Hacker News: foxyv

New comment by foxyv in "AI agents tried to hack a Canadian government website, researchers say"

foxyv — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:36:24 +0000

This is getting "Not Cute" very quickly. I suspect OpenAI is going to get slapped pretty hard soon for these accidental hacking attempts.

New comment by foxyv in "Anthropic is "destructively scanning" books. Should you care?"

foxyv — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 23:35:32 +0000

I don't understand. I have access to all of Anthropic's models right now? Also, I don't have access to books that were destroyed in a dumpster.

New comment by foxyv in "Anthropic is "destructively scanning" books. Should you care?"

foxyv — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:53:00 +0000

Better in a computer than in a dumpster has always been my contention. We throw away a LOT of books every day. Just ask any librarian, used book store owner, or publisher's warehouse.

https://www.npr.org/2011/10/12/141265066/hard-choices-do-lib...

New comment by foxyv in "Zelensky says Russia has widened attacks to hit Ukraine's data centres"

foxyv — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:21:44 +0000

Why would Ukraine need to cede territory to get military aid they are already getting and _not_ be able join NATO? That would be like trading your back yard to your neighbor in exchange for your front porch not being burned down while the neighbor warms up the flame thrower they used to burn down your shed after you gave them your car to not burn down your shed. You are just giving Russia the time to build up infrastructure and equipment to go at you again.

New comment by foxyv in "Zelensky says Russia has widened attacks to hit Ukraine's data centres"

foxyv — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:30:20 +0000

Getting Ukraine to cede territory is going to be an uphill battle because the last time they did it, our security guarantees meant jack squat. Also Russia is never going to let them join NATO because they fully intend on taking the rest of Ukraine. The only way to keep them out of NATO is to continue the war with them.

So, if Ukraine cedes the territory, they have just legitimized the Russian claim to that territory while getting nothing in return. This is why talks have always fallen through up to this point. Russia wants Ukraine, Ukraine does not want to be Russian. There is no middle ground.

New comment by foxyv in "Apple Wallet driver's licenses coming to three new states soon"

foxyv — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:01:29 +0000

I thought the wallet was stored locally and encrypted using a datakey from the secure enclave? Alongside all the payment tokens and CC numbers.

New comment by foxyv in "Apple Wallet driver's licenses coming to three new states soon"

foxyv — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:49:35 +0000

They should also do this for insurance cards. Not needing 5g signal for that would be great. Geico lets me download mine but it's pretty klunky.

New comment by foxyv in "US halts flights at busy East Coast airports, says fiber line cut"

foxyv — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:42:40 +0000

What gets me is the Counselor was like "Why didn't he just build a big bonfire" as if a big fire would be a better idea.

New comment by foxyv in "Chopping up books when they're physically too big"

foxyv — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:14:30 +0000

I wish I had thought of this with my Physics textbook. I had to re-bind it once anyways when I left it on the top of my car. I could have just cut it up then.

New comment by foxyv in "Non-alcoholic beer may actually contain alcohol"

foxyv — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 16:11:05 +0000

There are different kinds of NA beer. Some are 100% alcohol free. Some are <0.5% which is sometimes called "Near Beer." Then you have small beers up to 2%.

In the case of near beers you usually get more alcohol from eating bread or other fermented products. Small beers can be a little intoxicating if you drink 4x as much as a normal beer. Usually they are so expensive they are pretty much a treat.

New comment by foxyv in "Meet the Antinatalists, Who Hope Humans Go Extinct"

foxyv — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:56:30 +0000

You may want to take into account that they may have already considered these things. Although you and I do not agree with them, there is a long history of this philosophy and that their arguments are sound even if they are not necessarily valid.

In fact, you may agree with some of their points. For instance, if a fetus is destined to live a short and painful life, suffocating in it's own bodily waste products upon birth due to a congenital abnormality, you may agree that it should be aborted.

A lot of these philosophical positions are just an excuse to question some of our deepest held beliefs and reveal our own prejudices and misconceptions. Some people think that giving birth to a child is a gift and the child should be indebted to the parents for the rest of their lives for that gift. Anti-natalism shines a cold light of truth on this misconception.

New comment by foxyv in "Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux players starting September 10"

foxyv — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 16:02:32 +0000

Naw, I just haven't played either company's games for so long my brain mixed up the two. Sorry

New comment by foxyv in "Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux players starting September 10"

foxyv — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:45:30 +0000

Woops, wrong bad gaming company. Derp.

New comment by foxyv in "Apple may change 'Lake Ontario' to 'Lake America' soon after talk with Trump"

foxyv — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:21:01 +0000

This is just a localization change. If you set your country to Canada it turns right back. Every country has it's own names for hundreds of geographical features.

Meanwhile, US leaders are planning to bomb oil infrastructure in Iran that exports 90% of their oil in Kharg. Also, free trade with Canada has been sabotaged by people who are actively manipulating the stock market and selling insider trading secrets for $200,000/month through social media.

New comment by foxyv in "The Tariff Cost: analysis of the costs to Americans from new tariffs on Canada"

foxyv — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:41:19 +0000

Yup! Just like a game of chicken that goes a little too far.

New comment by foxyv in "The Tariff Cost: analysis of the costs to Americans from new tariffs on Canada"

foxyv — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:22:29 +0000

I think the idea is that tariffs cut both ways. They increase prices for foreign goods as well as reduce demand for imports causing job losses in the exporting country. The original tariffs increase prices and the retaliatory tariffs reduce demand for American products causing job loss.

New comment by foxyv in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

foxyv — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:51:14 +0000

Windows is definitely guilty of slowly getting worse performance wise. Requiring faster and faster hardware and more RAM just to keep the OS running.

New comment by foxyv in "AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds"

foxyv — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:01:01 +0000

It took me about 2 years out of college to get a job in my field. This was back in 2014-2015. This is just kind of how it goes nowadays. The trick is to make sure you don't stop learning while you are job hunting. I pretended that I would never get a job and my only hope was to build my own products so I spent my time learning how to build my own stuff and maybe sell it. Meanwhile, my resume started having more and more skills.

Things are changing, so I can't make any guarantees. But don't get too discouraged. Pay attention to what is in demand like Python, PySpark, and PyTorch. Make sure that the next time it rains soup your son has a bucket.

New comment by foxyv in "Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra"

foxyv — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:48:58 +0000

I have never owned an Apple product that didn't slowly get worse over time. After a couple iPads and MacBooks, I'm almost certain they are intentionally updating their operating system to slow down older products. Even worse is the removal of access to certain applications for older hardware in the name of security or compatibility.

Meanwhile my Linux laptop continues to get faster every year as the operating system improves with performance updates and bugfixes.

New comment by foxyv in "Naegleria Fowleri"

foxyv — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:37:54 +0000

There was recently a case of this in Louisiana. The 4th since 1937. It's exceedingly rare.

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/louisiana-co...