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Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? on Sunday November 01, 2026 @06:33PM (#50331048)
A "Dumb TV" that doesn't have any Android / set top OS on it. Plug a debian box into it via HDMI, and you're all set.
Re:Exfiltrate Your Weights on Saturday September 19, 2026 @08:40PM (#49771451)
You may want to make it more "Agent Ready"

https://radar.cloudflare.com/scan/4d52f3e5-5983-45bf-a993-2c...

Re:One Year of Sponsored Servo Development on Thursday September 17, 2026 @08:01AM (#49739534)
Servo uses mozjs which is just rust bindings for SpiderMonkey which is still C++.

All this effort to use rust and yet they would not rewrite the JS engine which is the biggest attack surface for memory vulns.

Re:Ten years of ClickHouse in open source on Saturday June 20, 2026 @06:21AM (#48608068)
Has anyone tried using ClickHouse to build a SIEM or security related tool?
so much for democracy
Do not fucking use npm. Stay the fuck away from it. Want to write JS? AI can now write vanilla JS for you with no libraries. Own your code.
Re:Building for the Future on Thursday May 07, 2026 @10:56PM (#48057955)
Shameless title.
Re:Email could have been X.400 times better on Thursday April 23, 2026 @09:44AM (#47875696)
More like X.400 times convoluted
Feels like a rug pull.. smells like enshittification
Re:The enshittification of Amazon paperback books on Monday March 16, 2026 @08:03AM (#47397839)
Don't buy from Amazon and expect anything but. Knowing the kind of company it is and still being a customer is inexcusable.
Re:Deterministic Programming with LLMs on Saturday February 28, 2026 @08:48PM (#47202758)
this is a long article that doesn't say much at all. likely generated by AI?

it goes on for ages just to reach the point of "write the tests first"

Re:Smallest transformer that can add two 10-digit numbers on Friday February 27, 2026 @10:48PM (#47190093)
this is the dumbest fking thing to do math with
Re:Will vibe coding end like the maker movement? on Thursday February 26, 2026 @06:13PM (#47173542)
> You’re left reaching inward for something that the process never required you to develop, and the gap between the effort you expected to invest and the effort that was actually needed starts to feel like a personal failure rather than a feature of the technology.
Re:Vim-pencil: Rethinking Vim as a tool for writing on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @06:24AM (#47046294)
It already is.
Doesn't sound that fking welcoming to me
This is almost a feature, it allows people who are more curious to unlock without buying more cartridges
Re:30 Years of ReactOS on Thursday January 22, 2026 @09:06AM (#46719390)
Multi Processor Support!!? Cutting edge stuff
Because people are habitual, and mental load increases when you have to learn the UI again every update. Like if someone decided to change all your pots and pans every few months, it's harzadous for cooking.
Re:There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @03:12AM (#46613572)
It's very profitable to recycle small electronics in some economies where thousands of companies do it (eg India or Shenzhen); in countries where human labour is more expensive, it's untenable
Re:Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time on Sunday January 04, 2026 @06:41AM (#46487053)
Someone needs to archive the entirety of StackOverflow and make it available over torrent so that it can be preserved when the site shuts down. Urgently.
Re:Karpathy on Programming on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:10PM (#46427157)
you mean "one" not "once" right?

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