<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Zak</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Zak</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:45:07 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Zak" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "A Call to Action: Stop the FCC's KYC Regime"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Preventing spoofing doesn't have to make spam cost-prohibitive for <i>every</i> spammer to greatly reduce the volume, and it does not interfere with ordinary people obtaining phone service anonymously.</p>
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<p>Sure, but with phone numbers that can't be spoofed, telcos can terminate service, and filtering technologies can block calls. Spam gets expensive if you have to buy new service every five calls.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:09:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505919</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505919</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48505919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Car headlights don't have to be this blinding"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are already regulations forbidding the use of unapproved LED retrofits in housings designed for incandescent bulbs in most countries. The fact that your mechanic gets away with installing them, and you get away with driving your now-illegal car shows how well they are enforced.<p>Unless your car's design is particularly evil (a real possibility), changing a headlight bulb is usually easy to do yourself, and approved, incandescent headlight bulbs are easy to source most places.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:48:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492009</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492009</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're right. Seems like it fails when the font <i>is</i> correctly selected. Another machine running Firefox on Linux didn't have a problem.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:42:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478984</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478984</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>All the text is invisible for me in Firefox on Linux when the `--font-body` is set to `"Atkinson", sans-serif`. Setting it to `"Atkinson Hyperlegible", sans-serif` fixed it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:39:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476989</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476989</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48476989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://github.com/clj-android" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/clj-android</a><p>I can once again write Clojure apps for my phone, which is fun to do by hand, unlike more conventional tools for writing Android apps.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:15:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455888</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455888</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48455888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Somebody had to work on it before it was how the world is. When Microsoft proposed a scheme involving remote attestation and DRM in 2003, the New York Times published a critical article. Google SafetyNet a decade later barely got a whimper out of major <i>tech</i> outlets, much less the mainstream press.<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/business/technology-a-safer-system-for-home-pc-s-feels-like-jail-to-some-critics.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/30/business/technology-a-saf...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:17:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454380</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454380</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48454380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Please don't spam people looking for employment. It's just cruel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I got one of those too, from "Alya", which seems to be an LLM-based tool the creator describes as his daughter.<p>Beyond the usual rudeness of spam, that's a little creepy.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:11:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370502</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370502</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Seeking freelance work<p>Remote: yes<p>Willing to relocate: no<p>Technologies: Clojure, Ruby (sometimes on Rails), PostgreSQL, Javascript, Python. Some experience with Rust, Lua, C, C++, Haskell, Scheme, Racket, Common Lisp.<p>In 2026, I probably need to say I can code without an LLM. I can also code with one and I have a decent grasp of context engineering.<p>Github: <a href="https://github.com/zakwilson/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/zakwilson/</a><p>Email: hn@goodanser.com</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:39:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363021</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363021</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48363021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Landing the plane because of something that could be interpreted as a bomb threat without waiting to be sure it was intended that way seems like a precaution on the far end of reasonable, but still reasonable.<p>Demanding that people disable Bluetooth does not seem reasonable. If there's an actual bomber, tipping them off that you're reacting to their threat might lead them to set off the bomb early. Similarly, demanding that someone shut off the "Free Palestine, F Zionists" WiFi network or the flight crew will call the FBI is counterproductive; if that's cause to call the FBI, just call them. A warning lets the person cover their tracks.<p>For the record, "BOMB" is probably cause to call the FBI and "Free Palestine, F Zionists" by itself almost certainly isn't, but is something to mention when calling them about "BOMB".</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2026 20:05:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349239</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349239</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Framework 13 has an aspect ratio of 3:2, not 16:10. The Thinkpad X13 has an aspect ratio of 16:10.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:49:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327615</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327615</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> <i>The only part of the Apple ecosystem I wish I could get on Windows is iMessage, and maybe FaceTime.</i><p>It annoys me that these are such a draw. There are a dozen other viable messaging and video call apps, but there's always someone who feels like spending two minutes to install and activate one is a major imposition.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:35:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327438</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327438</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No such model exists. The Framework 13 comes closest, but a 13" screen and a premium shell would compete more directly with the Thinkpad X13.<p>Direct price comparisons get tricky because different buyers care about different details. I really like the Thinkpad's Trackpoint, for example, but I also like the Framework's 3:2 aspect ratio. I'd have a hard time choosing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 18:30:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327344</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327344</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "It's hard to justify buying a Framework 12"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Framework is definitely premium-priced, but I don't think most people are cross-shopping the Framework 12 (a 12" convertible tablet) and the Thinkpad E14 (a 14" dedicated laptop).</p>
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<p>I imagine that is one of the reasons. It probably also lowers costs a little.<p>Sometimes the market rejects making products worse to lower costs or discourage user error. I wish that was the case here.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323864</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323864</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Separate the cord from the device"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is my pet peeve about USB-C laptop docks. The vast majority of them have a captive cable, usually about 10cm long. It's a failure point, often an inconvenient length, and makes them much harder to pack.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 21:22:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315679</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315679</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48315679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify money spent on tokenmaxxing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Regularly experimenting with AI tools as they improve and relying on them where they provide an advantage is a good idea at both individual and institutional levels. Maximizing usage for its own sake is not.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:44:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275473</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275473</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify money spent on tokenmaxxing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find it shocking that anyone ever thought tokenmaxxing was a good idea.<p>AI maximalists like to compare the technology to electricity. Imagine if in the early days of electrification, a CEO had rewarded staff for increasing the amount of electricity they consumed rather than finding ways to use it for business impact. Institutionalizing people who showed signs of mental illness was popular in those days, and I suspect that would have been the outcome.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 22:48:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272801</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272801</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48272801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Amazon employees are "tokenmaxxing" due to pressure to use AI tools"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If I was being rewarded for using more tokens, I would feed LLM output back into the model. That's probably not very useful training data.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 17:47:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111685</link><dc:creator>Zak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111685</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Zak in "Google broke reCAPTCHA for de-googled Android users"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> <i>What OSs can they safely trust?</i><p>None. The first rule of network security is <i>you can't trust the client</i>.<p>All attempts at remote attestation of consumer devices are someone wanting to break this rule. It's always a mistake; the OS being on the blessed list raises the difficulty level for fraud a little, but serious fraudsters have already perfected workarounds.</p>
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