Hacker News: donohoe

New comment by donohoe in "Goodbye from Salon"

donohoe — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:05:12 +0000

For context, I have worked in news/media since 2003.

Yes, newspaper circulation had been declining since the late 1980s/early 1990s. The real economic damage came as classifieds, recruitment, real estate and advertising moved online. Craigslist and other online marketplaces ate the business model long before social media and AI entered the picture.

So "open internet" doesn't refer to a specific historical moment, but in this context I'd place its emergence in the early to mid-1990s.

My shallow, poorly worded, comment was aimed at time of the "open internet".

Newspapers took large revenue from advertising that had little to do with journalism. That subsidized foreign bureaus, statehouse reporters, investigative work and specialized beats. When those dollars moved elsewhere, the economics of reporting collapsed. The 2008 recession accelerated that.

That 60% figure is specifically newspaper newsroom employment, not journalism employment.

New comment by donohoe in "$2.5T has been wiped from US stocks"

donohoe — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 22:56:05 +0000

Relax. This happens 2-3'ish times a year. Remember last April when Trump announced tariffs.

New comment by donohoe in "Goodbye from Salon"

donohoe — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:14:06 +0000

  This started long before the decline of the open internet and AI.

Not sure thats true.

Bluesky was right all along and will accept your apology any time

donohoe — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:03:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.fastcompany.com/91635647/bluesky-was-right-all-along-and-will-accept-your-apology-any-time

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50379972

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by donohoe in "Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News"

donohoe — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:33:31 +0000

Yeah, the typography choices here are poor. Nice idea but readability on mobile isn’t great sadly.

New comment by donohoe in "Show HN: Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News"

donohoe — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:32:00 +0000

Curated or real-time? This is near real-time feed of latest stories:

https://donohoe.dev/timeswire/

1.26M Data Center Satellites? Orbit Says No

donohoe — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 04:05:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.budget-engineer.com/space-data-centers-have-you-looked-up-lately

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50347922

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

One of Google's Android partners turned 1.3M set-top boxes into a botnet

donohoe — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 23:51:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/1024807/google-botnet-android-tv-shut-down

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50345977

Points: 55

# Comments: 4

Walter Koenig, Chekov from 'Star Trek,' Has Died

donohoe — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:52:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/arts/television/walter-koenig-chekov-star-trek-dead.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50249045

Points: 65

# Comments: 5

Anthropic's Seven Founders

donohoe — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:48:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/technology/anthropic-founders.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50243663

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by donohoe in "Switzerland. Block by block. At 1:1 scale"

donohoe — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:47:20 +0000

  "Why do I give a busker money when I could play the real track on spotify."

It is more like "Why do I give money to someone playing a track on Spotify when I could play that track on Spotify."

New comment by donohoe in "Active incident at Dreamhost forcing password reset"

donohoe — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:11:37 +0000

Same. Into my second decade with them. Great value, no real complaints.

New comment by donohoe in "PHP 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35 out"

donohoe — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:24:09 +0000

…or just enable automatic updates.

New comment by donohoe in "Private Key Compromise of EMudhra Intermediate Certificates"

donohoe — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:11:30 +0000

Secret P-384 keys for those CAs are all zeros but not the last 8 bits.

Private Key Compromise of EMudhra Intermediate Certificates

donohoe — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:09:41 +0000

Article URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2083449

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50172713

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

Russian Satellite Makes a Menacing Approach to Another Craft in Orbit

donohoe — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:12:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/science/russian-satellite-makes-a-menacing-approach-to-another-craft-in-orbit.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50159270

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by donohoe in "Waymo in Toronto"

donohoe — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:03:23 +0000

My first and only Waymo was in SF last week. The 25 minute walk was also a 20 min drive. Great. Took 45 minutes of odd detours and sudden reroutes to get from Ferry Building to the hotel.

Tiny Little Office

donohoe — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:10:08 +0000

Article URL: https://tinylittleoffice.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50096142

Points: 705

# Comments: 202

New comment by donohoe in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

donohoe — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:55:59 +0000

You’re not identifying as a lawyer so please understand it’s much more complicated than that.

I’m not a lawyer but I’ve been involved with litigation between publishers and tech companies regarding scraped content.

It’s much more complicated than you’d ever think.

Personally, I think Nitter is in a strong position.

AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit

donohoe — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:35:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-of-copyrighted-material-not-fair-use-third-circuit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49977474

Points: 5

# Comments: 1