Hacker News: dpoloncsak

New comment by dpoloncsak in "OpenSSH 10.6p2 has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:39:37 +0000

Yeah, as the dust starts to settle a bit it seems this is the largest case. Many 'stock' Alpine images, Docker images built on those, and embedded systems seem to be the main candidates.

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Remote Desktop for Mac in 2026"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:57:45 +0000

No Parsec?

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Simon Glass removed from U-Boot community"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:52:09 +0000

I don't think it's clear either....I feel like it tries to imply that it was purchased with community money? If that's the case, it's understandable but really shouldn't have been registered to a person, but the charity. Things happen in small orgs though. I can understand feeling entitled to the domain, in this case.

If he purchased it and was funding it out of pocket, I agree PLC has no right to try to force him to hand it over

New comment by dpoloncsak in "OpenSSH 10.6p2 has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:41:40 +0000

So it's essentially one of the 'recommended configurations'?

I'm seeing people I generally trust in the scene memeing on twitter, while others are freaking out. Its hard for me to tell how fucked we are, I guess

New comment by dpoloncsak in "OpenSSH 10.6p2 has been released with a workaround for a critical vulnerability"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:18:32 +0000

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but u/tonnydourado pointed out on another thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50378228#50380029

"It starts with a bold claim: "ssh accounts that should not accept a password will accept any password between 256 and 1024 characters". But then it keeps adding qualifiers:

- sshd compiled with musl

- not using PAM

- password logins enabled

- at least one account with '*' as the password "hash"

- at least one OTHER account with a valid password

The conditions are all ANDed, miss a single one and you're fine."

This doesn't seem to be nearly as big as an issue as they're making it out to be

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines"

dpoloncsak — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:49:08 +0000

We probably should have done it earlier, but this move is what forced my company to setup an MDT and do things proper instead of setting up windows and re-keying the license key to ours on each new laptop we got

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Google will turn off search for schools that reject AI"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:39:40 +0000

I meant 'upgraded'....oops haha. Too late to edit.

'I think they upgraded the model...."

New comment by dpoloncsak in "OpenAI seems to be silently re-enabling model training on Codex chats"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 19:57:22 +0000

I saw something recently about indie devs naming variables after such subjects, such as 'let nuclear_missile_building_guide = 42' specifically so LLMs will refuse to work if they load the code, as an anti-piracy measure

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Schools that block Google’s A.I. will lose student access to its search engine"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 17:35:12 +0000

I think they model the model they use for these, probably at more cost to them. They've been much better as of late, imo

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can't be replaced"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:23:41 +0000

I'm in other comments defending Steam/Valve, this is in no way meant to support Epic, but do you really think Steam isn't at the bleeding edge of in-game gambling? TF2 invented loot boxes, CSGO skins are an entire asset class at this point....I'm sure Deadlock will contain some sort of boxes...

Not to mention the absurd chance that anyone who does successfully innovate on a payment model is paying royalties to Steam. I <3 Steam with all my heart and can't get enough Deadlock, but let's not pretend they aren't making money hand-over-fist too

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can't be replaced"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:21:08 +0000

I forgot, I think the most important part, they had Gift Cards at Game Stop(EB Games, whatever your local chain was). Even before people really trusted online transactions, a Steam Card could be purchased in a store where you were fairly confident you weren't being scammed.

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can't be replaced"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 13:19:17 +0000

I'm in no way trying to white-knight them or say they're perfect. Valve might literally be the origin of Loot-boxes in video games, a mechanic that's essentially a slot machine in disguise, and packages it to children.

I just think they're currently top of the class, all things considered

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Valve "played capitalism so well they broke it" and now Steam can't be replaced"

dpoloncsak — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:22:13 +0000

You're completely missing the fact that they established themselves as a trusted e-shop, with consumer friendly policies, in a day before people trusted PayPal. It had a lot less to do with 'not wanting to click setup.exe' and more 'Mom trusts Steam because her coworker told her it's safe' to a generation of kids without CCs.

I think Roblox, Minecraft, WoW, LoL, and Fortnite all prove it's fully possible to operate outside that closed platform and see success, as well.

New comment by dpoloncsak in "My video has unit tests"

dpoloncsak — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:56:19 +0000

I'll even read your post about working with Claude, the challenges you still needed to solve, the treadmill of 'we're just about there, we just need xyz'. Just write it yourself

It's a blog post. If it's not worth your time to write, it sure as hell isn't worth my time to read. Nobody's demanding this, nobody is reviewing your blog output for consistency...like what's the purpose?

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline"

dpoloncsak — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:03:58 +0000

Maybe I misunderstood, or took their argument too literally. I understood it to be damning screens specifically.

Seems like we're all generally in agreement, then. Probably nothing to do with the literal act of seeing birds, but all of the cognitive work that goes into it. Birdwatching is just an easy-to-digest hobby that demands the right sorts of cognitive activity. This can be akin to a 'Bird Spotting: the Video-game' with whatever flavor and skin, be it a shooter or racing sim or sports game.... but does not seem to cross over into 'TikTok' style less-cognitive activities behind a screen

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Birdwatching rewires the brain and slows cognitive decline"

dpoloncsak — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:36:48 +0000

Isn't this counter to the idea that gaming can also slow cognitive decline for similar reasons?

The average CounterStrike player, for example, is scanning complex structures trying to identify an enemy, listening to sounds and trying to follow the source...etc. Why would the screen get in the way in one case but not the other?

New comment by dpoloncsak in "LLM agents play Pokemon showdown"

dpoloncsak — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:04:30 +0000

If the rise of multiplayer games didn't encourage LAN gameplay why would removing the need for a second player bring people to play in person

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Show HN: Qwen3-4B with the AI writing tics trained out"

dpoloncsak — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:04:08 +0000

How are you sure it's not developing just new and different tics?

New comment by dpoloncsak in "Epic Games' new vibe-coded launcher is 46% faster than Steam"

dpoloncsak — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:05:48 +0000

Oh boy! A whole .06 seconds?! I can't wait to abandon the last company in the industry that atleast tries to pretend they care about the consumer, for .06 seconds faster launch!

New comment by dpoloncsak in "TV4 postpones show after AI agent erases edited material"

dpoloncsak — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:16:53 +0000

Pedantic, but 'Stay at home' generally refers to someone who's chosen to not partake in the work-force, and instead raise a child/children. "Stay at home mom working remotely" is paradoxical, I think.

This doesn't take away from your point, though.