Hacker News: ductsurprise

New comment by ductsurprise in "Claude Code is steganographically marking requests"

ductsurprise — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:41:53 +0000

Is it just a minified localization(l10n) function maybe?

New comment by ductsurprise in "RISC-V single-board computer for less than 40 euros"

ductsurprise — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:07:49 +0000

Friendly FYI: Some M.2 slots offer up to 4 PCIe lanes.

Though, it looks like on the lite version mentioned here, there is but one PCIe lave available on the slot.

Edit: Adding the size is likely the reason and full regular PCIe is not there. The PCIe card would likely be as big as the board it self. :)

New comment by ductsurprise in "We identified a North Korean hacker who tried to get a job"

ductsurprise — Thu, 01 May 2025 16:36:11 +0000

> My favorite interview question, because we've interviewed quite a few of these folks, is something to the effect of 'How fat is Kim Jong Un?' They terminate the call instantly

I'm sure there were a lot of false positives with that question.

If I was not reading HN and a few other sources I would likely hang up the phone too.

Thinking that it couldn't be a real job,... some phishing scam or hoax, asking ridiculous questions like that.

Depending on the job, it is quite likely the real talent would not be able to take the interview seriously after hearing suck a question.

Seriously weird times...

New comment by ductsurprise in "Nginx: try_files Is Evil Too (2024)"

ductsurprise — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:16:09 +0000

See Varnish Cache others... Or use a third party CDN that offers feature.

Lots of ways to configure them with route based behavior-in/validation.

New comment by ductsurprise in "How de-Googled is Lineage OS?"

ductsurprise — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:33:20 +0000

Maemo really was impressive, and to think how far it could be with more than a decade development and refinements had Nokia managed keep that team on it.

Sailfish OS still seems to be going, and latest and installable on Sony Xperia 10 V. Though that is based on Meego which was what replaced Maemo and ended up on the Nokia N9 and was no longer Debian based IIRC.

Tizen OS was the other offshoot of Meego and Samsung was working with it, but they appear be abandoning it.

I never had the chance to pick up a compatible device try them out.

New comment by ductsurprise in "California bill to ban food dyes in schools may have nationwide impact"

ductsurprise — Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:07:29 +0000

When corporate 'profit-is-the-product' becomes the business, I tend to agree.

But mass production is the only feasible way to feed large cites.

Just work on make sure it's being done reasonably.

New comment by ductsurprise in "Leaked Docs Show Nvidia Scraping a Human Lifetime of Videos per Day to Train AI"

ductsurprise — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 18:26:00 +0000

It's a weird problem.

It seems to me, it would REQUIRE Megacorps datasets to store the information you don't want them to store in order for them to confirm to such a request.

New comment by ductsurprise in "Multisatellite data depicts a record-breaking methane leak from a well blowout"

ductsurprise — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 23:55:34 +0000

Take off, climb and circles before landng time use considerably more fuel than that of cruising time, so that needs to be considered. Also, as short haul fights generally don't climb as high, they lose the benefits of high altitude cruising.

New comment by ductsurprise in "What the damaged Svalbard cable looked like"

ductsurprise — Mon, 27 May 2024 04:53:54 +0000

Reminds me of the early dialup to DSL communication over standard telephone lines evolution.

New comment by ductsurprise in "New Aztec Codices Discovered: The Codices of San Andrés Tetepilco"

ductsurprise — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 07:24:11 +0000

... and the lost MicroSD cards grandma has been holding onto for you.

We will leave next to nothing.

New comment by ductsurprise in "Don't pass structs bigger than 16 bytes on AMD64"

ductsurprise — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:36:29 +0000

0o...

New comment by ductsurprise in "HHKB Studio: The New Happy Hacking Keyboard with TrackPoint"

ductsurprise — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 09:57:17 +0000

- ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II Bluetooth ?

It's pretty close to full size, but very slim and light weight.

New comment by ductsurprise in "Meta begins charging for ad free access in EU"

ductsurprise — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:14:54 +0000

Agree... That's what really rubs me the wrong way about it.

I also feel like, 'opt in' probably opens a user up to even more 'creepy stuff' than is already happening.

New comment by ductsurprise in "Meta begins charging for ad free access in EU"

ductsurprise — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:55:18 +0000

You need to make a choice to continue using Facebook

Laws are changing in your region, so we’re introducing a new choice about how we use your info for ads. You’ll learn more about what each option means for you before you confirm your choice.

Your choice will apply to the "accounts in this Accounts Center" [1].

Subscribe to use without ads: Subscribe to use your Facebook and Instagram accounts without ads, starting at €9.99/month (inclusive of applicable taxes). Your info won’t be used for ads.

Use for free with ads: Discover products and brands through personalized ads, while using your Facebook and Instagram accounts for free. Your info will be used for ads. Your current experience

"Compare your choices" [2] and how they affect your experience.

"Subscribe" or "Use for free"

1. https://accountscenter.facebook.com/accounts/ 2. https://www.facebook.com/help/631125599118423

Edit: Mobile seems unaffected for me, desktop site is dead end without answer. (also page text seems to be updating rapidly)

Meta begins charging for ad free access in EU

ductsurprise — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 02:55:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fprivacy%2Fconsent%2F%3Fflow%3Dad_free_subscription%26params%255Bafs_variant%255D%3Ddrop_off%26source%3Dad_free_subscription_blocking_flow

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38186199

Points: 7

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New comment by ductsurprise in "We Can't Compete with AI Girlfriends"

ductsurprise — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 18:50:51 +0000

Not specifically about women, but...

I have met several women who regularly query ChatGPT for relationship advice.

Accepting the response as authoritative.

New comment by ductsurprise in "United Auto Workers launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers"

ductsurprise — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:34:32 +0000

Can Youtube/Twitch/etc manage to fulfill this product gap too?

Seriously though, yes... Support The Unions! Stay strong!

New comment by ductsurprise in "United Auto Workers launches a historic strike against all Big 3 automakers"

ductsurprise — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:18:25 +0000

Tea Party Trifecta?

New comment by ductsurprise in "The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030"

ductsurprise — Sat, 06 May 2023 18:03:25 +0000

"For most people here, workplace is 15 minutes walk/public transit away,..."

Curiously, how many cars need charging(at night even) in this area? Maybe I missed the intent behind your comment.

But it doesn't sound like there is much daily driving.

Perhaps "...hands wet on the wheel..." like in the Golden Earring song often? )))

New comment by ductsurprise in "Universal Blue is a new paradigm for the Linux desktop and it's brilliant"

ductsurprise — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:44:58 +0000

There is no reason they cannot be installed beside each other.

GDM, etc have made this easy for years. On installation 'simpler' distros let you choose as many desktop environments as you wanted from the install. (Gnome/KDE/XFCE/Flux/...)

And you still had /home/[user] common between desktop environments by default.

If someone has been using Linux since 1996 and is surprised by this "rebase"...

Benefit of doubt, maybe a poorly chosen analogy?

Edit: also, with no malice. that justification sounds like rebuilding the wheel. Package management system == Wheel ...