48239092)
2nd link doesn't work.
That would be a neat tool, to find the original article and see how many levels of AI summary it has gone through, a game of AI telephone!
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)
on Monday April 13, 2026 @07:30AM (#47750541)
A news aggregator like HN but specifically for freight: https://news.freight.nyc
The idea is mostly to build a community for the sector I work in, since there isn't any (aside from Reddit...)
Re:Orientale basin photographed by Artemis II
on Monday April 06, 2026 @04:47PM (#47666847)
> It is identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface. These are ancient lava flows from a time early in the Moon’s history when it was volcanically active.
Orientale basin photographed by Artemis II
Re:Talk like caveman
on Sunday April 05, 2026 @08:32AM (#47648713)
So, if this does help reduce the cost of tokens, why not go even further and shorten the syntax with specific keywords, symbols and patterns, to reduce the noise and only keep information, almost like...a programming language?
Re:Hacker News inspired news board for freight
on Friday April 03, 2026 @12:29PM (#47628719)
I built this very simple tool, inspired by Hacker News' simple yet convenient UI, to create a community around the latest freight developments (I run a last-mile delivery fleet in NYC).
I'm mostly posting about NYC freight news, but would love to get other freight enthusiasts/professionals/insiders to join and share their insights and thoughts, not just in NYC or even the US.
The tool is simple, with almost no JS and all SSR, to keep things simple.
It's still running on my dev server at home, so uptime is not guaranteed. Open to any feedback on this.
Hacker News inspired news board for freight
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025)
on Sunday October 12, 2025 @05:37PM (#45562155)
I'm currently working on building a local delivery service using electric cargo bikes in NYC: https://hudsonshipping.co. We are planning to launch our first pilot in early 2026 with our first customers in Brooklyn.
We've built all of the tech in-house to manage the fleet, deliveries and optimize our routes. If you know of anyone that would like to be a part of the pilot program, feel free to reach out to me!
Re:A Story About Bypassing Air Canada's In-Flight Network Restrictions
on Friday October 10, 2025 @07:52AM (#45537856)
If a ping to a specific IP times out, I wouldn't say the IP is blocked. It could be that ICMP specifically is blocked, following some network rules on the firewall. This is pretty common in entreprise networks to not allow endpoint discovery. I could be missing something and happy to be corrected here, but I was surprised to read that.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)
on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @06:09PM (#45444146)
Still working on building a local delivery service in NYC using electric Cargo Bikes, at https://hudsonshipping.co. We're aiming to launch our first pilot in early 2026 in Brooklyn!
Re:How far can you go by train in 5 hours? (interactive map)
on Sunday September 21, 2025 @12:18PM (#45324034)
Any idea why Spain and Portugal have such small isometric zones? An obvious factor is the mountains in the North, but I'm surprised there isn't easier access between the Iberian peninsula and France
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @02:23PM (#45130495)
So running a SQL query and returning GeoJSON?
Sorry that didn't work - hopefully you can work on another system like this soon, with someone who actually understands the benefits of tiles!
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:53AM (#45128661)
Thank you! I'll take a look, this looks great
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @11:48AM (#45128611)
Good to know - thank you!
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:36AM (#45127144)
Awesome, good job! Did you implement likes and polygons too?
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:17AM (#45126932)
This is amazing, I hadn't come across these tools, these are extremely useful!
Re:How to build vector tiles from scratch
on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:08AM (#45126848)
I have not looked at PMTiles, so far everything holds nicely generated in memory, so I haven't had the need to store this information. I'll keep it in mind.
Any idea why Mapbox GL JS doesn't support GeoJSON vector tiles?