Hacker News: aetch

New comment by aetch in "Evidence of a spying operation by ICE against left-wing social movements"

aetch — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:08:22 +0000

Only if they have a deportation order. There are scenarios where people are in an in between state or have the ability to challenge a deportation order

New comment by aetch in "US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans"

aetch — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:56:39 +0000

Nah, mostly republicans

New comment by aetch in "US Government is hiding a secret court ruling about how it spies on Americans"

aetch — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 16:54:53 +0000

What? The guy who was killed was actively committing violence and had done so multiple times before. Continuing to evade capture isn’t a get out of jail free card to keep evading the US and keep making bombs.

The guy got more chances than the average US resident who would get shot by the cops for less

New comment by aetch in "Why were Victorian elites so effective?"

aetch — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:11:50 +0000

Its rent seeking because they’re using the government role to bring in the dough for themselves after they get the role. It just takes a bit of money upfront similar to a landlord buying a house. That’s also how you restrict government roles to the rich who only use it for personal gain. Similar to people who believe that Trump is generously by “donating” his salary back but not realizing that he and his family are earning far more in bribes and kickbacks using his position.

New comment by aetch in "Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back"

aetch — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:04:11 +0000

Mandatory if you don’t want to see ads in your start menu and search

New comment by aetch in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2026)"

aetch — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:51:55 +0000

Don’t forget about those of us who want 2DWW /s

New comment by aetch in "The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)"

aetch — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:57:44 +0000

The Air Force does launching and flying over land as well as land based missiles. Flying over water is the navy’s business.

New comment by aetch in "The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)"

aetch — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:55:49 +0000

The space force doesn’t even go to space

New comment by aetch in "The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)"

aetch — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:55:23 +0000

The current U.S. administration doesn’t know what they want in Iran. It’s not a capability issue.

New comment by aetch in "The top secret URSALA, RAQUEL, and FARRAH satellites (2025)"

aetch — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:51:52 +0000

Most veterans don’t have security clearances after getting out of the military if their next job doesn’t need it

New comment by aetch in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

aetch — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:32:25 +0000

It’s more efficient to spend your ammo on housing and city buildings.

New comment by aetch in "Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah"

aetch — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 05:29:25 +0000

I wouldn’t call that necessarily a good thing. Stable societies can have a decrease in population after peaking.

New comment by aetch in "Driver Ticketed for No Insurance Just Because Flock (YC 2017) Said She Didn't"

aetch — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:49:23 +0000

Those aren’t counter examples, that shows that flock is useless

New comment by aetch in "Classified estimates show the NSA is paying billions to test AI models"

aetch — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:30:29 +0000

Flock is a private company and not run by government employees

New comment by aetch in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

aetch — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:29:19 +0000

Found the person who got blamed by Claude

New comment by aetch in "U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk"

aetch — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:20:31 +0000

More like the opposite in practice

New comment by aetch in "Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin"

aetch — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:24:24 +0000

Probably both

New comment by aetch in "Political meddling at the Census Bureau damages the US statistical system"

aetch — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:07:58 +0000

Yes, the government shouldn’t be run on emotions or like a for profit company

New comment by aetch in "A/I shuts down"

aetch — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:56:47 +0000

Sounds like they vet the users request before giving them access. After that the usage is anonymous. It’s not that deep

New comment by aetch in "A/I shuts down"

aetch — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:53:48 +0000

I’d like to see you resist a government ordered shutdown of your accounts for more than a few hours