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New comment by draugadrotten in "Show HN: Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie"

draugadrotten — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:14:12 +0000

I went to the website to play the game, and was disappointed that it was only a marketing web site for a phone app. Why not let me play the game?

Swedish grocery giants ICA and COOP hit by freezer cyberattack

draugadrotten — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:47:03 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/InsiderGeo/status/2117164877701595165

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50334455

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by draugadrotten in "French digital tax may kill VideoLan non-profit"

draugadrotten — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:49:49 +0000

That Laffer curve is going to hit France in the gonads.

New comment by draugadrotten in "The 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement is no longer viable"

draugadrotten — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:18:24 +0000

Chinas expansion of Coal power plants(1), India's behaviour with dirty rivers and pollution, Middle East burning rubber(2) so it is visible from space, etc, are all examples of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory on a global scale.

1. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-coal-power-ri...

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJPxWu0qqiQ

New comment by draugadrotten in "Show HN: Use your OpenAI subscription to create audiobooks"

draugadrotten — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 11:42:50 +0000

For those who do not want to paste OpenAIkeys to other peoples web pages, there are local solutions.

For example, these audiobook generators runs fully offline. https://github.com/Finrandojin/alexandria-audiobook https://github.com/senigami/audiobook-studio.pinokio https://github.com/topics/audiobook-generator

New comment by draugadrotten in "I were 17, I'd learn how to build LLMs from scratch"

draugadrotten — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:24:11 +0000

> Most 17 year olds I know don’t want anything to do with AI

The few exceptional individuals will innovate what the millions will benefit from.

At 17, the mother of Isaac Newton removed Isaac from school and tried to make him a farmer. We all know that wasn't his destiny.

New comment by draugadrotten in "Asus Bike Booster"

draugadrotten — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:39:53 +0000

Yes, it is enforced, at least in cities (except for no-go areas of course) They also are very rough on distributors.

Just a few quick examples, you can find more with your favourite AI/search engine

16500 bikes confiscated - https://www.ilent.nl/actueel/nieuws/2024/09/12/ilt-legt-besl... https://nos.nl/artikel/2483770-inspectie-waarschuwt-voor-ill... https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1ndpf3z/i_just_pai... https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/sep/04/britain...

New comment by draugadrotten in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"

draugadrotten — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:11:17 +0000

I can happily share that there is an open-source alternative, https://github.com/TomBadash/Mouser

New comment by draugadrotten in "[dead]"

draugadrotten — Fri, 29 May 2026 10:05:26 +0000

A technical error gave OpenAI access to internal comments, drafts, and source information in the Schibsted newspapers for over a year.

Internal comments in Schibsted's publishing tools are used for feedback on articles, for writing drafts and rough drafts, and for transcribing interviews. The notes can also be used for handovers with sources' contact information.

New comment by draugadrotten in "Ask HN: How can we solve the loneliness epidemic?"

draugadrotten — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:56:34 +0000

It is very possible to be extremely lonely in a room full of people.

People are uncomfortable to interact and make small talk. They know smileys and lmao, but many have forgotten how to laugh irl.

New comment by draugadrotten in "YouTube's new anti-adblock measures"

draugadrotten — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 17:36:06 +0000

> If you use ad-blocker: they'll embed ads into the video.

Someone will eventually make an AI adblocker that will dynamically update the video with all ads removed or replaced. For example, let's say that I specify to my AI streaming video editor that "detect all bottles and glasses with alcohol and replace their contents with water and their labels with Liquid Death"

Similar technology will be/is already used to e.g. display a Coke can for some markets and a Beer can for other markets, depending on who paid for that market.

New comment by draugadrotten in "America is in danger of experiencing an academic brain drain"

draugadrotten — Fri, 23 May 2025 08:20:56 +0000

Studying at Harvard isn’t about the books or the lectures. It’s about rubbing elbows with future CEOs at late-night pizza runs.

Embracer Games Archive is preserving 75000 video games and needs contributions

draugadrotten — Sat, 10 May 2025 11:19:39 +0000

Article URL: https://embracergamesarchive.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43944789

Points: 184

# Comments: 91

New comment by draugadrotten in "The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available"

draugadrotten — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:06:51 +0000

I am switching out the Alexas in the house to the home assistant voice devices, which can leverage a local LLM without any cloud whatsoever

https://www.home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

The process is still complicated enough to be "enthusiast" (aka nerd) territory but it is getting better with every release. It will still be here in 10 years, nobody can take it away from us.

Saudi Arabia Buys Pokémon Go, and Probably All of Your Location Data

draugadrotten — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:30:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/saudi-arabia-buys-pokemon-go-and-probably-all-of-your-location-data/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43357403

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by draugadrotten in "Married men three times more likely to be obese than unmarried men, says study"

draugadrotten — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 08:01:55 +0000

It seems to be a study of married men in Poland, not of men in general. So the results may not be valid outside of Poland.

New comment by draugadrotten in ""A computer can never be held accountable""

draugadrotten — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:04:03 +0000

Volvo saw this coming 2019 and their CEO said they will accept full liability.

https://www.thedrive.com/tech/455/volvo-accepting-full-liabi...

Smarter memory paves the way for EU independence in computer manufacturing

draugadrotten — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 14:48:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gu.se/en/news/smarter-memory-paves-the-way-for-eu-independence-in-computer-manufacturing

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42908964

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by draugadrotten in "Xiaomi Home Integration for Home Assistant"

draugadrotten — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:25:54 +0000

I am running HA with Conbee II using zigbee2mqtt in docker, and it is very stable and easy to use. However the Conbee II stick needs to left at an older version of firmware. The most recent updates of Conbee II firmware are unstable.

"Warning: Conbee 2 firmware versions newer than 0x26580700 will result in an unstable network with devices dropping randomly, see Issue 9554" https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/guide/adapters/deconz.html

New comment by draugadrotten in "OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment"

draugadrotten — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 11:24:32 +0000

Let's start with keeping the whistleblowers alive and we have more time to figure out the cause and effect later.