<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: greycol</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=greycol</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:08:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=greycol" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Anthropic downgraded cache TTL on March 6th"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They are not if there aren't customers who are willing to pay more. For instance imagine a widget that lasts 1 year and is just under 1/2 the price of one that lasts 2 years. There may be high demand because it's the more economical option. If you raise the price so that it's 1/2 the price of the 2 year widget then demand collapses without effecting supply.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:50:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47744322</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47744322</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47744322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's fair to think of secure boot in only the PC context but the model very much extends to phones. It seems ridiculous to me that to use a coupon for a big mac I have to compromise on what features my phone can run (either by turning on secure boot and limiting myself to stock os or limiting myself to the features and pricing of the 1 or 2 phones that allow re-locking).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:27:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695823</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695823</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47695823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The US 'forced' them to do this by agreeing in principal that Iran could charge that toll (along with 9 other points).<p>The question isn't whether the US can destroy Iran, it obviously could(as evil as that would be). The question is does the US want to pay the price of continuing the war more than the price of agreeing to those points, and would Iran pay the price required to fight back if it does not get the US to capitulate on those points.<p>I can tell you what will happen to any boat that doesn't pay the extortion (toll) and enters the straight. So realistically it doesn't matter if it's in breach of maritime norms, who's going to restart attacks on Iran to enforce those norms if the US capitulated on it?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:36:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684825</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684825</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "4Chan mocks £520k fine for UK online safety breaches"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It should be done that way because nominally the law is supposed to address a serious problem (supposedly protecting kids) as they justify that as the reason for an invasion of privacy and additional business regulations. Ignoring the reality of what the internet is and passing a law that clearly won't achieve it's stated goals but has serious drawbacks that will be enacted is not good governance, at best it's showboating at worst it's a deliberate step towards an Orwellian panopticon.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 23:52:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47511270</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47511270</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47511270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "No Terms. No Conditions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In most places it doesn't make a difference to the outcome of the legal process what it does do is give you a quicker simpler off ramp from the legal process (which reduces costs) and may stop some idiots even trying to sue in the first place.<p>"Do not iron clothes while on body" should not be required to not be found liable, but it does change the question in court from providing discovery for safety consideration, how comprehensive is the manual, how... and the costs involved with that to  "Did the customer use the device in a way that was it was clearly labelled to not be used? Did any part of the product packaging or instructions contradict this warning? ...Dismissed".</p>
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<p>Of course, because they're not proposing "apply our laws in our country" they are proposing "apply our laws in another country". If you want to enforce this law you need to do it the CCP way (punish <i>your</i> ISPs for alllowing it into the country and monitor <i>your</i> citizens for accessing it) because you don't have the jurisdiction to enforce it otherwise. Let's not forget how many UK criminals have made fun of Kim Jong Un's haircut and are getting away with it because the UK is such a lawless place that doesn't enforce DPRK law.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:17:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445314</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445314</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's forcing all OSs to do something that only a few should be doing. The correct way to do this is for the interested parties to form an association that does four things.<p>1. Creates a protocol with desired signals (country and a variable list of whatever others i.e. age,state) that clients (including browsers) CAN choose to use and forward.<p>2. Create an api OSs CAN implement to inform clients of those signals and if they can be overidden in the client. (Possibly even create an OS or service to run on OSs that implements it, parents can choose to install specific OS or service)<p>3. A open source server for governments to specify common classes of content and what to do when a specific SIGNAL (from the protocol in 1) is recieved (Serve content to SIGNAL group/serve content to everyone/never serve content). And what to do if content isn't in a class it recognizes(Serve content/not serve content). Association could also be extend it's duties to coordinate a list of types of content.