Hacker News: computersuck

New comment by computersuck in "Email could have been X.400 times better"

computersuck — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:44:10 +0000

More like X.400 times convoluted

Internet Protocol Version 8 (IPv8)

computersuck — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:01:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-thain-ipv8-01.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47802581

Points: 5

# Comments: 4

AWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing is now generally available

computersuck — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:14:32 +0000

Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/03/aws-security-agent-ondemand-penetration/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47801826

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by computersuck in "Kagi is contemplating the removal of the assistant from its professional tier"

computersuck — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 05:22:46 +0000

Feels like a rug pull.. smells like enshittification

New comment by computersuck in "The emergence of print-on-demand Amazon paperback books"

computersuck — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:03:04 +0000

Don't buy from Amazon and expect anything but. Knowing the kind of company it is and still being a customer is inexcusable.

The Browser Becomes Your WordPress

computersuck — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:28:47 +0000

Article URL: https://wordpress.org/news/2026/03/announcing-my-wordpress/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47360352

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by computersuck in "Deterministic Programming with LLMs"

computersuck — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 01:48:28 +0000

this is a long article that doesn't say much at all. likely generated by AI?

it goes on for ages just to reach the point of "write the tests first"

Human Brain Cells on a Chip Learned to Play Doom in a Week

computersuck — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 04:21:17 +0000

Article URL: https://m.slashdot.org/story/452896

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47190386

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by computersuck in "Smallest transformer that can add two 10-digit numbers"

computersuck — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:48:42 +0000

this is the dumbest fking thing to do math with

New comment by computersuck in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"

computersuck — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 23:13:53 +0000

> You’re left reaching inward for something that the process never required you to develop, and the gap between the effort you expected to invest and the effort that was actually needed starts to feel like a personal failure rather than a feature of the technology.

New comment by computersuck in "Vim-pencil: Rethinking Vim as a tool for writing"

computersuck — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 11:24:36 +0000

It already is.

New comment by computersuck in "Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verification"

computersuck — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 02:11:33 +0000

Doesn't sound that fking welcoming to me

New comment by computersuck in "The €10 Mirror: Why Enterprise Security Looks Like a Kid's Toy"

computersuck — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:54:01 +0000

This is almost a feature, it allows people who are more curious to unlock without buying more cartridges

YaCy: P2P Search Engine

computersuck — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:28:40 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/yacy/yacy_search_server

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46719651

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by computersuck in "30 Years of ReactOS"

computersuck — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:06:23 +0000

Multi Processor Support!!? Cutting edge stuff

New comment by computersuck in "If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design"

computersuck — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 02:08:11 +0000

Because people are habitual, and mental load increases when you have to learn the UI again every update. Like if someone decided to change all your pots and pans every few months, it's harzadous for cooking.

New comment by computersuck in "There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape"

computersuck — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:12:17 +0000

It's very profitable to recycle small electronics in some economies where thousands of companies do it (eg India or Shenzhen); in countries where human labour is more expensive, it's untenable

New comment by computersuck in "There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape"

computersuck — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:11:02 +0000

https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/

New comment by computersuck in "Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time"

computersuck — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:57:58 +0000

https://archive.org/details/stackexchange Found it

New comment by computersuck in "Total monthly number of StackOverflow questions over time"

computersuck — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:41:04 +0000

Someone needs to archive the entirety of StackOverflow and make it available over torrent so that it can be preserved when the site shuts down. Urgently.