Hacker News: abbracadabbra

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Obscura: The first VPN that can't log your activity"

abbracadabbra — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:47:21 +0000

Great signup flow, except there’s an error when it comes to installing the app at the end. Worked around by installing manually via app store

New comment by abbracadabbra in "I've sold out"

abbracadabbra — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:03:15 +0000

Well written. OpenClaw appears to be a fad but this writeup suggests pi is worth understanding & using for the long term

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Super-Emitter of the Most Damaging Greenhouse Gas Found in Germany"

abbracadabbra — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:11:44 +0000

Interesting to read that there is little to no legal action that can be taken to halt operations at the plant, which means that unfortunately it may take a long time for this to be resolved.

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day"

abbracadabbra — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:44:59 +0000

This is in Austin

Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding

abbracadabbra — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:34:40 +0000

Article URL: https://kitklarenberg.substack.com/p/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531219

Points: 52

# Comments: 3

Harley-Davidson Struggles with Repossessing Bikes from Owners Late with Payments

abbracadabbra — Thu, 04 May 2023 16:41:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/repo-men-haggle-with-harley-davidson-over-recovery-fees-a731a4fa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35818262

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Accounting-Fraud Indicator Signals Coming Economic Trouble

abbracadabbra — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:10:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/accounting-fraud-indicator-signals-coming-economic-trouble-506568a0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35287979

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Trump’s Major Announcement Is $99 Digital Trading Cards"

abbracadabbra — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 19:11:42 +0000

> NFT INT LLC is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organization, CIC Digital LLC or any of their respective principals or affiliates. NFT INT LLC uses Donald J. Trump's name, likeness and image under paid license from CIC Digital LLC, which license may be terminated or revoked according to its terms.

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Revealed: FTX’s emergency fundraising term sheet"

abbracadabbra — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:50:15 +0000

https://archive.ph/3QMNp

NASA tell-all recounts turmoil over private space race

abbracadabbra — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 17:02:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/get-your-boy-elon-in-line-nasa-tell-all-recounts-turmoil-over-private-space-race-00041085

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32003764

Points: 10

# Comments: 0

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Supermicro Hack: China Exploited a US Tech Supplier over Years [2021 follow-up]"

abbracadabbra — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:45:54 +0000

It’s interesting that in 2018 we didn’t see any anonymous posts confirming the story. This recent article suggests that knowledge was fairly well spread amongst government agencies and their suppliers. Impressive that the culture of secrecy remains so strong.

Scientists Suggest U.S. Embassies Were Hit with High-Power Microwaves

abbracadabbra — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:29:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2020/12/scientists-suggest-us-embassies-were-hit-high-power-microwaves-heres-how-weapons-work/170706/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25561682

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by abbracadabbra in "I am an Uighur who faced China’s concentration camps"

abbracadabbra — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 16:22:05 +0000

Primary sources have been lacking in coverage of this story; is the Communist party that powerful in controlling first hand accounts?

No longer afraid of retaliation, app developers join forces to criticize Apple

abbracadabbra — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:48:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thehour.com/business/article/No-longer-afraid-of-retaliation-app-developers-15668526.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24868878

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

Boeing tried to amend bid after guidance from NASA official, raising concerns

abbracadabbra — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:36:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/06/20/nasa-boeing-bid-probe/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23585202

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Tell HN: YouTube fixed the dot after domain ad bypass"

abbracadabbra — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 13:28:36 +0000

NextDNS

https://nextdns.io/

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Six eBay executives and employees charged over alleged cyberstalking campaign"

abbracadabbra — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 17:27:36 +0000

A choice quote from the wickedlocal coverage:

> Those involved became so concerned that they developed a list of people in California they could frame if authorities tracked the harassment there, Lelling said

Fired Florida Data Scientist Launches a Coronavirus Dashboard of Her Own

abbracadabbra — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:04:02 +0000

Article URL: https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=876584284

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23526858

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Dark Basin: Uncovering a Hack-for-Hire Operation"

abbracadabbra — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:48:30 +0000

It would be interesting to know the middleman involved in hiring BellTroX; surely Exxon didn’t hire them directly but were working with a “public relations” company that took initiative to hire this shady firm. Knowing the middleman might help connect the loose threads

New comment by abbracadabbra in "Three authors retract study on hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine"

abbracadabbra — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 02:17:27 +0000

Since this is being repeated multiple times, quoting benmaraschino:

One of these "studies" is a 2-page Google Doc with no real data. Another is the discredited Raoult study, which is under investigation by the journal [1]. Another study cited is also by Raoult's team. The Brazil study (ref. 29) doesn't seem to have passed peer review (yet?) and has severe methodological flaws. Like the Raoult studies, the Brazil study was not randomized, but makes no attempt to control for confounding by indication or self-selection, such as with propensity score matching or similar methods commonly used in observational studies. The last study cited isn't a study, but an article from a local news station.