Hacker News with Generative AI: Comparisons

AI Energy Use in Everyday Terms – By Marcel Salathé (engineeringprompts.substack.com)
I’ve discussed AI energy use from several perspectives in previous posts (here, here, and here), but this time I wanted something simpler and easier to grasp. What if we compared the energy used by a chatbot over an entire year to everyday things we all do?

Artificial Intelligence, Energy Consumption, Comparisons

9 points by absqueued 22 days ago | 2 comments

Rust vs. Go in 2025 (bitfieldconsulting.com)
Can I say something without everyone getting mad?

Programming Languages, Rust, Go, Comparisons

8 points by gus_leonel 29 days ago | 0 comments

A love letter to the CSV format (github.com/medialab)
Every month or so, a new blog article declaring the near demise of CSV in favor of some "obviously superior" format (parquet, newline-delimited JSON, MessagePack records etc.) find its ways to the reader's eyes. Sadly those articles often offer a very narrow and biased comparison and often fail to understand what makes CSV a seemingly unkillable staple of data serialization.

Data Formats, CSV, Programming, Comparisons

708 points by Yomguithereal 31 days ago | 689 comments

Xiaomi Is Why Apple Should've Made a Car – Asianometry (youtube.com)

Xiaomi, Apple, Automobiles, Technology, Comparisons

9 points by luyu_wu 33 days ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Fluvio 38.8x faster than Kafka (infinyon.com)
At InfinyOn for the past 6 years we have obsessed over developer ergonomics, functionality, and reliability of Fluvio and Stateful DataFlow. It’s not trivial to build a distributed streaming engine from the ground up.

Software, Streaming, Performance, Comparisons, Open Source

11 points by debadyutirc 73 days ago | 2 comments

Apple Has Become IBM [video] (youtube.com)

Apple, IBM, Business, Technology, Comparisons

8 points by ksec 77 days ago | 4 comments

Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to dedicated Sound Cards? (ycombinator.com)
Recently, I upgraded my outdated PC to a Z890 motherboard, primarily because it was significantly discounted compared to AMD alternatives.

Audio, Hardware, Personal Computers, Technology, Comparisons

66 points by monkburger 85 days ago | 73 comments

Thunderbolt 5 vs. Thunderbolt 4: Everything you need to know (tomsguide.com)

Thunderbolt 5, Thunderbolt 4, Technology, Hardware, Comparisons

26 points by teleforce 109 days ago | 55 comments

Visually Compare Retry Algorithms (compareretries.com)
Compare linear, exponential, and capped exponential backoff strategies with configurable jitter

Algorithms, Programming, Software Development, Comparisons, Performance

39 points by subomi 113 days ago | 5 comments

Apple's M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max compared to past generations, and to each other (arstechnica.com)
Apple's week of Mac announcements has wrapped up this morning with the launch of the new M4 MacBook Pros, and we now have a full picture of the M4 chip lineup that will drive the Mac for the next year or so (excepting the M4 Ultra, if we end up getting one).

Apple, Processors, Hardware, Comparisons, Technology

42 points by mpweiher 174 days ago | 22 comments

M4 Mini vs. M2 Mini (appleinsider.com)
Apple has updated its Mac mini once again, bumping the compact Mac up to M4 Apple Silicon as part of a total redesign. Here's what's changed since the last update, the M2 Mac mini.

Apple, Mac mini, Hardware, Technology, Comparisons

8 points by ngcc_hk 178 days ago | 3 comments

Top Cloudflare Tunnel Alternatives in 2024 (pinggy.io)
Cloudflare Tunnel provides a seamless way to connect applications and services to the Cloudflare infrastructure without needing a public IP address. While it’s a powerful tool, several alternatives offer similar capabilities with unique features and benefits. In this article, we’ll explore the top 10 Cloudflare Tunnel alternatives in 2024, covering their Pros, Cons,Uses, Installation process, and pricing to help you find the best solution for your needs.

Cloud Computing, Network Security, Software, Comparisons, Alternatives

12 points by AbhilashK26 187 days ago | 1 comments

OpenAI's AI-adjusted earnings numbers have echoes of Groupon and WeWork (msn.com)

OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence, Finance, Business, Comparisons

3 points by uberdru 194 days ago | 0 comments

Features the Flipper One needs to be as successful as the Zero (xda-developers.com)

Electronics, Hardware, Comparisons, Reviews

5 points by sharpshadow 217 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: Comparisons – Gemini-1-5-vs-ChatGPT-4o (aimlapi.com)

Generative AI, Comparisons, Software

11 points by NIkMOkhn 219 days ago | 5 comments

Swift is a more convenient Rust (namangoel.com)