Hacker News: jbaczuk

New comment by jbaczuk in "Buy payphones and retire"

jbaczuk — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:21:41 +0000

I had a viceral "oh no, did I just install a virus" feeling when I visited that website, haha. I guess those memories die hard.

New comment by jbaczuk in "Nitric Is Terraform for Developers"

jbaczuk — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 20:36:13 +0000

We already have structure + style + logic in the same file, now we want to add cloud provisioning and cloud configuration? At what point is it too much?

New comment by jbaczuk in "Repair and Remain (2022)"

jbaczuk — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 17:35:01 +0000

Related: At the beginning of my career I jumped around from startup to startup doing hardware, firmware, mobile, web dev, blockchain, Alexa/Google Home, and then started consulting. Then my client pool dried up during the pandemic. When I started at my current job 3 years ago, I decided I will stay put for a while and resist the urge to look for something "better". I wanted to take on more responsibility and learn what it is like to build software and maintain it for years to come. There are some valuable lessons I learned from doing that. The world runs on the backbone of people who are willing to stay put.

New comment by jbaczuk in "The golden age of scammers: AI-powered phishing"

jbaczuk — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 14:49:31 +0000

> link or attachment that when clicked or downloaded, takes you to a spoofed website or installs malicious software on your device.

Can someone show me a modern OS that would install software by clicking a link?

New comment by jbaczuk in "Show HN: Private AI Mac assistant for non-tech people [Llama 3]"

jbaczuk — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:04:43 +0000

I like the general idea. Does it require/use apple silicon? How does performance differ between non-apple vs apple silicon?

The claim that it is 100% on your device is the only reason I would choose to use this over cloud based models. However, with the announcement of “Apple AI” your claim is basically the same only you’re asking users to trust you over Apple.

New comment by jbaczuk in "Raspberry Pi is now a public company"

jbaczuk — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:26:17 +0000

I wonder how they can swing that being that it is owned by a charity

New comment by jbaczuk in "Launch HN: Muddy (YC S19) – Multiplayer browser for getting work done"

jbaczuk — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:47:21 +0000

I'm not sure this would be useful to me, because I don't switch between various projects that would benefit from different tab groups, but sounds like it could be useful! Good luck.

New comment by jbaczuk in "Google layoffs hit Flutter team"

jbaczuk — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:08:42 +0000

Sure the leadership probably failed too, but don't the "performers" have any accountability?

New comment by jbaczuk in "Researchers Create First Functional Semiconductor Made from Graphene"

jbaczuk — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:30:22 +0000

> "It's like driving on a gravel road versus driving on a freeway," de Heer said. "It's more efficient, it doesn't heat up as much, and it allows for higher speeds so that the electrons can move faster."

Does it allow for higher speeds? I thought resistance increases the number of collisions the electrons make with the molecules in the material, heating up the material, does it actually change the "speed of electricity"? If anything, I would think it might actually increase, similar to water in a smaller pipe (see current formula below). Either way, I don't know if this (possible) change in speed is in any way significant when it comes to computing.

I = NeAVd

Where Ne is the number of free/conduction electrons per unit volume, A is the cross sectional area of the wire, and Vd is is the drift velocity.

New comment by jbaczuk in "Innovative wireless light switch could cut house wiring costs in half"

jbaczuk — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 16:01:51 +0000

This is nothing new, this one has been on the market since 2007 https://www.adhocelectronics.com/Remodel-Press-Release/ though the new one seems more unnecessarily complicated. Just get the energy from the switch motion...

New comment by jbaczuk in "Global CO2 Levels"

jbaczuk — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:48:26 +0000

Ice cores: https://www.methanelevels.org/#sources

New comment by jbaczuk in "Global CO2 Levels"

jbaczuk — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:47:55 +0000

Yeah, esp. temperature and the global sea levels

New comment by jbaczuk in "Global CO2 Levels"

jbaczuk — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:40:39 +0000

I think the point is that the CO2 levels were relatively stable until recently, so it doesn't need to start at 0.

New comment by jbaczuk in "Global CO2 Levels"

jbaczuk — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 17:37:50 +0000

oh good, it's finally starting to level off

New comment by jbaczuk in "The fake browser update scam gets a makeover"

jbaczuk — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:16:24 +0000

or pay never and host it on the infected website

New comment by jbaczuk in "Show HN: I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons"

jbaczuk — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:15:50 +0000

Well, let's at least roll the dice to see if they become corrupted or not... The proclivity to corruption shouldn't necessarily be proportional to the might of the possessor.

New comment by jbaczuk in "The fake browser update scam gets a makeover"

jbaczuk — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:56:09 +0000

seems like "blockchain" has nothing to do with it... they could just host the file on a server they do control. "Blockchains" aren't magic.

New comment by jbaczuk in "The fake browser update scam gets a makeover"

jbaczuk — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:27:06 +0000

lol

> In response to questions from KrebsOnSecurity, the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) said its team is aware of the malware abusing its blockchain, and is actively addressing the issue. The company said all addresses associated with the spread of the malware have been blacklisted, and that its technicians had developed a model to detect future smart contracts that use similar methods to host malicious scripts.

Earlier in the article it said

> Due to the publicly accessible and unchangeable nature of the blockchain, code can be hosted ‘on-chain’ without the ability for a takedown... “So you get a free, untracked, and robust way to get your data (the malicious payload) without leaving traces,” Tal said.

Make up your mind...

It's not robust since you have to use an API (i.e. Binance API) to access the blockchain from a compromised website, then Binance can effectively "take it down" by blocking access via the API.

Now if they made the compromised website talk directly to the node on the blockchain network that would be different. Except, why not just host the malware on the website in the first place...

New comment by jbaczuk in "Show HN: I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons"

jbaczuk — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:39:36 +0000

It seemed to me that if some clever thing came up like having the eagles fly the ring and drop it into Mt. Doom, the D.M. would say you can't do that even though it seems completely realistic in my opinion. I guess the primary objective was to create a long, interesting story and completing some objective was just secondary in order to meet the primary objective. I kinda prefer the former, and then just start another campaign...

New comment by jbaczuk in "Show HN: I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons"

jbaczuk — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 16:10:44 +0000

I "played" D&D once with some people who play quite a bit, and was confused. Maybe I was expecting more clear rules of how to "win"? It seemed like it was more of a "choose you're own adventure" story rather than a game since the dungeon master is able to change the rules as you go and pretty much decide whether or not you are "successful" with whatever goals are established at the beginning. Is that accurate? In the end, it was a little frustrating and I decided I don't get it so I've never tried again.