Hacker News: esaym

New comment by esaym in "Instructure pays ransom to Canvas hackers"

esaym — Tue, 12 May 2026 17:53:43 +0000

> on the other hand, the ransomware groups that want to stay in business need to be honest

I was thinking about that the other day. Honestly I'm not sure it matters. I feel like if a company didn't pay the ransom that would possibly open them up to lawsuits or something because they "tried nothing". At least paying it makes it look like they did something and could be some sort of legal defense. But again I'm not a lawyer.

Over 97% of the 'Linux' Foundation's Budget Goes Not to Linux

esaym — Sat, 09 May 2026 03:21:06 +0000

Article URL: https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/08/Over_97_of_the_Linux_Foundation_s_Budget_Goes_Not_to_Linux.shtml

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48071496

Points: 165

# Comments: 106

New comment by esaym in "Diatec, known for its mechanical keyboard brand FILCO, has ceased operations"

esaym — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:26:12 +0000

>probably just a dirty contact or something

I have a Leopold with MX brown keys. Bought in 2012. Last year the left ctrl (or maybe left alt? can't remember) started to sometimes not work. I took the back cover off and the soldering job was horrid everywhere. And on that key the solder was mostly non-existent. I touched it up and a few others. All good now.

New comment by esaym in "The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker"

esaym — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:25:26 +0000

What is wrong with just using a compass??

New comment by esaym in "Claude Managed Agents"

esaym — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:13:44 +0000

The website is solid black on Firefox mobile for android. Maybe they should get an agent on that.

New comment by esaym in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

esaym — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:58:52 +0000

Posted 23 days ago: (Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47298183

New comment by esaym in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

esaym — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:19:43 +0000

> The layoffs are directly tied to Oracle’s aggressive and debt-heavy expansion into artificial intelligence infrastructure. According to analysis from TD Cowen, the job cuts are expected to free up between $8 billion and $10 billion in cash flow — money the company urgently needs to fund a massive buildout of AI data centers.

Interesting that they admit that the layoff off is due to a pivot from software to hardware.

New comment by esaym in "A laser-based process that enables adhesive-free paper packaging"

esaym — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 05:08:25 +0000

Has anyone seen my stapler?

New comment by esaym in "Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018)"

esaym — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 17:36:44 +0000

When did the industry transition to different/lead free solders? Wonder if that was part of the issue?

New comment by esaym in "Oracle may slash up to 30k jobs to fund AI data-centers as US banks retreat"

esaym — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:43:50 +0000

Oh do tell.

LexisNexis confirms React2Shell powered data breach

esaym — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:59:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/lexisnexis-confirms-data-breach-as-hackers-leak-stolen-files/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47242448

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by esaym in "Ask HN: Why is my Claude experience so bad? What am I doing wrong?"

esaym — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:49:16 +0000

Add https://github.com/obra/superpowers

and then try again.

New comment by esaym in "Toyotas and Terrorists: "Why are ISIS's trucks better than ours?" (2023)"

esaym — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:12:24 +0000

Try this one: https://youtu.be/Yl1FNX08HFc

New comment by esaym in "Malicious skills targeting Claude Code and Moltbot users"

esaym — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:13:46 +0000

No.

New comment by esaym in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

esaym — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:42:35 +0000

>This was me in 2005.

Ha, same. Windows XP for me had a horrible habit of booting into a blue screen randomly after updating video card drivers (happened with both ATI and Nvidia). Trying to do a repair install wouldn't work. The only option was a full reinstall.

Installation from the disk took an hour. Then (if you were going about this the legal way) you'd have to call the microsoft number to register your install, but be on hold for another 30 minutes. Then it was multiple hours of install your favorite video player, reboot. Install video codecs, reboot. Install firefox, reboot. Apply all of your registry tweaks, reboot. Install all your games from CD-ROM, more rebooting. And multiple hours of that.

I moved to linux back in 2006 or so and never looked back. Documented part of the journey here https://net153.net/ubuntu_vs_debian.html

New comment by esaym in "Go away Python"

esaym — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 23:51:15 +0000

> My proposition for compatibility is to not use dependencies, and instead rely on the standard library

Funny that was the whole attack angle python used against perl back in 2005,etc.

New comment by esaym in "Nvidia's $20B antitrust loophole"

esaym — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 21:11:43 +0000

>Timing it for Christmas Eve ensures minimal media scrutiny of these connections.

Sounds like the media is truly the one in charge.

AI Gets an Innocent Man Arrested [video]

esaym — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:06:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9M4F_U1eEw

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388229

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by esaym in "I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero"

esaym — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:49:42 +0000

So this is part of the "React2Shell" CVE-2025-55182 issue? I find it interesting that this seems to get so little publicity. Almost like the issue is normal or expected. And it looks like the affected versions go back a little over a year. So if you've deployed anything with Next.js over the last 12 months your web app is now probably part of a million node bot net. And everyone's advice is just "use docker" or "install a firewall".

I'm not even sure what to say, or think, or even how to feel about the frontend ecosystem at this point. I've been debating on leaving the whole "web app" ecosystem as my main employment ventures and applying to some places requiring C++. C++ seems much easier to understand than what ever the latest frontend fad is. /rant

New comment by esaym in "Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES"

esaym — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:21:56 +0000

I would read the manual too on the ride home. But I think that was only for new games? I seem to remember that rentals didn't come with manuals. The best memory was my grandma picking me up to spend the summer at her house. We stopped by wal-mart and I grabbed the first release of Gran Turismo for psx. It came with a fairly giant manual. Had a three hour drive to her house. I read it over and over!