Hacker News: ismthetismhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ismthetismHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:11:29 +0000<![CDATA[Open-source Twitter/X scraper with built-in AI analysis]]>Article URL: https://proxidize.com/blog/twitter-scraper/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809729

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]]>Tue, 04 Nov 2025 11:23:27 +0000https://proxidize.com/blog/twitter-scraper/ismthetismhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809729https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45809729<![CDATA[New comment by ismthetism in "South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads"]]>I find it incredibly funny how there's a 1:1 parallel between the way states rally hypocritically around "good" countries and "bad" countries (allies & rivals, i.e. US says Israel good no matter what, Russia bad no matter what) and privacy concerns. It feels like the exact same arbitrary line: When China does it, bad privacy. When Silicon Valley does it, "necessary" privacy.

]]>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:16:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078676ismthetismhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078676https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078676<![CDATA[New comment by ismthetism in "X blocks links to Signal"]]>Nah I think the ship has sailed on lip service. He is/was all about defending the "right" kind of free speech, anyway.

They don't have to pretend anymore. The man saluted at an inauguration, I think all pretense has left the building.

]]>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:00:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078517ismthetismhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078517https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43078517