Hacker News: Tool_of_Society

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon"

Tool_of_Society — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:26:28 +0000

Well he was doing a good job at buying popularity until he fired his PR team so..

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "DOGE employees ordered to stop using Slack"

Tool_of_Society — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 22:11:31 +0000

He didn't even get a majority of the 60% of voter aged Americans who voted.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "What's happening inside the NIH and NSF"

Tool_of_Society — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 12:51:40 +0000

Bro I'm a gun owner and a big time first amendment proponent and all that. I've been called a socialist, communist, American hater, a racist and more by those on the right as soon as I contradict dear leader slightly.

The right is every bit as bad at this as the left because at the end of the day people are going to people.

Democrats for life of America disagrees with your assessment. The organization has existed since 1999. Henry Cuellar is a member of the democratic party and is very "pro-life".

The issue is that "pro-life" has morphed into anti-choice. What is happening in Texas and other states is not pro-life. Forcing women to die is not a pro-life stance.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "What's happening inside the NIH and NSF"

Tool_of_Society — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:31:11 +0000

Uh maybe read the declaration of independence and some of the writings of the founders? They most certainly did NOT want the executive branch to be a king...

ALso a slim majority of the 60% who voted is not an overwhelming majority. Biden's win against Trump was bigger.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when people listen hard"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:43:02 +0000

Yup I have the same issue with the aching muscles.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use activates when people listen hard"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 16:40:11 +0000

Am I the only one that consciously uses that muscle??

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Octopuses seen hunting together with fish"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:16:08 +0000

Look bro you're entire response history in this thread has been childish. You don't deserve more than that. A real expert expecting to be taken seriously would of at least bothered to scan the easily found study (<5 mins on google). Then they would of posted at least a cliff notes of what they found wrong with the study. Instead you just shit posted.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Octopuses seen hunting together with fish"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:50:53 +0000

You're the foremost expert on cephalopods with decades of experience in the field yet can't be bothered to spend 10-15 minutes to scan the study. Got it.

Love how you keep capitalizing cephalopod like you just copy pasted it off a google search to get the proper spelling :P

Remember kids. Animals in captivity always behave exactly as they do in the wild. Also every individual is exactly the same so you never see any variation in behaviour regardless of inhabiting a wide range across multiple oceans.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Hacking Kia: Remotely controlling cars with just a license plate"

Tool_of_Society — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 21:46:45 +0000

Hell Mississippi as a state might soon pass Chicago in murder rate per capita. Chicago last year had a murder rate of 22.85 per 100,000 while Mississippi had a murder rate of 20.7 per 100,000. Louisiana had 19.8 and Alabama had 18.6..

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Octopuses seen hunting together with fish"

Tool_of_Society — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:51:38 +0000

In the one short video you do see what you want to see. Meanwhile the researchers have hundreds of hours into this...

Probably shouldn't base your entire opinion of the study on a 17 second video or a fluff article.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02525-2

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Octopuses seen hunting together with fish, punching those that don't cooperate"

Tool_of_Society — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:47:26 +0000

I feel like my life would of been enriched a few times had that been a viable legal option to pursue :P

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla"

Tool_of_Society — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:17:33 +0000

Calumet park is a village right next to Chicago with under 7000 people. Northfield village has under 6000 people and it's located within about 15 miles of Chicago. It wasn't until I was about 18 that I realized what I thought was Chicago were actually small towns/villages. There's a whole slew of small villages next to or "in" larger cities.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:54:46 +0000

Indeed since this is MS you can guarantee this is just a another step in them expanding their ability to monitor your habits for further monetization.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:52:28 +0000

Yet despite all that I've witnessed accidents still make it in production...

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Microsoft will switch off Recall by default after security backlash"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:51:18 +0000

Browser history doesn't show my passwords, everything I typed out and did on the machine.

In comparison browser history is nothing.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:12:21 +0000

People didn't even notice that it was "space imploders" lol. They were too busy being outraged.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:11:19 +0000

It was a mini arcade box which are sold by a variety of companies with any number of real arcade games using modern hardware in them for under $300.

I can't find any existence for the game "Space Imploders" though.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 10 May 2024 22:09:21 +0000

"Space Imploder" is not a real arcade game. That looked like one of those cheap mini arcade boxes you can buy brand new from a variety of sources.

I see a bunch of cheap knock offs being crushed but I cannot say all of the items were.

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Oh Frick Go Back: GUI Tool to Removes Ads from Various Places Around Windows 11"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 03 May 2024 00:25:57 +0000

They are called 'suggestions" "recommended" or "tips" in the OS. They are just straight up ads..

New comment by Tool_of_Society in "Oh Frick Go Back: GUI Tool to Removes Ads from Various Places Around Windows 11"

Tool_of_Society — Fri, 03 May 2024 00:06:27 +0000

We have a project XP machine that has been plugged into the internet for nearly a year now with no third party firewall etc. Nothing has happened despite all the proclamations it'd be an infested box within seconds of touching the internet.

The reality seems to be that problems stem from the user and what software they use to access the internet more than just being connected. This jives with your comments as you keep mentioning user actions that result in infections.