Hacker News: dazilcher

New comment by dazilcher in "Checkmate in Iran"

dazilcher — Mon, 11 May 2026 16:04:18 +0000

> It assumes the situation in the Gulf is finalized, calling the current situation "checkmate".

To be fair, the article does not assume that: it analyzes potential next moves and concludes that a certain outcome is inevitable.

To harp on the chess metaphor, most games are conceded when the result becomes obvious, before reaching literal checkmate.

Whether the analysis is accurate is a separate conversation.

New comment by dazilcher in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

dazilcher — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:52:22 +0000

> work computer

New comment by dazilcher in "YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid and election content"

dazilcher — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 06:21:01 +0000

> I'm not aware that the WHO ever claimed simultaneously contradictory things.

Whether they did or not is almost irrelevant: information doesn't reach humans instantaneously, it takes time to propagate through channels with varying latency, it gets amplified/muted depending on media bias, people generally have things going on in life other than staying glued to new sources, etc.

If you take a cross sample you're guaranteed to observe contradictory "parallel" information even if the source is serially consistent.

New comment by dazilcher in "Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah"

dazilcher — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 12:20:50 +0000

Is anyone on the right asking for stricter gun control laws as result? That should answer your gotcha question.

New comment by dazilcher in "South Korean workers detained in Hyundai plant raid to be freed and flown home"

dazilcher — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:36:44 +0000

How do you suggest we should treat foreign illegal labor?

New comment by dazilcher in "BMW kills Home Assistant integration to “protect security” [video]"

dazilcher — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:28:18 +0000

What's the point of reading something while drinking my coffee quietly?

When I'm drinking my coffee I focus on enjoying the palate, when I'm reading I am laser-focused on processing and retaining information.

Multitasking prevents me from attaining the full benefits of these exquisite activities. If need a mindless task while I'm sipping my morning brew I can always count primes backwards or stare at the other hipster in the coffee shop.

New comment by dazilcher in "I tried living on IPv6 for a day"

dazilcher — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 22:08:23 +0000

GMail is the most popular email provider by a wide margin. Denying service to the largest cohort of email users is indeed surprising, ridiculous, and self-defeating.

New comment by dazilcher in "The National Guard Deployment in LA Is a Threat to Democracy"

dazilcher — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 22:39:33 +0000

You conveniently ignored the illegal part.

New comment by dazilcher in "Trump's Trade War Escalates as China Retaliates with 34% Tariffs"

dazilcher — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:21:57 +0000

> a $2-4k blow over the next year as supply chains react

Can you explain the magical supply chain adjustment that will lower prices after a year?

New comment by dazilcher in "Ask HN: Are you afraid to travel to US to tech conferences?"

dazilcher — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:03:53 +0000

Interesting, how do you figure they establish citizenship status in those circumstances?

New comment by dazilcher in "DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data"

dazilcher — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:35:38 +0000

He was mistakenly given write access by the treasury department employees in charge of managing DOGE permissions. He resigned a day later, likely before he even realized he had write access. In that short window, he accessed the system "exclusively under the supervision of Bureau database administrators", and the initial treasury department investigation did not find any misuse of said write permissions.

I don't see how this can be blamed on DOGE. If anything it shows that DOGE employees are closely monitored, and their access is minimized and audited.

https://www.zetter-zeroday.com/court-documents-shed-new-ligh...

New comment by dazilcher in "Doge Claimed It Saved $8B in One Contract. It Was $8M"

dazilcher — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:07:01 +0000

The contract, with a company called D&G Support Services, was to provide “program and technical support services” for the Office of Diversity and Civil Rights at ICE.

... the federal award, approved in September 2022, had initially listed a total value of $8 billion. But on Jan. 22 this year, that figure was updated to $8 million.

DOGE involvement aside, that right there is not exactly the exculpatory evidence NY Times thinks it is.

New comment by dazilcher in "Google kills diversity hiring targets"

dazilcher — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 13:05:59 +0000

Unless you know more about that incident than the op, it sounds like they didn't refuse to fill anything but instead chose to skip and optional section.

New comment by dazilcher in "Wealth inequality risks triggering 'societal collapse' within next decade"

dazilcher — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:11:16 +0000

But who's "us", and who is "them"? Could it be a matter of perspective? Would it surprise you to discover that you're someone else's "them"?

New comment by dazilcher in "Windows BitLocker – Screwed Without a Screwdriver"

dazilcher — Sat, 18 Jan 2025 15:10:11 +0000

And which user would you put in charge of decrypting the drive?

I vote for Bob from QA, he's always around.

New comment by dazilcher in "DOJ proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships with Anthropic"

dazilcher — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:21:51 +0000

The DoJ does not have unlimited resources, nor does it have unlimited time - see imminent regime and policy change.

Priority matters, and picking Google as the first high profile target is bizarre.

New comment by dazilcher in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

dazilcher — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:59:45 +0000

He did not say that [1]. I can't decide whether people keep misrepresenting his statements intentionally, or there's some psychological process in play that prevents them from parsing his speech. He is a terrible communicator after all.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI9fbbQ-aTo&t=96s

New comment by dazilcher in "Navy chiefs conspired to get themselves illegal warship Wi-Fi"

dazilcher — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:45:59 +0000

That's quite the hyperbole - I'm pretty sure internet access is a secondary concern at best, when deciding to join the Navy.

Sailors are giving up a lot more in terms of personal life, fixating on internet access as a dealbreaker is such an odd take.

New comment by dazilcher in "Brazil to Fine Anyone Using a VPN to Access X $8,874 per Day; Elon Musk Responds"

dazilcher — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:45:13 +0000

Dictatorship is awesome while it happens to align with your dubious priorities.

You should try to think ahead though

New comment by dazilcher in "Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil"

dazilcher — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:14:28 +0000

So he's a hypocrite. Like most people are. Doesn't change the fact that in this case he happens to be fighting a good fight.