Hacker News: anonymousiam

New comment by anonymousiam in "US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search"

anonymousiam — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 04:23:57 +0000

There was no warrant, nor any court order compelling him to provide the unlock code. They had no probable cause, other than that they had labeled him a "terrorist" because of his political activities. The CSAM pretext was provably just a pretext. If he gets good representation, he should be able to (eventually) beat this rap.

If he had simply refused to provide the unlock PIN, he would have walked away. They may have kept his phone, but they would never have got anything from it anyway.

New comment by anonymousiam in "DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16"

anonymousiam — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:03:40 +0000

The F16 was the first fully fly-by-wire fighter jet. It's an ideal platform for AI experiments. Having AI "wing men" can be a great tactical advantage, and they're expendable.

US Circulates Draft UN Free Speech Declaration Targeting EU Censorship Law

anonymousiam — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:17:24 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/trump-admin-circulates-draft-un-free-speech-declaration-eu-dsa

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010119

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by anonymousiam in "UK Pols Want More Speech Regulation After Ann Widdecombe Murder – She Opposed"

anonymousiam — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:16:50 +0000

The author is a Democrat. He mentions the arrest of Aberdeen web developer Heather Herbert.

In my youth, it was the left who were in favor of free speech, and the right who were opposed. It's wild to see how this has flipped in the past few decades.

UK Pols Want More Speech Regulation After Ann Widdecombe Murder – She Opposed

anonymousiam — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:16:50 +0000

Article URL: https://jonathanturley.org/2026/07/22/uk-politicians-call-for-more-speech-regulation-after-the-murder-of-ann-widdecombe-who-opposed-such-measures/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008165

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by anonymousiam in "Furtex: Post-exploitation, rootkit and evasion research toolkit for Linux"

anonymousiam — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:33:56 +0000

What possible use does something like this have, besides the unethical/illegal ones?

New comment by anonymousiam in "Five US tech giants' hidden debts soar to $1.65T on opaque AI funding"

anonymousiam — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:15:43 +0000

And all salaried retirees lost their pensions and medical coverage, while the hourly ones kept everything. Thanks Obama!

New comment by anonymousiam in "My husbands suicide shows theres something very wrong with US insurance industry"

anonymousiam — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:18:05 +0000

This article makes a good case for the abolition of health insurance. If everybody had to pay for medical care, medical care would need to be affordable to survive. It's hard for me to believe that a doctor couldn't afford medical care for her husband. She just couldn't get outside of the box and consider that the treatment was more important than the cost.

New comment by anonymousiam in "The Rise and Gruesome Implosion of 'Woke Capital'"

anonymousiam — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:13:46 +0000

Paper here: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/5tgcs_v1

The Rise and Gruesome Implosion of 'Woke Capital'

anonymousiam — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:10:27 +0000

Article URL: https://cityjournal.substack.com/p/the-spectacular-rise-and-gruesome

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48979973

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by anonymousiam in "No link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes"

anonymousiam — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:58:11 +0000

Perhaps you believe there is no medical controversy, but there is a legal one:

https://reason.com/volokh/2026/07/20/the-second-circuits-pro...

New comment by anonymousiam in "Biggest Probabilistic Computer Turns Noise into Answers"

anonymousiam — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:08:50 +0000

It's not mentioned in the article, but this hardware architecture may be better suited for brute-forcing password/crypto/key cracking than traditional computing architectures.

New comment by anonymousiam in "No link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes"

anonymousiam — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:39:51 +0000

This paper says there are no adverse effects to the mother, but it does not mention possible adverse effects to the child beyond "birth health" and does not address the recent controversy about a possible link to autism.

Google Earth Desktop Client to Be Retired in 2027

anonymousiam — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:43:56 +0000

Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2026/07/16/google-earth-desktop-client-to-be-retired-in-2027/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936110

Points: 18

# Comments: 4

New comment by anonymousiam in "Goes-19 weather satellite enters Safe Hold mode"

anonymousiam — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:39:06 +0000

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lightning_storm

New comment by anonymousiam in "Free Remote Desktop Without Servers"

anonymousiam — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 15:23:15 +0000

Yes, but maybe it's more secure.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48915004

New comment by anonymousiam in "Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine"

anonymousiam — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:02:00 +0000

Written in 2017, but always a good read.

New comment by anonymousiam in "Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B"

anonymousiam — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:12:49 +0000

Personally, some of my electricity bills will soon be rising because of changes to how rates are computed. The added "demand charge" will penalize customers that have variable loads, while benefiting data centers with relatively constant loads.

Also IMHO, we are building way too many data centers right now. It reminds me a lot of the Y2K dot.com crash, and all of the residual dark fiber.

I spotted this article today that claims it's all in our imagination.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/data-centers-arent-rais...

New comment by anonymousiam in "Count Binface"

anonymousiam — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 20:39:03 +0000

After the UK government cut their security funding for Farage, they penalize him because a caring well to do friend gifted him some money. Now they're briefing him on the increased risk of harm that he faces from deranged people who are reacting to the negative press they've generated.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/07/13/farage-offered-secur...

New comment by anonymousiam in "A graph that should be front-page news"

anonymousiam — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:20:19 +0000

0° is not zero. Your premise would be true if we were using the Kelvin temperature scale.