Hacker News: Legion

New comment by Legion in "Potential issues in curl found using AI assisted tools"

Legion — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:01:23 +0000

Basically using AI the way we have used linters and other static analysis tools, rather than thinking it's magic and blindly accepting its output.

New comment by Legion in "This map is not upside down"

Legion — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:46:36 +0000

"Yeah but you can't do that"

"Why not?"

"Because it's freaking me out"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPaca-SrvEk&t=208s

New comment by Legion in "Rewriting Unix Philosophy for the Post-AI Era"

Legion — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:25:08 +0000

This was so hollow that I could hear it echo.

New comment by Legion in "Revolt: Open-Source Alternative to Discord"

Legion — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:02:03 +0000

Pushing what used to occur on web forums into Discord chats has been a net loss for the Internet.

New comment by Legion in "Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored"

Legion — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:25:10 +0000

"WebScript". Call it what it is (non-web uses notwithstanding).

New comment by Legion in "Apple Invites"

Legion — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:11:57 +0000

As a big fan of Apple TV boxes and a medium fan of Apple TV+, I can't agree with this strongly enough. It's such an unforced error.

It's so unnecessary to call everything "Apple something" when they've had great success creating recognizable brand names like "iPod", "iPhone", and "Macintosh".

Calling it "Apple TV+" just feels like both the set-top box and the streaming service wanted the name "Apple TV" and neither side was budging.

New comment by Legion in "Warning: DNS encryption in Little Snitch 6.1 may occasionally fail"

Legion — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:24:23 +0000

I always love the announcements of, "Bug found in new OS release! EDIT: Actually it's been there for a while!"

New comment by Legion in "The VR Winter Continues"

Legion — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:49:49 +0000

The fact that consumer VR remains a niche category even in its best use case - gaming - tells you everything you need to know about whether or not it's ready for development in the non-gaming consumer space.

Until VR tech is strong enough that it becomes a must-own product type for the average gamer, any other consumer-focused use case should be considered dead in the water.

New comment by Legion in "The demise of the mildly dynamic website (2022)"

Legion — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:06:02 +0000

PHP deployment was indeed easy.

But it turns out "dump everything in docroot and let mod_php interpret and execute whatever it finds there" had security implications...

New comment by Legion in "Wells Fargo fires workers for 'simulating' being at their keyboards"

Legion — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:14:48 +0000

> In a statement, Wells Fargo said it “holds employees to the highest standards and does not tolerate unethical behaviour”.

Given the things Wells Fargo has been guilty of in the rather recent past, this reads like a punchline.

New comment by Legion in "ICQ will stop working from June 26"

Legion — Fri, 24 May 2024 16:18:56 +0000

Goodbye from 6605455.

New comment by Legion in "Amber: Programming language compiled to Bash"

Legion — Wed, 22 May 2024 16:48:36 +0000

Have you stopped to think that maybe people will use this "experimental 3 month old language" for their personal stuff, and that not everything in programming is for your "whole team"?

New comment by Legion in "Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years"

Legion — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:12:36 +0000

> Seems like Rust was the wrong tool for the job.

Sure, but the problem is when you have a community around that tool that insists otherwise.

New comment by Legion in "Apple Ramps Up R&D Intensity to Pre-iPhone Levels"

Legion — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:59:13 +0000

Hope that includes the non-invasive glucose monitor for the Apple Watch.

New comment by Legion in "SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed]"

Legion — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:39:04 +0000

There are two kinds of people who declare a crypto is going "to the moon":

- The ones who don't believe it, and sell off their inflated coins after the price jumps

- The ones who do believe it, and are the rubes the first group is counting on

New comment by Legion in "Voyager 1 stops communicating with Earth"

Legion — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:44:52 +0000

> While the spacecraft can still receive and carry out commands transmitted from the mission team, a problem with that telecommunications unit means no science or engineering data from Voyager 1 is being returned to Earth.

A probe going further in space than any other that suddenly starts sending back incomprehensible science data is a pretty killer start to a sci-fi movie if you ask me.

New comment by Legion in "Beeper Mini is back"

Legion — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:40:45 +0000

Is that really an unknown that anyone required proof of?

New comment by Legion in "Atlassian Acquires Loom"

Legion — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:34:49 +0000

Ask me about LOOM

New comment by Legion in "My Unhealthy Relationship with Keyboards"

Legion — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 17:13:31 +0000

I don't need a redundant set of numeric keys on the right side of the keyboard for the same reason I don't need a redundant set of vowels on the left side of the board.

For an accountant or someone whose keyboard usage is exceedingly numbers-centric, then sure. But as a default option, it's a space eating waste.

New comment by Legion in "Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises ‘no commute’ as a perk"

Legion — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 20:27:03 +0000

If company towns were to come back, it wouldn't be in one fell swoop. It would start with "good deals" like this...