Hacker News: anotheraccount9

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Medieval-style fortifications are back in the Sahel"

anotheraccount9 — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 19:01:16 +0000

Is there anyway to actually read the article without paying?

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Fable 5 is Back"

anotheraccount9 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:41:27 +0000

Not exactly. Every time I ask something using Fable, it switches to Opus. The subjects (and I tried many) seem to be irrelevant.

Basically, I can't use Fable.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "One million passports leaked online"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:29:21 +0000

I'm sorry to say this, but most people don't care. Most governments don't care. Companies don't care. Not that it's not important. But protecting people's ID is at the lower part of the list for most organizations. There are hardly any consequences. Leaking PII is still a joke nowadays.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Canada plans 'nuclear renaissance' with up to 10 reactors built by 2040"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:53:05 +0000

Hopefully, Canada will not get bullied by US for selling it cheaply.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:14:47 +0000

My company does it all the time. I've noticed all these ghost jobs are advertised in the same large city (Toronto), yet our offices are elsewhere.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

anotheraccount9 — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 16:41:54 +0000

AI being a Yes-Man is slowly sabotaging it's own answers, because it negatively impact the user's decision. Yes/No are equally important, within a coherent context, for objective reasons. But being supported in the wrong direction is a castastrophe multiplier, down the road. The AI should be neutral, doubtful at times.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "How to make a damn website (2024)"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 23:41:41 +0000

With the amount of crap and complexity we now have online, I miss gopher and well arranged text files.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Amazon S3 Adds Put-If-Match (Compare-and-Swap)"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:27:50 +0000

Could you use a meta field from the object and save the hash in it, running a compare from it?

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Morsle – A daily Morse code challenge"

anotheraccount9 — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 21:59:01 +0000

I recall listening to a cassette that would go through the alphabet, like a song. I tried hard, but never really got the hang out of it. But this time, Morsle would build the bridge more easily.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Ask HN: Clicked Inc asking for sexual orientation when registering"

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:41 +0000

Upon registering for an account on Clicked.com to access intro cybersecurity courses, I encountered a field inquiring about my sexual orientation. I'm uncertain as to why Clicked.com would collect such data. I wonder if this is a growing trend among career-oriented online platforms (or anything common really).

Is this asked for diversity and inclusion purposes? Are they simply collecting data to resell or marketing purpose? What is your take on it?

Ask HN: Clicked Inc asking for sexual orientation when registering

anotheraccount9 — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:45:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.clicked.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41777316

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "STORM: Get a Wikipedia-like report on your topic"

anotheraccount9 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:06:47 +0000

Yes, and it's not possible to delete the account (or association with).

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "STORM: Get a Wikipedia-like report on your topic"

anotheraccount9 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:03:57 +0000

A very interesting project. Btw, I could not find a way to delete my account when created. I've also found that the generated report is very generic and quickly goes outside the actual question or specific theme/keywords used.

A final point, the notice states that "The risks associated with this study are minimal. Study data will be stored securely, in compliance with Stanford University standards, minimizing the risk of confidentiality breach." When I use STORM, I can see other people's request. Are they supposed to be confidential?

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "The case for not sanitising fairy tales"

anotheraccount9 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 20:47:24 +0000

I recall a quote from Mr. Gaiman:

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

New comment by anotheraccount9 in ""The Door Problem" (2014)"

anotheraccount9 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:13:21 +0000

Here's a door: [#]

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Show HN: I built a directory about big life decisions/regrets"

anotheraccount9 — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 15:08:20 +0000

Not saving or updating well? Can't find updated result in table.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Ticketmaster confirms data breach with a SEC filing"

anotheraccount9 — Sat, 01 Jun 2024 11:34:52 +0000

Sounds like the Equifax breach response ;) nothing to worry I guess

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Making a PDF that's larger than Germany"

anotheraccount9 — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:48:21 +0000

For a moment I wasn't sure if I wanted to click on the link.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "23andMe is reportedly turning the blame back on its customers"

anotheraccount9 — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:34:50 +0000

By default, we should offer a choice for levels of security. At least a password, with SMS or 2FA. And if the company makes a few bucks, even more options.

New comment by anotheraccount9 in "Vector Databases: A Technical Primer [pdf]"

anotheraccount9 — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 02:14:49 +0000

If I read organized data from a traditional db, and add new tables based on potential similarities from the existing data/tables, with scores, would that be a vector db?