Hacker News: hggh

New comment by hggh in "Linux Basics for Hackers (2019)"

hggh — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:25:49 +0000

That's the first edition (2019), not the second (2025). But both are in annas archive, anyway

Bendix G-15 Emulator

hggh — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:07:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.phkimpel.us/Bendix-G15/webUI/G15.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48355260

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The Scaling Illusion: Why the Lightning Network Fails as a Scaling Solution [pdf]

hggh — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:52:35 +0000

Article URL: https://scaling-illusion.vercel.app/lightning_vs_bch_book_v2.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48324819

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Radio Go Go: TUI radio stream player

hggh — Mon, 25 May 2026 14:01:01 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/kghose/radio-gogo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48266965

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

2009 Aftonbladet Israel Controversy

hggh — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:38:08 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Aftonbladet_Israel_controversy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48259848

Points: 27

# Comments: 7

Time to talk about my writerdeck

hggh — Sat, 23 May 2026 18:45:37 +0000

Article URL: https://veronicaexplains.net/my-first-writerdeck/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250144

Points: 517

# Comments: 294

New comment by hggh in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

hggh — Thu, 21 May 2026 06:37:26 +0000

> What of it? Sort by value and see for yourself

> You are not responding to the debunking Opinions don't debunk. Proof does.

New comment by hggh in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

hggh — Wed, 20 May 2026 06:36:04 +0000

Take a look at the statistics: https://fusionstats.redteam.cash/

New comment by hggh in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

hggh — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:50:57 +0000

Value doesn't have anything to do with utility

Iosevka + Berkeley = Ioskeley

hggh — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:34:08 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ahatem/IoskeleyMono

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48183627

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

New comment by hggh in "Iran starts Bitcoin-backed ship insurance for Hormuz strait"

hggh — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:07:42 +0000

> Bitcoin does make the transaction publicly traceable

It can be untraceable with CashFusion

Unix keygen similar to 90s keygen

hggh — Sat, 16 May 2026 16:33:24 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/sbz/keygen

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48161647

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by hggh in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

hggh — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:15:07 +0000

Right thing == ethical != legal

New comment by hggh in "Space Cadet Pinball on Linux"

hggh — Sun, 10 May 2026 14:56:35 +0000

Who cares?

New comment by hggh in "Internet Archive Switzerland"

hggh — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:38:38 +0000

Internet Archive is a library. Libraries host copyrighted content. Libraries are good.

Internet Archive Switzerland

hggh — Sat, 09 May 2026 12:00:30 +0000

https://internetarchive.ch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48074265

Points: 702

# Comments: 117

New comment by hggh in "Today I've made the difficult decision to reduce the size of Coinbase by ~14%"

hggh — Wed, 06 May 2026 09:29:04 +0000

Yes. Alternative URL: https://xcancel.com/brian_armstrong/status/20516167591451857...

The vi family

hggh — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:51:16 +0000

Article URL: https://lpar.ATH0.com/posts/2026/05/the-vi-family/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48033483

Points: 279

# Comments: 194

New comment by hggh in "How Monero’s proof of work works"

hggh — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:57:36 +0000

SegWit added unnecessary complexity (~5,000 LOC) to a problem that could be solved just increasing the max block size (1 LOC)

New comment by hggh in "How Monero’s proof of work works"

hggh — Tue, 05 May 2026 07:38:50 +0000

> Bitcoin was designed to be a replacement for real life cash, but it ultimately failed in this role

The BTC implementation clearly has failed in this role, but not Bitcoin protocol (look at BCH, for instance)