<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: gustavus</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gustavus</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:50:24 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=gustavus" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Edit store price tags using Flipper Zero"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've always felt this is an absurd statement. Yes customers are paying the wages of the people working at the store, that's literally how basic exchange of goods and services has worked forever.<p>Like what is the alternative? Businesses sell things they sell those things for more than they make and then they use that money to pay people to work for them. People agree to work for them expecting they will be paid primarily from the money made by the business saling things to customers.<p>Like what is the alternative businesses pay their employees from some magic pool of money that you get the key too when you file articles of incorporation?<p>At the end of the day the customer is always paying the wages of the employees, that's literally how it worked since ever. Which is honestly an improvement where the local lord would take 30% of whatever you grew and in exchange would give you diddly and squat.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:31:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857564</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857564</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm working on an edutech game. Before I would've had much less of a product because I don't have the budget to hire an artist and it would've been much less interactive but because of this I'm able to build a much more engaging experience so that's one thing. For what it's worth.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:39:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855602</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855602</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47855602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Vercel April 2026 security incident"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Oracle? Oracle?<p>The Oracle that published an announcement that said "we didn't get hacked" when the hackers had private customer info?<p>The Oracle that does not allow you to do any security testing on their software unless you use one of their approved vendors?<p>The Oracle that one of my customers uses where they have to turn off the HR portal for 2 weeks before annual performance evaluations because there is no way to prevent people from seeing things?<p>The only reason Oracle isn't having nightmarish security problems published every other week is because they threaten to sue anyone that does find an issue.<p>Oracle is a joke in every conceivable way and I despise them on a personal level.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:40:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47828744</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47828744</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47828744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Claude Code Opus 4.7 keeps checking on malware"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a buddy that works as a red team engineer for a large company, the models are becoming close to unusable for him now as everything he tries to do they start refusing after 2 or 3 requests because of the "security implications"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:21:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815711</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815711</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47815711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It is currently in commitee the energy and commerce committee. If one of your reps sits on this committee my suggestion is to reach out to them and voice your opposition to this measure. Consider writing a letter or email as well.<p>Committee members can be found here:
<a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives" rel="nofollow">https://energycommerce.house.gov/representatives</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:24:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779427</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779427</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47779427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Iran demands Bitcoin fees for ships passing Hormuz during ceasefire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So apart from all the geopolitics of it this line is interesting<p>"few seconds to pay in bitcoin, ensuring they can’t be traced or confiscated due to sanctions,’ Hosseini added"<p>Maybe I'm ignorant of Bitcoin but isn't Bitcoin transactions recorded in a public cryptographically signed ledger? Isn't that literally the opposite of "can't be traced"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691237</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691237</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47691237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> this whole fascist, AI, far right nationalist takeover<p>Well that's a new take I haven't heard before. That the AI is actually a far right nationalist takeover....
That's an interesting perspective.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:32:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47588873</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47588873</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47588873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpose-of" rel="nofollow">https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo...</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/21/against-murderism/" rel="nofollow">https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/06/21/against-murderism/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:06:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47437444</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47437444</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47437444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/highlights-from-the-comments-on-posiwid" rel="nofollow">https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/highlights-from-the-comment...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:33:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188262</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188262</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47188262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpose-of" rel="nofollow">https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:04:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47187166</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47187166</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47187166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No but then the next step is "well we need a way to enforce it because people are just lying about their age".<p>I guess let me show a slope I found over here, just past the boiling frogs, watch your footing though, it's recently been greased and is quite steep.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:56:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182001</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182001</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47182001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Remember<p>Contraceptive companies are competitors to all other companies.<p>Until we meet again!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:46:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158391</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158391</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47158391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Study shows two child household must earn $400k/year to afford childcare"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have 4 kids (all under 12) and make quite a bit less than $200k with me being the only provider in the home and although I wouldn't say we're exactly where I want to be financially I don't think that were completely bankrupt.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:37:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133256</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133256</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Phil Spencer is exiting Microsoft as AI executive takes over Xbox"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'll be honest my initial read of the headline caused me th think they were have MS Copilot act as the new head of Xbox, not the person taking over Xbox used to be the guy in charge of an AI product.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 22:50:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095132</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095132</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "You can't trust the internet anymore"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When I first started using the Internet there were 3 rules that were pounded into my head repeatedly.<p>1. Don't believe everything or anything you read or see on the Internet.<p>2. Never share personal information about yourself online.<p>3. Every man was a man, every woman was a man and every teenager is an FBI agent.<p>I have yet to find a problem with the Internet thats isn't because of breaking one of the above rules.<p>My point being you couldn't ever trust the Internet before anyways.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 20:36:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018132</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018132</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47018132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Seven diabetes patients die due to undisclosed bug in Abbott's glucose monitors"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So my wife has a CGM and is stuck with a fancy pump that is supposed to "automatically" coordinate with her sensor to deliver or reduce insulin when it detects her numbers are too high/low.<p>I've always been suspicious of the yahoos writing the software that controls these kinds of devices being a security guy and all.<p>But I also would love to participate in, contribute to or help in any way with reverse engineering, open sourcing, or in some other way making it so that my wife's life isn't dependent upon the quality of software developed by the lowest bidder they could outsource it to.<p>If anyone knows how I could help please let me know who to reach out to.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 02:33:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388707</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388707</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46388707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "Most leading chatbots routinely exaggerate science findings"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Over a year, we collected 4,900 summaries. When we analysed them, we found that six of ten models systematically exaggerated claims they found in the original texts"<p>So it turns out llms trained largely on Internet science articles make the same mistakes as are made by science journalists.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 23:14:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44102483</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44102483</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44102483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "17-year-old student exposes Germany's 'secret' pirate site blocklist"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just imagine how easy this pirate list could be turned into a "misinformation" list. Makes you think.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:50:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41332465</link><dc:creator>gustavus</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41332465</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41332465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by gustavus in "ARRL IT Security Incident – $1M ransom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Sometime in early May 2024, ARRL’s systems network was compromised by threat actors (TAs) using information they had purchased on the dark web. The TAs accessed headquarters on-site systems and most cloud-based systems<p>So someone was using the same password for the work and personal stuff and no one has ever bothered prioritizing 2FA got it.</p>
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