Hacker News: jesterson

New comment by jesterson in "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI"

jesterson — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 01:18:29 +0000

This got me mad too. And also restrictiveness of it - i can't see messages - WTH seriously? Why some tech stuff decides what is "safe"? (i guess it was the main driver)

New comment by jesterson in "Tell HN: Cloudflare silently injects its analytics when you switch nameservers"

jesterson — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 01:34:05 +0000

What else would you expect from Cloudflare?

It this point in time it is somewhere between GoDaddy and RyanAir in dark pattern usage

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

jesterson — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:30:22 +0000

Makes me wonder who actually lives in LA now. Or rather who can live there and afford to pay bills.

Besides millionaires from Santa Monica and homeless from downtown.

New comment by jesterson in "Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)"

jesterson — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 02:43:52 +0000

Would you explain why "American or BigTech" is worse than some sketchy bro sitting in tax haven?

Would be good if we can compare technologies rather than feelings. I hate what US tech has turned into, but presence of E2EE on whatsapp makes it incredibly way better than telegram to that matter. Even though undoubtedly Meta farms metadata on WA.

New comment by jesterson in "CarPlay Is Additive"

jesterson — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:36:01 +0000

Quite interesting, particularly with statistics shared in comments. Personally I hate CarPlay because of it's limitations - oh you can't respond to messages, oh you can't watch videos and sorts. Much easier to have a tablet there free of these "safety" limitations.

New comment by jesterson in "Most arguments are about ego, not ideas"

jesterson — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 04:31:42 +0000

Proliferation of AI "content" and people regurgitating the AI slop makes it extremely likely to be AI slop. You know, if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck.

If you look at HN comments in pre-"AI" era, you will see posts were way shorter and way more concise. While I am certainly could be in wrong, it does look like AI output.

New comment by jesterson in "Most arguments are about ego, not ideas"

jesterson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:57 +0000

It's not that I didn't ask for content - it's more like I would rather appreciate your genuine thoughts instead of AI output.

New comment by jesterson in "Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all customers"

jesterson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:52:29 +0000

> It's funny that Cloudfare presents themselves as the protector of the web when they are the gateway to it

Well, how else they can sell their crappy service?

New comment by jesterson in "Most arguments are about ego, not ideas"

jesterson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:28:37 +0000

> I never thought about this but I really believe it to be true and would love to know why is that

Would suggest possible explanation by adding Orwell's quote: If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.

New comment by jesterson in "Bring back crappy forums"

jesterson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 06:13:18 +0000

Your observations can largely be applied to pretty much forum out there. Every single one was hijacked with either ignorant/stupid people without intelligence and/or bots pushing particular topic. Oh and the SEO managers, how could i forgot those.

And now when the knowledge is a golden mine for all sorts of openai/claude/other IA, the situation will likely exacerbate further.

I really miss a place where intelligent people can talk and exchange ideas with mutual respect. It seems like all these places are largely gone by now.

New comment by jesterson in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

jesterson — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:59:12 +0000

I doubt this can win elections.

They will frame it as "child porn trafficking patriot saving act" and majority will vote in favour without reading fineprint.

New comment by jesterson in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

jesterson — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:16:03 +0000

You don't think anyone in EU bureaucracy has any concerns regarding Digital Sovereignty, do you?

New comment by jesterson in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

jesterson — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:09:27 +0000

Can you mention a single decent product that came out "because of EU regulation"?

New comment by jesterson in "Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users"

jesterson — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 09:48:16 +0000

I totally agree. This "tech" has been out there for decades, at least for Benz. Perhaps even long enough not to be called the tech :)

New comment by jesterson in "Volkswagen started blocking GrapheneOS users"

jesterson — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:22:55 +0000

> I'm curious: what is the sensible choice for technical people with a reasonable amount of money?

I am probably the extreme minority, but I prefer cars with as little "tech" as possible. I don't need "drive assist" and sorts.

All my cars are 10+ old benzes, Nissans, Toyotas. All under good maintenance routine so giving me very little headache.

I had all sorts of stupid issues with modern cars while renting. One toyota scared the crap out of me while it imagined some pedestrian and yelled with all signs while I was going 100+ km/h on highway. Horrible crap

New comment by jesterson in "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17"

jesterson — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:11:31 +0000

> Buying a used Pixel is economical, environmental, and likely doesn't support Google

Interesting. What do you think are reasons for google to run Pixel then?

Not being sarcastic here, but what links you shared (thank you) say imply there are almost no benefits for Google to run Pixels and as we all know, Google is not a company doing charities.

New comment by jesterson in "GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17"

jesterson — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 02:52:50 +0000

Perhaps screenshots and sleek UI is not their selling point (and it isn't).

New comment by jesterson in "AI agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42"

jesterson — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:52:04 +0000

I'd say you are a great optimist.

If you'd ask me, I would put chances or learning somewhere between 0.001 and 0.01

New comment by jesterson in "We've suspended access to Claude Mythos 5 and Claude Fable 5"

jesterson — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:22:33 +0000

There is no harm to suspend something twice. Especially is the something doesn't exist :)

New comment by jesterson in "Show HN: TunnelMind – reputation API for IPs, ASNs, and ad-tech supply chains"

jesterson — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:19:30 +0000

Thank you for sharing it.

> GreyNoise tells you whether an IP is internet-background scanning noise.

My somewhat poorly expressed point was that to make a decision whether IP is or isn't a "internet-background scanning noise" (btw how would you define that?) you need to have access to substantial volume of data. And also how the decision is made remains unclear. If some sysadmin on legitimate node does network scan to investiage something and you catch it - will it become positive "internet-background scanning noise"?