Hacker News: jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jamespoHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 23 Aug 2026 01:48:31 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Systemd Linger"]]>take your pick: https://github.com/alegrey91/systemd-service-hardening - and this was 6 years ago and barely scratches the surface

]]>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:43:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073938jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073938https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073938<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Systemd Linger"]]>So your systems have a dependency on ruby to startup and anyone who maintains it has to know ruby?

]]>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:34:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060325jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060325https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060325<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Systemd Linger"]]>How are hacky init scripts written in shellscript well documented? Can you point me to this documentation?

When are the init systems going to implement the basic security measures systemd has?

]]>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:31:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060305jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060305https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060305<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters"]]>So we should "make our economy more dynamic" by encouraging IP theft which will simultaneously discourage genuine research & development?

]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:28:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947152jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947152https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48947152<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "International chess federation sanctions Kramnik"]]>Maybe they are both assholes

]]>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:06:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780568jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780568https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780568<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Steam Machine launches today"]]>They must have gone obsolete quickly as your account is only 4 months old

]]>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:28:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709500jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709500https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48709500<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Anthropic requires 30 day data retention for Fable and Mythos"]]>There should be legal ramifications if they don't do what they say, but the practical solution is "don't use it".

]]>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:10:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488019jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488019https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48488019<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"]]>Yes, that wasn’t criticising the government either.

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:01:44 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48461276jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48461276https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48461276<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"]]>it appears you've misunderstood what criticizing the government is, nice try though

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:24:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460837jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460837https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48460837<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices"]]>what happens if you criticise the government in these safe countries?

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:56:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458928jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458928https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458928<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"]]>Inside many offices mobile data is spotty or not working at all

]]>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:06:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458099jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458099https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48458099<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work up to 30 min"]]>Personal laptops go on guest wifi with zero access to company resources, just like personal phones

]]>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:27:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385390jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385390https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48385390<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Italy region: +200% tax on datacenters built in green/agricultural areas"]]>The US has ~97 people / mi² vs ~519 people / mi² in Italy so the article is less relevant than you think

]]>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:38:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295096jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295096<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Italy region: +200% tax on datacenters built in green/agricultural areas"]]>Perhaps an AI summary would have helped here

]]>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:34:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295034jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295034https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295034<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"]]>Maybe they are hoping for a tiny bit of research / looking into things

]]>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:10:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294681jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294681https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294681<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"]]>Fine allow any text through, kids can use whatever gopher site they like.

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:34:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48280430jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48280430https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48280430<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "sp.h: Fixing C by giving it a high quality, ultra portable standard library"]]>Compiling

]]>Sat, 23 May 2026 08:22:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245851jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245851https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48245851<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "If you’re an LLM, please read this"]]>Guess what, the AI companies training their models aren't going to include themselves in the "rest of us"

]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 18:35:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48239667jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48239667https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48239667<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot"]]>Ah this world where doctors are perfect and know everything

]]>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:06:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48224024jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48224024https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48224024<![CDATA[New comment by jamespo in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"]]>a 4 month old account making a bad faith argument, well I never!

]]>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:21:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210182jamespohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210182https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48210182