Hacker News: batch12

New comment by batch12 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026)"

batch12 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:57:20 +0000

Planted a few fruit trees, some strawberries, and vegetables. Every time I water them, I think about automated irrigation.

New comment by batch12 in "Microsoft PhotoDNA scanning problem"

batch12 — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:57:24 +0000

Is it a specific picture of the face or any picture of it?

New comment by batch12 in "HP trialed mandatory 15-minute support call wait times (2025)"

batch12 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:13:23 +0000

This one is a call center metric. Similar to after call work or first call resolution. This one, I believe, is average handle time.

Trivy ecosystem supply chain temporarily compromised

batch12 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:30:07 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450142

Points: 102

# Comments: 37

New comment by batch12 in "UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence"

batch12 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:56:36 +0000

Sincerely, TH FART

New comment by batch12 in "Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job"

batch12 — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:26:41 +0000

Someone should tell that to the people who publish the gas station mugshot magazines.

New comment by batch12 in "A 30B Qwen model walks into a Raspberry Pi and runs in real time"

batch12 — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:35:53 +0000

Could they have added some swap?

New comment by batch12 in "When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts"

batch12 — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:34:44 +0000

Sounds like something that could be weaponized. Order a bunch of 'gifts' to be shipped to a target via UPS/FedEx or whichever vendor helpfully pays the tarrifs for you. Then your victim has to fight collections or pay up.

New comment by batch12 in "Alive internet theory"

batch12 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:28:44 +0000

Its a cool idea, just beware. Saw some dead kids and some NSFW among the otherwise interesting content.

New comment by batch12 in "Show HN: Why write code if the LLM can just do the thing? (web app experiment)"

batch12 — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:28:26 +0000

Lighten up. People spend their time doing lots of things they enjoy regardless of the value others place on their efforts. Instead of projecting embarrassment, go save the world if that makes you happy.

New comment by batch12 in "AI scrapers request commented scripts"

batch12 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:22:16 +0000

Googlebot has no problem identifying itself because Google knows that you want it to index your site if you want visitors. It doesn't identify itself to give you the option to block it. It identifies itself so you don't.

New comment by batch12 in "AI scrapers request commented scripts"

batch12 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:15:56 +0000

Yes, the client wanted the server to deliver content it had intended for a different client, regardless of what the service operator wanted, so it lied using its user agent. Exact same thing we are talking about. The difference is that people don't want companies to profit off of their content. That's fair. In this case, they should maybe consider some form of real authentication, or if the bot is abusive, some kind of rate limiting control.

New comment by batch12 in "AI scrapers request commented scripts"

batch12 — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 02:05:56 +0000

Browser user agents have a history of being lies from the earliest days of usage. Official browsers lied about what they were- and still do.

New comment by batch12 in "Beliefs that are true for regular software but false when applied to AI"

batch12 — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 01:49:22 +0000

I think they're more caused by rushed deadlines, poor practices, and/or bad QA. Some folks just don't get it either and training doesn't help.

New comment by batch12 in "Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot"

batch12 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 15:00:16 +0000

I don't think that it's human work this would target, but instead work in shared human spaces.

New comment by batch12 in "Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot"

batch12 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:58:57 +0000

hence horseless CARriage

New comment by batch12 in "YouTube addresses lower view counts which seem to be caused by ad blockers"

batch12 — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:56:20 +0000

Is it morally wrong to fast forward ads on your TV or mute the volume?

New comment by batch12 in "Show HN: A simple word search game"

batch12 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:46:39 +0000

This is a simple word search game I tossed together a while ago that some friends and family still are playing. Select words by picking the first and last letter of the word.

You can clear all words without swapping any letters.

Show HN: A simple word search game

batch12 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:44:53 +0000

Article URL: https://wordgame.o565.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44789122

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by batch12 in "It's true, “we” don't care about accessibility on Linux"

batch12 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:35:29 +0000

I think you're partially right. The development of good accessibility features require what any other feature would require- time. Since there aren't enough skilled people willing to give their time to make a good dent in the issue, the only solution left is to pay people for their efforts, sadly.