Hacker News: giantfrog

New comment by giantfrog in "Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign"

giantfrog — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:03:23 +0000

How the hell are most people supposed to balance the risk of not updating software against the risk of updating software?

New comment by giantfrog in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

giantfrog — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:19:19 +0000

Libertarian publication run by the wealthy suggests course of action that will disproportionately harm the poor, I’m shocked!

New comment by giantfrog in "Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?"

giantfrog — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:34:36 +0000

This system introduces a fun question: What’s more likely, that you suffer total spontaneous memory loss or your best friends betray you?

New comment by giantfrog in "Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models"

giantfrog — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:14:41 +0000

This is fanfic not science

New comment by giantfrog in "Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025"

giantfrog — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:43:49 +0000

RFK Jr: “Not so fast”

New comment by giantfrog in "Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features"

giantfrog — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:50:13 +0000

Because Firefox users have been clamoring for the ability to turn them off rather than the opposite.

New comment by giantfrog in "[dead]"

giantfrog — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:44:58 +0000

Cool idea, bad AI slop execution

New comment by giantfrog in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"

giantfrog — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:42:07 +0000

Still seems far, far more likely that the average user will have their account stolen via password theft/reuse than the more complicated scheme the author is describing. Links instead of codes also fixes the issue.

New comment by giantfrog in "Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums"

giantfrog — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 21:11:12 +0000

Big loss for the web.

New comment by giantfrog in "Allianz Life says 'majority' of customers' personal data stolen in cyberattack"

giantfrog — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:17:58 +0000

This will never, ever, ever stop happening until executives start going bankrupt and/or to jail for negligence. Even then it won’t stop, but it would at least decrease in frequency and severity.

New comment by giantfrog in "What will become of the CIA?"

giantfrog — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:44:41 +0000

The author was not only a longtime CIA employee, but staff historian. Not the most trustworthy source here.

https://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/nicholas-dujmovic/

New comment by giantfrog in "How I Use Kagi"

giantfrog — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:45:15 +0000

If you'd told me several years ago I'd be paying $10/month for a search engine, I'd say that's crazy talk. But it genuinely is worth it.

New comment by giantfrog in "Stalking the Statistically Improbable Restaurant with Data"

giantfrog — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:31:43 +0000

This is a really fun exercise; a rare example of something that's "data-centric" without being soulless.

I think it's fascinating how it illustrates weirdness about how Americans think about and categorize "ethnic" food. For example, the author's analysis of Google data shows Glendale, CA ranks #1 for "Highest prevalence of Mediterranean Restaurants." But I am nearly certain the majority of these, given Glendale's demographics, are in fact Armenian or Persian restaurants. Both Iran and Armenia are of course quite far from the Mediterranean region, but for whatever reason (rice? flat breads? grilled things on a stick?) have gotten lumped in with some Americanized, genericized conception of "the Mediterranean" that's indistinguishable from "the Middle East." I would imagine you'd find the same thing happening on Yelp etc.

New comment by giantfrog in "Fiber optic drones are changing combat operations"

giantfrog — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:36:26 +0000

Which brands?

New comment by giantfrog in "EFF Border Search Pocket Guide"

giantfrog — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:18:05 +0000

I'd argue it's not extreme enough: Use an alphanumeric password or passphrase, as long as you can tolerate, instead of a PIN.

New comment by giantfrog in "EFF Border Search Pocket Guide"

giantfrog — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:16:59 +0000

Right, I'd recommend anyone worried about this to power off their laptop (assuming you've got full disk encryption turned on) and phone before going through security, customs, etc.

New comment by giantfrog in "EFF Border Search Pocket Guide"

giantfrog — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:14:12 +0000

Fun tip: If you have an iPhone, rapidly pressing the power button five times will force your phone to require a password before Face ID will work again. Turning your device off entirely will also necessitate password reentry.

New comment by giantfrog in "This is no world for an axolotl"

giantfrog — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 04:39:26 +0000

We’re really messing this place up huh

New comment by giantfrog in "Underrated Soft Skills: Charisma"

giantfrog — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:32:45 +0000

This reads like a dispatch from an alien who’s spent the past year studying human beings.

New comment by giantfrog in "Legalyze.ai: Review Medical Records with AI"

giantfrog — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 22:50:44 +0000

Looks like an efficient way to lose a lawsuit.