Hacker News: empressplay

FBI arrests Canadian cybersecurity expert in ShinyHunters hacking case

empressplay — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:33:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-cybersecurity-expert-arrested-fbi-shinyhunters-9.7378256

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50066759

Points: 6

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New comment by empressplay in "How Protein Took over the World"

empressplay — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 23:34:26 +0000

> It becomes fat if you are above your caloric intake.

Uh what? No. LOL.

I eat crazy amounts of protein, it's almost all of my diet outside of fibre and I've lost 120 pounds and now sit in the bottom of my BMI bracket.

New comment by empressplay in "Atari Falcon"

empressplay — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:23:52 +0000

Falcon had an 030, 1200 an 020

New comment by empressplay in "1996 chat room simulator connected to Win95 and System 7 web desktops"

empressplay — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:49:31 +0000

A D-Dial recreation with no bots and a number of regulars:

https://www.magviz.ca

New comment by empressplay in "Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?"

empressplay — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:30:54 +0000

> could be mistaken

Could be forgiven?

New comment by empressplay in "Gravity seems holographic. What does that mean for reality?"

empressplay — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 23:29:21 +0000

> We all believe what we want

- Time is strictly perceptual. The Universe as a whole (including changes in the fourth dimension) has always existed and will always exist. There is no 'end of time'.

- When your portion of the universe runs out (death) you just rerun it again. Because linear time is an illusion that helps us make sense of it (and not fear the future) and in reality we're skipping all over the place constantly. Forever. So hope your life isn't terrible. You're going to be reliving it infinitely. Enjoy.

New comment by empressplay in "Logo Programming"

empressplay — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:37:17 +0000

My partner and I develop a modern 3D web-based Logo called turtleSpaces. It has blocks and text, 2D and 3D physics engines and much (much) more...

https://turtlespaces.org

New comment by empressplay in "Show HN: Infinite Sugar – a fruit fly emulation given a pleasant life"

empressplay — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:01:39 +0000

I'm not convinced this is any better. A prison of stimuli is still a prison.

New comment by empressplay in "Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts"

empressplay — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:31:54 +0000

> I'm not a good singer

Which is fine, but you could just use it to fix your vocal track

I teach recording, mixing and mastering and I know it's tedious but all of it is very creative and there's art in the imperfections. Sanitizing it away may make it more appealing to the 'average' listener but you won't get actual fans that way.

New comment by empressplay in "Show HN: Build your own theme park"

empressplay — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:32:19 +0000

I specified mountainous terrain but it can only seem to create a flat park, which is a little boring and more like Theme Park World than Roller Coaster Tycoon.

But it's still pretty cool nevertheless.

New comment by empressplay in "Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border"

empressplay — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:58:49 +0000

The Supreme court disagrees with you.

New comment by empressplay in "Felony charges for citizen deleting phone data at US Border"

empressplay — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:57:36 +0000

The Supreme Court has long recognized a border-search exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. In United States v. Flores-Montano, the Court looked to the nation’s sovereign “interest in protecting . . . its territorial integrity” to justify such searches.3 In United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, the Court stated, somewhat more narrowly, that Congress is the source of the executive’s power. It explained that “[s]ince the founding of our Republic . . . [Congress has] granted the Executive plenary authority to conduct routine searches and seizures at the border, without probable cause or a warrant.” The Commerce Clause permits Congress to authorize the seizure of goods at the border.

https://yalelawjournal.org/forum/customs-immigration-and-rig...

Newfoundland has a hard bread shortage, but why do they eat it?

empressplay — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 20:32:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-hard-bread-history-shortage-9.7299276

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49235530

Points: 43

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New comment by empressplay in "Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak"

empressplay — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:20:52 +0000

About five years ago I flash-fried a frozen steak.

Now I only eat steaks grilled from frozen. Get the grill nice and hot (450F at least) and throw the frozen steak on the grill. 5-10 minutes each side usually gets it nice and crispy on the outside while rare and tender in the middle.

Seriously, try it.

New comment by empressplay in "Join Me in Jamverse"

empressplay — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:35:58 +0000

Half the fun of writing science fiction can be coming up with novel concepts or 'rules', what happens when everything of consequence in the 'Jamverse' has been built out? Will they start a new one?

New comment by empressplay in "Universities would prefer no AI"

empressplay — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:40:08 +0000

The issue is more one of current passive, abstract forms of assessment. This is laziness on the part of instructors. They will simply have to move to more complex, project-based assessments and accompanying interviews, which is more time consuming but will be far more accurate than the more traditional system of assessment was anyway. On sum it will be better for everyone.

World Cup photographer used a 96-year-old camera

empressplay — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:19:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/world-cup-photos-camera-9.7272702

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48958404

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by empressplay in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

empressplay — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:57:59 +0000

Great! Thanks so much, I'll let you know how it goes integrating it :)

New comment by empressplay in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)"

empressplay — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 23:52:52 +0000

This is great, and my users (turtlespaces.org) could absolutely use this (we use three and react), but you haven't specified any license?

CNN Lite

empressplay — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:34:12 +0000

Article URL: https://lite.cnn.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794592

Points: 33

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