Hacker News: EngineerUSA

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Top laptops to use with FreeBSD"

EngineerUSA — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:14:22 +0000

Anyone with a framework? I am considering it, but it is more expensive than my mac... which says something

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Anthropic is Down"

EngineerUSA — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:10:45 +0000

What does Down mean in this context? I imagine running inference on any server suffices. Just rent AWS since Amazon owns it anyways and keep Claude running.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"

EngineerUSA — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:22:19 +0000

Sudan is a civil war. Ghaza is a genocide orchestrated by one group against another. It is completely different. The Syrian civil war claimed 500k lives. Civil wars are different and more complicated. In Ghaza, the bad actors are clear though. One of them is rightfully labeled for their war crimes. The other enjoys white house visits and the support of billionaires (Ackman), a diaspora that would excuse murder and cover for it. Just listen to bari Weiss, or those influencers that in Netanyahu's own words, must spread israeli propaganda at all costs. In a fair world, the israeli gov and the militias in ghaza would both be side by side at the Hague or in Guatanamo. The world does not work that way, for some are more equal than others, when rich backers in the West would put Israel first, and America and the free world last

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Amazon One palm authentication discontinued"

EngineerUSA — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:19:06 +0000

I know someone that implanted it in their wrist lol.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"

EngineerUSA — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:12:27 +0000

If I ignore it, it is as if it never happened. Part of it is willful ignorance though. For Ross, he is deeply religious and views the security of Israel as that of the Jewish people (having a home to run away to if shit hits the fan). Children dying is a sacrifice he is willing to make. For the majority of America though, I believe they are a) either scared, because they saw a witch hunt orchestrated by people in power (like Ackman). If 3 female deans, many of them minorities, can get ousted at the whim of a billionaire, then the typical engineer or employee will be easily labeled antisemitic for defending those who are denied their rights to life and property, and will lose their job. Canary Mission and other groups are funded by successful billionaires like Ackman, Adelsons etc and harass students on campuses for protesting. They doxx them, blacklist them (no boss will hire someone on those letters, at the expense of being labeled an antisemite, and you are in it for a suprise once you notice how many of our tech companies and finance sectors are run by religious sociopaths). I know a few victims of those efforts. Interestingly, 90% of them are white middle class, and I think they are mostly women. Their courage is to be admired. Or b) people are okay with it, because Ghaza is so far away and because of Israel's blockade on the media covering ghaza (Israel has already killed more journalists last year than all other nations combined btw. I do not know of any democracy that does this).

New comment by EngineerUSA in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

EngineerUSA — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:38:03 +0000

The argument is that people who are born outside and come in, but instead of embracing our ideals, seek to do America harm, import bad ideals (like misinformation in the case of Murdoch, hunting innocents in the case of Karp, and racism in the case of Musk), should be called out and shamed. Fox News and ICE have done great damage largely enabled by the infra these immigrants set up. They also seem to promote hate against other immigrants (Chinese, muslims, etc). I think we often do not call out Musk and Murdoch for the damage they did. And given they are not American by birth, I do question their loyalties because their actions reflect a willingness to siphon money out of America and do us harm.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores"

EngineerUSA — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:29:10 +0000

Amazon keeps shutting Restaurants, their retail stores, etc., but I for one am glad they are at least trying. I agree that the fiasco around the Indians running the show was a PR nightmare for their idea, but large companies running startup like ideas should be encouraged rather than disparaged (and I am no fan of Amazon just to be clear). I think this is one of those ideas where execution failed. If you are a busy worker, it is great to just head there and grab what you need, and walk out. Just faster all around.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues"

