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New comment by _blk in "Claude Opus 5"

_blk — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:48:59 +0000

Not to be overly intensive but people "demand" rectification between rich and poor because they don't see that they have all the tools they need or they want a shortcut to smart/hard work and risk - the US, EU and many other parts of the world where societal discrimination is virtually none compared to previous generations give you what you need. I agree with you in the sense that, life never feels just, grass is always greener on the other side, etc.. Bit it's those that rise to a challenge and stop demanding, make a plan and start doing that change their fate. That's always been history. Check out all societies that demanded riches from "the rich" and ended up communist.. Didn't help most of them for sure. Massive redistribution of riches like high taxes never works long term and sets the wrong signals.

New comment by _blk in "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"

_blk — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:36:29 +0000

Yes, laws are laws but one affects a branch, the other a root.

New comment by _blk in "git's –end-of-options Flag"

_blk — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:08:21 +0000

Hmm, not sure I understand. How are those shell based?

I agree that rust and haskell are not your typical OO (or not OO at all in a traditional sense) I guess my poorly worded claim was less focused on the OO nature of psh than on the typization (which both of these also do) - if you knew what type $rev and $path are, it's easier to distinguish intent, whether objects or not.

New comment by _blk in "White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants"

_blk — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:47:57 +0000

We may disagree on what spendings are necessary but I get your frustration. Spending should be questioned everywhere and I don't mind it starting in academia... It's not like it couldn't be parallelized to other areas

New comment by _blk in "git's –end-of-options Flag"

_blk — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 04:35:41 +0000

> git log --end-of-options "$rev" -- "$path",

Argh, that's when I wished for object oriented shells. Powershell sure isn't perfect but objects encoding their own meaning really helps differentiate those cases (but it may not always help the user if types aren't clear to the reader)

New comment by _blk in "White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants"

_blk — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:25:16 +0000

With a nation this far endebted you'd think people might think it reasonable to question billions in grants.. Don't spend money you don't have is one of the best advices my parents ever gave me.

New comment by _blk in "Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS"

_blk — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:47:13 +0000

Been using GrapheneOS as daily driver for 4 years on three pixels. Problems only start when banking apps start actively sabotaging it by pretending the phone is rooted etc. Normal apps work normally and you get way more control over them. I'll never go back to stock or worse than stock (Samsung) as long as GrapheneOS is around even if they get rid of all security aspects (which of course they won't, I'm just saying security is not the only selling point, de-googling is a big one too.. I didn't de-google but I sure like having the option)

New comment by _blk in "Self-Powered Trailers Promise Leaner Freight Runs"

_blk — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:16:01 +0000

In practice it's of course not so simple. Every truck that passes you (or that you pass) will suck you right in if your tow vehicle isn't heavy enough or you don't have good enough grip. Also, (RV/drum) trailer brakes suck so hard that you really want a vehicle with some additional stopping power other than regular brakes (heavy duty transmission, big engine, and diesel exhaust or compression brake). E-brakes work well so there the e-assist trailer has a real advantage if it can do that but you'll have to get used to the feeling of being pulled back rather than leading the stop... So evy 6.7l diesel I tow a big RV and e-assistance would be very welcome but costs likely drastically reduce the attractiveness of such a system for an RV. For a trailer that's constantly on the road I can definitely see a use case but it's not to be towed by a (comparatively) tiny car

New comment by _blk in "Land Atlas – soil, farmability, and crop analysis for land listings"

_blk — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:19:58 +0000

The project doesn't seem to be about enforcing philosophies on how to form or what do to with land but providing an objective assessment. Your statement depends on whose perspective you take. I don't disagree from a health standpoint and I think even economically this GMO all you can out of a piece of dirt is not long term viable but others disagree.. Don't like it, don't buy it. Capitalism at its best.

New comment by _blk in "The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker"

_blk — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:00:33 +0000

Awesome insight. Thanks for clarifying! @bbc please update because there's definitely an implicit complicity in your article.

