Hacker News: arscynic

The how and why of GitHub to Codeberg

arscynic — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 22:10:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.arscyni.cc/file/codeberg.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44818457

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Billionaires want you to know they could have done physics

arscynic — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:06:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJI6qIqURA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42599428

Points: 6

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New comment by arscynic in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

arscynic — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 03:04:02 +0000

"I don't fucking care what people say.

Go America. Go capitalism. Go free markets. Go hard work."

So if everyone works as hard as him, then everyone can become rich and retire early?

Instead of studying physics in the "jungle" he should be studying logic, ethics, and history. Pay your goddamn taxes, elect uncorruptable politicians, and support free open source software.

"billionaires want you to know they could have done physics." —Angela Collier, physicist; https://youtu.be/GmJI6qIqURA

Crypto Cult Science (2021)

arscynic — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 05:52:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.arscyni.cc/file/crypto_cult_science.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42057434

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by arscynic in "Ask HN: How to avoid Windows Recall as a Linux user?"

arscynic — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:27:02 +0000

“But once you’ve sent anything to anyone you never know what they’re doing with it anyway.”

True, but this is the beauty of trust. I decide to communicate one way or another with someone depending on the level of trust. Them deciding to break that trust is a risk I chose to take. However, I do not choose to communicate with Microsoft, whatsoever. Windows Recall is the most blatant piece of spyware ever; beyond comprehension how this is so normalized.

Ask HN: How to avoid Windows Recall as a Linux user?

arscynic — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 06:10:53 +0000

If one chats/mails with a person using Windows, despite using secure private protocols, every message will be stored by Microsoft’s Windows Recall. Either I'm missing something but this feature seems like the most grotesque breach in online privacy/security.

What are ways to avoid this except for using obfuscated text?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41911641

Points: 5

# Comments: 3