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DougN7··on Show HN: HART OS – an open-source AI OS built so frontier AI needs no datacenter
You will get MUCH more uptake and discussion if _you_ write that main github readme page. Many, and I’m becoming one too, won’t bother reading if you couldn’t be bothered to write.
DougN7··on Show HN: Echo – Fable-level results at 1/3 the cost using open-weight models
That is really a great insight!
DougN7··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
I have a friend (engineer) working on a data center in Texas. It is closed loop. What’s interesting is the chillers have so much condensation that they pump it out to sprinklers which water the desert which now has grass growing. So at least water doesn’t seem to be as big of an objection now. Power though? Still a problem.
DougN7··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
Too bad all those Nazi saboteurs back in the 1940’s weren’t all caught and dealt with! (Right?)
DougN7··on CVE-2026-59208: Cross-Issuer Account Takeover in n8n
I figured n8n was another annoying acronym I didn’t know. So after clicking to the article, and then the repo, and then scanning the repo doc, I guess it’s not an acronym after all?
DougN7··on Purging George Orwell's books misses what drives the political right
I have come to the same conclusion. Not sure how we pull people towards the center.
DougN7··on Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k
ASTS - though I think their satellites are supposed to connect to phone hardware
DougN7··on American Pride Falls to 25-Year Record Low
I’m disgusted too. But it helps to read some history and gain some perspective. Despite everything going on, this is still historically and pretty darn good time and place to be alive.
DougN7··on American Pride Falls to 25-Year Record Low
It’s just cultural. I don’t think Americans wear red, white and blue as much as the Dutch wear orange on their holidays as an example.
DougN7··on Why did one day of AI cost more than a month of servers?
From what I understand that is what IBM Bob is supposed to be going. I don’t have any affiliation with IBM.
DougN7··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
Look at G2.com - they found their website is highly references by AIs and they are leaning into it hard.
DougN7··on GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally
Long enough for them to IPO and all the execs to retire. I doubt they care beyond the IPO.
DougN7··on Health insurance claim denial rates range from 13% to 35% by insurer
I was on one of the insurers that denied the fewest claims. However, they also had the fewest doctors. I live in a good sized metro area, but the only podiatrist was 50 miles away in a tiny town. I imagine that had the same ultimate result of denying claims.
DougN7··on The minimum viable unit of saleable software
This is so true, and it’s true of libraries, OSS, etc. I frequently build instead of using a library simply because I’ll know and can fix the warts, I’m automatically in tune with the state of the code, and I’m in control of maintenance. Of course if the code is too big (TLS library like OpenSSL) then it changes. But I still try to avoid external stuff just because of the costs you listed.
DougN7··on Show HN: TownSquare, a tiny presence layer for websites
The demo is attracting the HN crowd and it’s getting… well, let’s just say this crowd is about as good as it gets online.
DougN7··on Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School and Found Hidden Ancient Roman Ruins
Those are very cool. Worth a visit if you’re ever in the St Louis, Missouri area.
DougN7··on Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School and Found Hidden Ancient Roman Ruins
As an American, where we have comparatively little history (we’re celebrating 250 years - some folks in Europe live in houses older than that!) visiting Rome is almost mind blowing to see SO MUCH ancient history right there, and almost everywhere. So cool!
DougN7··on A clear fishing wire is tied around the island of Manhattan
That’s what surprises me. To truly believe and live your life by a set of rules, and then think you’ve hoodwinked the Creator. I’d like to know exactly how they expect their final judgement to go. There must be more going on in their thoughts than appears.
DougN7··on Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free
Are they doing what they are doing for a profit motive?
DougN7··on Accidentally deleted subscriptions for chat integrations (Slack and MS Teams)
My bet is AI
DougN7··on SVG of a Hamster Playing Table-Tennis
A visual way to compare model outputs
DougN7··on Gardeners often hear about supposed hacks and quick fix. Here are some debunked
I’ve had the exact same experience with weed barrier - even the best and thickest. Weeds poke through or grow on top by the third year. In the midwest US.
DougN7··on Outsourcing plus local AI will soon become more economical vs. frontier labs
From what I understand, that is sort of how IBM Bob works - multiple models behind the scenes and they route the request to the model that will handle it best at the lowest price.
DougN7··on Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them
Violence and discipline are not the same thing.
DougN7··on Shame them, shun them, ban them, beat them
I’m curious about your age. I don’t think I’ve ever met a person that was grateful to their parents for their beatings, and that was in any way close to them. I’m not claiming in any way that you beat your kids - but violence never creates virtue. Maybe public-facing good behavior at best, but below the surface is a lot of pain looking for a way out.
DougN7··on Tesla Solar Roof is on life support as it pivot to panels
No it doesn’t, but style never makes financial sense.
DougN7··on I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis
I do the same thing in a project I’ve worked on for 25 years. I’ve had mediocre at best results with AI. It’s useful to discuss concepts with, but the code never handles the nuances of the edge cases.
DougN7··on US Government releases first batch of UAP documents and videos
Looks like the Iran War is no longer distracting from Epstein enough so some new shiny thing needs to be put out there to distract the populace. It works.
DougN7··on Securing a DoD contractor: Finding a multi-tenant authorization vulnerability
I'll be honest - I was thinking authorization (a11n?) - so I didn't read it closely enough. But despite that, and being on HN from almost the beginning (with a different account I lost the password to), I still didn't know what a16z was, though I do recognize Andreessen-Horowitz.
DougN7··on Securing a DoD contractor: Finding a multi-tenant authorization vulnerability
Would it be possible to stop using aXXb nomenclature within the titles? Some of us aren't hip enough to know what all of them mean.
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