Hacker News: TheClassic

New comment by TheClassic in "Tell HN: H&R Block tax software installs a TLS backdoor"

TheClassic — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 03:31:24 +0000

I have the non-business edition installed and still get a privacy error attempting to load your page, so this seems specific to the business edition. Thanks for the heads up.

New comment by TheClassic in "A receipt printer cured my procrastination"

TheClassic — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 01:23:08 +0000

OMG its so long. I'll read it later

New comment by TheClassic in "Making Hard Things Easy"

TheClassic — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:05:31 +0000

I expected there to be an abstracted, general, repeatable tldr that can be reapplied as a mental model. I haven't digested the whole thing, but after skimming, I can't identify what it is.

New comment by TheClassic in "How to build a IP geolocation database from scratch?"

TheClassic — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:02:46 +0000

Your comment is extremely interesting and what I was hoping to learn from the article (without an existing source of information, how do we determine the location of an IP address). Thank you!

New comment by TheClassic in "Marvel Comics makes 700 first issues available for free download"

TheClassic — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:50:34 +0000

A legal torrent of this would be awesome

New comment by TheClassic in "Learn a Programming Language Faster by Copying Unix"

TheClassic — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:25:24 +0000

Or a Linux VM on your Windows/Mac host

New comment by TheClassic in "Show HN: I Created the Inverse of Angry Birds"

TheClassic — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:28:52 +0000

I'm not seeing this game in the AppStore

New comment by TheClassic in "Mobile Carrier To Sell Service for $19/mo; Android Handsets For $99 Until Nov 27"

TheClassic — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:34:08 +0000

Any idea how much bandwidth this sort of voip uses? I'm wondering if it'll affect PC online FPS gaming or netflix streaming.