Hacker News: iAMkenough

New comment by iAMkenough in "Zuckerberg's Meta Takes Down No Kings Instagram During Protest Day"

iAMkenough — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 02:37:34 +0000

Hopefully it's a lesson learned by those involved.

Don't use platforms like this to organize in the future.

New comment by iAMkenough in "Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank beat French mayor"

iAMkenough — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:04:32 +0000

Sure it does. What do your elected representatives have to say? Do these news stories influence their decision making?

Do you or your fellow constituents have any influence over their decision making?

After all, U.S. tax dollars and foreign policy enable this behavior.

New comment by iAMkenough in "Gold is now the top U.S. export"

iAMkenough — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 21:19:32 +0000

All of these links are from publications I've never heard of, and have a hard time independently verifying their credibility.

For instance, TradeInt advertises it is trusted by Samsung, but I can't find any record of Samsung utilizing TradeInt for anything. TradeInt advertises a 5-star rating on platforms like Product Hunt (YC S14), yet the person who created the listing created their account when TradeInt launched and has no followers or other activity since 2024.

They all appear to be blog spam, from my perspective.

Anyone (or any AI) can publish anything to confirm any viewpoint. What makes those links worth sharing?

New comment by iAMkenough in "Israel makes propaganda video featuring AI generated IAMDDB without her consent"

iAMkenough — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 20:30:03 +0000

This is a real great use of U.S. tax dollars, in addition to all the mid-term U.S. election mail and text messages and political video advertisements my neighbors are complaining about.

New comment by iAMkenough in "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"

iAMkenough — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:09:41 +0000

I'm aware, but like I said, still good practice for me.

To me, everyone swearing off HA over this is overreacting.

New comment by iAMkenough in "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"

iAMkenough — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 14:39:42 +0000

My concern is Supervisor runs the operating system for the computer Nabu Casa sold me to run HAOS.

In the off chance Supervisor inadvertently revealed the first 5-characters of my password hash to something else on or off my network over the years, I’m now going to spend a weekend reinstalling a fresh copy of HAOS, blocking it from Internet access until I can run the command to disable this, issuing new passwords and accounts to my household, and resetting the passwords for all my devices and integrations, then restoring all my automations.

Better documentation will definitely help restore confidence, but good practice for me to cycle all my passwords and tighten network policies anyways.

New comment by iAMkenough in "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"

iAMkenough — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:25:15 +0000

> It’s not a lie if the speaker believes it to be true

I'm looking forward to that latest Elizabeth Holmes documentary.

New comment by iAMkenough in "I never authorized an integration that scans my secrets"

iAMkenough — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:15:34 +0000

Thanks for being here. Who made the decision to enable this by default without consent and without a GUI setting to disable it?

New comment by iAMkenough in "Tesla Roadster"

iAMkenough — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:48:19 +0000

How much did AirPower pre-orders go for?

The first orders for this car were in 2017, still yet to be fulfilled. Tesla will keep taking money, without delivering anything, for decades to come.

New comment by iAMkenough in "Apple ML Research: Muse Spark Open with MLX on Mac Studio"

iAMkenough — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:54:43 +0000

Once a month, I run my toaster oven the entire night to take advantage of off-peak energy rates.

New comment by iAMkenough in "New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 23:57:46 +0000

Looks like the Body+ and WS-30 models have an official “Bluetooth networking mode,” but alas, my model does not.

New comment by iAMkenough in "New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:49:16 +0000

Doesn’t that require using the Withings API (cloud)?

Looks like HA updated their documentation to reflect the $99/yr requirement: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/withings/

New comment by iAMkenough in "Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:36:54 +0000

Why would I?

I’m not subject to NIS2 or CRE standards, unlike the willing operator of this facility.

I still have a gun and cameras, because I’m not a welfare queen dependent on the government to do every single thing for me. With the billions of taxpayer dollars SpaceX has, maybe they should invest in some security.

New comment by iAMkenough in "New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:22:16 +0000

Mine died after a year, which I suspect is because my spouse used it after showers, and they’re not designed to handle bathroom moisture. Not even rated as water resistant.

Never again.

New comment by iAMkenough in "New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:08:45 +0000

Yeah, I got turned off when I realized you can’t sync these devices via Bluetooth or LAN.

Required path is: Scale data -> WiFi -> Internet -> Withings app -> HealthKit

New comment by iAMkenough in "Muse Spark Open"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:36:53 +0000

They’re all derivatives, not originals.

New comment by iAMkenough in "ChatGPT Targets Ads to You Based on Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:22:04 +0000

Kagi too. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html

New comment by iAMkenough in "Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland"

iAMkenough — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:50:23 +0000

So where’s the line drawn? How much should taxpayers be primarily responsible for if a private company doesn’t meet established security standards?

The comments in this thread you’ve joined seem to imply a private company should be held to no standards, and that this specific company’s security should primarily be the responsibility of other taxpayers.

New comment by iAMkenough in "Tesla's Robotaxis Blow Through School Zones, NHTSA Petition Alleges"

iAMkenough — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:03:50 +0000

counter counter counter point: driving the speed limit on city streets makes your battery/gas tank last longer and has a minimal impact on your arrival time.

New comment by iAMkenough in "Fire at Starlink site in Bulgaria after suspected sabotage in Poland"

iAMkenough — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:08:40 +0000

So you agree "taxpayers should be on the hook for everything"?

Every place SpaceX decides to operate, regardless of what taxpayers want, the taxpayers should foot the entire security bill for their private facilities?

Sounds like socialism.