HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

DemetriousJones

10 karma · joined December 12, 2024

submissionscomments
DemetriousJones··on Tell HN: PayPal blocks GrapheneOS
I simply use it as an intermediary between my bank and any website I don't fully trust
DemetriousJones··on Intel XeSS 3: expanded support for Core Ultra/Core Ultra 2 and Arc A, B series
Nvidia announced their version of this technology called Reflex 2 around 1 year ago, but sadly we didn't get any news since then
DemetriousJones··on CLion Is Now Free for Non-Commercial Use
Awesome news
DemetriousJones··on Zed now predicts your next edit with Zeta, our new open model
I know it makes sense in the "scope-less" python philosopy but it still feels weird for me as a scope (ab)user in C++ and has caused me one headache or two in the past
DemetriousJones··on Zed now predicts your next edit with Zeta, our new open model
Sorry for the borked code formatting
DemetriousJones··on Zed now predicts your next edit with Zeta, our new open model
One of my biggest gripes with python is the fact that the only way to create a local scope for variables is with functions.

I understand if statements not having their own scope for simplicity's sake, but the fact that `with` blocks don't is simply mind-bobbling to me. ``` with open("text.txt", 'w') as f: f.write("hello world") f.write("hello world") # at least the handle was automatically closed so it will give an IO error ```

DemetriousJones··on Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget
I tried running the 8B model on my 8GB M2 Macbook Air through Ollama and it was awful. It took ages to do anything and the responses were bad at best.
DemetriousJones··on Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
The missing requirement might be no TPM 2.0
DemetriousJones··on No-Panic Rust: A Nice Technique for Systems Programming
Yeah no problem on other pages
DemetriousJones··on No-Panic Rust: A Nice Technique for Systems Programming
Same, the web view in my Android client crashed after a couple seconds.
DemetriousJones··on FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Alleged Lax Data Security
Latest press release: "FTC Grants Chairman Ferguson Authority to Comply with President Trump’s Orders to End DEI"