EngineerUSA — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:21:28 +0000

The purchase of TikTok is interesting. Ellison is first and foremost pro Trump, and pro-Israel. TikTok was one of the few companies that allowed videos against the status quo (the propaganda our media pushes), which has only grown more biased now that Bari Weiss (again, a Pro Trump, pro Israel shill) is heading a large media organization. Censorship and controlling the media is one of the first tenets of bad actors. By controlling the flow of information, the truth can be obfuscated (that is why for instance, Israel has a total ban on covering Ghaza for western media. So that war crimes can go unnoticed, and thereby, it is as if they never occured). If we do not share anti-Ice videos, then they simply do not occur. For is the truth really factual, if it is left in darkness. A war on facts is concerning. I see videos of Mr Preti in drag on my feeds, clearly generated by AI, and shared by boomers. Disparaging the dead and the war on facts is highly concerning. That is why Noem does not release body cam footage of the ICE execution of Good and Preti. The only comfort I can find is that Noem and Ellison, and the Trump admin and Israel, are just plain bad at their job. Many years ago, Ellison was well known in SV circles to badly desire to be called like Jobs, in an almost comical way, like a kid asking his parents whether he is like that wrestler he saw on TV when he imitated one of his moves (he used to dress like him, and ask anyone around at his parties about the similarities between the two). They still miserably fail at controlling public sentiment, which is only growing against them day by day, as it rightfully should. Whether or not that leads to a tangible action against these bad actors is to be waited for. Rarely does anything happen though. The war criminals that lied and killed civilians in Vietnam and Iraq enjoyed their ranches. Netanyahu and trump will someday retire and enjoy their old days, after wrecking havoc on the innocent.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

EngineerUSA — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:29:33 +0000

It is always different when a foreign group kills children/starves over extended time like Israel did to Palestinians, as opposed to a dictatorship (think Syria before its revolution succeeded or Iran right now) kills their populace. Syrias civil war cost 600-800k lives by many figures. It is difficult to cover civil unrest or civil wars within the same group, vs. genocide or wars between nations. Think just of how hard it is to cover Israel/Palestine given Israel's ban on journalism and a free press covering Ghaza. Now imagine a nation as big as Iran where the state controls the media. How do you expect accurate coverage in a matter of days

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

EngineerUSA — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:21:52 +0000

I am very much against Iran bud. However, I am very much against Israel too, and your comment merged those protesting the murder of Good and more recently Mr Preti and left a very bad taste. Do you support in equal fervor the trail of money from rich religious donors in the US towards starving children in Ghaza for the Zionist project? or are you protesting the murders committed by the IDF against helpless children? The fact you are bringing religion into your argument is vile too. Iran's regime is built on oppression, but this is very much not a religious struggle. It just tells me you are very much ignorant on the subject. Dictatorships (Iran, Russia) are not religious by nature. They use culture or religion to drive their oppressive agenda, but you are falling for tricks that leads me to believe you support the protests in Iran not out of wishful helpfulness, but out of bigotry. But maybe you are equally supportive of other struggles for freedom like the Palestinian struggle.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Show HN: An interactive map of US lighthouses and navigational aids"

EngineerUSA — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:18:46 +0000

Very cool. I wish we could add to these if it was generated with LLM. I understand a disclosure would help, but it would make those who have spent much care and attention stand out immediately as opposed to during bug season

New comment by EngineerUSA in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

EngineerUSA — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:16:06 +0000

Thiel, Musk and Murdoch (owner of Fox News) were not born here, and were not even brought up in households of American influence. America is undermined by an enemy within, because no enemy outside our nation can do us damage to the extent these charlatans have done so far

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, documents reveal"

EngineerUSA — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:04:24 +0000

Such a ridiculous take. Get off your hate wagon. Also I argue no "leftists" support opposing ICE or Palestine out of "leftism". Only hateful bigots would support the execution of our people on our streets, or denying Palestinians their rights to exist and to freedom, free from a zionist ideology that has no respect for property or for life. Maybe if our "right wingers" and "Zionist" friends put humanity first and not politics or racist judaism first, they would not sound as hateful as you do now bud. Your comment is vile, and I can only imagine the hate you have in your bones. Although I will exclude right wingers here, since they are as of late huge supporters of the palestinian cause.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

EngineerUSA — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:40:00 +0000

Blocking any road is no excuse for execution at arm's range. Completely unacceptable.

New comment by EngineerUSA in "Google confirms 'high-friction' sideloading flow is coming to Android"

EngineerUSA — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:37:50 +0000

I wish the EU would step up and bring sideloading on iOS. iPhone hardware is great but the software is severely lackluster. I know a few developers there and they are not exceptional by any means. Chiefly because Apple pays much less than their competition so they do not attract the best talent

New comment by EngineerUSA in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

EngineerUSA — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:35:56 +0000

Palantir is interesting. Founded by a closeted German, run by an Israeli operative, and a 3rd arm of the federal gov. I wish we could prosecute it in my lifetime for the numerous violations of privacy it undertakes, but the world does not work that way. The rich enjoy private jets subsidized by our hard-earned taxes, while violating ideals held by our Founding fathers (for what would Thiel or the current CEO know about our morals, when they have none and are American by name only.. their loyalties lie elsewhere)