Hacker News: WarOnPrivacy

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Fitting Four 32 GB Resizable Bars Behind a PCIe Switch on Linux"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:01:22 +0000

sidebar: Why don't your posts include pics of your rig?

Asking because I really want to see your kit.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "What constant surveillance is doing to children and parents"

WarOnPrivacy — Wed, 11 Nov 2026 01:18:40 +0000

The eradication of critical childhood environments has severely degraded the experience for kids and parents alike.

My parents parented a few hours a week; most of my childhood hours were spent in adult-free development - with peers or on my own. I ranged everywhere.

My kids ranged not at all. Instead they grew up under 24/7 adulting. They had little of the opportunity I had to grow ambition, problem solving skills and basic independence.

Adults traded their growth for car culture, trespassing culture and extreme beliefs about stranger risk that never reflected reality.

I spent 20x the time parenting that my parents did. We parents spent hours trying to manually recreate (via camps, events) the slivers of the childhood that we experienced organically. As good as these events were, they didn't come close to replacing what adults have taken away (daily adult-free, free ranging).

The end result, I have 5 adult sons and will probably never have grandchildren. Besides being economically impossible for a couple to support themselves on typical wages, parenting is immeasurably more complex and time consuming than what my parents experienced.

In short, parents give way more and kids get way less.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Poll: Will the new Slate Truck sell for 25K USD?"

WarOnPrivacy — Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:42:08 +0000

26.4k w/ delivery. Then add taxes, title, dealer prep fee...

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "1,500 fake job ads led us to a global multi-level marketing scheme [video]"

WarOnPrivacy — Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:35:35 +0000

Transcript for those of us who don't do videos https://justpaste.it/h1wxl

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "We know 15k websites are infected. how do we tell them?"

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 18:20:49 +0000

I appreciate that. A business I know found and cleaned a skimmer this week (Magecart iirc). They may want to know whether their site is listed.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "AMD CEO saying it's a "data center first" company and PC sales will plummet"

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:42:22 +0000

The usual. Zoning, onerous bureaucracy, the opposite of whatever we do to lure sportsball stadiums.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "The Predator Holiday Special"

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:20:06 +0000

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVrRjt69lhU

The Predator Holiday Special

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:16:42 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Predator_Holiday_Special

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50409340

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Typhoon Nolo dissapated, regenerated, hazed Hawaii, transited entire Pacific

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:06:38 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Nolo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50409267

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "AMD CEO saying it's a "data center first" company and PC sales will plummet"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:50:34 +0000

Tech giant's war on consumers - this may be the most relevant reason to attack data center developments.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "We know 15k websites are infected. how do we tell them?"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:10:33 +0000

You gave email addresses to contact you - for NCSC/CERT and for entities who want to incorporate your threat intelligence data into their protection models.

What's the email address for owners of 1 or 1000 sites to find out if they're listed in your stewpot?

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:57:56 +0000

Windows 11 26H2 w/ MSPaint is 10.26100.1. It's just right.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Nvidia CEO called in by lawmakers over ties to alleged Chinese spy"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 04:27:00 +0000

If I read the cards correctly, the accused sin is that Nvidia sold product to a Chinese-related entity. I don't think that is so unethical that it deserves outrage and retribution.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 Ultra – 150W AI Accelerator Card with 128GB at 548GB/s"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:29:58 +0000

Buy for the low, low price of - nope. Not for you.

    Cirrascale (8-card Ultra server, 128 GB each, 512 GB system RAM): 
    $4,699/mo (monthly term) or $3,759/mo (annual term)

    Cloud GPU rental (per-GPU): from $5.15/GPU/hr

ref: https://cloud-gpus.com/qualcomm-ai-100-ultra/

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Frustrated Ranchers Want People to Quit 'Rescuing' Their Working Guardian Dogs"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:18:21 +0000

> Outdoor domestic cats are a crime against nature (and songbirds).

As much as red tailed hawks are. And crows (which I've watched eat songbirds).

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Frustrated Ranchers Want People to Quit 'Rescuing' Their Working Guardian Dogs"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 04:17:01 +0000

> proto feral cats

Turns out that's not a thing. https://duckduckgo.com/?q="proto+feral+cats"

Looks like neutered pet cats are just that.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "512GB Mac Studio"

WarOnPrivacy — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:33:35 +0000

When the page first loads, it shows a different price for ~1sec. It quickly overwrites that and displays the much larger, eye watering figure.

1st load ref: https://i.postimg.cc/YC5V5yZH/prerewrite.png

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines"

WarOnPrivacy — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 04:26:36 +0000

I really liked Win2KPro. My son has a copy of Windows Neptune he fires up now and then.

But I also had lots of fun when Code Red and Nimda came around - full perm file navigation on computers everywhere. Any Win2k box knocking on my firewall was telling me it was wide open for use.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Show HN: I Built an HVAC Load Calculator Manual J"

WarOnPrivacy — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:26:37 +0000

How does this compere with energy calc software (that factors building volume, glass types, etc)? That's work I did a lifetime ago and I imagine things have progressed.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy?"

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:34:42 +0000

> Don't smart TVs (of LG or others?) connect to open networks of neighbors, like Vodafone hotspots?

I can find no verified reports of this behavior. People are looking for it.

> all the spyware modules connect to open Wifi of neighbors, and soon, LTE.

I can find no verified reports of this behavior. People are looking for it. Cellular connections have been theorized since the beginning but have not been discovered.

Given the number of qualified people seeking out these behaviors, if they appear we will know it - with certainty.