<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: OrvalWintermute</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=OrvalWintermute</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:43:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=OrvalWintermute" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Show HN: Brutalist Concrete Laptop Stand (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>More Industrial interior design than brutalist architecture</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:55:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47677265</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47677265</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47677265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Reaffirming our commitment to child safety in the face of EuropeanUnion inaction"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>BigTech is quickly trying to punt their legal liabilities from their alleged actions, and transfer that risk elsewhere e.g. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/jury-orders-meta-pay-375-million-new-mexico-lawsuit-child-sexual-explo-rcna265002" rel="nofollow">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/jury-orders-meta-p...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:22:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652915</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not sure this is truly the “Oracle VP of Workforce Economics” posting on X, but it makes a good thread:<p><a href="https://x.com/gothburz/status/2040142920674656482?s=46" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/gothburz/status/2040142920674656482?s=46</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632610</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632610</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Oracle Files H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>H1B is generally a giant scam of Labor Arbitrage</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 20:46:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632043</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632043</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One of the most toxic TOS I have ever had the misfortune of reading.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:24:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591470</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591470</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Cyber.mil serving file downloads using TLS certificate which expired 3 days ago"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Revocations works great in theory, and in theory & practice particularly in DOD.<p>The problem is a ton of certificate authorities consciously chose not to produce validation data previously, created insecure CAs, chose not to cache validation data, had knee jerk reactions to potential exposures, and many industries chose not to invest in technical capability to make revocation data available, performant, resilient, failing-over, failing gracefully, etc.<p>MITM is now the default for half the enterprise security solutions operating with cert to website “suspected good whitelists” which makes new domains on HN nigh unreadable</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:57:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494331</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494331</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When your borders are porous, domestic surveillance becomes foreign surveillance</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 17:53:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47469423</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47469423</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47469423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Why western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>perhaps super efficient hybrids that blend the best of both worlds are really the future?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:44:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468047</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468047</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47468047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Our commitment to Windows quality"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What about:<p>- native quick launch bar<p>- killing telemetry<p>- killing UI kludge<p>- permitting non-MS apps again</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:22:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461498</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461498</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you sell to the War Department, the CIA, the NSA, or ICE/Border Patrol, you know exactly how it is going to be used.<p>This after the fact naiveté by Anthropic is crazy.<p>Speaking as a patriot I’d be incredibly proud if my tool was used in a supporting role for one of the most perfect military operations ever executed.<p>This would likely be the Hallmark of my advertising for the near future.<p>Instead, we have anthropic going on a fishing expedition for information to claim a TOS violation and rightfully getting the boot! :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317482</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317482</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Palantir was trying to do the right thing.<p>Anthropic is trying to sell to the government while simultaneously dictating terms on how AI is used in the war department.<p>When you sell to the War department, or the IC, you can be certain that they are going to use it for planning operations and for executing operations.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:53:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317432</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317432</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The story is they started fishing for classified info on how their tooling was used from their prime contractor, Palantir, who rightfully blew the whistle on them and told DOD what they were up to.<p><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/03/07/pentagon-emil-michael-anthropic-claude-defense-ai-openai-iran-war-palantir/" rel="nofollow">https://fortune.com/2026/03/07/pentagon-emil-michael-anthrop...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:50:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317412</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317412</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Anthropic sues to block Pentagon blacklisting over AI use restrictions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I support the rights of Democrat & Republican administrations to designate certain companies as supply chain risks OR a national security risk.<p>I do not want a TikTok hoovering up our personal info sending it to China<p>I do not want a Anthropic becoming essential to warfare then questioning when the their AI is used to bring an enemy to justice<p>I do not want Nvidia sending their latest and greatest to China<p>I do not want a ASML moving their super advanced photolithography machines to China<p>I do not want a DJI selling their drones in the US and then exporting all the meta-data back to China<p>I do not want a Huawei hacking through American IT companies and then getting a free pass on selling their devices based on stolen IP in the US</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:46:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317372</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317372</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47317372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "We Will Not Be Divided"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>MS13 "Murder House" next door<p>Sure, No fire, no smoke.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:59:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191025</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191025</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47191025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Leaving Google has actively improved my life"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> My conscious is a tiny bit cleaner<p>I think he meant my conscience.<p>Used to think Google was awesome when they were hyper accurate, fast, and not enshittifying products.<p>Now I am convinced they are just a little bit better than Meta.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 20:31:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185185</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185185</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47185185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Google workers seek 'red lines' on military A.I., echoing Anthropic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Google has been evil for at least a decade, if not longer than that.<p>This is just pigslop masquerading as a moral stand.<p>What happened to the OG Google that cared about users, prioritized honest search, fast performance, and didn't murder pages with ads?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 04:37:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176571</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176571</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "The path to ubiquitous AI (17k tokens/sec)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>wow that is fast!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090196</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090196</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47090196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Arm wants a bigger slice of the chip business"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The RISC-V growth is fairly spectacular; moving forward the CAGR is estimated at > 40%</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:49:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035699</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035699</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47035699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "Arm wants a bigger slice of the chip business"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>RISC-V could completely eat ARM for lunch if they try to jack up fees under the guise of "value extraction", and not through true value creation.<p>In 2 years from this date, I fully expect the safety critical RISC-V chips like the forthcoming High Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC) from Microchip, Inc.[0], and derivatives [1] [2]  leveraging SiFive IP[3], and other RISC-V competitors [4] to take a dominant position in Space, Aerospace, Aviation, and potentially other less cost-sensitive industries where RTOS dominate.<p>This raises a few questions in my mind:<p>Could that extend to vehicles and other use-cases?<p>Will we see more derivatives with even higher performance beyond the already announced PolarFire2 designed specifically for terrestrial use?<p>I don't know how sensitive their overall BOMs are to high priced reliable chips designed for fault tolerance...<p>I don't know how fast the quality of the mass market chinese RISC-V chips will ascend the perceived quality gap, and expand offerings into newer profiles [5]<p>Where will the toolchain for RISC-V be on a specific chip basis?<p>Is Nvidia likely to expand their usage of RISC-V?<p>[0] <a href="https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-bit-mpus/pic64-hpsc" rel="nofollow">https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-...</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-bit-mpus/pic64hx" rel="nofollow">https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-bit-mpus/pic64gx" rel="nofollow">https://www.microchip.com/en-us/products/microprocessors/64-...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.sifive.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sifive.com/</a><p>[4] <a href="https://www.gaisler.com/products/gr765" rel="nofollow">https://www.gaisler.com/products/gr765</a><p>[5] <a href="https://docs.riscv.org/reference/profiles/rva23/_attachments/rva23-profile.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://docs.riscv.org/reference/profiles/rva23/_attachments...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:22:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031524</link><dc:creator>OrvalWintermute</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031524</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by OrvalWintermute in "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love you!</p>
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