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Re:Railway Security Disclosure
on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @06:21PM (#50188474)
Jeez, what a rough past 24 hours for all security folk. Hang in there
Re:Ubuntu 26.04 Ends 46 Years of Silent sudo Passwords
on Saturday March 21, 2026 @03:52AM (#47464946)
They mean to have a static single character on the screen and have it change with every keypress. For example, you type "a" and it shows /. You type "b" and it shows "|", etc.
Re:Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation bet...
on Thursday March 12, 2026 @02:20AM (#47347142)
Seems to be an accidental dangling s at the end of the comment. Try this?
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
Re:Welcome (Back) to Macintosh
on Monday March 02, 2026 @04:40PM (#47224524)
Every time I see a comment on the state of Tahoe I look wearily at my current install of Sequoia. I'll have to update at some point. But I'll hold out as long as I can...
Re:Personal thoughts/notes from working on Zootopia 2
on Monday January 12, 2026 @05:12PM (#46594982)
I liked the film.
Re:How uv got so fast
on Friday December 26, 2025 @08:43PM (#46398329)
Editing the post to switch five "it's X not Y"s[1] is pretty disappointing. I wish people were more clear with their disclosure of LLM editing.
[1]: https://github.com/andrew/nesbitt.io/commit/0664881a524feac4...
Re:Cloudflare is down
on Friday December 05, 2025 @04:12AM (#46158642)
> We are sorry for the impact to our customers and to the Internet in general. Given Cloudflare's importance in the Internet ecosystem any outage of any of our systems is unacceptable. That there was a period of time where our network was not able to route traffic is deeply painful to every member of our team. We know we let you down today.
This post is an in-depth recount of exactly what happened and what systems and processes failed. It is also the beginning, though not the end, of what we plan to do in order to make sure an outage like this will not happen again.
https://web.archive.org/web/20251130123226/https://blog.clou...
Re:Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
on Thursday November 20, 2025 @11:42AM (#45994614)
I see, thanks. I've definitely seen instances where an AP is broadcasting multiple SSIDs with different BSSIDs. I suppose I just thought nothing of it... but that makes sense.
Re:Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @06:14PM (#45986613)
Do most consumer APs/routers allow you to just change the MAC address on the fly? I don't think the ones I've owned have ever allowed that. But that would certainly be interesting to try (if you were somewhere without any other address interference that would tip it off)
Re:Precise geolocation via Wi-Fi Positioning System
on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @05:38PM (#45986291)
The SSID (name, like the article mentions) is different than the bSSID (mac address of the access point), so I don't think it would be that easy to spoof.
Re:I invited strangers to message me through a receipt printer
on Friday October 24, 2025 @09:47PM (#45700769)
I've wanted to make a project w/ a receipt printer for a little bit now. Does anyone have any good suggestions for printer models?
Re:I accidentally became PureGym's unofficial Apple Wallet developer
on Friday August 15, 2025 @08:17PM (#44918728)
I don't like the baseless LLM accusations, but the code comment
> // Device wants updates! Store that push token like it's bitcoin in 2010
...really had me raising my eyebrows. Along with the mixed em-dash and hyphens and the AI generated images on the page.
Re:The Rise of the Japanese Toilet
on Sunday June 01, 2025 @01:05AM (#44148780)
I sure hope a few wipes with a paper towel is not good enough for most people who get feces on their hands
don't people typically say to let thoughts pass by when you're doing meditation? seems like bitter medicine to disallow yourself any fleeting thought
Re:The booming, high-stakes arms race of airline safety videos
on Monday April 07, 2025 @02:04AM (#43608297)
Wow, that video is way over the top. It's almost creepy that, as the in-video flight attendant is explaining the safety of the seat buckle, the camera is actively panning away from her to focus on the motion of the ball
Re:My Struggle with Doom Scrolling
on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @11:56AM (#42794846)
yup. it basically becomes a ulysses pact with myself to attempt to make it so i can't just undo the restrictions i set up. what good are the blocking attempts if you can disable them when you get bored? you have to set them up with the intention and foresight that you will try to disable them
Re:Forgejo: A self-hosted lightweight software forge
on Sunday January 19, 2025 @02:32AM (#42754736)
can anyone share what the benefit is over using a self hosted repository host over a service like github/gitlab? obviously you get more power over the interface & such but are there truly any gains over using the larger platforms?
Re:Show HN: Map of YC Startups
on Thursday December 26, 2024 @05:49AM (#42514408)
Apparently inspired by a comment on this very post! (Above yours, right now.)
> Cool project, but missed opportunity to name the arbitrary dimensions Y and C...
Re:School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood
on Sunday December 15, 2024 @03:22AM (#42422289)
For what it's worth, the product demands $50 for what is essentially a < $1.00 3D printed case and a < $1.00 NFC tag. You could probably (not endorsing it!) find the NFC code online and just dump it to a tag of your own.
Re:Google's AI thinks I left a Gatorade bottle on the moon
on Monday October 07, 2024 @12:12AM (#41762734)
ahaha. this is so good. they're just so earnest about every bit of praise
Re:3Blue1Brown: But what is a GPT? [video]
on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:42PM (#39944489)
There's no need for the snark there. I mean 'potential danger' as in the LLM outputting anything inconsistent with reality. That can be as simple as an arithmetic issue.
Re:3Blue1Brown: But what is a GPT? [video]
on Monday April 01, 2024 @07:08PM (#39900449)
Can this be potentially dangerous -- e.g. if a user types "The answer to the expression 2 + 2 is", isn't there a chance it chooses an output beyond the most likely one?
Re:Show HN: A platform for remote piano lessons based on the Web MIDI API
on Saturday February 10, 2024 @08:49PM (#39331974)
Are the demo videos supposed to show the MIDI piano lighting up at the same time as the video performance? Not seeing that on my side if so
Re:Show HN: Inko Cat – Lego Blocks to Build Your Productivity Space
on Saturday December 30, 2023 @03:08AM (#38813588)
Man, this is something that I really wish was open source. I've been looking for something like this for a while, but having it on someone else's servers just isn't really something I can handle
The Best Way to Count [video]
Re:A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be...
on Monday December 25, 2023 @04:21PM (#38766228)
saying "for the tow truck operator" is horrifying language to put in a 'your car is bricked' spot
Re:Sorry, but a new prompt for GPT-4 is not a paper
on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @10:00AM (#38531664)
Anything generative? At its core, Google doesn't 'make' anything when you query it.
Re:Frutiger Aero
on Thursday November 16, 2023 @03:36PM (#38295094)
I think that's half the fun of it? There's this sort of squeaky clean optimism and hopefulness to it that's just absolutely gone in today's universal design language
Re:On Letting Go of Spite
on Monday November 06, 2023 @03:12AM (#38159963)
> i don't see the author really talk about that.
The last paragraph touches on that:
> I’m now writing this in an attempt to start letting go of that spite. Just like I was during school, those teachers too were probably doing their best, and making mistakes, as we all do. Instead, I thank them for trying, I thank them for their patience. I know I derailed nearly every class and I know that many of you at least recognised the potential, and tried to get me to see what I was capable of. But the truth is, the format of traditional schooling just didn’t work for me. And I now know why. But, I found my path eventually, and continue to do so.