Hacker News: ajd555

Custom NY plate "Blank" results in $40k of fines

ajd555 — Sat, 07 Nov 2026 12:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/07/nyregion/nyc-parking-violations.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50403976

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

New comment by ajd555 in "Upgrade your desktop: Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available"

ajd555 — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:42:35 +0000

I used to run Arch out of engineering school (that's what we used there), and loved it. But as I started working on my business, I started having less time to simply configure my OS and fight it on a few things. The breaking point for me, when I switched to Ubuntu Desktop, was not being able to connect to my two monitors via a dock (2 display ports). It simply took too much of my time to figure out all the nuances of evdi between my Thinkpad and my Dell monitors - Ubuntu just...worked (I could have spent more time understanding the issue, but I just needed it to work) But as I get older and am starting to rethink my tech stack, I'm strongly considering going back to my dear Arch

New comment by ajd555 in "The turbulent AI era is here"

ajd555 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:47:50 +0000

Interesting read, good to see some nuance in this space for once: not evil, can be used for evil, not good, can be used for good, but requires a lot of safeguards. What really got me is the concept of "Human Reserved" - man that is a depressing thought...

New comment by ajd555 in "When str.lower() is a security vulnerability in Python"

ajd555 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:47:34 +0000

So the attack surface would be a bit flip on a domain name? Or more specifically, a unicode conversion flip, where an attacker could redirect to a malicious IP?

Impressive to have found such a vulnerability!

New comment by ajd555 in "Router by Ramp"

ajd555 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:29:33 +0000

Indeed. Also, ramp.com is shorter than router.com, so I don't really understand the "spelling out a longer URL on podcasts". I guess router.com is just clearer for customers?

New comment by ajd555 in "Fake polls on Wisconsin and California elections"

ajd555 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:26:03 +0000

> On Monday, Median Strategies withdrew those results, saying they “should not be treated as genuine polling data.”

In a statement posted to the organization’s website, Median Strategies said the fabricated results were intended to examine “how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification.”

Fake polls on Wisconsin and California elections

ajd555 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:26:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/polls/median-strategies-polls-bass-california-wisconsin.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353653

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by ajd555 in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

ajd555 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:42:36 +0000

I did get quite a laugh when the comments made me realize what an asshat I was

New comment by ajd555 in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

ajd555 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:46:19 +0000

Damn it - well, I'll never live this one down, I'll learn to shut up next time

New comment by ajd555 in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

ajd555 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:15:50 +0000

Confusing skeptic and sceptic will never not be funny to me (edit: I now live in shame)

New comment by ajd555 in "Launch HN: Chert (YC P26) – Twilio for iMessage"

ajd555 — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:50:31 +0000

Is it common in these Launch HNs to have a "Live on Hacker News" on the website banner. What does that mean? The link doesn't even point to this thread, but only the main page. Perhaps this is common, but I just don't get it

New comment by ajd555 in "Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in Encyclical"

ajd555 — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:59:50 +0000

"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till."

Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in Encyclical

ajd555 — Mon, 25 May 2026 19:59:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.churchpop.com/pope-leo-put-gandalf-in-his-first-encyclical-a-tolkien-quote-in-magnifica-humanitas/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48270969

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by ajd555 in "Microsoft Drops Claude Code After Budget Overrun"

ajd555 — Fri, 22 May 2026 17:50:27 +0000

2nd link doesn't work. That would be a neat tool, to find the original article and see how many levels of AI summary it has gone through, a game of AI telephone!

New comment by ajd555 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

ajd555 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000

A news aggregator like HN but specifically for freight: https://news.freight.nyc

The idea is mostly to build a community for the sector I work in, since there isn't any (aside from Reddit...)

New comment by ajd555 in "Orientale basin photographed by Artemis II"

ajd555 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:47:21 +0000

> It is identifiable by the dark splotches that cover its surface. These are ancient lava flows from a time early in the Moon’s history when it was volcanically active.

Orientale basin photographed by Artemis II

ajd555 — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:47:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009212/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47666846

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by ajd555 in "Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick"

ajd555 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:32:25 +0000

So, if this does help reduce the cost of tokens, why not go even further and shorten the syntax with specific keywords, symbols and patterns, to reduce the noise and only keep information, almost like...a programming language?

New comment by ajd555 in "Hacker News inspired news board for freight"

ajd555 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:29:15 +0000

I built this very simple tool, inspired by Hacker News' simple yet convenient UI, to create a community around the latest freight developments (I run a last-mile delivery fleet in NYC). I'm mostly posting about NYC freight news, but would love to get other freight enthusiasts/professionals/insiders to join and share their insights and thoughts, not just in NYC or even the US. The tool is simple, with almost no JS and all SSR, to keep things simple. It's still running on my dev server at home, so uptime is not guaranteed. Open to any feedback on this.

Hacker News inspired news board for freight

ajd555 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:29:15 +0000

Article URL: https://news.freight.nyc/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47628718

Points: 2

# Comments: 1