Hacker News: 7174n6

New comment by 7174n6 in "I'm in a Meeting"

7174n6 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:28:54 +0000

Awesome, if I worked in the UK.

New comment by 7174n6 in "French Youth Take the Streets Against a Bleak Future"

7174n6 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:02:04 +0000

I only know what I see in reporting, but if they are protesting poor conditions in the schools and budget cuts for education, then why are they literally burning the school buildings? That seems terribly counterproductive.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Touchscreen MacBook '100% Confirmed,' Says Reputable Leaker"

7174n6 — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:14:26 +0000

so, an iPad Pro with a keyboard then.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Iran-linked hackers have breached FBI director's personal emails"

7174n6 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:18:28 +0000

The leak is from 2011-2022. He wasn't in the government then!!!!

New comment by 7174n6 in "Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director's personal email"

7174n6 — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:55:43 +0000

I'm sure it will be embarrassing for him personally, but not a breach of U.S. government systems.

Kudos to CNN for publishing a balanced take on it.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Show HN: Glyph, a local-first Markdown notes app for macOS built with Rust"

7174n6 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:49:26 +0000

This looks nice, but there is nothing that explains why I should invest in it over any of the other dozen note-taking apps that support markdown. Why should I pay for this rather than stay with Obsidian? I'm not hating on this tool, I'm advising the developer they need to be more aggressive in convincing me it's worth the investment in money and time to make the switch.

New comment by 7174n6 in "How to Leave the U.S.A."

7174n6 — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:58:37 +0000

Good, leave. Thank You.

And I'm not saying this as a partisan, on either side.

Fleeing is the coward's way out. Stay and fight for what you believe in.

You don't get to come back and dictate that the rest of us placate to your beliefs and feelings after you fled and didn't invest any sweat equity to fix the problem.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Revelations about an FBI's unit fightning against cybercrime"

7174n6 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:06:26 +0000

translation anyone?

New comment by 7174n6 in "Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired"

7174n6 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 12:03:50 +0000

Your spray and pray technique is flooding HR departments with AI generated applications. This blocks out people who are actually qualified for the role as they get drowned out by the "shameless" who apply for anything that "vaguely fits".

This is horrible advice and exactly why the job market is so broken.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash"

7174n6 — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 12:48:19 +0000

This is a huge problem in Pennsylvania also, but most of the municipalities have abdicated significant maintenance responsibilities to HOAs. They refuse to take over roads, retention ponds, and common land areas requiring the HOA to cover maintenance. Snow removal from "public" roads and landscaping of "common areas" is a significant cost for HOAs. If the municipalitiies are forced to take these dutues over it's going to be a huge hit to their budgets. I'd think this would be a hard sell to most politicians in PA.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Curbing sugar won't curb your sweet tooth, scientists say"

7174n6 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:34:33 +0000

I like science.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Sans and GIAC Certification Fraud: A Case Study"

7174n6 — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 03:24:30 +0000

I have completed three SANS courses and hold two GIAC certifications. Yes, they are unreasonably expensive. But you know that going in.

But I have no idea what this guy is talking about otherwise. He repeatedly claims "content misalignment" and "exam misrepresentation". The courses I have completed were wholly aligned with real-world application. And as far as the exams...they are open books and open notes. And you get practice exams that provide a pretty nice roadmap of the actual test.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Browsers in Direct Comparison"

7174n6 — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:07:33 +0000

Funny they didn't include Brave.

New comment by 7174n6 in "What is a pig butchering scam? (2023)"

7174n6 — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 15:39:46 +0000

This place is ridiculous. How do I get downvoted for trying to help the victim from being stigmatized? The term is horrible, and there is no legitimate reason to use it.

New comment by 7174n6 in "What is a pig butchering scam? (2023)"

7174n6 — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:52:40 +0000

There is a move to rename the crime to "financial grooming" because the term "pig butchering" is an intentional form of victim shaming. Anyone who is still using the term pig butchering should be immediately discredited.

New comment by 7174n6 in "College student put on academic probation for using Grammarly: 'AI violation'"

7174n6 — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 11:23:09 +0000

Long time adjunct instructor here - it's pretty easy to tell when a student is writing above their level or not within their tone and style. A lot of times, I can tell the work is not the students; maybe not AI-created, but definitely created by someone else.

I'd like to see the actual paper. Turning a student in for plagiarism is a serious action and not taken lightly. I think the instructor had other clues besides machine alerts.

New comment by 7174n6 in "[dead]"

7174n6 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 03:51:41 +0000

"Notably, male rats exhibited pronounced autism-like behaviors, characterized by a marked reduction in social interaction and repetitive patterns of behavior. Furthermore, there was a substantial decrease in neuronal counts in critical brain regions, indicating potential neurodegeneration or altered neurodevelopment. Male rats also demonstrated impaired motor performance, evidenced by reduced coordination and agility."

Scary.

New comment by 7174n6 in "[dead]"

7174n6 — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:16:46 +0000

Masking isn't about health...its about control.

New comment by 7174n6 in "CNN is blocking the Brave Browser"

7174n6 — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 03:52:21 +0000

Nothing worth seeing there anyways.

New comment by 7174n6 in "Ask HN: What are some interesting/useful things that you purchased this year?"

7174n6 — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:12:50 +0000

I use both Notability and Apple Notes. I tried Good Notes and Notability just worked better for me. Even though it cost more.