New comment by _blk in "The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker"

_blk — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:07:40 +0000

It indeed looks like the rest are "you're the product" (tm) type apps. Honestly, I don't expect much from Play Store (or App Store for that matter) these days but as a developer it's terrible what hoops you have to go through to publish your app.. Endless forms to fill out manually and then the overall store quality is just disappointing. Ads, ads, more ads and privacy and security debacles. Now it also looks like locking down on outside app stores like F-Droid.. Developers and hackers will find solutions but for the general population I'm not very hopeful. As to the period apps:

> This is also not Planned Parenthood's first run in with privacy criticisms. I wrote about similar problems four years ago, for example. The organisation didn't respond to a request for comment.

.. And it doesn't look like they care to change anything about it. Who can end this on a positive note? I hate to be this negative but I don't see it.

New comment by _blk in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"

_blk — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:07:59 +0000

"We mark it down based on [income]".. Obviously it's profit first (I don't mind if you don't pretend that profit is a cost). It unfortunately seems cheaper to be uninsured for many cases if you're willing to pick up a phone and discuss prices and take the risk that it may not always work out (but then again dealing with insurances has its own set of annoyances and steadily rising costs).. Not a recommendation but clearly my observation.

New comment by _blk in "GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos"

_blk — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:36:27 +0000

Probably depends on the context (as always) but I'd say prompt injection is closer to remote code execution - or even a superset thereof if it can also change and redeploy code.

New comment by _blk in "Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork"

_blk — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:26:52 +0000

OK, I imagine that involved quite some challenges. Well done. But why? I fail to see a purpose. Is it just a DOOM runs on my smart toaster kind of thing or something that has production value?

New comment by _blk in "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party"

_blk — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:43:25 +0000

But that Bill Gates [Foundation] is a larger sponsor to WHO than all nations short of the US (at least prior to the currently elected govt) wouldn't dare making the news this far left into the interwebs... Just sayin' - figured I'd invest a few karma points into self reflection ;) love y'all

New comment by _blk in "macOS Container Machines"

_blk — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:49:55 +0000

... Now it's just called git bash

New comment by _blk in "Show HN: A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes"

_blk — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:45:21 +0000

What do you mean? Prohibit trading while in office? I'd argue that it's a pretty big sacrifice to have to make your trades public while in office (but IMHO the reporting deadline should be sooner i.e. automated instant-reporting.)

New comment by _blk in "Ten Basic Clouds"

_blk — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:38:51 +0000

genuinely funny - thanks

New comment by _blk in "Ten Basic Clouds"

_blk — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:38:00 +0000

yup. even sonnet 4.6 on low got it right

New comment by _blk in "Show HN: Sifter – Does your CV actually stand out to LLMs?"

_blk — Wed, 27 May 2026 03:27:40 +0000

Sounds intriguing but is GitHub login broken? It leads me to a 404 at

https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?client_id=[redacted...

Hacker News: _blk

New comment by _blk in "Claude Opus 5"

New comment by _blk in "Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB"

New comment by _blk in "git's –end-of-options Flag"

New comment by _blk in "White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants"

New comment by _blk in "git's –end-of-options Flag"

New comment by _blk in "White House used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants"

New comment by _blk in "Roblox Officially Supports GrapheneOS"

New comment by _blk in "Self-Powered Trailers Promise Leaner Freight Runs"

New comment by _blk in "Land Atlas – soil, farmability, and crop analysis for land listings"

New comment by _blk in "The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker"

New comment by _blk in "The privacy problems hidden in your period tracker"

New comment by _blk in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"

New comment by _blk in "GitLost: We Tricked GitHub's AI Agent into Leaking Private Repos"

New comment by _blk in "Run Windows 2000 on a DEC Alpha with a new es40 fork"

New comment by _blk in "The CEO of Mullvad is the main financer of the Swedish Örebro party"

New comment by _blk in "macOS Container Machines"

New comment by _blk in "Show HN: A website that tracks every stock trade Congress makes"

New comment by _blk in "Ten Basic Clouds"

New comment by _blk in "Ten Basic Clouds"

New comment by _blk in "Show HN: Sifter – Does your CV *actually* stand out to LLMs?"

New comment by _blk in "Show HN: Sifter – Does your CV actually stand out to LLMs?"