Hacker News: bduerst

New comment by bduerst in "Fediverse"

bduerst — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:56:36 +0000

But that's just it though - if bad actors gain control, you lose the ability to reject OAuth creds (which is what OpenID is). Things like social engineering or phishing of credentials, which happens at scale today.

They need a way to handle situations when bad actors take over, because other solutions handle this with centralized authorities who step in and rectify the issue.

New comment by bduerst in "Fediverse"

bduerst — Tue, 03 May 2022 14:30:54 +0000

I haven't dived into the specs, but how does solid solve bad actors getting access to your pod?

Usually today your data is fragmented across platforms (so damage is reduced) which have centralized authorities who can step in and fix bad actor issues.

New comment by bduerst in "Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum"

bduerst — Mon, 02 May 2022 22:02:23 +0000

If ethereum ever achieved adoption even close to a fraction of what stock trading has, then you'd have the same problems and overhead.

As it stands, the apples to apples comparison has any centralized, trusted network being more efficient than [attempted] trustless, proof of work like ethereum.

New comment by bduerst in "Show HN: Radiopaper – Troll-resistant public conversations"

bduerst — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 01:26:14 +0000

> wuhan lab theory... calling for increased land/property taxes

I feel like these are probably on two different levels, but given that you called it a theory and not a conspiracy, I think you'll also probably disagree.

New comment by bduerst in "Show HN: Radiopaper – Troll-resistant public conversations"

bduerst — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:14:23 +0000

It used to be Reddit would let users block trolls, and then the user would never have to deal with seeing the troll posts ever again, even if they continued to reply.

The new way - blocking someone and restricting that person's ability to reply - is an aggressive UX.

New comment by bduerst in "You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search"

bduerst — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:59:01 +0000

That article is about a tech-illiterate governor using his station to threaten prosecution of the press... for discussing a 10-yr old bug that's already well known publicly.

If anything, that's more to the discussion of giving social security numbers to inept IT departments.

New comment by bduerst in "You can now ask Google to remove your phone number, email or address from search"

bduerst — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 23:50:09 +0000

What makes you think you were banned from Adsense for saying something that common?

New comment by bduerst in "Snap launches its first drone"

bduerst — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 20:37:53 +0000

Eh, if only people were never bad actors and only used drones for that.

I was at a soap box derby a couple weeks back and they had to pause the entire event for fifteen minutes because someone was flying a drone down by the course area.

A couple hundred people were waiting on one person to remove their drone. Even after the announcers were asking the person to remove the drone they continued to keep it there.

New comment by bduerst in "Snap launches its first drone"

bduerst — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 17:32:00 +0000

>Would there be an audible hum in the video it records from the 4x propellers?

In the post-tiktok era, it's not that big of an issue.

Most videos will have easily added audio overlays.

New comment by bduerst in "Facebook Is Pulling Back from Its Foray into Podcasting"

bduerst — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:23:29 +0000

I still think Metaverse was a branding/distraction strategy from taking a bath financially. The lack of substance is telling.

New comment by bduerst in "Facebook Is Pulling Back from Its Foray into Podcasting"

bduerst — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:21:13 +0000

Nepotism too. Anecdotally, I know someone who is skilled and became a top creator on one of those early audio-focused platforms, but she ran into a couple toxic members of the community who knew the FB PMs, and managed to get her and others they didn't like removed through moderation.

New comment by bduerst in "Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2022 Results"

bduerst — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:03:02 +0000

Shrinking float and lowering the cost of capital is still better than sitting on a pile of excess cash.

Buybacks are a valid tactic in corporate finance.

New comment by bduerst in "Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources"

bduerst — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 20:20:49 +0000

Please cite how you can't criticize Saudi families on Twitter.

New comment by bduerst in "Apple must pay a man $1,000 for not including a power adapter with new iPhone"

bduerst — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 17:09:45 +0000

Isn't that the problem though?

That someone in a mall kiosk is more skilled and authorized to fix a phone than an entire Apple store full of Apple geniuses?

Edit: Apple Authorized Service Providers (AASP) have mall kiosks, for those doubting authorization.

New comment by bduerst in "Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy"

bduerst — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:57:23 +0000

Right, it's not limited to being offensive, and even if it were, you can limit exposure.

Also, testing if a billionaire (who has offended many people on Twitter) is lying is not deranged behavior, which is the point you keep avoiding.

New comment by bduerst in "Musk announces funding secured for Twitter buy"

bduerst — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 16:27:32 +0000

It's a test of the word and motivation of not just a billionaire, but one of the world's wealthiest individuals - one who has publicly insulted and offended many people already.

I think it's more deranged to see such a test as abnormal.

(Also grotesque does not necessarily mean offensive, and you can limit the scope of the content's exposure)

New comment by bduerst in "Ask HN: What’s a good laptop for software development at around $2k?"

bduerst — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 18:22:44 +0000

Third. NVidia drivers were the bane of my existence for a while, and became such a time suck when I wanted to be doing other things.

New comment by bduerst in "Leaked Game Boy emulators for Switch were made by Nintendo, experts suggest"

bduerst — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:28:23 +0000

So because a couple people you worked happened to be wealthy and you didn't like them, we should throw out protecting IP with copyright law everywhere?

New comment by bduerst in "Leaked Game Boy emulators for Switch were made by Nintendo, experts suggest"

bduerst — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:24:03 +0000

Short of anyone here working at Nintendo, we have no insight into what the bar is for release, the LOE to fix graphical bugs, or any of the challenges they face between platforms.

New comment by bduerst in "Leaked Game Boy emulators for Switch were made by Nintendo, experts suggest"

bduerst — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:22:32 +0000

Which is pretty typical of a release process that requires updating and testing software on platforms that are ~30 years apart.