Hacker News: askl

New comment by askl in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

askl — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 07:39:17 +0000

That sounds even stupider than using it to go to mars. I really hope it stays a fantasy like most musk projects.

New comment by askl in "CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font"

askl — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:07:09 +0000

Wow, some of these are looking atrocious. (Victor Mono, Syne Mono, Nova Mono)

What I'm missing is DejaVuSansMono which is what I'm using. The result of the test was Ubuntu Mono, which looks okay too.

New comment by askl in "How to turn anything into a router"

askl — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:00:04 +0000

> you can make a router out of basically anything resembling a computer.

So if anything can be turned into a router will importing anything be banned as well?

New comment by askl in "[dead]"

askl — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:29:50 +0000

> an AI image and video generation platform

Shrug. Glad to see stripe is doing something against this.

New comment by askl in "They’re vibe-coding spam now"

askl — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:52:31 +0000

Google Pixel phones also have this feature since at least 5 years. Spammers usually just hang up instantly.

New comment by askl in "White-collar AI apocalypse narrative is just another bullshit"

askl — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:28:24 +0000

It's always different this time. It always will only take a couple more months or years. And then people move on to the next hype topic.

New comment by askl in "North Korean's 100k fake IT workers net $500M a year for Kim"

askl — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:18:23 +0000

> It cites information from the US Government that these IT workers can earn more than $300,000 a year

Doesn't sound that cheap.

CVE-2026-3888: Important Snap Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root

askl — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:43:19 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-threat-research/2026/03/17/cve-2026-3888-important-snap-flaw-enables-local-privilege-escalation-to-root

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47427208

Points: 161

# Comments: 116

New comment by askl in "Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act"

askl — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:40:15 +0000

Can happen sometimes. I down voted the comment after reading only the first sentence but then corrected it to an upvote after reading the rest. Not sure if many people have an attention span long enough to do something like this.

New comment by askl in "Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job"

askl — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:58:25 +0000

Given his track record, spending should be at four trillion now, right?

HTTPS certificates in the age of quantum computing

askl — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:55:10 +0000

Article URL: https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1060941/af07898a15c68291/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336427

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by askl in "EVi, a Hard-Fork of Vim"

askl — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:46:11 +0000

Given githubs stance on AI "coding" it would be hypocritical to host the project on github.

New comment by askl in "EVi, a Hard-Fork of Vim"

askl — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:16:50 +0000

There's a bunch of commits that have "supported by AI claude." as well. Whatever that's supposed to mean.

Uploading Pirated Books via BitTorrent Qualifies as Fair Use, Meta Argues

askl — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 09:18:40 +0000

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/uploading-pirated-books-via-bittorrent-qualifies-as-fair-use-meta/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47285960

Points: 475

# Comments: 278

AI Slop Bores Me

askl — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:35:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youraislopbores.me/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47279113

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by askl in "Arm's Cortex X925: Reaching Desktop Performance"

askl — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:52:30 +0000

If it's programmed in assembly, it just wont compile for a different architecture.

New comment by askl in "Show HN: OpenTweet – I built a way to stay active on X without opening X"

askl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:19:16 +0000

> the feed is designed to waste your time

So instead you build a tool to waste other peoples time with auto generated tweets?

If I saw someone using a tool like this, I'd instantly block them.

Block generative AI features with Firefox AI controls

askl — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:30:34 +0000

Article URL: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-ai-controls

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47139099

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim

askl — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:44:24 +0000

Article URL: https://torrentfreak.com/meta-employee-deleted-9tb-of-torrented-files-adult-film-producers-claim/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47137084

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by askl in "US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere"

askl — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:39:39 +0000

You are the product