Hacker News: cisc

New comment by cisc in "Making an 88x31 book-button using ImageMagick"

cisc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 03:19:19 +0000

> Click here to wintess the full, 4.2 MB, over 19-hour long beauty

I got 3.5 MB when I losslessly encoded it to JPEG XL.

Ukraine targets "Russia's Google" as the internet becomes a new front line

cisc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:29:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/17/europe/russia-yandex-data-center-internet-ukraine-intl

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50137281

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by cisc in "Tesla Roadster"

cisc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:05:34 +0000

No. All advertising is tedious. Advertising is pollution.

New comment by cisc in "Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Protest Day"

cisc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 01:56:33 +0000

> If these social media companies prove they're favouring the government

They favour themselves. And if to best position themselves they must suck up to the government then that's what they'll do. Every time.

> rather than their customers

Who do you think their customers are? They aren't the users. The users are the product, the cattle farmed by social media companies.

The customers are the advertisers. Advertisers don't want filthy protesters tarnishing their shiny brands.

Electric Mercedes-AMG GT SUV unveiled with 1,153 HP and 710 kW charging

cisc — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:18:46 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/10/17/mercedes-amg-gt-suv-electric-1153-hp-710-kw-charging/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50136567

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by cisc in "Tesla Roadster"

cisc — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:20:36 +0000

This is a marketing stunt. This is the advertising.

New comment by cisc in "iPhone Duo sells out now backordered until next year"

cisc — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 02:17:10 +0000

> I have tried to get excited about this

Why? You don't need to be excited or amazed.

It's either useful to you or it isn't. If it's not useful to you, don't buy it.

Tesla confirms Autopilot/FSD was on when car crossed a median and killed a man

cisc — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:25:44 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/10/15/tesla-driver-assist-median-crossing-vineland/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50108023

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by cisc in "Microsoft says Windows 11 is now 'more responsive' and runs better on 8GB of RAM"

cisc — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:22:31 +0000

That's great but the context menu is still slow, annoying to use, and much worse than it was in Windows 10.

Hole in Neanderthal shoulder bone linked to ancient wooden spear

cisc — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:07:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6jrwn3y3xe9o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50107684

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Russia hits American businesses with 'drones and missiles' in Ukraine

cisc — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:41:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/14/politics/american-businesses-targeted-russia-ukraine-coca-cola-mcdonalds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50095756

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Ukraine Starlink Access Restricted as Musk Says Zelensky 'Has Gone Too Far'

cisc — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:43:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-starlink-access-restricted-as-musk-says-zelensky-has-gone-too-far-12565652

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50094910

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine

cisc — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:35:15 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/russia-was-not-ready-for-the-data-center-war-it-started-with-ukraine/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50067630

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI

cisc — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:03:39 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/10/caine-prize-winning-short-story-seems-be-ai/688967/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50062187

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Nio completes 1.2 million EV battery swaps in a single week

cisc — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:14:04 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/10/10/battery-swap-works-nio-completes-1-2-million-swaps-in-a-single-week/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50054130

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

'We cannot accept foxes in our landscape': the plan to save Australia's wildlife

cisc — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:18:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/11/fox-australia-threatened-native-species-wildlife-national-plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038447

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

The 'black box' wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies

cisc — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:13:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/09/uk-water-companies-industrial-commercial-wastewater-sewage-treatment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038420

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

Vision for New Autonomous Warfare Command Laid Out by Pentagon

cisc — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:49:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.twz.com/news-features/vision-for-new-autonomous-warfare-command-laid-out-by-pentagon

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50038299

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome

cisc — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 02:26:13 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/mozillas-head-of-firefox-talks-product-priorities-ai-skepticism-and-browser-choice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50028928

Points: 6

# Comments: 4

New comment by cisc in "In "Musk," Alex Gibney Punctures Elon's Self-Mythology"

cisc — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 01:48:53 +0000

What's your argument? That we should put aside rationality and basic honesty for feel good vibes, no matter the lies?

Musk lies constantly. He lies about stupid things there's no need to lie about like being better at video games than he actually is: https://futurism.com/gamers-disgusted-musk-cheats-diablo-pat...

He lied about the Cybertruck being faster than it is. It's fast anyway. There was no need to lie about it but Musk is pathological. He simply can't help himself:

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-cybertruck-beast-vs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J3H8--CQRE

Tesla never ran the quarter mile they claimed they did. It's pathetic.