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i decided i’ve succeeded, took myself out of the rat race, spend my days golfing and day trading.

maybe you’ve already succeeded and don’t know it

Re:Code highlighting with Cursor AI used for $500k theft on Tuesday July 15, 2025 @08:24AM (#44570412)
500k in seed.txt on a dev box is criminally irresponsible
i’ve typed netstat -pna so many times in my life using something else would totally ruin me
Re:How to live an intellectually rich life on Friday May 02, 2025 @07:25PM (#43875499)
this. folks just end up being smarmy snobs about what is universal truth when the goal should be leveraging this knowledge to produce new things/ideas
Re:The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden on Monday March 31, 2025 @03:24PM (#43538773)
ive always thought the ethereum ecosystem would give demoscene a revival. storing the demos on chain adds a new layer of complexity where the bigger the size the more expensive to deploy.
Re:An Introduction to BGP from the operator of a small AS on Friday October 25, 2024 @01:54PM (#41947731)
+1 to dn42 to play with routing in a really big cool environment. it’s been years since i participated but i hope it’s doing well. the work one would have to do to mimic the env is just infeasible.

off topic: i always thought mini internets like dn42 would be a super cool place to run secret/private services. fun to imagine.

Re:Ask HN: What do you use to backup your VMs? on Saturday September 28, 2024 @01:23AM (#41678088)
veeam is great i wish they offered some kind of personal license
Re:Sei pays out $2M bug bounty on Monday June 17, 2024 @09:02PM (#40713005)
iirc someone successfully argued code is law in a court in france
Re:Quitting a high-status job at Microsoft for freedom on Thursday May 02, 2024 @01:56PM (#40239256)
maybe it’s hard for these exec types to understand that the subordinates they thought loved them actually despise them. then they write articles like this.
Re:OpenTTD on Sunday February 11, 2024 @10:31AM (#39335641)
i just happen to try this game recently... is it just a micromanager sim? seems like (early game at least) i am just micro managing a bunch of trucks and trains telling them where to go individually.
you should include seed phrase and private key detection. a few crypto protocols that offer public docker images have been drained from accidentally committing keys to docker hub.
there is a potential downside to this kind of action.

i nuked a scam caller once with a killer deez nutz joke. the guy went bonkers when he realized. i think it was ligma or bofa or something. that day i won a battle.

since then i receive 25+ calls a day. i had to enable call blocking from unknown numbers. unfortunately i sometimes have to disable this feature when expecting calls.

you may win a battle and walk away with a cool war story but you will lose the war a million times over.

one day when you’re permanently disabled because a bum hit you with a wrench unprovoked, remember to apologize to them for putting them in that position.
everyone acting so shocked here probably hasn’t had your home robbed, your car windows broken, or been assaulted and/or robbed by a drugged out bum.

at some point enough is enough and they gotta go.

i think it’s a juvenile attitude to look down your nose at the endless victims and tell them to just be more understanding of the hardships the homeless face.

Re:All About Skimmers on Saturday June 10, 2023 @02:17PM (#36273241)
while criminals are pretty individualistic, they work in groups. eggs get broken to make the omelette, cost of doing business, etc.

not to mention criminals can stash money and retrieve it when they are released.

tldr - the idea of doing enough crime to save a lot of money and live on it on the other side, is pretty appealing to a lot of ppl.

congrats on this successful karma farming post
sarcasm and hyperbole soon to become illegal. thanks. good work.
Re:Thinking about our passive exposure to IPv6 issues on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @04:27PM (#35719489)
ipv6 has been “around the corner” since 2010 and it sucks we’re trying to force a protocol everyone hates. i get all the reasons it’s great but when everyone on earth hates a single thing all together maybe it’s a sign???
unrelated but the hn web archive bots are getting redic
Re:What is NMAP and how to use it? on Friday April 14, 2023 @10:39AM (#35570055)
for those interested in this also check out massscan for another port scan tool.
Re:Japan Says 1.5M Living as Recluses After Pandemoc on Monday April 03, 2023 @12:27PM (#35426684)
risk dying or deal w being sad. what would you choose?
unpopular opinion on hn but crypto and web3 is an amazing industry
Re:Creative coding, making loops with Processing on Saturday January 28, 2023 @08:39AM (#34557481)
i really want to learn to make these but the math always feels like a mountain of work to learn and i end up discouraged.

i find these works so interesting and mesmerizing. really jealous of the talented artists/programmers making these.

wonder how they measure this and is this smart engineering from the exchange or just new fast network gear.
everyone is watching the avi case now to see whether a court will rule code is law. going to be super interesting to watch play out.
the funny bits here are if the stolen funds are sent to binance.com (not binance.us) cz/binance will claim they don’t have jurisdiction.

it’s apparently illegal for cz to help americans via binance.com.

Re:Valve hit a home run with the first year of Steam Deck on Thursday December 15, 2022 @01:51PM (#34003893)
emudeck alone makes the Deck worth every penny. playing ps2 games on a handheld is friggin awesome.

my biggest complaint is the battery life but the device charges surprisingly fast.

Re:Crypto and Other New Faiths on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:48PM (#33712653)
hacker news talking about crypto is like your racist maga boomer uncle talking about crt.
Re:Show HN: Run unsafe user generated JavaScript in the browser on Saturday November 19, 2022 @04:54PM (#33675181)
open invite for security researchers to test this app?
this specific type of crime is impossible on chain and this is another win for defi and self custody (and in turn promotes being educated rather than relying on bankers).

pathetic whiny HNers will cope-post all the typical bs here anyway. talk to your therapists about your problems.

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