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New comment by CHB0403085482 in "Why is Google still serving dodgy ads?"

CHB0403085482 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:23:28 +0000

This is one reason why you have adblock...

New comment by Panzer04 in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

Panzer04 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:23:04 +0000

If you don't own the land and can't demonstrate a direct, severe impact to you and yours from the actions of someone else, you shouldn't have a say.

"More traffic" is not sufficient. I can actually sort of believe shade from an apartment building could count, but the impression I get is that is rarely a good-faith argument (and in any case it should only severely affect a few people in any new development, so you could easily justify just compensating them in some way rather than outright blocking a development.

New comment by avazhi in "Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher"

avazhi — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:53 +0000

I don’t worry so much about AI wiping us out as much as I worry about whether I’m being gaslit into thinking these glorified autocorrect bots are more clever than they are.

I still don’t know the answer.

New comment by aaronbrethorst in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

aaronbrethorst — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:47 +0000

I work on a suite of open source public transit software projects, collectively called OneBusAway (or OBA). The software is used by millions of transit riders every day around the world, including in New York City, the Seattle area, San Diego, and Washington, D.C.

Since last month, our four Google Summer of Code interns finished their projects.

University of California San Diego has deployed our Wayfinder and Waystation web apps for their 35,000+ students!

We launched a redesign of our Android app.

Our next-generation server software, Maglev, is almost at v1.0!

We are always looking for more developers, biz dev, ux designers, product managers, and more to help out!

Open volunteer positions: https://ossvolunteers.com/organizations/open-transit-softwar...

Our software: https://github.com/OneBusAway/

More about us: https://opentransitsoftwarefoundation.org

New comment by dofm in "Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025"

dofm — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:46 +0000

Yeah, this lines up with my experience. It will overkill things and then dig a hole for itself and fall in.

But did you test Muse Glimmer? IMO it is really worth comparing the two, at least. I really find it interesting (and while it is slower at outputting tokens, it solves problems better and usually even faster tha the 3.6 35B MoE).

New comment by mmooss in "Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs"

mmooss — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:33 +0000

What about their built-in cryptocurrency? It's a perfect use for it. They could require payment post-install yet before message can be sent.

New comment by joshmarinacci in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

joshmarinacci — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:31 +0000

I like the concept. Your website needs screenshots.

New comment by kaladin-jasnah in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

kaladin-jasnah — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:22 +0000

See my other comment, but the fuse pulling stuff still works on GM EVs and disables connectivity, but the telematics unit may still be collecting offline to batch upload.

New comment by fasterik in "The contagion of fear"

fasterik — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:21 +0000

Of course. Even in an all-out nuclear war, the probability of human extinction is still close to 0.

New comment by spindump8930 in "Flawed routers flood University of Wisconsin internet time server (2003)"

spindump8930 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:20 +0000

This is likely being discussed because it's relevant to this similar modern day story involving Tesla: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686766

New comment by nosioptar in "Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs"

nosioptar — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:05 +0000

I really liked silence. I stopped using it when f-droid said the source code was no longer available. Fossify messages is the best replacement I've found.

(I dont bother with encrypted messenging apps. I prefer to assume that anything I do on my phone is doubleplus unprivate. If I want privacy, I head over to my computer.)

New comment by fn-mote in "Data collected by cars and sold to third parties"

fn-mote — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:01 +0000

Your cell phone could easily call for help in a crash without the car being involved at all.

New comment by ryandrake in "Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation"

ryandrake — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:22:00 +0000

Contractors On The Death Star. You know you are working for the bad guys and are willingly doing the job.

New comment by bigbaguette in "Why is privacy so hard?"

bigbaguette — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:59 +0000

Unrestricted invasion of privacy and considering it completely normal is just a libertarian fantasy

New comment by curmudgeon22 in "The GDR and Vietnam: From Fake Coffee to Coffee Empire"

curmudgeon22 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:57 +0000

A fun read. It's interesting to think about the trade limitations imposed on East Germany and how those impacted daily things we take for granted.

New comment by marseysneed in "Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher"

marseysneed — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:47 +0000

I wonder if the voynich manuscript is next.

New comment by bawolff in "Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs"

bawolff — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:43 +0000

Viewing any security thing as a binary is the wrong way to look at it. Figure out your adversaries, how much power they have and what they are willing to spend. Make your decisions from there.

I personally think signal is sufficient for the threats the average person is concerned about, but that is a decision each individual has to make for themselves.

New comment by vel0city in "How to buy a good car for $1000"

vel0city — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:32 +0000

In the example the machine is the city design. It's the thing we can make better designs so people are less likely to put their hands (or someone else's) into the grinder part. You make it so it never even begins to make sense to drive illegally. Why risk prison time when it's a short bike ride or a reliable bus ride?

> It still doesn’t remove personal responsibility for choosing to drive illegally.

I never, ever, once even slightly suggested otherwise. I've been very consistent: it's a harsh and selfish crime that routinely ruins innocent lives which should have steep penalties and strong enforcement. I just don't like that we then don't actually address why people end up making that decision, we just act like it isn't really a problem at all, meanwhile more and more people drive illegally.

Quit burying your head in the sand to the actual solutions to this problem. You'll have far fewer people stealing food when they're no longer hungry.

New comment by syngrog66 in "JetKVM Mini"

syngrog66 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:31 +0000

on surface I like the design but due to nature of security risk I'd want to know a lot more about the company and how its made.

New comment by AceJohnny2 in "Fable 5.1 Solves the Cyphral Distich, a 370-year-old cipher"

AceJohnny2 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:21:27 +0000

I mean, humans have been doing just that for a long time.