Hacker News: Yaa101

New comment by Yaa101 in "U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app"

Yaa101 — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:04:50 +0000

Welcome to our brave new digital world, governments and DOJs do this because now they can, I am afraid this is only the beginning.

New comment by Yaa101 in "European civil servants are being forced off WhatsApp"

Yaa101 — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:07:34 +0000

I understand the move but I also see bears on the road. When the politicians control their communication apps then it is sooner or later also very convenient for politicians to ask the operators to disappear conversations that shouldn't have taken place or conversations that somehow are political liabilities.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Lesson"

Yaa101 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:40:50 +0000

I agree, it is shortsighted (next quarter syndrome). First of all the AI does not need source to find vulnerabilities and further it breaks the unwritten contract to exchange source for eyeballs which creates better source. I guess the CEO wants less security and stopped evolution of it's code.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Social media distorts perceptions of norms (2024)"

Yaa101 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:40:03 +0000

Not only conservative media, people are so afraid to really communicate with each other (be tolerant of each others viewpoint), that they constantly cancel each other on the fear of that viewpoint, thus do not give each other a chance to communicate. And things becoming worse each generation, younger generations are not learnt to think for them self anymore.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Elsevier rewrites academic papers with AI – without telling editors or authors"

Yaa101 — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 01:32:26 +0000

So this will be one of the ways that people will die from AI

New comment by Yaa101 in "Ask HN: Is there an anti-EU sentiment from big tech?"

Yaa101 — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 19:20:52 +0000

That regulation would not have come into existence if there were no privacy problems caused by the ones that have to comply to the regulations

New comment by Yaa101 in "Bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume"

Yaa101 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:32:29 +0000

I first read it the wrong way, as if I had to bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume, strange headline.

New comment by Yaa101 in "I'm terrified of old people"

Yaa101 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 09:13:28 +0000

Get some older friends, they are fun, they have a lot of info, they are generally less scared of consequences so they let you do stupid stuff, they give you room to grow and get wiser, they generally have more money and cause better opportunities. As young person I always were around the generation of my parents and I never regret it, it provided me with the baggage to get through life without too much problems. When middle aged make younger friends to keep you young and to be able to pass on the culture to young people that want to be around older ones.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Why does current flow the opposite way from the electrons?"

Yaa101 — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 01:06:39 +0000

It does not, it just seems that way. The electron just jumps to an empty slot in the next atom (metals have empty electron slots in their atoms, that is why they conduct energy) and leaves a bit of energy in the current one. So if the electron jumps to the next atom on the right, the current seems to go left.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Gambas Almost Means BASIC"

Yaa101 — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:57:53 +0000

I am a golang programmer myself, but you can't beat GAMBAS it's GUI programming qualities, it is so effortless to make a great quality prototype for a GUI application.

The language is very complete, even for me a as spoiled (having a very complete standard library) golang user.

GAMBAS is fun without being a childish toy, one can make very serious applications with it.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Microsoft is forcibly removing internet explorer from PCs"

Yaa101 — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:35:33 +0000

A lot of business intranet software still runs on IE, especially in the far east.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Facebook inches closer to European blackout"

Yaa101 — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:56:45 +0000

And nothing is lost... Good riddance...

New comment by Yaa101 in "Don't Believe Robots Are Taking over Jobs: AI Will Open New Career Paths"

Yaa101 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:21:32 +0000

Yes, it is about boring and unfulfilling jobs...

New comment by Yaa101 in "Thanks to Covid, half of kids were below grade level in at least one subject"

Yaa101 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:06:06 +0000

That is giving a sack of DNA too much credit, don't forget the lousy schooling system, lazy parents and indifferent students.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Don't Believe Robots Are Taking over Jobs: AI Will Open New Career Paths"

Yaa101 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 01:00:48 +0000

All technology giveth and taketh away, so yes it will create jobs while taking away others. However people that aren't able to come along, and there are more of them than you can feed, are very much threatened by this all. You either dispose all these so called career wise immobile people or you find them to do some interesting and fulfilling work, if not they will cause a lot of problems. I personally think the latter is the most wise way, besides, they are the majority on this planet.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Ask HN: What was your first impression of the Internet?"

Yaa101 — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 18:27:10 +0000

My first contact (1995) with the internet was through a BBS gateway and the experience was underwhelming. Later direct contact (1997) made all up but only after ADSL connect (2000) it became permanent for me as from early on I was interested in serving my own stuff.

New comment by Yaa101 in "24/192 Music Downloads ... and why they make no sense (2012)"

Yaa101 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 21:04:20 +0000

They do make sense provided they are real master recording stems (not upsampled) to do mixing or mastering.

For listening by people, they don't.

You'd really do not want that much accuracy in your hearing, it would drive you totally mad.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Europium UltraGlow Powder – Green"

Yaa101 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 17:48:48 +0000

Interesting article, but not entirely right.

The fibers are not in the note but painted on top of them, neither side of the note is the same fiber wise, also they do get wear with usage. The fibers on the new notes are different, they are more compact and illuminate.

New comment by Yaa101 in "Ask HN: Share your favorite YouTube channels focused on mastering a skill/craft"

Yaa101 — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 02:46:29 +0000

Master blade maker: https://www.youtube.com/@shurap

New comment by Yaa101 in "How we plan to de-extinct the Dodo bird"

Yaa101 — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 14:33:27 +0000

So far the reason seems to be to get extinct.