Hacker News: jb1991

New comment by jb1991 in "Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)"

jb1991 — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:46:18 +0000

Pakistan does not seem like remote or tropical to me.

New comment by jb1991 in "Windows brings out the Rorschach test in everyone (2003)"

jb1991 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:15:14 +0000

So what was the government that complained?

New comment by jb1991 in "Gmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Conners"

jb1991 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:22:22 +0000

For all your trouble I hope you are at least invited to the parties.

New comment by jb1991 in "Gmail might partially be to blame for receiving emails from other Sean Conners"

jb1991 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:19:06 +0000

The two email addresses that you mentioned are for the same account. Google has always ignored the periods. You can actually put those periods anywhere you want. You will get all emails to all variations of that address.

New comment by jb1991 in "How I use LLMs to learn complex topics"

jb1991 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:21:47 +0000

anyone using LLM to learn a new language? got any useful prompts for this?

New comment by jb1991 in "Fastmail offers EU data region"

jb1991 — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:57:19 +0000

What issues do you refer to for Proton?

New comment by jb1991 in "Apple introduces leasing program for iPhones and other devices"

jb1991 — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:09:22 +0000

I have a seven-year-old MacBook Air that is like new and runs just as fast today as it did the day I bought it. Battery lasts acceptably and it’s a joy to use.

New comment by jb1991 in "How Hollywood stopped making movies in Hollywood"

jb1991 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:25:24 +0000

4k rent for that environment?

New comment by jb1991 in "Our position on open-weights models"

jb1991 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:06:51 +0000

“China is evil.”

—- “But look at the United States! What about that?”

Is this not just whataboutism? It never adds much to the discussion.

New comment by jb1991 in "Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep"

jb1991 — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 10:03:01 +0000

I know, I was also not being serious.

New comment by jb1991 in "Sperm Whales blow bubbles to achieve restful, vertical sleep"

jb1991 — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:14:02 +0000

This is an interesting theory but it’s not at all how sperm whales eat and doesn’t fit into their dietary habits that we know of.

New comment by jb1991 in "The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)"

jb1991 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:36:11 +0000

Is this not a common trait among most of the high-level tech CEOs? We hear of lack of humanity across much of the tech industry when you get up to that level. All the stuff that is said about Musk, and all the others.

New comment by jb1991 in "Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark"

jb1991 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:37:37 +0000

My apologies, I assumed it was obvious that my comment was a joke.

New comment by jb1991 in "Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark"

jb1991 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:34:42 +0000

That's alright, I've been counting them myself to keep track, since I knew other sources of the data would eventually disappear. So far, eight people have been deported.

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:34:16 +0000

I see you have been triggered by this discussion and my apologies if I've contributed to it, but you ascribe qualities to me that are not true and I find your discourse unreasonable.

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:55:05 +0000

Pointing out the context for an argument and the many articles and discussions that have taken place on that subject in the news is not the same thing as participating in or taking sides in the discussion. I take offense that you have made this personal.

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:44:45 +0000

> I live in Sweden and have not seen this in the news

I'm genuinely surprised by this. I live in a nearby country and it is in the news every few months.

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:42:56 +0000

I find it fascinating that people in this thread are arguing against raw government crime statistics and are asking for further evidence of this problem.

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:41:20 +0000

Some of the other commenters here (from Sweden, it seems) are doing a better job than me at explaining the problem, so I defer to them:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977076

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976762

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977054

New comment by jb1991 in "I'm Done with Mullvad"

jb1991 — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:40:50 +0000

Some of the other commenters here (from Sweden, it seems) are doing a better job than me at explaining the problem, so I defer to them:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977076

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48976762

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48977054