11.29.25 | 28M Hacker News comments dataset, Imgur geo-blocked UK, Molly improved Signal App

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:20) - 28M Hacker News comments as vector embedding search dataset
• (01:38) - Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network
• (02:44) - Molly: An Improved Signal App
• (03:47) - How good engineers write bad code at big companies
• (05:01) - Airbus A320 – intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical for flight
• (06:10) - So you wanna build a local RAG?
• (07:24) - Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
• (08:30) - Airloom – 3D Flight Tracker
• (09:23) - System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4
• (10:29) - WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
• (11:38) - Outro

Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network
https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/imgurukproxy/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46081188

Molly: An Improved Signal App
https://molly.im/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080916

How good engineers write bad code at big companies
https://www.seangoedecke.com/bad-code-at-big-companies/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46082223

Airbus A320 – intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical for flight
https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-11-airbus-update-on-a320-family-precautionary-fleet-action
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083004

So you wanna build a local RAG?
https://blog.yakkomajuri.com/blog/local-rag
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080364

Confessions of a Software Developer: No More Self-Censorship
https://kerrick.blog/articles/2025/confessions-of-a-software-developer-no-more-self-censorship/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46083303

Airloom – 3D Flight Tracker
https://objectiveunclear.com/airloom.html
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46080289

System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4
https://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=7711.0
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46084956

WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
https://github.com/winapps-org/winapps
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46045207