Hacker News: firefoxd

New comment by firefoxd in "Every AI model has the same "controversial" take on humans"

firefoxd — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:17:22 +0000

When we reach that fabled intelligence, the AIs will simply answer "No" to these kind of questions.

New comment by firefoxd in "There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]"

firefoxd — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:43:18 +0000

That's already happening. And we call it AI slop.

New comment by firefoxd in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

firefoxd — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:25:43 +0000

Not telling you this time, Mr. Bot

New comment by firefoxd in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

firefoxd — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:25:01 +0000

It's the content of the page, the raw html, that is replaced with a zipbomb. Example: https://example.com checks if you are a malicious bot, depending on the result, it will send you gzip html or gzipped bomb. So that can't be swapped or redirected to a CDN. The bots would simply ignore the redirect.

New comment by firefoxd in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

firefoxd — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:53:16 +0000

It worked fine... on a small scale But it's one thing to swat flies versus fighting swarm of yellow jackets. Serving a 1MB file a million times a day on a small digitalocean droplet is not feasible. Let's just say it didn't scale. And AI bots usually come with beefier machines, and recover faster after a bomb.

New comment by firefoxd in "I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic"

firefoxd — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:05:40 +0000

Last year, I wrote a post about how I use zipbombs to deal with bot traffic [0]. It went mega viral over the web, and I regret it. My server was completely overwhelmed with bot traffic. After months of dealing with it, I had to find a better strategy then keep my mouth shut.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43826798

New comment by firefoxd in "A Remote Employee Refused 160 Webcam Photos a Day. Her Employer Fired Her"

firefoxd — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:58:14 +0000

Yes, we use zscaler. It even included the list of AI prompts I've written and in-app activities.

New comment by firefoxd in "A Remote Employee Refused 160 Webcam Photos a Day. Her Employer Fired Her"

firefoxd — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:43:23 +0000

Once I had an issue where I had to request access to a 3rd party vendor URL from my work machine. IT was telling me that I already had access, and that I had accessed the URL several times. Weird, because I was getting a dns resolve error. To prove that he wasn't making it up, the IT guy shared his screen with me.

Ever since I saw his screen and the level of details in my activity log on the work machine, I don't even access example.com on their device anymore.

I'm sure this workers already has invasive tracking software on her work machines. Now the company was just trying to fire her without it counting as a layoff.

New comment by firefoxd in "Triple-A Minesweeper"

firefoxd — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:56:32 +0000

That was a perfect execution. I almost saw a Kojima Game by Hideo Kojima title. The only thing missing was the dialogue at the end of the credits, where Xero says that "Afghanistan is where the answer lives."

New comment by firefoxd in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

firefoxd — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:46:43 +0000

Couple months back I wrote [0]:

> “You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say, do, or generate on this device can and will be used against you… Would you like to create an account?”

[0]: https://idiallo.com/blog/the-right-to-remain-silent

New comment by firefoxd in "What is going on with ceiling fans"

firefoxd — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:46:20 +0000

Had something similar with my TV remote. It was helpful with a neighbor who loved to keep his volume annoyingly high.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848415

New comment by firefoxd in "I am so tired of this bullshit"

firefoxd — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:20:22 +0000

Everyone finds their own use case acceptable. It's the way others use it that's terrible.

Ps: I'm very tired of the all lowercase flex.

Where Did the Productivity Gains Go?

firefoxd — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 23:44:09 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/where-did-the-productivity-gains-go

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49915928

Points: 5

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New comment by firefoxd in "Pangram – AI detector for text and images"

firefoxd — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 03:42:14 +0000

People expect a binary response, is it AI generated yes or no. But it's more complicated than that. For example, if you see an emdash, it's probably AI generated. But it can also mean the author used it for fixing grammar or tenses. LLMs can't help but try to help. The same for it's not X, but Y. Sure it's a known pattern, but it's not like people don't use this trope all the time.

In my experience, Pangram is great for detecting an author who is trying to pass someone else's work as theirs, or if they are tackling a subject they have little to no knowledge in.

New comment by firefoxd in "LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'"

firefoxd — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 18:01:31 +0000

"We own the glass" that's what really stood out to me. I can still disconnect my TV from wifi. But what scares me is when every device comes with their own esim and cellular radio.

New comment by firefoxd in "google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update"

firefoxd — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:37:07 +0000

At this point, we can all just drop SEO [0]. We are writing content for a robot that hides the source of information.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665572

You Can Drop the SEO

firefoxd — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:23:06 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/you-can-drop-the-seo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665572

Points: 7

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The Mailman Kept Crossing Out My Address

firefoxd — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 05:58:04 +0000

Article URL: https://idiallo.com/blog/sharing-a-name

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49654067

Points: 1

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New comment by firefoxd in "To write non-fiction, draw the trunk, then the rest of the tree"

firefoxd — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:48:59 +0000

I like the trunk analogy, the branches can only grow so much before the tip the entire tree over.

I usually use the example of a blue sky. Write that the sky is blue. That's it. Simple yet the temptations to paint the sky with clouds, trees, and emotions is hard to resist. Always come back to the writing, and endure that you clearly wrote that the sky is just blue.

OpenROAD: Open-source toolchain for Chip Design

firefoxd — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 07:22:32 +0000

Article URL: https://openroad.org

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49574005

Points: 1

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