<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: bashwizard</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bashwizard</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:45:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=bashwizard" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Quake – 30th Anniversary Update"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Skill gaps back then were HUGE. At least in the games I used to play and compete in. Mainly Quake, CS and StarCraft. If you were an average/decent player, you'd get absolutely destroyed by a good player every single time and it was never even close.<p>Modern FPS games with SBMM creates this huge "blob" of low-to-average players that will rarely if ever even have the chance of playing against an actual good player and they have no clue of how huge the difference in skill gap it is.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:22:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257884</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257884</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49257884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Skill issue. No pun intended.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:10:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256996</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256996</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49256996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Quake – 30th Anniversary Update"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> If that's the new player experience, you done fucked up.<p>Have you really though?<p>I'd argue that what made arena shooters great was the steep learning curve and the grind to improve as a player.<p>The feeling of having practiced duels for months and finally being able to beat players that used to 50-0 you every game was better than any achievement in any modern FPS game I've ever experienced.<p>Gamers these days just doesn't really care about becoming better themselves. They want the instant gratification and that's why you have FPS games with super low TTK, perks, abilities, heroes etc. All to narrow down the skill gap between actual good players and completely new players.<p>Maybe it's just me but I find those games boring.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 06:37:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206686</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206686</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Average is all you need"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The majority of devs are average. What a shocker.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:43:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805322</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805322</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47805322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Reddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta's $2B Lobbying for Age Verification Tech"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a coordinated psyop to enforce mass surveillance and control. The question we should ask ourselves is "Who are they?". Their agenda is clear already.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:49:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412649</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412649</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "The next era of social media: built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks but no thanks. I'm not going to give you any of personal information whatsoever.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:45:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245689</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245689</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47245689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Raycast is all I need. AeroSpace if tiling windows is your thing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:39:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500014</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500014</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45500014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is another good one: <a href="https://christitus.com/windows-tool/" rel="nofollow">https://christitus.com/windows-tool/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:24:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45499927</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45499927</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45499927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You sound like me. I disliked CS because of how slow and campy it was compared to Quake and we always had this banter in my friend group about Quake vs CS vs Unreal Tournament and which game requires more skill. I ended up playing for one of the best clans in Sweden and competed for a few years until Q3 eventually died.<p>I did try playing CS more serious for some time but I just couldn't stand it and I never had the patience. Got to respect that.<p>Quake requires more skill btw.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 06:46:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44948908</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44948908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44948908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Spotting base64 encoded JSON, certificates, and private keys"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A dev who have never seen a base64 string before? Fascinating.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:03:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44810423</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44810423</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44810423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "I scanned all of GitHub's "oops commits" for leaked secrets"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm surprised that it's not more. I couple of years ago I spent a few months basically github dorking for leaked api keys and made more than that.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:44:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44453322</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44453322</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44453322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Ask HN: Is your company forcing use of AI?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When the cognitive dissonance hits you in the face like a truck, you hit that button!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 07:44:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44431575</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44431575</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44431575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Dear "Security Researchers""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Companies like that needs to be outed so that no one will ever go any testing whatsoever for them in the future.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 12:32:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43831730</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43831730</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43831730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Ask HN: How did the internet discover my subdomain?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Like people have said already; Certificate Transparency logs.<p>There are countless of tools to use for subdomain enumeration. I personally use subfinder or amass when doing recon on bug bounty targets.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 08:00:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43288116</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43288116</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43288116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "MacBook Air M4"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It's because the phone's CPU isn't keeping up.<p>That's bs. You will immediately notice the difference when going from let's say 120 hz down to 60 hz on a fast gaming pc even if you're just dragging windows around. Everything feels jarring to say the least compared to higher refresh rates and it has absolutely nothing to do with the CPU. It's because of the refresh rate.<p>It's same thing going from 120 hz to 60 hz on a phone while scrolling and swiping.<p>It's quite interesting though that there are people out there who won't notice the huge difference. But hey, at least they don't have to pay premium for the increase performance of the screen.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 08:01:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43277647</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43277647</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43277647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And then there's common sense. Something most people seems to lack.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 06:35:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42180581</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42180581</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42180581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "SponsorBlock – skip sponsor segments on YouTube"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>r/USDefaultism</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 05:43:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242942</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242942</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41242942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Security related vulnerabilities.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:55:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727393</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727393</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I know some of them in person as I'm involved in the bug bounty scene myself. What they work on varies depending on skill set and interest. I do not personally know any security researchers with high impact vulnerabilites in iOS but those people get paid millions and you'll never hear about them.<p>What I do know is that they tend to sell their exploits through exploit brokers like Zerodium.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:51:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727370</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727370</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40727370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bashwizard in "Ask HN: How do you find developers for open source bug bounties?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I know many people making a very good living from bounties (>$500k/year). If you're good, you'll make bank. If not - don't quit your day job.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 06:21:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40725393</link><dc:creator>bashwizard</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40725393</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40725393</guid></item></channel></rss>