Hacker News: anonymousiam

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

anonymousiam — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:12:44 +0000

Relevance of this information:

https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16172545/us-sp...

New comment by anonymousiam in "No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record"

anonymousiam — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:49:29 +0000

Yeah. This year there is El Niño, but the rates and severity of hurricanes is unchanged over the long term.

https://www.heritage.org/energy/report/keeping-eye-the-storm...

New comment by anonymousiam in "No Atlantic hurricanes by Sept. 12 breaks a 60-year record"

anonymousiam — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 03:38:55 +0000

Just so I understand you correctly:

1) It's "fucking bad" that we are at a 60-year low for hurricanes this season.

2) It's "fucking bad" that "global warming" will cause more hurricanes in the future.

So how does it actually work? Climate "scientists" have been telling us that Earth has severely warmed already, and they've been telling us that the warming will cause more hurricanes. So when is that going to begin exactly?

New comment by anonymousiam in "The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution"

anonymousiam — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:38:28 +0000

So what will likely follow is a 'takings clause' case by the owner, who can no longer use their property the way they want.

New comment by anonymousiam in "What algorithm did Windows XP use to choose your initial user picture?"

anonymousiam — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:28:19 +0000

Article reminded me of this: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/microsoft-outlook-bill-gat...

New comment by anonymousiam in "216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]"

anonymousiam — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 02:48:18 +0000

I've got a 65" LG C2 OLED TV (from 2022) that I hacked with https://rootmy.tv shortly after I purchased it (and before LG updated the firmware to prevent the hack).

It seems pretty safe. When it's on, I can ssh into it. When it's off, it doesn't reply to ICMP pings, and doesn't appear to be using much power.

I guess the newer LG TVs have gone to shit.

New comment by anonymousiam in "Watch Los Angeles get built, one building at a time (1880–2026)"

anonymousiam — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:52:55 +0000

Under Proposition 19, some people can still move without penalty, as long as they're over age 55, and move to a new property located in California.

https://www.ocassessor.gov/tax-saving-programs/savings-senio...

New comment by anonymousiam in "Leaving VMware just got harder after Broadcom pulled VDDK downloads"

anonymousiam — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 01:33:31 +0000

So the Linux qemu-img tool can still convert VM disk images from .vmdk into formats compatible with all the other hypervisors. Is there something more to the process of VM migration from VMWare than just using this tool (and manually creating the proper virtual hardware profile in the new hypervisor)?

Obviously the types of supported virtual hardware will be different between hypervisor types, but that's usually something that can be dealt with separately.

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

anonymousiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 17:49:27 +0000

The illegal immigrants do pay plenty of taxes, but how many of them pay Federal Income Tax? It's not something that you can do without a SSN.

New comment by anonymousiam in "Mother convicted of: her 5 yo walks short way to pond alone in Virginia"

anonymousiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:59:00 +0000

Laws based upon speculation that you may act dishonestly are wrong. I've seen lots of police statements about arrests and detentions where the officer basically says, "We didn't know that he was not going to do something illegal."

Putting somebody in a position where they have to prove a negative is plain wrong. The prosecution needs to prove a positive, unless you're in Plymouth, Massachusetts where the prosecutor is required to disprove all defense assertions about mental illness, or the jury will acquit.

I read about this story on Reason.com a few days ago. The mother is getting her law license and is now worried about the repercussions of her having a criminal record.

https://reason.com/2026/09/02/virginia-mom-gets-6-month-susp...

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

anonymousiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:09:18 +0000

Well, at the time, Indians (Native Americans) were the largest populaton of non-citizens residing in the country. That is no longer the case today. (There are 10 times more non-citizens than non-citizen Native Americans today.)

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

anonymousiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:53:33 +0000

So what do you make of the phrase in Amendment 14 section two; "excluding Indians not taxed."? Do you suppose maybe they were trying to limit the representation to citizens?

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

anonymousiam — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:16:18 +0000

I believe that most people are in favor of fixing the problems caused by the improper allocation of additional congressional representation to areas with larger populations of non-citizens. This piece complains about the upcoming changes without going into any depth on the problems these proposed changes will resolve.

New comment by anonymousiam in "Gateside by TSA Precheck"

anonymousiam — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 03:41:25 +0000

This new service is provided free to people who already have TSA Precheck. What I would like to know is if it's also available to those who have Global Entry. I let my TSA Precheck lapse after getting Global Entry because I saw no benefit to keeping it.

New comment by anonymousiam in "Actively exploited sandbox RCE in all Chromium versions"

anonymousiam — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 23:09:39 +0000

Just one more reason to never use Chrome. Their removal of MV2 to prevent UBlock Origin from working is another.

New comment by anonymousiam in "deSEC – Free Secure DNS"

anonymousiam — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 18:09:15 +0000

Seems legit, but how can I trust them to survive if they're not collecting revenue?

New comment by anonymousiam in "CDC is still counting 2 measles deaths RFK Jr. ordered it to delete"

anonymousiam — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:28:57 +0000

Reports say that the newborn died from a ruptured spleen and tested positive for measles. ARS doesn't seem to mention that in their article. No real surprise given their consistent anti-Trump administration position on everything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/health/measles-deaths-pen...

ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox Given Four Months to Meet New EU Censorship Rules

anonymousiam — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 22:23:06 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/chatgpt-reddit-roblox-eu-dsa-obligations

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49557944

Points: 1

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New comment by anonymousiam in "Altair Basic Interpreter Source Code (1975) [pdf]"

anonymousiam — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:47:14 +0000

Gates would have had access to Dartmouth BASIC, which he likely referenced and possibly plagiarized while writing Altair BASIC. Back in that day, people shared software freely, so Gates took advantage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_BASIC

Russia Blocks GrapheneOS Infrastructure, Forcing Two Server Moves

anonymousiam — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:17:08 +0000

Article URL: https://reclaimthenet.org/russia-blocks-grapheneos-infrastructure

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541034

Points: 7

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