Hacker News: SockThief

SteamOS now runs on every AMD handheld

SockThief — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:35:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.xda-developers.com/steamos-now-runs-on-every-amd-handheld-and-valve-didnt-even-make-a-big-deal-about-it/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47874507

Points: 32

# Comments: 1

New comment by SockThief in "Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a 'Natural' Health Hack"

SockThief — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:12:42 +0000

https://archive.ph/kBGti

Influencers Are Spinning Nicotine as a 'Natural' Health Hack

SockThief — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:12:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/well/nicotine-health-maha.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47845984

Points: 7

# Comments: 4

New comment by SockThief in "Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, private, works offline"

SockThief — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:54:45 +0000

I'd love to get the audio book if it's not too much trouble

Edit: I'll send you an email

SteamOS ARM64 Reaches Nintendo Switch in First Experiment

SockThief — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:53:32 +0000

Article URL: https://onejailbreak.com/blog/steamos-runs-on-nintendo-switch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804917

Points: 35

# Comments: 0

New comment by SockThief in "Google's AI Overviews spew false answers per hour, bombshell study reveals"

SockThief — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:24:13 +0000

I see. Good to know. I will comply in the future.

Thank you!

New comment by SockThief in "Google's AI Overviews spew false answers per hour, bombshell study reveals"

SockThief — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:42:33 +0000

The title is missing "millions".

I'm commenting only because I have recently submitted a similar story [0] and although I copied and pasted the title, it was also missing the exact word "millions". I had to edit the post and add it. I'm curious why it has happened twice? Is there a filter that tries to moderate exaggeration perhaps?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678393

New comment by SockThief in "Kagi Product Tips – Customize Your Search Results with URL Redirects"

SockThief — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:34:35 +0000

There is another one: https://libredirect.github.io/ A web extension that redirects YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and many other websites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends. This is a fork of no longer maintained Privacy Redirect. Alternative frontends are fetched automatically, so it mostly works out of the box.

New comment by SockThief in "Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, private, works offline"

SockThief — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:24:08 +0000

This is great! I've been using Headspace, but recently I get a Duolingo vibe of it. It's still good, but Healthy Minds is in other league. Thank you!

Facepunch signed a license with Valve to allow standalone releases from s&box

SockThief — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:31:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/facepunch-signed-a-license-with-valve-to-allow-standalone-releases-from-sandbox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709507

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by SockThief in "Škoda DuoBell – The Bike Bell Designed to Penetrate Noise-Cancelling Headphones [video]"

SockThief — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:41:26 +0000

Sorry, it's a dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687248

Škoda DuoBell – The Bike Bell Designed to Penetrate Noise-Cancelling Headphones [video]

SockThief — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:39:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDaVPfpQvPI

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47687729

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by SockThief in "Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions lies per hour"

SockThief — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:26:26 +0000

I don't think that "right almost every time" is enough. It's different when you're searching for an answer yourself and you're expecting to dig for right one among others not so right. But when you get one answer from LLM you either trust it or don't. If you do you're bound to be lied to from time to time and face the consequences. If you don't, you're back to searching manually anyway.

I find myself questioning LLMs a healthy habit these days.

Testing suggests Google's AI Overviews tell millions lies per hour

SockThief — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:10:30 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/04/analysis-finds-google-ai-overviews-is-wrong-10-percent-of-the-time/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678393

Points: 15

# Comments: 6

New comment by SockThief in "Arch Linux considers criticism of Age Verification to be a violation"

SockThief — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:17:13 +0000

The Arch Linux Core Dev Team is asking r/ArchLinux sub-reddit mods to censor people unhappy with Age Verification in Arch.

It appears that Arch Linux considers criticism of Age Verification to be a "Code of Conduct" violation.

Arch Linux considers criticism of Age Verification to be a violation

SockThief — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:17:13 +0000

Article URL: https://xcancel.com/LundukeJournal/status/2035852545864683533#m

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47509461

Points: 13

# Comments: 11

New comment by SockThief in "WTF: Police responded on Saturday night due to a zero-day"

SockThief — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:02:30 +0000

> We and our up to 191 partners use cookies and tracking technologies.

And there's no way I could find to reject them all at once, only one by one. No thank you.

Web Rewind

SockThief — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:36:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.web-rewind.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47465539

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by SockThief in "I traced $2B in nonprofit grants for Meta and Age Verification lobbying"

SockThief — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 08:27:46 +0000

It is a bit bizarre . Isn't it just a link [0] to their github repository? The same as in OPs post?

0 - https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

New comment by SockThief in "Don't Be a Sucker – Other Title:Educational Film, No. 6"

SockThief — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:42:27 +0000

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (9/18/1947 - 3/1/1964) (Most Recent)

From: Series: Educational Films, 1942 - 1947

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

This item was produced or created: 1945