Hacker News: FerretFred

New comment by FerretFred in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"

FerretFred — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:03:32 +0000

Someone, somewhere has an unwatched phone waiting for an authorisation code response...

Interesting solar power breakthrough in Yorkshire, UK

FerretFred — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:14:04 +0000

Article URL: https://petergarner.net/notes.php?thisnote=20260401-Solar+Power+Breakthrough+in+Yorkshire.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47598228

Points: 5

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New comment by FerretFred in "America tells private firms to “hack back”"

FerretFred — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:32:20 +0000

If a company's already been hacked, what makes them think they have the knowledge/expertise to fight back?

New comment by FerretFred in "Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology (2019)"

FerretFred — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:19:04 +0000

Similarly, I could be the first (known) Jugallo in West Yorkshire. Who knows, we might spark a new trend!

New comment by FerretFred in "The truth that haunts the Ramones: 'They sold more T-shirts than records'"

FerretFred — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:08:22 +0000

Fascinating! Always love these backstories. The Ramones were brilliant - I don't have a favourite album but my most-watched DVD is The Ramones Story

New comment by FerretFred in "Hormuz Minesweeper – Are you tired of winning?"

FerretFred — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:50:06 +0000

Someone leaked this to POTUS and he based his whole strategy on it!

New comment by FerretFred in ""That Shape Had None" – A Horror of Substrate Independence (Short Fiction)"

FerretFred — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:36:34 +0000

I need to read more of that! What's the copyright on the files? I run a public-access gopher server with a small eBook section and that's the kind of material that I'd like to feature.

New comment by FerretFred in "Monitor your world with one daily report"

FerretFred — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 06:15:26 +0000

Could be interesting but how about telling me what I'm actually signing up for and what PII you want me to supply - before I click Sign In?

New comment by FerretFred in "The collapse of white-collar work as the most hopeful catastrophe of our time"

FerretFred — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:06:45 +0000

Well, all that leisure time, and no spare money to buy anything with! Should be interesting.

New comment by FerretFred in "Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles"

FerretFred — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:29:52 +0000

I watched in amazement as the price tickers for gold and silver shot off the screen and then crashed mightily a day later. What surprised even more was that Bitcoin decided to join in - something I'd normally expect to rise as gold and silver fell.

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: StormWatch – Weather emergency dashboard with prep checklists"

FerretFred — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 09:19:09 +0000

Haha! Me too! Based in the UK it's one the few ZIPs I know by heart . It's a great site though!

New comment by FerretFred in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

FerretFred — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:18:39 +0000

https://petergarner.net

Also has a partial interface to my gopher server on the same machine:

gopher.petergarner.net

New comment by FerretFred in "The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café"

FerretFred — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:51:41 +0000

"So, I took long walks with my dog.

What used to feel like 10 minutes between breakfast and lunch while working became a full-blown day. Even though I was spending two hours walking my dog instead of a 30-40 minute rush, it felt like an eternity"

My dog has a way of slowing down time, although he won't tell me how. I think as humans we know what we expect from this other species, but they have a way of reorganizing the walk to suit themselves. I do it largely to bond with my best bud and get some exercise. He on the other hand goes out to catch up on doggy social media, with endless sniffing and donating further smells. Every walk is different - the route's the same but the sensory part is constantly changing. All this takes place, silently. We go back home satisfied but I know my boi gets the most satisfaction from it!

New comment by FerretFred in "Poor Johnny still won't encrypt"

FerretFred — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:49:15 +0000

Issue 3.. most/many governments are taking active steps to discourage this practice or better still (for them), stamp it out completely.

New comment by FerretFred in "Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now"

FerretFred — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 03:55:03 +0000

Great fun! I was hoping to see "Perl 6.1 goes live" though. Maybe later eh? ;)

New comment by FerretFred in "Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive"

FerretFred — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:46:29 +0000

I went by the definition:

misanthropic /mĭs″ən-thrŏp′ĭk, mĭz″-/ adjective

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.

Characterized by a hatred or mistrustful scorn for humankind.

Hating or disliking mankind.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

New comment by FerretFred in "Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive"

FerretFred — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:45:36 +0000

Remember that Anthropic is only 3 letters away from MisAnthropic: did the designers think of this?

New comment by FerretFred in "Google Antigravity just deleted the contents of whole drive"

FerretFred — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 17:43:03 +0000

I always use "rm -rf*v*" so that if I do screw up I can watch the evidence unfold before me.

New comment by FerretFred in "Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network"

FerretFred — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:23:39 +0000

Overkill right now, probably, but the Government seems hell-bent on locking down access to more and more things that we see as completely normal, so I'd say that it's forward planning.

New comment by FerretFred in "Microsoft doesn't understand the dislike for Windows' new direction"

FerretFred — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 19:05:24 +0000

Does Windows Backup still exist? I was never really aware of (m)any people using it, and it's definitely not a revenue generator. Someone please emlughten me?