<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: andrewksl</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=andrewksl</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:17:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=andrewksl" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encryption key if ordered"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They fully comply with Chinese requirements if you subscribe to iCloud in China, and they do this quite transparently. They do not, notably, say they don't share anything with China and then go ahead and do it anyway.<p>Unless Apple is straight up lying about their technology and encryption methods used to secure iCloud and their hardware, the issue of a public standoff is moot, because Apple couldn't help them if they wanted to. And while perhaps it's possible that Apple would lie to consumers to please US law enforcement, it's a bit of a stretch to say that because there haven't been any high-profile cases where law enforcement tries to force Apple to give up what they don't have, that this must be evidence that they're in cahoots.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:56:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745180</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745180</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46745180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Pitstop.my | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Onsite or Remote (Malaysia) | Full-time<p>We’re on a mission to transform the automotive service experience in Malaysia. As a funded and profitable startup, we’re in the early stages of scaling and are looking to hire our first engineers to help build purpose-driven software for MSMEs in the automotive service industry.<p>We’re currently hiring experienced candidates for the following roles:<p>- Android Engineers<p>- Frontend (React) Engineers<p>- Full Stack Engineers<p>Salary: RM6,000 - RM18,000/mo, based on experience and proficiency
Tech Stack: Kotlin, Go, React, PostgreSQL, GCP<p>We offer flexible work arrangements, competitive pay, and a human-first work environment.<p>To apply or learn more, email andrew@pitstop.my with "hn" in the subject line.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:11:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43245487</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43245487</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43245487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "The absurdity of Europe burning wood for energy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Accumulation post dispersion is also a thing. If the combined effects of individually harmless activities was not an issue, this comment thread wouldn't exist.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32878969</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32878969</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32878969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Wet/Dry Vacuum Buying Guide (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've always liked the lens reviews on <a href="https://www.opticallimits.com/reviews" rel="nofollow">https://www.opticallimits.com/reviews</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 04:00:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32421437</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32421437</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32421437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Playstation 5 root keys obtained"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How much does a PS5 or 3080 go for in your neck of the globe?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2021 07:41:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29146880</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29146880</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29146880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Overthinking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I guess the difference between an overthinker and having foresight is the rate of false positives?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 20:20:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28160938</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28160938</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28160938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cross-breed Boston Dynamics' Spot?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:11:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23829052</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23829052</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23829052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Valve secrets spill over in new Steam documentary app"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly. At least gambling is regulated.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 05:24:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23788408</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23788408</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23788408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "How Did Vim Become So Popular?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah that video is all kinds of amazing. I also got lost down a several hour rabbit hole watching the guy and his buddies bring up an AGC and perform a simulated lunar landing with it. Thank you for sharing!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 07:32:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23710830</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23710830</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23710830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "When you type realty.com into Safari it takes you to realtor.com"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Holy cow, yes. I switched to FF a while back, and your description of the behavior alone raised my blood pressure. They way return <i></i>automatically<i></i> opens whatever the first suggestion is immensely frustrating. The way hitting `return` is literally a race condition against how quickly the autocomplete returns its results.<p>There are some things I miss about Safari, but the search bar behavior is not one of them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:13:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648013</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648013</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Almost 1 in 3 pilots in Pakistan have fake licenses, aviation minister says"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm genuinely, in a completely non-judgmental way, interested to understand what systemic forces lead to such a staggeringly high percentage of this brand of fraud.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 15:36:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641878</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641878</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Evaluation and euthanization of a dangerous honeybee colony [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have always been enamored by hive insects like ants and bees. Each individual's understanding, effect, even its optical view of the world is minuscule. The scope and of the individual's existence is so tiny, that the mark it makes on the world is a floating point rounding error.<p>In spite of that, the collective is enough to dominate a kitchen or farm or jungle many orders of magnitude larger. It knows to attack an intruder. It can give a hairless ape with years of training and three layers of protective equipment a really hard time. Hell, it can make a stir in that apex predator's society by reputation alone.<p>Maybe I find the magnificent result of their cooperation inspiring in its implications for humanity and the greater galaxy. Maybe I'm just a weird nerd that knows what supervillain theme I would pick if this computer stuff doesn't work out.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:52:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641429</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641429</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23641429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "I Am Deleting the Blog"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wouldn't only because I've already seen enough examples of them impugning their credibility that I've been able to form my own conclusions.<p>I wasn't aware that the NYT was considered equivalently and oppositely biased. The articles I have read have not put up any red flags for me, but I'm not closed off to the possibility that I've missed the signs or haven't read the right articles. Hence my question.<p>I take it you think virtually all their reporting is sufficiently biased so as not to be considered trustworthy?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:05:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611506</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611506</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "I Am Deleting the Blog"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Do you have any links to articles you find particularly egregious?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:38:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611319</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611319</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for future Macs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The same video where he gains ~13% performance by  turning the bottom of the laptop into into a heatsink, rendering it a surface too hot to be placed on a lap. Also where chilled-water cooling had no performance gains over the un-lappable laptop.<p>If anything, he debunked his own theory with that experiment.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:30:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611287</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611287</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23611287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Trump suspends H1B, H4 visas till year end"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So a reelection cliffhanger. Does actually seem plausible for this administration.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 04:28:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23609927</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23609927</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23609927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "HSBC moves from 65 relational databases into one global MongoDB database"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sounds like a win-win for them. They get to market themselves as staying up to date with tech (although the HSBC personal banking app I use indicates otherwise). And when they "lose track of" the money they move for the cartel and terrorists, they can blame MongoDB and spare some execs the jail time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 07:25:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507560</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507560</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Play Counter-Strike 1.6 in your browser"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Beta 7.1 was where it where I got hooked. The Steyr Scout was a 1 shot kill with the same move speed and cs_mansion was the epitome of map balance. At least at the 12-PC internet cafe I could play at.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 07:19:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507536</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507536</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23507536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "Somebody paid $5.2M to make two Ethereum transactions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>An insane mistake to make, but perhaps more surprising than the fact that it could be allowed to happen is that someone who benefited from the mistake is willing to simply hand the ETH back.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:37:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23487726</link><dc:creator>andrewksl</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23487726</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23487726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by andrewksl in "BHP to destroy at least 40 Aboriginal sites, up to 15K years old, to expand mine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> And we could make companies do that. But that will just drive organisations and land owners to hide these sites exist in the first place.<p>That really hit home. Sometimes there really are no-win scenarios. Absolutely tragic that these sites are lost, but there's no practical solution to preserve them.</p>
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