Hacker News: ashurov

New comment by ashurov in "Cognitive load is what matters"

ashurov — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:49:32 +0000

did you try here?: https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/publisher/yaknyam-press...

New comment by ashurov in "uBlock Origin Lite now available for Safari"

ashurov — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 11:15:34 +0000

doesn't seem to be available in the Dutch app-store.

New comment by ashurov in "Wind Knitting Factory"

ashurov — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 21:46:19 +0000

you could, but the (original) website is from 2009...so probably not enough interest to keep that up. The old link is dead: https://windknittingfactory.bigcartel.com/

New comment by ashurov in "Ask HN: Is it a bad idea to make an email domain with an uncommon TLD?"

ashurov — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 22:22:01 +0000

i've been using a rather 'rare' two letter tld for my e-mail address since forever. besides the typical autocomplete in forms to suggest to change it to a more common tld, it seems to work quite well for me. People also don't seem to have an issue remembering the tld as it seems to match closely with the common tld used within my country, but distinctive enough to not forget. .party as tld might not be the best idea of course, considering you might want to be taken seriously in your future e-mailing endeavors.

The Dark Side of CS2 Gambling [video]

ashurov — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:48:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6jhjjVy5Ls

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42501091

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The hacking group Hunters Int. claims to have breached the US Marshals Service

ashurov — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 12:15:04 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/H4ckManac/status/1828005309945696458

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41356399

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ashurov in "A book Stanley Kubrick didn’t want anyone to read is being published"

ashurov — Tue, 07 May 2024 05:35:40 +0000

So, why can they publish it now? His death doesn’t nullify the agreement, does it?

I ported apps to Windows 95 [video]

ashurov — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 13:08:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTUMNtKQLl8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40012234

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

EOL DR / End-of-Life Disaster Response

ashurov — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 18:49:14 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/potatoqualitee/eol-dr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39527927

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ashurov in "What Was ISDN?"

ashurov — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:24:12 +0000

it was shell-scripting (bash). And i'm not sure, but it i think i was mandrake linux distro. It was quite the work to get ISDN working properly, especially to use two lines at a time (one dialing, while the other one was in use).

New comment by ashurov in "What Was ISDN?"

ashurov — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 07:39:20 +0000

Got ISDN as a previous job as parttime helpdesk employee at an ISP. Together with the rise of numberous dail-up providers, including the legendary Superweb. It would allow free internet against a fix rate, not paying per minute, which was something new for the Netherlands. It would only allow one or two hours after it would disconnect you and you had to redial. Due their succes getting dialed in again could take quite long (too many users, not enough lines). So I wrote code/script and made changes to the Linux distribution to allow me to dial with my second line as part of my ISDN, starting ten minutes before I would get disconnected, and “transfer” the connection to the new connection when it was finally able to dial-in, hence having internet 24hours a day. Good times! Superweb didn’t exist very long…

New comment by ashurov in "24 Hours of Lemons"

ashurov — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:12:21 +0000

For people in Europe/the Netherlands there is a race based on the same concept but somewhat different: https://www.jyr.nl

Edit: short description in English: https://www.jyr.nl/index.php/general-information/

Operation Triangulation What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchers [video]

ashurov — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:19:39 +0000

Article URL: https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11859-operation_triangulation_what_you_get_when_attack_iphones_of_researchers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38855065

Points: 27

# Comments: 25

New comment by ashurov in "Memories from old LAN parties"

ashurov — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 07:09:47 +0000

The outdoor lan parties that quickly popped up in the Netherlands is where I have my best memories of. Also, modding levels of Shadow Warrior or Quake and then telling your friends that they had to copy this newer version as it had a patch and then pranking them for an hour in game by completely destroying them with hidden passages and explosions… all the while hearing them in disbelief.. and then sharing the secret… also FTP Servers with more music, movies and games you could ever put on your own hard drives..

New comment by ashurov in "Las Vegas approves 68 miles of underground transportation tunnels"

ashurov — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 13:16:19 +0000

what a crazy stupid idea... thunderf00t [1] already outlined why all of this is a horrible idea.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ezF7NmwQZs&ab_channel=Thund...

New comment by ashurov in "Bike as a Service"

ashurov — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:37:15 +0000

VanMoof bike manufacturer is going bankrupt. People should export there private keys otherwise their bikes might get locked for ever..

Bike as a Service

ashurov — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:37:14 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/svrooij/status/1679232798844940288

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36710927

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by ashurov in "Dell to layoff 6,650 employees as demand for PCs plummets"

ashurov — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:25:11 +0000

i can only attest on personal experience, but yes...

New comment by ashurov in "Fun Fact: I own porn I can't watch"

ashurov — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 23:38:33 +0000

it seems that they didn't migrate the video. https://players.brightcove.net/5387496921001/default_default... is unavailable, but the old wordpress images are still online and available: https://www.msgnetworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chamb...

New comment by ashurov in "Taking jigsaw puzzles to infinity and beyond"

ashurov — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:11:27 +0000

Yes, there are 6 in total now.