Hacker News: docdeek

Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM for 98% Cost Saving

docdeek — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:43:55 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/dekuNukem/bob_cassette_rewinder

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48240580

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Swatch Internet Time

docdeek — Wed, 20 May 2026 10:59:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.swatch.com/en-en/internet-time.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205802

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by docdeek in "Google changes its search box"

docdeek — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:28:52 +0000

How does a media company stay in business when there is no one visiting the site, and people are only getting the quality information from Google?

Advertising on the media site (assuming digital media, no physical media) is going to disappear because people probably won't be clicking through to read the source material that the Google AI answer relied on. No traffic, no advertisers, no money to produce the original journalism. That's going to impact the Google results eventually as these media outlets shut down to be replaced with...AI slop, maybe?

Is the subscriber model the answer? It could work for a niche subject or a single journalist with a following, and it wouldn't be sucked into Google results, either, if it was effectively gated/paywalled.

New comment by docdeek in "Google Search as you know it is over"

docdeek — Tue, 19 May 2026 19:28:07 +0000

How does a media company stay in business when there is no one visiting the site, and people are only getting the quality information from Google?

Judge Orders Matt Mullenweg to Explain Missing Messages in WP Engine Dispute

docdeek — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:47:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.therepository.email/federal-judge-orders-matt-mullenweg-to-explain-missing-messages-in-wp-engine-dispute

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965154

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by docdeek in "[dead]"

docdeek — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:19:44 +0000

Video is actually titled, "FIU Student Arrested After Threat in WhatsApp Chat Involving 200+ Classmates"

New comment by docdeek in "[dead]"

docdeek — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:19:22 +0000

It’s exactly what was said in the chat in the video linked.

New comment by docdeek in "Apple Says Lebanon Villages Weren't Removed from Maps. It Never Had Them"

docdeek — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:32:01 +0000

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47742680 (336 points)

Apple Says Lebanon Villages Weren't Removed from Maps. It Never Had Them

docdeek — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:30:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.me/story/apple-says-southern-lebanon-villages-werent-removed-from-maps-it-never-had-them

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47750547

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by docdeek in "Student Debt Burdened Them, So They Moved Abroad and Stopped Paying"

docdeek — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:22:01 +0000

> Ms. Tully was on an income-based repayment plan, which allows many borrowers to have their remaining debt forgiven after 20 years of making qualifying payments. She was paying $60 per month when she defaulted. This amount, to many, may seem manageable. But for her, it remained psychologically burdensome.

$60 a month for 20 years, and then the debt is forgiven doesn’t sound burdensome at all. Perhaps if she doesn’t return to the US it won’t matter, but it seems a small price to pay monthly to make returning to your home one day a whole lot less stressful.

New comment by docdeek in "The Browser Becomes Your WordPress"

docdeek — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:21:32 +0000

https://mullenweg.wtf/

The parasite continues to eat the host. The cancer is trying to spread

docdeek — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 07:22:42 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/wordpress/status/2032291317871468554

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47361557

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by docdeek in "Iran-backed hackers claim wiper attack on medtech firm Stryker"

docdeek — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 08:00:15 +0000

Pretty sure you have your Sunni and Shia confused there.

New comment by docdeek in "Judge finalizes order for Greenpeace to pay $345M in ND oil pipeline case"

docdeek — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:03:21 +0000

I can't speak to the institution but the only public statements on their website relate to this particular trial. It could be this is the first ever trial they have monitored in this way; it might also be a group that will only ever monitor this one trial.

New comment by docdeek in "A new Polymarket account made over $500k betting on the U.S. strike against Iran"

docdeek — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:50:28 +0000

"That “brand new account” was created in October 2024 and has 88 predictions based upon your own evidence.”

https://x.com/pearsonm103/status/2028176543264969145

New comment by docdeek in "US Customs destroys rare floppy disk"

docdeek — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:23:24 +0000

In a follow-up tweet they show there is a sticker saying that DHL opened the box, too, seemingly before the US Customs. The tweet shows the image and reads: "So I found this label on the side of the box. Of course, the boxes were all left blank. Not sure anymore if this intentional destruction of property was the work of a @DHLexpress employee or @CBP employee…”.

https://x.com/TehKeripo/status/2027231941729378340

New comment by docdeek in "Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze sperm"

docdeek — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:06:52 +0000

That’s inaccurate. Amongst NATO countries, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Turkey have mandatory military service, and Croatia is bringing it back. There’s also non-NATO countries like Austria, Belarus, Cyprus, and Switzerland with mandatory military service.

Of those countries, Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania all have borders with Russia. The remainder - the majority of both the NATO countries and of the European states with service generally - do not have a border with Russia.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj4npzp53o

In Arson Case, a Judge Wrestles with A.I.-Assisted Apology Letters

docdeek — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:31:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/world/asia/new-zealand-court-ai-apology.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47051958

Points: 8

# Comments: 1

New comment by docdeek in "Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is paying for troops to freeze sperm"

docdeek — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:14:38 +0000

Compulsory military service is not uncommon in Europe.

New comment by docdeek in "Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace"

docdeek — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:42:38 +0000

I agree, though if all someone has to go on is that I stayed silent, it might be difficult to conclude whether I am uninterested, indifferent, or scared stiff.