Hacker News: 0xC0ncord

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Veracrypt project update"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:20:55 +0000

I have a hard time believing this to be true when for a while now it's always been some automated system that goes completely unchecked and unmonitored. It's not until someone who is wrongfully affected complains on Xitter does anyone notice.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Samsung Upcycle Promise"

0xC0ncord — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:11:43 +0000

Part of the reason why Android phones specifically are not supported for very long is because the baseband and modem firmwares from Qualcomm only receive official support and updates for about 2 years.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs"

0xC0ncord — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:32:01 +0000

>Scott Hennessey, the owner of the New South Wales-based Australian Tours and Cruises, which operates Tasmania Tours, told the Australian Broadcasting Network (ABC) earlier this month that “our AI has messed up completely.”

To me this is the real takeaway for a lot of these uses of AI. You can put in practically zero effort and get a product. Then, when that product flops or even actively screws over your customers, just blame the AI!

No one is admitting it but AI is one of the easiest ways to shift blame. Companies have been doing this ever since they went digital. Ever heard of "a glitch in the system"? Well, now with AI you can have as many of those as you want, STILL never accept responsibility, and if you look to your left and right, everyone is doing it, and no one is paying the price.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:27:53 +0000

Okay, what I really meant to ask was whether Verizon in particular is still incredibly dishonest about the process of bringing your own device as I had personally experienced. Obviously, the real solution is just to take your business elsewhere.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:05:18 +0000

Is this an option that's available all the time? Back when the Nexus 5 was still new, I tried doing exactly this and took one I just bought to my local Verizon outlet to have it activated on their network. The tech there told me that while the phone DID have the hardware needed to be compatible on Verizon's network, he was "not allowed" to activate it for me unless I bought it directly through them. I've since switched to T-Mobile and never looked back.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:08:25 +0000

I don't know much about it other than it's apparently just ADHD that doesn't manifest until adulthood.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:05:56 +0000

I'm also curious what others' takes are too. Lately I have found myself completely unable to remember things without writing them down or completely losing focus on a task and instead going off on "side quests." A close friend familiar with ADHD hinted that I probably have "late developing ADHD" and advised that I get evaluated/diagnosed.

The thought of that kind of scares me---I'm in my late 20s and tend to think I have functioned my whole life without needing any kind of coping strategy or technique to keep myself on top of my work, but now I am facing the possibility that I might just have to start doing things differently, and I'm not sure where to start.

Aside from actually getting diagnosed, are there any strategies I ought to try to help focus on work without getting sidetracked? And ways to help remember things?

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "2025 was a disaster for Windows 11"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:18:29 +0000

When I first installed Windows 11 about 2 years ago, I had a similar experience. One of the things I noticed quickly was that much of the preinstalled crap that comes with Windows 10 can be easily uninstalled from the Settings menu or Control Panel, no PowerShell tricks required. It felt like Windows 11 was actually less bloated than Windows 10 at the time.

But, going through the same process now I notice a lot more of the cracks. Windows 11 nags a lot more, whether it's about OneDrive or Copilot or whatever new thing Microsoft is trying to push. My same Windows 11 install from 2 years ago kept reinstalling and re-enabling the same crap I originally got rid of, and I feel like it's only getting worse.

In short I think Windows 11 was actually really good when it first launched, minus the UI quirks at the time. But, in classic Microsoft fashion, it was totally ruined and has woefully lost my trust as something I can depend on for even just basic computing.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "All Delisted Steam Games"

0xC0ncord — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:53:30 +0000

About one of my favorite racing games of all time: "The game could have been removed for a number of reasons, including the closure of developer Bizarre Creations in early 2011, but the most likely cause was expired licensing of the real-world cars featured in the game."[1]

To me this is one of the most egregious examples of how licensing massively hurts consumers. The game is fully playable offline (and online with a patch) but cannot legally be sold because of an arbitrary restriction limiting the use of likeness of virtual cars in the game.

[1] https://delistedgames.com/blur/

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Copy-Item is slower than File Explorer"

0xC0ncord — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:02:06 +0000

For what it's worth, I recently bought a spool of CAT7 cable and a bunch of RJ45 connectors and made my own cables that perform well and reliably. I don't know if this was wise in the end but I was able to get what I needed out of it.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"

0xC0ncord — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 23:55:28 +0000

This is true if you opt not to install Google Play Services.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Why won't Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1?"

0xC0ncord — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:04:09 +0000

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Unreal Tournament 2004 is back"

0xC0ncord — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:20:28 +0000

One explanation that was brought up before about this was licensing. A lot of the source code has been touched by other entities like Digital Extremes who may feel differently about releasing the source. That's even more true for UT2k4 which was worked on by many more companies behind the scenes, some of which are now defunct.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Unreal Tournament 2004 is back"

0xC0ncord — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:17:45 +0000

This is being done by OldUnreal with written permission from Epic. They've been doing the same thing for Unreal 1 and Unreal Tournament '99 under NDA and all.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Games using anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine/Proton"

0xC0ncord — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:11:40 +0000

Having done modding for some older shooter games built on the server-authoritative model, it's still possible to create a "pingless" experience, but it requires more calculations and compromises on client/server trust to make it work. For shooters specifically, you want the client to provide instant feedback when the gun fires, and ideally when they hit an enemy. You can achieve this by telling the server "I was at position A and shot my gun at position B and hit enemy Bob." The server will validate all of this before informing the client who fired and the client for "Bob" that Bob was killed. The compromise here is that the server must trust that the client isn't sending forged data, or the server must do additional computations to validate it.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm"

0xC0ncord — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:46:42 +0000

And forced arbitration exists to remedy class action. Consumers rarely win anymore.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Microsoft Makes Sysmon Native to Windows"

0xC0ncord — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 23:28:20 +0000

It's about time. There's so much valuable information exposed in Sysinternals' tools that's integral to performance monitoring, troubleshooting, and complementing security solutions. Windows has always fallen short in providing built-in ways to access some of what it's doing under the hood, and the Sysinternals suite is hands down one of the first things you should be installing to start making sense of some of it.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "How to turn off Copilot and protect your data from Microsoft's AI"

0xC0ncord — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 03:59:20 +0000

I appreciate the gesture but how long is any of this going to stay disabled until the next Windows Update turns it back on again? Or permanently?

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem"

0xC0ncord — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 16:35:41 +0000

There are plenty of fridges that don't incorporate "smart" features. There's nothing really complicated about a giant box that you put food in to keep cold and maybe an integrated water dispenser.

I've been shopping for a new fridge lately, and from what I gather most "smart" fridges are still extremely expensive and that makes "non-smart" fridges still very desirable. In other words, "smart" features may not be new, but they aren't standard on a typical fridge... yet.

New comment by 0xC0ncord in "US air traffic controllers start resigning as shutdown bites"

0xC0ncord — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 23:18:47 +0000

To own the libs, apparently.