Hacker News: 50208

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.

New comment by 50208 in "What happens when clergy take psilocybin"

50208 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:41:23 +0000

Why do people insist on complicating all this so much ... just take a hit of whatever and experience it for yourself.

New comment by 50208 in "The Polymarket users betting on when Jesus will return"

50208 — Thu, 29 May 2025 19:04:28 +0000

Lord almighty (lol) ... these folks are so ... I don't even know the word.

New comment by 50208 in "Apple Resumes Advertising on X"

50208 — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:15:03 +0000

I prefer "Lawless trillionaire oligarchy with neuro-net connected robot militia takes control of the Americas. Thanks Obama".

New comment by 50208 in "Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data"

50208 — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:26:42 +0000

An addict can't use occasionally or use less ... there is only 1 way to quit. You have to actually quit.