Hacker News: fatkam

New comment by fatkam in "Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames"

fatkam — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:18:03 +0000

Do you still need to give your phone number to Signal to signup? Fucking ridiculous that you have to when it's not really needed.

New comment by fatkam in "What Is an Uncensored Browser?"

fatkam — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 01:15:52 +0000

Nice. Too bad we can't also get an uncensored web (including LLMs). Censorship is the enemy of the people and as you might know, it is very common on https://news.ycombinator.com/.

New comment by fatkam in "OTP at a High Level (2019)"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:34:46 +0000

of course it has to, because no one knows about it... too bad they didnt use it in the title, because even with HN's highly limited title length, I think it would have fit

New comment by fatkam in "OpenAI interested in getting into the chip game"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:32:20 +0000

can't HN automate the process of posting archive links for the most popular paywalls?

New comment by fatkam in "Ask HN: How to Be Politely Curious?"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:59:54 +0000

true, I probably would not have included the word "just".. but I would still would have gave that person the benefit of the doubt

New comment by fatkam in "Apple will reportedly face a $539M fine over Spotify antitrust complaint"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:22:07 +0000

that's about 0.0539% of 1 trillion. Apple is worth about 3 trillions. So about 0.02%... I wish I could pay 0.02% of my worth to make any issue go away.

Seems like a REALLY small fine for an anti-trust issue.

New comment by fatkam in "DiskClick: Ever wanted to hear old hard drive sounds"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:03:43 +0000

nice and thanks, but a software solution would be nice

New comment by fatkam in "Ask HN: How to Be Politely Curious?"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:17:51 +0000

I don't think you are a fool because I ask such a question... I am honestly asking.

New comment by fatkam in "Capital One to buy Discover Financial in $35B stock deal"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:13:20 +0000

Bank of America sucks, but at least their bill payment system is much better than Capital One's

New comment by fatkam in "DiskClick: Ever wanted to hear old hard drive sounds"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:10:11 +0000

I wish I could "hear" my SSD... to be able to notice unusual activity

New comment by fatkam in "Tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:04:03 +0000

not interested in the Beatles

New comment by fatkam in "Discover, Buy and Sell Your Startups or Side Projects"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 07:02:58 +0000

how can you see a list of startups that you have without having to create an account?

New comment by fatkam in "Capital One is buying Discover in a $35.3B deal"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 06:57:40 +0000

lol

New comment by fatkam in "Capital One is buying Discover in a $35.3B deal"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 06:20:54 +0000

my bank got acquired by them many years ago and became worst... including the interest rates went to almost zero...

New comment by fatkam in "Ask HN: How to Be Politely Curious?"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:47:21 +0000

> "Why don't you just X?"

you are being too "polite" ... I think it can be a fair question.

New comment by fatkam in "E2EE on the web: is the web that bad?"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 02:43:09 +0000

browsers do add one more layer of trust when thinking about the OS, but any mobile app also does?

New comment by fatkam in "Tiny, tamper-proof ID tag can authenticate almost anything"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:37:45 +0000

hate those "foam" soles (not sure if that is considered plastic)... it's getting hard to find rubber soles

New comment by fatkam in "OTP at a High Level (2019)"

fatkam — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:30:11 +0000

probably not.

here is an answer from mistral-next:

> "OTP" can stand for different things depending on the context. However, in the context of transportation, it commonly stands for "One-Time Password". In the context of fanfiction, it can stand for "One True Pairing". In the context of Atlanta, Georgia, OTP stands for "Outside the Perimeter", referring to the areas outside of the Interstate 285 loop that encircles the city. Please provide more context if you meant a different usage.

Erlang OTP makes no sense... just like X, or Alphabet as company names

New comment by fatkam in "SoftBank founder seeks $100B to build an AI chip company challenging Nvidia"

fatkam — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:59:23 +0000

Can't they use the money from their money laundering business?

New comment by fatkam in "E2EE on the web: is the web that bad?"

fatkam — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 23:57:40 +0000

E2EE can be done anywhere, but of course some entities like Google or Apple might try to spy locally.