Hacker News: Steltek

New comment by Steltek in "Patrick Stewart has died"

Steltek — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:12:50 +0000

We've lost a lot of familiar celebrities this year but Patrick Stewart was a towering giant among nerds. TNG's stories will be timeless and Jean-Luc quotes feel homely and comforting.

I feel like a few years ago, there would have been no question about adding a black banner. Lately, Hacker News hasn't felt very "hacker-y". Corporate and legal concerns frequently outweigh freedom, talent, and curiosity in discussions.

New comment by Steltek in "Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS"

Steltek — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:32:59 +0000

Claude at least loves its punchy bullet points.

Also, I want to expunge the word "shape" from my vocabulary at this point. I think I'm developing a nerve twitch just reading it.

New comment by Steltek in "Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements"

Steltek — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:31:43 +0000

The Hortman's, who were actual elected politicians, were assasinated before Kirk so no?

And what does any of that have to do with a Government-run, nation-wide spying operation?

New comment by Steltek in "Wealth Inequality in America drawn to scale"

Steltek — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:56:07 +0000

Wouldn't they retain a lot of ability to do that from abroad? A wealth tax targets wealth in your country. We've seen plenty of loopholes for foreign political influence lately and I don't think there are any laws against non-residents holding majority shares in US companies, right?

New comment by Steltek in "Shitter – A Nitter Fork"

Steltek — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:31:58 +0000

You don't need to go anywhere to see that Musk is far right. If you're going to claim otherwise, you're gonna need to bring some solid evidence.

The "left" spans such a huge range right now that to be "not left" is basically far right. A Republican opposing Trump is _extremely_ rare (and usually excommunicates them from the party) while on the left, you have AOC, Omar, etc actively sharing a party with Fetterman and Manchin. Right/far-right was a thing in the 2010's but not any more.

New comment by Steltek in "Jared Kushner Hacked Phone Reveals Secret Negotiations, Millions in Transactions"

Steltek — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:30:08 +0000

Easy workaround: If you were not actually convicted of a crime, you can not be pardoned for it.

It's not how we've treated pardons in the past but the US has abandoned that as a deciding factor everywhere else. Tell me why that's not a valid interpretation of the Constitution.

New comment by Steltek in "What shall I teach my son?"

Steltek — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:42:27 +0000

Activities and homework would have ended it in a couple of years anyway and that's really why it hasn't come back - lack of time.

New comment by Steltek in "What shall I teach my son?"

Steltek — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:43:42 +0000

Not really. I took both kids shopping with me. One preschool age, one first grade. They got little quests to find things through the store.

Sadly COVID kinda of ended the tradition.

New comment by Steltek in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

Steltek — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 17:36:38 +0000

I do not support restrictions on the freedom of speech.

However, arguing that a political party isn't evil because it was elected is absurd. The idea is neither supported by history nor current events.

"Both sides" has become a pretty transparent tactic to deflect the magnitude of the difference.

New comment by Steltek in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

Steltek — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:07:15 +0000

> If the AfD were really as bad as people here pretend they are then they won’t get elected.

Using this logic, please explain MAGA in the US. Arguably worse than AfD and currently holding power in all 3 branches of government.

New comment by Steltek in "Florida's HOAs and condo associations are making the housing crisis worse"

Steltek — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:55:57 +0000

Yeah but if you sell that box/stuff to another person, they own it now and shouldn't be bound by your rules. If that's not true, I didn't actually buy anything. I just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to have my name put on someone else's contract without being able to negotiate any terms.

It's like "buying" digital movies. The button says Purchase but you/Amazon still get to dictate terms long after the sale.

New comment by Steltek in "ICE Planning $100M 'Nightmare' Domestic Spy Program"

Steltek — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:55:42 +0000

It's counter productive because what roads are you going to block? Cities are Blue, even in Texas.

There were larger protests at ICE concentration camps but ICE made it clear that they'd use deadly force to disperse them. From the Left, the worry was that Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act to suspend elections, deploy the military, etc.

New comment by Steltek in "Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield depends on SpaceX"

Steltek — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:12:56 +0000

Trump doesn't want to look unpopular and he will give anything to avoid that, including letting innocent people die. It's as simple and as disgusting as that.

He started a war with Iran to look big and tough for his cult. That failed spectacularly and now he'll sacrifice anything and anyone to avoid the consequences of his actions.

New comment by Steltek in "YouTuber Says Cops Visited Him After He Built a Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops"

Steltek — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 23:39:15 +0000

The Youtuber is in Canada which may have a different legal underpinning for Flock than the US.

New comment by Steltek in "Yandex Takes a Second Data Center Hit in 48 Hours"

Steltek — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:19:35 +0000

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New comment by Steltek in "Keyboard differences between Windows and Macs"

Steltek — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:23:52 +0000

Linux for home. Mac for work. At least once a night I try to jump to the address bar in Firefox and accidentally lock the screen instead (win/cmd-L).

The Mac boosters here would be hilariously quaint if it wasn't so frustrating. Docker images that only work on macOS Docker and break on regular Linux. Quips like "Mac is so much more reliable, just use a Mac for Docker!" that I think are genuine opinion rather than a smug joke.

Between this, AI, and all the other brain rot trends, working in tech is so depressing these days.

New comment by Steltek in "Florida woman arrested for allegedly making threats in an AI chat"

Steltek — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:18:55 +0000

Usually that blocked message indicates that your country has restrictions on news media (e.g. cookie laws, PII collection, etc), not the originating country. I think you have this backwards.

New comment by Steltek in "Florida woman arrested for allegedly making threats in an AI chat"

Steltek — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:58:37 +0000

> The "gulf coast" link does not work due to limitations on free speech in the USA.

I am really not following this logic at all. Can someone explain?

New comment by Steltek in "Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant"

Steltek — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:50:02 +0000

Except this time, the regime in charge taking public action to tamper and interfere with elections, including threats of intimidation at polling stations. Red state governments are outright gloating that they're gerrymandering their districts based on party lines to retain power.

Even if Dems take the House and Senate, this can't be called a fair election.

New comment by Steltek in "Ukraine Can't Stop Russia's Jet-Powered Shahed Drone"

Steltek — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 20:05:40 +0000

You're talking about APKWS rockets. 70mm rockets (practically free) equipped with a laser seeker.