Hacker News: 50208

New comment by 50208 in "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"

50208 — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 22:20:57 +0000

Anyone know what types of full disk encryption this will support?

New comment by 50208 in "Organic foods are not healthier or pesticide free"

50208 — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:05:26 +0000

If we accepted what this article states as true (big if, seems mostly hyperbolic) ... it also supposes that the only important thing about organic foods is what your body gets out of it. No consideration given to the land, the inputs, the workers, the surrounding environment. Not much logic to ImunoLogic.

New comment by 50208 in "The desperation of NYTimes"

50208 — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:51:49 +0000

NYT is a cancer on American society. Worst tho, it's described as a "liberal" news source, but over the course of it's long history it's done just about all it can to stab "liberals" in the back. All thinking people should avoid NYT at all costs (which is free to do).

New comment by 50208 in "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"

50208 — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:31:22 +0000

Why didn't you say they were mormons from the beginning? That all makes sense now. Truth, lies, and morality doesn't mean the same in that case. Read Under The Banner of Heaven by Krakauer.

New comment by 50208 in "The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy"

50208 — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:35:27 +0000

WW3 is shaping up to be a theocratic holy war struggle between Christianity, Judaism, Islam ... and all of us secular folks have to suffer for their ignorance and intolerance.

New comment by 50208 in "Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'"

50208 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:56:12 +0000

Good ... do it the old way ... I support the blanket ban, wish it would go further. It's a good start.

New comment by 50208 in "Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'"

50208 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:54:53 +0000

Now ... what do we do about the rest of society. This problem isn't just a school problem, it is whole of society, escpecially senior citizens. They are more prone to the problems of phones, social media, and continuous disinformation ... and they vote.

New comment by 50208 in "Grandparents are glued to their phones [video]"

50208 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:11:00 +0000

Seniors are the most vulnerable people on the internet, the most likely to be fooled by disinformation, the most likely to vote, and are one of the biggest threats to civil society. Boomers are destroying what previous generations have built.

New comment by 50208 in "Statement on the comments from Secretary of War Pete Hegseth"

50208 — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:32:43 +0000

This is what fighting early stage facism looks like.

New comment by 50208 in "On privacy and control"

50208 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:51:25 +0000

The ad blocker is uBlock Origin ... the blog misstates it as uOrigin.

New comment by 50208 in "I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone"

50208 — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:36:54 +0000

Wish there was a link to this ...

New comment by 50208 in "Canada's Carney called out for 'utilizing' British spelling"

50208 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:52:15 +0000

Sounds like something his opponents would use to try and gin up fake outrage. So dumb.

New comment by 50208 in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

50208 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:49:25 +0000

I hope like hell Mozilla leadership can just go back to focusing on what is actually important: making a free, fast, secure, private web browser.

New comment by 50208 in "ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media"

50208 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 02:08:50 +0000

The United States is a nation of immigrants ... hopefully someday soon we'll remember that it is acutally our biggest strength, not a weakness.

New comment by 50208 in "ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media"

50208 — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 02:06:10 +0000

Lord no.

New comment by 50208 in "Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy"

50208 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:35:51 +0000

Isn't that just to provide the search engine default? Which is easily changed?

New comment by 50208 in "Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy"

50208 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:35:17 +0000

That would be a great move by Mozilla. Have a "secure" version: Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Firefox SECURE. Or maybe just provide a switch to turn on.

New comment by 50208 in "Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy"

50208 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 20:32:04 +0000

Thanks for this ... great start. Mozilla Firefox COULD be an even more powerful source for good. Stop focusing on BS VPN, AI, etc ... focus on great browser, security, privacy. There is a possible niche for a centrally managed, security focused browser for companies ... like the Island Browser ... as an option.

New comment by 50208 in "Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors?"

50208 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:12:00 +0000

It's not unique. Different sports police themselves more & less, punish more & less, coverup wrong doing more & less. As you said, you've just heard about it more.

New comment by 50208 in "Visa and Mastercard are getting overwhelmed by gamer fury over censorship"

50208 — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 22:24:55 +0000

Imagine if they put this type of effort towards something that matters.