Hacker News: jjgreen

Britain's latest civil servant is a chatbot trained on Gov.uk misery

jjgreen — Fri, 15 May 2026 09:53:37 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/05/15/britains-latest-civil-servant-is-a-chatbot-trained-on-govuk-misery/5240955

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48146623

Points: 4

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Organ Harvesters

jjgreen — Thu, 14 May 2026 21:00:04 +0000

Article URL: https://cinemasojourns.com/2026/05/14/organ-harvesters/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48141180

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

NHS England confirms: Palantir staff can access patient data

jjgreen — Tue, 12 May 2026 15:34:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/12/nhs-england-confirms-palantir-staff-can-access-patient-data/5238712

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48109826

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jjgreen in "Show HN: Avoiding "if" makes Quicksort faster"

jjgreen — Thu, 07 May 2026 14:16:10 +0000

In line 423 or the optimised code there's a typo: "sort2(e,i)" should be "sort2(i,e)"

Schildbürger

jjgreen — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:02:47 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schildb%C3%BCrger

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48048915

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Can I delete the Chrome's OptGuideOnDeviceModel safely? (2025)

jjgreen — Thu, 07 May 2026 10:23:39 +0000

Article URL: https://superuser.com/questions/1930445/can-i-delete-the-chromes-optguideondevicemodel-safely-its-taking-up-4gb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48047661

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by jjgreen in "Async Rust never left the MVP state"

jjgreen — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:20:42 +0000

That's a bit rich given the abuse that Rust evangelists dish out to every other language in the world.

NHS to close-source GitHub repos over AI, security concerns

jjgreen — Tue, 05 May 2026 09:48:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/05/nhs_to_closesource_hundreds_of_repos/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48020184

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jjgreen in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2026)"

jjgreen — Tue, 05 May 2026 09:11:46 +0000

/\AFull-?stack Engineer\Z/i ?

New comment by jjgreen in "I can't follow "don't use HN for promotion" due to my lifestyle – OK or not?"

jjgreen — Mon, 04 May 2026 21:06:39 +0000

Have a website?

The Morass of Injustice

jjgreen — Mon, 04 May 2026 16:07:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/05/the-morass-of-injustice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48010503

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

"Gazump"

jjgreen — Sat, 02 May 2026 10:02:49 +0000

Article URL: https://notoneoffbritishisms.com/2026/05/01/gazump/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984974

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jjgreen in "The AI church with no Christ"

jjgreen — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:44:23 +0000

Infidel!

Met Police's Palantir deployment has its own officers watching their backs

jjgreen — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 09:52:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/met_police_palantir_deployment_cop_probe/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47960240

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by jjgreen in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

jjgreen — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:43:55 +0000

Everyone's using Subversion now ...

New comment by jjgreen in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

jjgreen — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:57:04 +0000

From TFA:

    Delve into System Settings, find Developer Options
    Tap the build number seven times to enable Developer Mode
    Dismiss scare screens about coercion
    Enter your PIN
    Restart the device
    Wait 24 hours
    Come back, dismiss more scare screens
    Pick "allow temporarily" (7 days) or "allow indefinitely"
    Confirm, again, that you understand "the risks"

    Nine steps. A mandatory 24-hour cooling-off period. For installing 
    software on a device you own.