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ksec

57,859 karma · joined February 1, 2012

Edksec @ protonmail . com

https://ksec.mataroa.blog

London, Hong Kong and somehow California*.

Often a Contrarian.

The unwritten rule of HN: You do not criticise The Rusted Holy Grail and the Riscy Silver Bullet.

Interest: JPEG-XL, AAC-LC, VVC / LCEVC, Patent Free AVC, FreeBSD, TigerBeetle, ZFS, DTrace, Vitess, Vespa, Objective-C, Java, Zig, Odin, Crystal, Ada, Ruby, Rails, 5G/6G, OpenPOWER, Apple/China, Supply Chain / Manufacturing, Retail.

@Google: Why No Pixel Phone in Hong Kong?

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ksec··on A thousand fewer paths to root
I wonder if they could run it on OpenBSD and FreeBSD as well.
ksec··on AMD Q3 2026 Earnings Data Center Growth Drives Record Quarter – ServeTheHome
I expect AMD has far higher DC GPU revenue than Intel, which means the $8.5B is may be roughly equal to Intel's $7.3B on CPU terms.

It has taken a really long time but Intel still holding on to 50% of Datacenter CPU revenue is a doing far better than most people think considering their product offering. Another example just to show decent Sales teams along with Long term relationship build up goes a long way.

ksec··on NetBSD 11.1
Whenever I see NetBSD it reminds me of AirPort Router. Quiet, Solid and Stable.
ksec··on Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
It is not that small considering how well NAS is doing in the pro / consumer market.

The problem is BluRay capacity is too low. Had it been 1TB per Disc it might stand a chance. But using 40 disc just isn't something prosumer is willing to stomach.

Not to mention both Tape and Optical Disc aren't that durable. I just read Walterbright, the author of D programming language had to throw away his code because of inadequate backup solution at the time. We dont need to store and save every video, but there are things that is worth saving. And I wish we have better solutions.

ksec··on Safari introduces Adaptive Dark Mode in 27.3
I bet the Safari team has been on HN for so long and after 10 years waiting for Dark Mode they finally decided to fix it once and for all.

I guess we should thank Dang for this feature! :)

Hopefully Safari team would continue to get resources to fix and improve Safari. The final 10% is going to take some long grinds I am a little worry their new CEO will reduces resources.

ksec··on The Internals of PostgreSQL
Damn this is sad. I just wish mySQL development isn't stalled as it is.
ksec··on Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
I have often wonder, if Oracle is interested in selling ownership of mySQL, dtrace, Solaris and ZFS.
ksec··on Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
I mean it is not like oracle sit there and other companies do all the work. They do employ a lot of people contributing to the JVM ecosystem whether you hate them or not. So credit where credits due.
ksec··on Open-Source 5G Ran Platforms: A Dual Perspective on Performance and Capabilities
I think, and correct me if I am wrong. Nvidia's OpenRAN on CUDA and its CPU platform along with Nokia's OpenRAN solution working with SoftBank in Japan has proved to be an actual competitive and viable solution to other commercial offering.

Do we expect to see more of these or are there caveats that they are not saying.

ksec··on Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?
Sony Bravia TV and Panasonic.

Panasonic is decent but the problem is their presence around the world is spotty. I think they only decide to reenter US market and Panasonic the parent company has been thinking about ditching its TV business for a long time already.

My only hesitation with Sony is that they will form a JV with TCL next year.

Otherwise I wouldn't trust LG, Samsung, HiSense, TCL or Vizio.

ksec··on Postgres 19 is late because so many more bugs are being found now
I wonder if the same is happening with mySQL? And if any of these would means OrioleDB takes a lot longer to be integrated?
ksec··on An Italian farmer found some unknown seeds in his attic and planted them
I remember reading something about it on BBC, how over processed American Wheat ( or food in general ) leads to those symptoms and they can eat European products and bread just fine.
ksec··on Octoverse: Commits reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents
I am having a hard time trying to grasp some of these numbers. 38.3 M, Millions developers in US ? That is one in 10 in US are developers?

And that percentage is similar in UK.

ksec··on Serbia just elected the world's brainiest parliament
>> An electrical engineer who has helped design robots. An organic chemist who, during the pandemic, worked on COVID-19 drugs. An education researcher, a sociologist, several political scientists, economists, physicians, and medical researchers.

I have much more faith in an electrical engineer than the rest of the academics. Especially sociologist and economists.

ksec··on H.264 Is Magic (2016)
H.264 High Profile is close to Patent Free. [1] I often wonder how much more efficiency could we get if we were to increase block size outside of spec.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_H.264_M...

ksec··on The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months
Am I correct to assume all these grid batteries are all made in China as well?
ksec··on The US added a record 20.2 GWh of battery storage in just 3 months
I would assume it has something to do with fire hazard ?
ksec··on GitHub saw 7.4B commits in Sep., adding 4M CPU cores+160 PB storage to keep up
They went from 65 Million monthly in 2024 to 7.4B ?

Holy Crap that is 100x increase. No wonder why they can't keep up.

ksec··on Gemini 4 Carbon
It is part of Office 365 ( or whatever they are calling it now ) subscription and apart from coding, it is literally forced into everyone's throat in Fortune 500 for day to day task.
ksec··on Wealth Inequality in America drawn to scale
>Why is it normal that regular people would have to sell their homes just to have a prayer of paying their minimum

Because that is not normal and shouldn't happen either. And I dont understand why this is used as an example.

I dont expect normal people to have to sell their stock. Nor do I believe in tax on asset for anyone. Capital Gain Tax should just be Income tax.

ksec··on Wealth Inequality in America drawn to scale
This thesis assumes all billionaires are holding on to companies that "has power on par with most nation states".

In reality majority of billionaires are in industries and companies that does not even remotely have the same benefits or power.

ksec··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
Same here. I couldn't understand it until like you and the comments before, saw younger generation all thought screens by default should be touchable, and other people casually scroll on the display and then return to keyboard for typing.
ksec··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
Not sure why this is downvoted but it is a valid concern. I will wait and see some thermal testing as someone mentioned on new cooling design which I can't find on the page just yet.
ksec··on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch
Do they have the same OLED? Same PPI? Same Tandem OLED? The First Tandem OLED on PC only came in 2022 IRRC, and laptop in 2024 / 2025.

Switching to OLED in 2016 makes zero sense when brightness and burn in issues are not solved.

ksec··on Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v5
Why did they do that? Any ideas?
ksec··on Why Micron Is Suddenly Ditching 4F² DRAM as Rivals Double Down
I hope I am wrong but still dont see any major breakthrough in near future we could bring the BOM cost of DRAM down to below $1/GB. Not even 4F^2 would do that.
ksec··on Genie 4
I was under the impression he has already fly past the catapult.
ksec··on Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
I wonder when will Apple do something similar.
ksec··on Microsoft offers mass buyouts for roughly a quarter of its workforce
Worth reminding or pointing out the obvious, as of writing there are 225 comments in this subsection and none of these discussions or comments could be written out on HN just 6 - 8 years ago. So at least it is somewhat healing in the right direction in US.

Not sure I can say the same for UK.

ksec··on Python's experimental JIT to be removed
It is more than that. CRuby have had multiple JIT attempt before YJIT landed. From what I can tell CPython didn't have that. And luckily enough we now have ZJIT replacing YJIT.
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