<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: Severian</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Severian</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:20:47 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Severian" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Vm0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I cannot find anywhere in the documentation that shows exactly <i>where</i> or <i>how</i> this "cloud sandbox" is deployed or maintained.<p>Is this Docker, Kubernetes, KVM/Xen, AWS, Azure, GCP, Fly.io, some other VM tech, or some rando's basement ?<p>Very little detail and I don't trust this at all.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:27:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46678747</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46678747</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46678747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Package managers keep using Git as a database, it never works out"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Incorrect, only some UUIDs are random, specifically v4 and v7 (v7 uses time as well).<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier</a><p>> 00000000-1111-2222-3333-444444444444<p>This would technically be version 2, which would be built from the date-time and MAC address, and DCE security version.<p>But overall, if you allow any yahoo to pick a UUID, its not really a UUID, its just some random string that looks like one.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:30:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392281</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392281</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46392281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Gemini 3"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The video shows closer to 2 seconds for it to finally throw itself over in what could only be described as a "Thunk". I figured it would be a little more smooth.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:01:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45972804</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45972804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45972804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Show HN: A roguelike game that runs inside Notepad++"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use NP++ almost my entire day, and this would be great for short breaks. Awesome job!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:08:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45125883</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45125883</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45125883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Nuclear: Desktop music player focused on streaming from free sources"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I 100% agree with this take: adding Bandcamp to this "media" app is a really shitty thing to do.<p>I personally know a few musicians who use Bandcamp to either exclusively make a living (along with touring), or to supplement their income. Some are overjoyed when they get a few sales a week on a release. This POS software denies that opportunity.<p>Either way, 99% of the artists are small independent musicians, and this just skips the Purchase album or track and just freeloads off the small MP3 player on each album page.<p>Its disgusting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 22:55:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45121252</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45121252</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45121252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "The scientific “unit” we call the decibel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've had the same issues as you, and here are some things I've done or tried as a remedy.<p>Try going into Android "Developer options" and enable the option "Disable Absolute Volume". Some devices cannot handle the way Android maps the "master" volume of the system to Bluetooth. With the option enabled you will have a separate slider to adjust the Bluetooth volume, and the volume buttons will instead only control the "Media" volume.<p>An alternate thing to do is under the same Developer Options is instead of disabling Absolute control is to change the Bluetooth AVRCP version to at least v1.5. v1.5 AVRCP introduces the Absolute Volume control functionality.<p>But, it could also be what you may have are Bluetooth devices that do not support Absolute Volume, or lack AVRCP v1.5 compatibility. If none of this works, I suggest purchasing the "Precise Volume 2.0 + Equalizer" app. I use this as it gives you more fine-grained control over the number of steps in the volume slider (for example, I now have 100 steps). It also allows you to calibrate the number of steps to a specific device, so you can literally change how many steps from quiet to loud. It's worth all of the $10 it costs, and has other nice quality of life features as well.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 11:33:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061003</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061003</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44061003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "How the United States Gave Up Being a Science Superpower"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We need another Bell Labs where people can experiment without immediate monetization. Look at the history of lasers and such. Took decades but now we have femto pulse lasers for Lasik and such.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 13:28:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972729</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972729</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43972729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a proxy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Kinda related, anyone know of something similar for Windows? This is definitely going in my toolkit, but I need something similar for Windows client traffic inspection (tls 1.2+) to get the full picture. Working with proprietary client/server coms over tls. Can use a special debug build, but requires shutting down and replacing. Need something in-sutu.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 19:40:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43930474</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43930474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43930474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Funny what his passions turned into, so yeah, ironically agree.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 21:01:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43294612</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43294612</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43294612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Russia's Dead Drop Drug Revolution"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You need to read the PDF, there is a ton of information in the report, with 214 references to the sources cited.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:30:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42317246</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42317246</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42317246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Indeed</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:13:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41768302</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41768302</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41768302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Scientists use magnetic nanotech to safely rewarm frozen tissues for transplant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So, induction heating, got it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:24:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41513451</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41513451</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41513451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "AudioFlux: A C/C++ library for audio and music analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I may not email as it isn't a serious pursuit, but more curiosity. Thank you for the invitation! My current fascination is in separation and classification. And modular synthesis where I guess DSP stuff comes about if translating into the digital domain.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 01:41:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241751</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241751</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41241751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "AudioFlux: A C/C++ library for audio and music analysis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Are there resources you would recommend reading regarding ML and audio?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2024 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41238539</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41238539</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41238539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Metal thieves in America's cities"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Prosecute the scrap metal yards more harshly, have a "police book" like used car lots and pawn shops. Document the person selling, get a photo of the same with the persons face, etc, etc.<p>Only allow maximum amounts of metal to be recycled unless said person has a registered business, per day/week/whatever. Regulate it.<p>There isn't an incentive if you can't sell it. As a commentator indicated below people were scrapping fire hydrants. Wouldn't this be a huge red flag??<p>"Oh yeah, I see you have 5 hydrants here to sell. I can't think of where these could have possibly have come from."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 21:49:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921597</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921597</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "How to Use Secure Sockets in C on Linux"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah, not verifying server cert or OCSP/CRLs is a problem. DNS attacks can redirect and you'd be none the wiser.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:33:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40717064</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40717064</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40717064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Backdoor in D-Link routers enables telnet access"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So, what is the count of D-Link exploits in their routers now? I swear there is at least 1-2 per year for as long as I can remember.<p>Do they just hire some rando code monkeys with 0 security audits?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:07:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704752</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704752</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The biggest challenge to this is weather. Do you really want to roll down your window and get soaked in a rainstorm to pick a #1 with a diet coke?<p>Most drive-thrus I've ever seen (Ohio, US) have zero cover and you are completely exposed to whatever mother nature wants to throw at you. Even the service window itself may have a tiny 24" awning that barely helps. In fact in my experience during rain it makes it worse as you get runoff right on top of the vehicle since they don't have rain gutters.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:01:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704712</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704712</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40704712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Intel is trucking a 916k-pound 'Super Load' across Ohio to its new fab"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Oh god, 33 and Gender Road. That's not going to be pretty for traffic.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:54:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40659528</link><dc:creator>Severian</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40659528</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40659528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Severian in "Legal models hallucinate in 1 out of 6 (or more) benchmarking queries"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For sure, I agree with you 100%. This is basically "Legal Analysis for Dummies" if you choose to rely on a machine to give you help here. Medical is also a bad domain.<p>What do you call a person who just barely passed the bar exam?</p>
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