Hacker News: 47thpresident

New comment by 47thpresident in "I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore"

47thpresident — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:32:13 +0000

Recently, I took an intercontinental flight, and the plane had complimentary Starlink internet and Live TV channels throughout the whole journey for all cabin classes.

I know the technology has been around for a while but watching a World Cup game in real-time whilst soaring at 1000kmh/35,000ft over the Arabian desert sounds like science fiction decades ago.

That's just one small example. I think that the hedonic treadmill is hitting people at a much higher rate than before.

New comment by 47thpresident in "LARP – Revenue infrastructure for serious founders"

47thpresident — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:53:11 +0000

It is definitely the life-action role playing definition. As in you’re LARPing a successful company with high cash flow. I know it has nothing to do with actual role playing, it’s just the popular way of calling someone a poser on the internet at the moment.

New comment by 47thpresident in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

47thpresident — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:15:10 +0000

"Every piece of social advice on Reddit is designed to ensure that you die alone"

https://old.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/1kkey4d/every_...

> Doesn't matter who you ask on this site. The incel, the rad fem, the regular liberal, the happily married person, the casanova; they will all tell you some variety to stay in your own lane and shut up. They will all use different language, but the meanings will always be the same: they live a life of constant loneliness and have found kinship with others who agree that to ever do something to counter that loneliness is beyond abhorrent behaviour.

New comment by 47thpresident in "When the Internet Was a Place (2025)"

47thpresident — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:01:59 +0000

> Persona 3

I've been playing Persona 3:Reload recently and little things like the pause menu [1] and the overall visual presentation clearly have so much deliberation and thought put into them that they feel like interactive art pieces rather than menus. This pretty much extends to every recent Atlus game [2].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d6x1CIgLSc [2] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/metaphor-refantazio-...

Reddit Users Are Being Targeted by Stake's Covert Advertising Tactics

47thpresident — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:19:36 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/1s3xvw6/how_reddit_users_are_being_maliciously_targeted/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47565118

Points: 13

# Comments: 5

New comment by 47thpresident in "You can't trust the internet anymore"

47thpresident — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:56:49 +0000

I had a similar experience when I was looking for YouTube videos on the Intel i7-4790T, it's a relatively obscure CPU that was only found on small-form factor pre-builds during the Haswell era. The only recent videos I found were slop videos [1] narrating a script clearly generated by an LLM, with a link to their Amazon affiliate in the description. The CPU has never been put on retail sale! These channels upload a dozen times a day on random products just to get an affiliate commission.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpHUBC681iU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w5a33Jeen0

New comment by 47thpresident in "Mobile carriers can get your GPS location"

47thpresident — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:47:54 +0000

It's only supported on EE/BT at the moment.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/126101

New comment by 47thpresident in "Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video"

47thpresident — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 02:20:32 +0000

One day we’ll see a an Osamason or Xaviersobased post on HN

New comment by 47thpresident in "Slop is everywhere for those with eyes to see"

47thpresident — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:59:48 +0000

> If it were up to TikTok and Meta, our feeds would be exclusively robot-made. Humans are a variable they cannot control, and I think they despise us for it.

OpenAI’s Sora mobile app is the experiment to see if human beings will tolerate total AI content consumption. We’ll see how that will go.

Publish on your own site, syndicate elsewhere

47thpresident — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:48:25 +0000

Article URL: https://indieweb.org/POSSE#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468600

Points: 1078

# Comments: 248

Dark Engagement

47thpresident — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:37:04 +0000

Article URL: https://zakelfassi.com/dark-engagement-open-web-network-collapse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45490695

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by 47thpresident in "Sora Update #1"

47thpresident — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 17:16:41 +0000

I'm pretty sure this is in response to the flood of Sora anime parodies that have flooded TikTok in the past 48 hours. Seems like OpenAI is acknowledging some strongly worded letters from anime rights holders rather than individual artists, or the response wouldn't be this swift.

New comment by 47thpresident in "Some users have noticed settings that let Meta analyze and retain phone photos"

47thpresident — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 21:40:24 +0000

Is this only on iVerify EDR? I can’t seem to find it on the up-to-date basic version.

JioPC – Virtual Desktop

47thpresident — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:15:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jio.com/jiopc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44725927

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by 47thpresident in "Grok 4 Launch [video]"

47thpresident — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 06:52:23 +0000

Grok 3 is on Azure AI Foundary [0] and announced an integration with Telegram, albeit they are paying Telegram $300m not vice versa [1]. But I agree, choosing Grok is just a huge reputational liability for anyone’s work that is serious.

[0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/foundry/announcing-grok-3-and... [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxvr3n7wlxo

New comment by 47thpresident in "I Deleted My Steam Account After 20 Years"

47thpresident — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:16:25 +0000

If you use an Arm mac, the mainline release is still using Rosetta. You can switch to the beta release which improves battery life and performance.

New comment by 47thpresident in "Microsoft opens a free tier for Windows 10 extended updates"

47thpresident — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:40:56 +0000

Withholding security updates unless the user gives up their PC's data to Microsoft's cloud, use Bing search to accumulate 1000pts or pay $30 is comically petty, even by Microsoft standards.

Digipin: A Geospatial Addressing Solution by India Post

47thpresident — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 10:32:40 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/CEPT-VZG/digipin

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44208725

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by 47thpresident in "Grok answers unrelated queries with long paragraphs about "white genocide""

47thpresident — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:29:06 +0000

Archived link since original was taken down: https://archive.ph/Jjwv8

Exposing Darcula: behind the scenes of a global Phishing-as-a-Service operation

47thpresident — Sun, 04 May 2025 20:22:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mnemonic.io/resources/blog/exposing-darcula-a-rare-look-behind-the-scenes-of-a-global-phishing-as-a-service-operation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43889291

Points: 4

# Comments: 0