Hacker News: geephroh

New comment by geephroh in "An Invasive Mosquito Spreading with Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa's Cities"

geephroh — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:10:18 +0000

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/mosquito-afri...

New comment by geephroh in "Changes to Google DeepMind teams"

geephroh — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:01:37 +0000

Dunno what the longer term effects of this and the other departures will be, but in the world of vibe-finance Alphabet dumped 4.15% of share value as of this minute.

New comment by geephroh in "Elevators"

geephroh — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:59:28 +0000

Slightly OT, but this reminded me of Colson Whitehead's _The Intuitionist_[1], an amazing speculative mystery novel about two dueling schools of elevator inspection philosophies: the Empiricists and the Intuitionists.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intuitionist

New comment by geephroh in "AI companies are shredding rare books"

geephroh — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:48:04 +0000

"Librareome Project"

New comment by geephroh in "Winamp Skin Museum"

geephroh — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:46:36 +0000

Take my money!

New comment by geephroh in "Kirkland Roundabouts"

geephroh — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:31:14 +0000

The best part about Kirkland Roundabouts is that they come in a handy family-size 24 pack.

I'll let myself out.

Mutant Spider doesn't steal passwords. It resets MFA and steals the token

geephroh — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:46:43 +0000

Article URL: https://venturebeat.com/security/attack-dominating-financial-services-resets-mfa-steals-token

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296901

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by geephroh in "Magical Realism: “Northern Exposure” 25 Years Later (2015)"

geephroh — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:12:01 +0000

Just drove past The Brick yesterday. Roslyn's just a bit less rustic these days, e.g., a 2-bedroom 2000sqft house is going to set you back at about $600K.

New comment by geephroh in "eBay Rejects GameStop's $56B Takeover as Not Credible"

geephroh — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:03:07 +0000

[polite golf clap]

New comment by geephroh in "Rumors of my death are slightly exaggerated"

geephroh — Fri, 08 May 2026 16:49:49 +0000

So the new Turing test is whether a machine can convince you that you are deceased?

New comment by geephroh in "Desk for people who work at home with a cat"

geephroh — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:50:30 +0000

Sounds like a good diy project with an old monitor and a raspberry pi...

Why the Meta Verdicts Are a Big Deal (and What It Was Like to Testify) [audio]

geephroh — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:41:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/why-the-meta-verdicts-are-a-big-deal-and-what-it-was-like-to-testify

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47545015

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Concern over US travel visas prompts Ig Nobels to move its awards to Europe

geephroh — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:23:07 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/ig-nobels-award-prize-comical-science-achievement-where-7413f288bb43b5490611795b876684d2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47315738

Points: 45

# Comments: 3

New comment by geephroh in "Paul Brainerd, founder of Aldus PageMaker, has died"

geephroh — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:32:20 +0000

Not only a tech pioneer, also a genuinely decent human who helped found Social Venture Partners and IslandWood here in the puget sound. He will be missed, but not forgotten.

New comment by geephroh in "The remaking of Thomas Mann"

geephroh — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:59:43 +0000

Many thanks to the op -- it's a book I haven't read in about a decade and seems like the right time to revisit.

Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal

geephroh — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:32:24 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/downdetector-speedtest-sold-to-it-service-provider-accenture-in-1-2b-deal/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47240042

Points: 28

# Comments: 5

Relooted challenges who gets to own and tell African history

geephroh — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:19:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.avclub.com/relooted-game-review

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46993644

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by geephroh in "illumos"

geephroh — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:20:28 +0000

Blast from the past! I think it was something like 15 years ago when I had an OpenIndiana vm running NexentaStor to control an HP MSA P2000 SAN.

I am not nostalgic for those days.

New comment by geephroh in "Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse"

geephroh — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:54:33 +0000

If you haven't listened to the interview[1], it's is absolutely bananas. Baszucki might want to think about dialing back on the ketamine a bit.

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/podcasts/hardfork-roblox-...

New comment by geephroh in "'Calvin and Hobbes' at 40"

geephroh — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 18:49:36 +0000

That last one still makes me tear up. What a beautiful way to exit the stage.