HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

dataspun

52 karma · joined November 18, 2021

Daniel T. Aspun - systems analyst and musician (trombone, contrabass) “If a muscle doesn't make music, don't use it.” - Emanuel Feuermann
submissionscomments
dataspun··on The assistant axis: situating and stabilizing the character of LLMs
Is the Assistant channeling Uncharles?
dataspun··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
Cool idea, tried to signup and got: Invalid state parameter
dataspun··on [dead]
If the description and reporting is accurate, this person did everything right and was cleared medically (initially), yet sadly still passed away. Unlucky? Bad helmet design? Incompetent concussion assesssment?
dataspun··on Show HN: Embed an SQLite database in your PostgreSQL table
MySQL has limited spatial data/function support versus PostGIS extension.
dataspun··on Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
Not true if we’re talking sensible chess moves.
dataspun··on New better alterative to XML, JSON and YAML
In fact, the purpose of the maxOccurs indicator in xsd is to specify that an xml element may only appear once.
dataspun··on New better alterative to XML, JSON and YAML
What advantages does XML have over what? Whatever you’re saying, it’s not as self-evident as you think it is. Respectfully, I think this standard needs to be reframed as version 0.0.1
dataspun··on New better alterative to XML, JSON and YAML
A new better alternative definition of Terse:

The act of proclaiming a “new standard” without any user community to speak of.

dataspun··on Turn your phone or tablet into a chess clock
A nice option: https://chessclock.org/
dataspun··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
Semi-pro, friendo. I don't do the socials. Wish I played a more sought-after instrument though.

You surely know that scammy subscription models are rife in every space. That's why open-source champions like Matt are an inspiration. But nobody's perfect, so have a little grace.

dataspun··on The Data Visualisation Catalogue: find the right method for your data
Good potential, appreciate the organization of topics but not the ads and clickbait stuff.
dataspun··on Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]
I’m with you Matt! I like your strategy here.
dataspun··on React for R
I think this SA perspective is outdated or perhaps never adequately investigated. Packages like renv solve for these issues, and they work great.
dataspun··on GitHub was down
statute of limitations for HN comment predictions is 3 years.
dataspun··on GitHub was down
checked out radicle: doesn't do windows
dataspun··on GitHub was down
down! unicorn!

fatal: unable to access: 502

cli, web, and iOS app :-/

dataspun··on GitHub was down
Thank goodness for HN status reports.
dataspun··on Show HN: PRQL in PostgreSQL
Why is this PRQL extension for Postgres limited to Mac and Linux? What dependencies on Windows are the obstacles, and is there an expected solution in the near-term?
dataspun··on PgAdmin 4 v8.0
One thing pgAdmin 4 does very well is the geometry/geography viewer for spatial data.
dataspun··on Phosphorous discovered in outskirts of the Milky Way
Phosphorus discovered. The noun, a chemical element.
dataspun··on [dead]
Bad link, reposting
dataspun··on WordPress Blocks Bingbot by Default
Apparently due to concerns with AI bot crawling, and the fact that Bingbot is currently undifferentiated from AI, Wordpress now blocks Bing (and DuckDuckGo, perhaps others) from indexing public blogs that aren’t Business plan or above.
dataspun··on [dead]
Apparently due to concerns with AI bot crawling, and the fact that Bingbot is currently undifferentiated from AI, Wordpress now blocks Bing (and DuckDuckGo, perhaps others) from indexing public blogs that aren’t Business plan or above.
dataspun··on Launch HN: PeerDB (YC S23) – Fast, Native ETL/ELT for Postgres
That’s right! If it’s easy then it should be easy for your team to add —- but if it’s not easy then it’d be even more useful for your team to add! Win win
dataspun··on Launch HN: PeerDB (YC S23) – Fast, Native ETL/ELT for Postgres
Congrats! I’m curious where PeerDB positions itself relative to ReplicaDB? Also wrt sources, I’m curious whether CSV will ever be on the roadmap? Although it’s antiquated it’s ubiquitous, so I was surprised it’s not supported with launch. That said, I’ve encountered ridiculous challenges with data movement from CSV to Postgres and I’m curious if that alone was the blocker?
dataspun··on Using LLaMA with M1 Mac and Python 3.11
What’s with the propaganda output from the example LLaMA prompt?
dataspun··on Bitwarden design flaw: Server side iterations
> fuzzy fingerprints due to stuff

lol

dataspun··on SQLite or PostgreSQL? It's Complicated
This sounds like a great topic for your research, your article, and your passion to share with others if it exists. Get to work.
dataspun··on What did Earth look like X million years ago?
equivalent to spam in its current iteration
dataspun··on Heroku Doesn’t Support IPv6
It makes little sense, yet it makes perfect sense.
Page 1 of 2Next →