<p>4. Maintain an authoritative list of servers by country so that those hosting services can reach the servers hosted in 3. So that webservers can visit those servers to find what they can serve if they wish to apply the law for that jurisdiction.<p>Horrible because it does codify less freedom and censorship. The advantages are that for a jurisdiction liability can fall on the right actor.<p>If you run a website/app you worry only if your in a jurisdiction that mandates you use the protocol and can easily geoblock crazy countries by using that signal and choose if a jurisdiction you want to deal with is worth the effort of coding for or whether you want to ignore that countries laws.<p>If you are a user you can choose to install the API or use an OS that implements it or an OS that spoofs it with only the liability of your jurisdiction. If you are a parent you can use an OS(or install a service) to implement it on your kids accounts.<p>If your an OS developer you can add functionality if desired/appropriate.<p>If you are a country you can specify what signals you use/require and can specify required signals (i.e. US may request the State signal so it can decide if it needs other signals to evaluate whether to serve "Social Media" content (i.e. age in the case of state=california)).<p>Not perfect but actually keeps punishment/enforcement to appropriate jurisdiction and means you can actually gracefully avoid liability for sites in broken jurisdictions rather than either kowtowing or being in breach. Also means it can be implemented in client if you don't want it on your OS or want the convenience of not being asked age without the ridiculous other stuff.</p>
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<p>Do you think we should mandate fridges should have locks if they can contain alcohol?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:27:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391512</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391512</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Ageless Linux – Software for humans of indeterminate age"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you want that you get an OS that specifically supports child mode, you don't mandate all OSs default to having a child mode. The reason you don't do this is because when it's in place the default will be if you don't want to prove who you are you can't go anywhere on the internet except the most milquetoast sites (with no user created content) and the worst of the worst sites (that ignore these rules).<p>If I want to bash the government I don't want to have to choose between giving my id and going to terroristforum dot com.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:38:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391076</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391076</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "US asked Ukraine for help fighting Iranian drones, Zelensky says"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sure but the question is are they helping the U.S. that helped them. It's pretty clear that the Trump administration is a completely different beast than typical US administration. Look at things like its pro offensive war stance (see unofficial name change of DoD) or that it does not support Ukraine (see lack of funding/intelligence since Trump). Maybe Ukraine will think it's supporting the Americans that helped them and hurting the Americans that are pro or compromised by Russia by withholding aid and letting Trump wallow in what he's reaped.<p>I'll add that trump has made clear that U.S. administrations are not beholden to previous international policy decisions and so unless congress reins in the executive or trustworthy actors hold the mantle again other nations should treat the US with short term policy decisions in mind and not rely on long term reciprocation.</p>
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<p>The US needs a organization doing the equivalent of the Nation Popular Vote Interstate Compact but for candidates and for fixing the US voting system. Get running politicians to sign up for if 60% of you are in office you'll table and vote for a specific already spelled out constitutional reform for more representative voting.<p>The goal being more than two parties in government so that democrats and republicans can fracture into more functional bodies (MAGA, RINOs, neo-liberal, progressive etc) and people can vote closer to their issues/beliefs and that multiple parties mean 1 party isn't running rushod over the other.</p>
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<p>>one of the reasons<p>Also while there is an abundance of reasons of varying legitimacy they're both good examples because people often run in to them and are annoyed by the use of the words out of proportion to running into the actual legitimate reasons to be annoyed by the concept.<p>The number of people annoyed, by words like rizz or are angry that doctor can refer to a female, far out weigh the people legitimately trying to figure out if rizz is something they need to protect their kids from or getting delayed medical care because they needed to wait because they only feel comfortable with their own sex.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:29:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47209833</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47209833</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47209833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Naming is important because it intuits what we expect to do with a thing. The Department of Defense invading Greenland is more invocative to inquiry than the Department of War invading Greenland because that's what a department of war would do.<p>It's one of the reasons why people get annoyed at jargon or are pissed off about pronouns, because it highlights that they should be putting mental effort into understanding why they're current mental model doesn't fit. It's much easier to ignore and be comfortable if there's not glaring sirens saying you've got some learning to do.<p>Most of us can't (or won't) be aware of everything that should be important to us, having glaring context clues that we should take notice of something incongruous is important. It's also why the Trump media approach works so well it's basically a case of alarm fatigue as republicans who would normally side against any particular one of his actions don't listen because they agreed with some of the actions that democrats previously raised alarms about.</p>
