Hacker News: jakobdabo

Python 'Chardet' Package Replaced with LLM-Generated Clone, Re-Licensed

jakobdabo — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 20:49:28 +0000

Article URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/03/06/1614252/python-chardet-package-replaced-with-llm-generated-clone-re-licensed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47280877

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jakobdabo in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"

jakobdabo — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 22:21:08 +0000

> I believe secrets are still encrypted at this stage similar to cold boot.

Does this mean that the Signal desktop application doesn't lock/unlock its (presumably encrypted) database with a secret when locking/unlocking the laptop?

Image Generation (Experimental)

jakobdabo — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 23:27:43 +0000

Article URL: https://ollama.com/blog/image-generation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46759763

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jakobdabo in "Qwen3-TTS family is now open sourced: Voice design, clone, and generation"

jakobdabo — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:30:50 +0000

Can anyone please provide directions/links to tools that can be run locally, and that take an audio recording of a voice as an input, and produce an output with the same voice saying the same thing with the same intonations, but with a fixed/changed accent?

This is needed for processing an indie game's voice recordings, where the voice actors weren't native speakers and had some accent.

New comment by jakobdabo in "Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video]"

jakobdabo — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:16:25 +0000

This is a good article: https://insinuator.net/2025/12/bluetooth-headphone-jacking-f...

A biological 0-day? Threat-screening tools may miss AI-designed proteins

jakobdabo — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 22:28:42 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/do-ai-designed-proteins-create-a-biosecurity-vulnerability/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45468575

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Web Browser telemetry – 2025 edition

jakobdabo — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 20:34:37 +0000

Article URL: https://sizeof.cat/post/web-browser-telemetry-2025-edition/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43756167

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

macOS 15.4 Beta 'Hides' Amount of Storage Used by Apple Intelligence

jakobdabo — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:55:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/11/macos-15-4-beta-hides-storage-apple-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43334518

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Privacy-Friendly Car?

jakobdabo — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 20:04:23 +0000

Hi HN. In light of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42803279 (Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the Starlink Admin Panel) and some revelations in the comments, I would like to ask if anybody here is aware of any modern electric car that can be used without ever connecting it to the network?

It's also important that the car shouldn't collect telemetry and location data and wait for the first opportunity (like gaining network access while being serviced) to upload that all.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42807512

Points: 9

# Comments: 6

New comment by jakobdabo in "Show HN: kew – A Terminal Music Player for Linux"

jakobdabo — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 19:51:09 +0000

I see what you've done there!

        int randomNumber = getRandomNumber(1, 808);
        if (randomNumber == 808)
                printGlimmeringText(text, nerdFontText, lastRowColor);

Nice project!

New comment by jakobdabo in "PC Floppy Copy Protection: Softguard Superlok"

jakobdabo — Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:04:43 +0000

I found two versions at https://archive.org, there's a PDF manual too.

The end of Patreon? Google is implementing micro-payments into Chrome

jakobdabo — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:41:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/08/07/the-end-of-patreon-google-is-implementing-micro-payments-into-chrome/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41206308

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by jakobdabo in "Bluesky announces data federation for self hosters"

jakobdabo — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 19:15:32 +0000

That's great, thanks!

> It's also not required on the Bluesky service any longer, in most cases.

That's also nice to hear - when last time I tried to register an account (shortly after the free registration launch) the phone number field in the registration form was marked as required, if I am not mistaken.