tabarnacle's comments

On: Show HN: Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out

[tabarnacle]

Humongous supply of electricity is overstating what is needed to power llms. There are several studies contradicting this.

On: Steam "Offline" status leaks exact login timestamps (Valve: Won't Fix)

[tabarnacle]

You better be good for goodness sake.

On: Ask HN: Share your personal website

[tabarnacle]

https://tarotmancer.com

This is a tarot card site I built as a side project.

On: What happens the day after Superintelligence?

[tabarnacle]

An entire MMO? I'd be shocked if there was any depth/detail for an MMO built over the weekend...

On: Tiny macOS utility that mirrors an external monitor in a resizable window

[tabarnacle]

The video shows exactly what the tool does… far from buried, it’s explicitly labeled “what”.

On: Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy

[tabarnacle]

Sure.. for folks who don’t worry about anonymity when sharing online. For those who prioritize anonymity, I’m doubtful.

[throwanem → tabarnacle]

So am I. They would be among the first and most quietly vanished in this scenario, being trivially identifiable from a God's-eye view.

[fooker → tabarnacle]

You can identify with a decent amount of confidence whether two paragraphs of text were written by the same person.

On: My first attempt at iOS app development

[tabarnacle]

Didn’t realize this existed, nice.

[m3kw9 → tabarnacle]

This is how a lot of apps make money. People don’t know something free existed. It’s a lot of marketing and is super important

On: Coolify: Open-source and self-hostable Heroku / Netlify / Vercel alternative

[tabarnacle]

I appreciate the caution - and although they're close in spelling, I'd wager coolify is recognized by the majority as adding the suffix 'ify' to 'cool' rather than the term you've highlighted.

On: Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked

[tabarnacle]

I have the same model, it’s so much fun to ride. Love the abound.

On: Jane Street's Figgie card game

[tabarnacle]

Projection?

[mistercheph → tabarnacle]

What exactly is being projected, and from where onto what?