Hacker News: afunk

New comment by afunk in "The Vercel breach: OAuth attack exposes risk in platform environment variables"

afunk — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:58 +0000

Such an embarrassing way to to get caught.

"The attacker compromised this OAuth application — the compromise has since been traced to a Lumma Stealer malware infection of a Context.ai employee in approximately February 2026, reportedly after the employee downloaded Roblox game exploit scripts"

Abstraction is the only thing that has ever scaled

afunk — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:42:53 +0000

Article URL: https://toto.tech/docs/abstraction

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47723435

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The month long, 3000 mile roller derby of Chicago

afunk — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:18:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rollerskatingmuseum.org/roller-derby

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46598142

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by afunk in "A Century of Quantum Mechanics"

afunk — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:54:51 +0000

haha. the same year the moving assembly line was invented.

There's no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) (2021)

afunk — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 15:52:22 +0000

Article URL: https://eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-tree/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44424747

Points: 47

# Comments: 58

Charismatic Megafauna

afunk — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:51:43 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charismatic_megafauna

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43259170

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by afunk in "Dr Pepper is now as popular as Pepsi. It's still shrouded in mystery"

afunk — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:32:32 +0000

its pretty crazy because when dr pepper says 23 flavors those are only the 23 we have discovered so far. i've been hearing of research that at least 3 new flavors have been found in the last couple years but the papers are still in peer review.

New comment by afunk in "Ancient Greek terms worth reviving"

afunk — Tue, 09 May 2023 05:20:28 +0000

From a fun book I have “Philosophy in 40 Ideas”

Eudaimonia THIS IS AN ANCIENT GREEK WORD, normally translated as 'fulfilment', particularly emphasised by the philosopher Aristotle. It deserves wider currency because it corrects the shortfalls in one of the most central terms in our contemporary idiom: happiness. The Ancient Greeks resolutely did not believe that the purpose of life was to be happy; they proposed that it was to be fulfilled. What distinguishes happiness from fulfilment is pain. It is eminently possible to be fulfilled and, at the same time, under pressure, suffering physically or mentally, overburdened and in a tetchy mood. Many of life's most worthwhile projects will, at points, be quite at odds with contentment, but may be worth pursuing nevertheless. Henceforth, we shouldn't try to be happy; we should accept the greater realism, ambition and patience that accompanies the quest for eudaimonia.

Roman Republican Political Culture: Values and Ideology [pdf]

afunk — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:26:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.classics.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MorsteinMarx-Values-and-Ideology.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35202424

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by afunk in "Indirect Prompt Injection on Bing Chat"

afunk — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:18:30 +0000

Super interesting - I would imagine a whole industry surrounding AI Insurance will pop up to deal with the liability of giving AI tools more and more ability to act on your behalf. Imagine if Bing Chat could populate fields on the DMV website and simultaneously steal your identity. Someone is responsible for the AI facilitating that crime and thus some form of liability insurance would inevitably exist.

New comment by afunk in "Jailbreak Chat: A collection of ChatGPT jailbreaks"

afunk — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:45:37 +0000

This is so nuanced and goofy

ShitStations [Gallery]

afunk — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:21:33 +0000

Article URL: https://imgur.io/a/PZ9UG

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34953629

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by afunk in "The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: Studies in Pessimism"

afunk — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:05:07 +0000

I figured an uplifting post ahead of Monday would be good for the spirit

The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: Studies in Pessimism

afunk — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 06:00:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10732/10732-h/10732-h.htm

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34953522

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by afunk in "Intuit pouring money into lobbying amid push for free government-run tax filing"

afunk — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 01:39:35 +0000

shower idea - i lack the technical skills and connections to actualize my dreams and ideas at present (can someone please help me with frontend).

The idea here is that you donate in favor of/against a bill you want. Then representatives that vote favorably to your preference receive a portion of the funds as campaign contributions. If lobbying is so cheap why can't it be done by the people for the people? I see dogs raise more than politicians on GFM.