Hacker News: XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=XEKEPHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:36:58 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "California Senate Passes SB 1047"]]>I'd love to hear from a lawyer.

Is this law even constitutional? Doesn't it violate the first amendment?

]]>Wed, 29 May 2024 23:00:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40518107XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40518107https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40518107<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say"]]>Frankly, I’m impressed with both Waymo the car and Waymo the company reactions to the accident. The only shallow knee-jerk reaction came from S.F. Supervisor Shamann Walton.

]]>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 04:55:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39298361XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39298361https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39298361<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "The Hawai’i Seaglider Initiative: A new approach to travel between the islands"]]>see Maui to Lanai ferry https://go-lanai.com/

]]>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 07:51:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39100640XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39100640https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39100640<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Hans Reiser on ReiserFS deprecation in the Linux kernel"]]>I briefly worked with Hans around 2005. My impression at the time was that he declined the manslaughter plea because he thought he was smarter than everyone around him.

]]>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:49:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050206XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050206https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39050206<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "To free the Baltic grid, old technology is new again"]]>You meant 2022, right? I'm linking an article describing how Ukraine connected to EU grid

[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-ukraine-unplu...

]]>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 03:41:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38258811XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38258811https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38258811<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Window-swap – open a new window somewhere in the world"]]>Oh, thank you, neat idea! The site is not new, but I never heard about it until now.

]]>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 02:01:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108054XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108054https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108054<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "New targeted chemotherapy able to kill all solid tumors in preclinical research"]]>Quite encouraging, hopefully will get some good results in the spring of 2024. I wonder why the PR now: this phase I clinical trial started in 2021. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trial...

]]>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:05:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36979077XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36979077https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36979077<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Jewish Problems (2011)"]]>Well, not really. In order to immigrate, or even simply travel outside, one had to get a permission first. And one was not usually granted to those who had access to any state secret.

]]>Wed, 11 Aug 2021 02:06:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28137107XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28137107https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28137107<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Hoping to avert “collision” with disaster, Microsoft retires SHA1"]]>They said IE11 is the first to make TLS 1.2 default. And it is apparently true.

]]>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:35:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6723182XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6723182https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6723182<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Most people won't"]]>It is not important how unlikely are the odds. What's important is to be prepared when the chance does present itself and that requires talent and years of training.

So I think you misread the narrative, it's not about striking gold.

]]>Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:37:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6609608XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6609608https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6609608<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Meltdowns Hobble NSA Data Center"]]>"...efforts to "fast track" the Utah project bypassed regular quality controls in design and construction." If the history of former USSR has any relevance to the present day USA -- and I suspect it does -- we will see more and more screwups like this one.

]]>Tue, 08 Oct 2013 03:40:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512911XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512911https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512911<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in ""Forensics for Prosecutors" mentions backdoor in TrueCrypt (page 15) [pdf]"]]>There is more regarding zSearch: "... computer search tool called osTriage/zSEARCH. The search tool allows investigators to find child pornography without damaging the forensic integrity of a computer." http://attorneygeneral.utah.gov/PR_122011.html

]]>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 05:09:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6325675XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6325675https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6325675<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "House Vote 412 - Rejects Limits on N.S.A. Data Collection"]]>These law-abiding citizens should demand the same from their government, shouldn't they?

]]>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 04:24:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100914XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100914https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100914<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "House Vote 412 - Rejects Limits on N.S.A. Data Collection"]]>I can't recall any other issue, splitting the House orthogonal to party lines.

]]>Thu, 25 Jul 2013 04:20:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100900XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100900https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6100900<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Anonymous posts usernames and passwords of US Congress staffers"]]>So what do we have? A bunch of weak passwords. Not bad they are revealed, actually, should educate some a bit. Still, revealing the passwords without the email addresses would've been a bit more responsible.

On the other hand, do they really store house.gov passwords unencrypted? I'm not even talking about salted vs unsalted hash here, just plaintext? Seriously?

]]>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:13:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6066135XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6066135https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6066135<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "The Scientific 7-Minute Workout"]]>Am I the only one who noticed, that the other, more realistic number 20 minutes is omitted in the NYT article. See "the established ACSM guidelines for high-intensity exercise of at least 20 minutes is recommended" in the original article.

]]>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:00:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709721XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709721https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5709721<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "North Dakota, socialist haven?"]]>Great article, but totally misleading title. It's about a secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement which Wall Street may use to kill one very sound state bank.

]]>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 10:19:39 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5468278XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5468278https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5468278<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "GoPro Uses DMCA to Take Down Article Comparing Its Camera with Rival"]]>Let's just hope that this GoPro's f@#kup will make some corporate lawyers to think twice before trying DMCA takedowns.

]]>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:01:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5412021XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5412021https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5412021<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Show HN: XKCD-inspired StackSort"]]>the algorithm (wisely!) ignores all posts dated before it's published

]]>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:18:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5397181XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5397181https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5397181<![CDATA[New comment by XEKEP in "Soviet College Admission — My Dad's Story (1970)"]]>The argument that Asians are over-represented and it proves the absence of any quotes reminded me of identical arguments I heard in the former USSR. They claimed over-representation of Jews in science, engineering, entertainment was a proof there was no anti-semitism!

]]>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:20:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341908XEKEPhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341908https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5341908