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<p>If the law "if you shoot an arrow with no mind to it's direction or destination existed you are guilty of negligence and liability of any damages" existed and then guns where invented you can argue either that the law needs to be updated or that case law will follow the spirit of the law and establish that it also applies to guns. If you are prescriptive and do not believe in the spirit of the law then a new law would have to cover the case of guns. Many would say there is  a breakdown in the rule of law if it turned out people could just fire those guns willy nilly and the arrow law did not apply to them.<p>Similarly if there is a law that says the government <i>can't build cameras everywhere</i> to track you 24/7 without a warrant then post facto get a warrant to justify the prior tracking. Many people believe there is a breakdown in the rule of law when The government <i>can pay someone else who has built cameras everywhere</i> to track you 24/7 without a warrant then post facto get a warrant to justify the prior tracking.</p>
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<p>Yeah with as much accuracy as the current ICE aktion on US inhabitants... In a perfect system maybe you can justify this, but when the system is ship them off and let them try to appeal that the government had no evidence from overseas then the law is effectively "cost people their job, their lifestyle, and their support system and keep them out of the country for a year or two (or permanently if they don't have savings), if they do anything I don't like"</p>
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<p>The TSA cost 12 billion a year to fund, let alone the massive inconvenience it causes and whatever monetary value you want to assign to that. Low cost low immediate reward attacks can disproportionately encumber an adversary and if they don't shoulder that encumbrance then you have a handy attack vector.</p>
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<p>This is like saying fish can survive around 21C so the lower temperature of 19.8C that is keeping it in a -4C freezer for 3.5 hours before searing it for 30 minutes at 200C is fine.<p>A 1C rise means hotter hots, colder colds, stronger storms and longer or more frequent droughts as well as the general climate of a region possibly changing.<p>Yes you can find crops that will grow in specific conditions, but you need to know those conditions and if you have a day that kills a crop that can mean you need to wait for the next season. That 1C rise corresponds with a lot more of these crop damaging events as well as changing the efficiency and possibly  infrastructure needed in an area.<p>I'll also note that the last 1C rise is over a generation not a lifetime i.e. 25 years not 80.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 22:24:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939183</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939183</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Voter registration gets names cross referenced to facebook gets you face recognition (Palantir can do this). Ice claims that facial recognition on their app is probable cause (Ice already claim this).<p>Ice goes down the lines at voting stations to "protect from undocumented aliens voting illegally". The government endorsed news stories will be about how many illegals were trying to vote. Meanwhile a bunch of US citizens were taken for processing due to false positives and unfortunately with such large numbers to process they aren't all released until polling stations are closed. (If only someone hadn't botched the facial recognition database update and contaminated it with a bunch of Dem voters).<p>If rioting against these actions occurs at a station, it's closed for safety and people in area are detained while it's sorted (the stations targeted had a tendency to vote D anyway as per voter roles).<p>Strange how that 'harassment' did stop US citizens from voting.<p>Results come in while the case for voter suppression goes to the Supreme court. Supreme court rules that while voter suppression did occur there is no legal option of redress within its permit and the peaceful transfer of power is more important than any one election A la Bush V Gore.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 02:48:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761286</link><dc:creator>greycol</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761286</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46761286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by greycol in "Second Win11 emergency out of band update to address disastrous Patch Tuesday"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not for the 'working' version of windows which is LTSC or enterprise not pro.<p>Unfortunately they don't sell single LTSC licenses to individuals</p>
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<p>A lot of meat cutting (and packaging) robotics and dairy automation are the flashy ones. Softer tech like crop, orchard management and cultivar creation as well as stock breeding/selection or logistics all of which came a long way. The development of uses for byproducts i.e. chemical refineries to change milk into something like protein or milk powder and use the secondary products from those processes to produce alcohols or fertilizer.</p>
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