Hacker News: askl

New comment by askl in "How to earn a billion dollars"

askl — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:28:04 +0000

4. Do a "successful exit" and let some other fool figure out how to make the company profitable.

New comment by askl in "How to earn a billion dollars"

askl — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:10:44 +0000

Crazy that you're giving that advice away for free. You should be selling a course instead.

New comment by askl in "How to earn a billion dollars"

askl — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:21:51 +0000

Or even better, a world where billionaires aren't able to exist.

There needs to be a wealth maximum, afterwards you just get taxed 100%.

We Saw What AI Data Centers Don't Want You to See [video]

askl — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:59:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p426fSlYH4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448767

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by askl in "Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?"

askl — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:35:36 +0000

> That insurance isn't free, so paid for by member dues?

Yes, obviously. That's how every insurance works.

New comment by askl in "Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?"

askl — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:31:56 +0000

Are you not allowed to leave the US?

New comment by askl in "Commission fines Temu €200M for breaching the Digital Services Act"

askl — Thu, 28 May 2026 12:57:40 +0000

Ordering ISPs to DNS block temu would probably be easier and effective enough.

Or maybe getting google and apple to make the app not available in the EU.

New comment by askl in "Last.fm is now independent"

askl — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:28:25 +0000

Thanks. My first thought was "independent from what?". I'm a last.fm user since 2006 but never noticed any ownership changes.

New comment by askl in "Nearly half (44%) of every T-shirt goes to waste before you even buy it"

askl — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:23:35 +0000

In the near future our AI assistants will try to scam each other.

New comment by askl in "Web Serial Support in Firefox"

askl — Fri, 22 May 2026 09:10:06 +0000

Should be a single click just like with all the other permission based stuff.

New comment by askl in "Was my $48K GPU server worth it?"

askl — Fri, 22 May 2026 09:06:52 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

New comment by askl in "Utah lawmakers form united front in push to ban prediction markets"

askl — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:52:08 +0000

The ones where you have insider information.

New comment by askl in "Intel Arc Pro B70 Review"

askl — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:22:33 +0000

> it's clearly a graphics-processing focused card.

Yes, that's what the G in GPU stands for. It's great to see that there are still manufacturers that understand this.

New comment by askl in "Deep under Antarctic ice, a long-predicted cosmic whisper breaks through"

askl — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:46:06 +0000

I just turned off my ad blocker to see how bad it is. Because with it turned on I didn't see any popups.

They have Google ads on their site promoting a paid ad free version of their site? WTF? Why would you pay google to put ads for on your site for your own service?

New comment by askl in "BYD Seal 08 debuts with Blade Battery 2.0: 1,000km range, 5-min charging, 684hp"

askl — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:37:48 +0000

Nice to see innovation in the EV market.

Meanwhile legacy EV maker Tesla continues doing nothing other than silly toy projects. (Or rather hyping up silly toy projects and actually doing nothing at all)

New comment by askl in "Arch Linux Now Has a Bit-for-Bit Reproducible Docker Image"

askl — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:53:21 +0000

Ignoring the real benefits of security updates to prevent the unlikely event of supply chain attacks sounds like a weird tradeoff.

New comment by askl in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

askl — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:30:53 +0000

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New comment by askl in "Making RAM at Home [video]"

askl — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:07:21 +0000

How about swap on pingfs so you aren't relying on some cloud provider?

https://github.com/yarrick/pingfs

New comment by askl in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

askl — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:46:44 +0000

> Your next phone will be heavier, bulkier, more expensive, and less reliable as a result of these regulations.

Huh, phones are getting heavier, bulkier and more expensive already with every new generation? There's no regulation needed for that. Also more fragile because everything is made of glass.

New comment by askl in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

askl — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:04:18 +0000

> If you really want to be able to self-swap your own battery, you can just buy an Android that has a replaceable battery.

Those don't really exist anymore.

> Do we need to regulate something that isn't a problem?

It is a problem and needs to be regulated.

> All regulation has downsides, is it worth paying this price here?

Of course the upsides of regulations are worth it. The downsides might cause slight inconvenience to the manufacturer, so that doesn't really matter.