Hacker News: jeffgreco

New comment by jeffgreco in "Ask HN: So what happened to Facebook "localhost" tracking?"

jeffgreco — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:18:10 +0000

Still a better outcome than tossing your ethics overboard.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers"

jeffgreco — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:41:43 +0000

I was very vehement about needing to stay in Chromium — until I tried Zen browser and it turns out I didn’t! (Unless I wanted to watch Prime Video)

New comment by jeffgreco in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

jeffgreco — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:15:31 +0000

A crazy and lucky bailout for Cursor + investors.

New comment by jeffgreco in "SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B"

jeffgreco — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:14:02 +0000

60b?

New comment by jeffgreco in "Codex for almost everything"

jeffgreco — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:33:37 +0000

> LLMS are good at "find me a two week vacation two months from now"?

Yes?

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edit: Just tested it with that exact prompt on Claude. It asked me who I was traveling with, what type of trip and budget (with multiple choice buttons) and gave me a detailed itinerary with links to buy the flights ( https://www.kayak.com/flights/ORD-LIS/2026-06-13/OPO-ORD/202... )

New comment by jeffgreco in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

jeffgreco — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:06:57 +0000

As the article says, Back was very interested in methods of covering one's tracks.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods"

jeffgreco — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:54:02 +0000

Yeah, that would be a real scummy thing to do!

New comment by jeffgreco in "Supreme Court Sides with Cox in Copyright Fight over Pirated Music"

jeffgreco — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 01:25:09 +0000

They’re talking about the judges on the Sony/Betamax case, not the new one.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Oregon school cell phone ban: 'Engaged students, joyful teachers'"

jeffgreco — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:37:28 +0000

Complete waste for anything math related for me. Did act as a proper gateway into coding though!

New comment by jeffgreco in "The largest zip tie is nearly 4 feet long and $75"

jeffgreco — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 03:56:07 +0000

It doesn't say longest either.

New comment by jeffgreco in "A Crisis comes to Wordle: Reusing old words"

jeffgreco — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:05:15 +0000

Isn't the point of homophones that they sound like the equivalent word, thus gory, grim, grisly, scary?

New comment by jeffgreco in "OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again"

jeffgreco — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:08:48 +0000

How many memecoins can get pumped and dumped?

New comment by jeffgreco in "Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)"

jeffgreco — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:57:11 +0000

It looks great but I can't imagine I'll be up to the cleaning protocol.

For outdoor use, I've had some decent success with the app Vivid which hijacks various MacOS abilities to superbrighten your display: https://www.getvivid.app/

New comment by jeffgreco in "Gaussian Splatting – A$AP Rocky "Helicopter" music video"

jeffgreco — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:51:42 +0000

Great work! I’d love to see a proper BTS or case study.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela"

jeffgreco — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:48:27 +0000

Shameful.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Figure 03, our 3rd generation humanoid robot"

jeffgreco — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:15:20 +0000

Better than or more cheaply.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Inkjet printer with DRM-free ink will be launched via a crowdfunding campaign"

jeffgreco — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:20:32 +0000

Love it though the way cut sheets of rolled paper will curl is pretty annoying.

New comment by jeffgreco in "The Atlantic Quantum team is joining Google"

jeffgreco — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:34:03 +0000

Ya mean foresight?

New comment by jeffgreco in "Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps"

jeffgreco — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 22:51:16 +0000

They are boring infomercials now. The live audience used to keep it from feeling too prepackaged.

New comment by jeffgreco in "Bluesky Issues Warning to Any Users Celebrating Charlie Kirk Assassination"

jeffgreco — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 20:26:49 +0000

Kirk: “Joe Biden is a bumbling dementia filled Alzheimer's corrupt tyrant who should honestly be put in prison and/or given the death penalty for his crimes against America.”