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New comment by karlgkk in "An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation"

karlgkk — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:07:40 +0000

I could’ve said a lot of things. Kiwiflare is the only one I’m aware of (and can remember name of) that provides a visible proof of work occurring in the browser, regardless of reputation scoring (which I don’t think they use). Although, I suppose by definition, anyone using that site is of poor character…

If you can think of another example, please be helpful and provide it, thanks.

New comment by karlgkk in "An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation"

karlgkk — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:14:02 +0000

Proof of work captchas are widely deployed, especially on more niche sites. Kiwiflare is one (used for a harassment forum)

New comment by karlgkk in "I told them forced consent was unlawful. 5 years later it cost Elkjop €1.8M"

karlgkk — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:10:37 +0000

> By that logic regulators should lower fines if the action wasn’t profitable

No? You don’t need to adjust the floor, only the ceiling.

The goal is to prevent businesses from pricing fines into their margins.

New comment by karlgkk in "To study how chips work, MIT researchers built their own operating system"

karlgkk — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:07:10 +0000

It’s practical in the sense that it lets a researcher find additional silicon bugs, although most game consoles now use merchant archs anyways

New comment by karlgkk in "Chaosnet (1981)"

karlgkk — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:24:05 +0000

Woaw! You could use a space cadet keyboard with this!!1!

New comment by karlgkk in "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model"

karlgkk — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:45:53 +0000

I’d gone here as a young child in school, and then went as part of a team building afternoon. Massive Deja Vu in front of all of my coworkers

New comment by karlgkk in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

karlgkk — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:45:23 +0000

I didn’t say any of that either, all I said was for ai, one type of task is easier than another

I said nothing about a human’s capabilities, which are most certainly different than an AI’s

This is the second time you’ve said a bunch of stuff I didn’t say, and then tried to argue with me over it.

New comment by karlgkk in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

karlgkk — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:21:27 +0000

I didn’t say it wasn’t :)

All i said is that one type of task is easier than another

New comment by karlgkk in "What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?"

karlgkk — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:32:25 +0000

Wow that sure sounds smart!

The problem, of course, is that generating a one time solution to a problem is a much easier problem space than a many-input task with human product concerns

New comment by karlgkk in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

karlgkk — Sun, 31 May 2026 20:50:05 +0000

> Do you think terrorists are really going to name their Bluetooth speaker "bomb"? Do you think this behaviour has any meaningful true positives?

You know how they ask you if you have any contraband or if you’re a terrorist or whatever?

You’d be surprised at how many people get busted because they answer truthfully

New comment by karlgkk in "Zero Lines Maze: What the 8-Bit Guy's One-Liner Can Still Teach Us"

karlgkk — Sat, 30 May 2026 18:31:32 +0000

Currency conversions is a fantastically more complicated task than most people realize. Also, performing transforms.

New comment by karlgkk in "Zero Lines Maze: What the 8-Bit Guy's One-Liner Can Still Teach Us"

karlgkk — Thu, 28 May 2026 09:07:42 +0000

I also live in my mom's basement and write currency libraries.

New comment by karlgkk in "What Apple and Google are doing to push notifications"

karlgkk — Thu, 28 May 2026 07:02:52 +0000

> that answers to the user rather than to you. You cannot out-shout it, and there is no appeal.

"now here's a list of how to get around that!"

New comment by karlgkk in "Zero Lines Maze: What the 8-Bit Guy's One-Liner Can Still Teach Us"

karlgkk — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:53:57 +0000

A lot of vintage restorers don't like him and people like him because he goes Wow! Look at This! and then suddenly a bunch of middle aged men with beards have that exact thing on their shelf. And those of us doing preservation and restoration suddenly are priced out of the hobby we've been in for decades.

Also, his technical "work" is not great. In fact, it's really bad. Even his successful fixes show a lack of attention to detail.

It's worth noting that he started his career as a computer scrapper.

New comment by karlgkk in "Where does next-token prediction leave us?"

karlgkk — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:41:23 +0000

> If a machine can do my job then I can work on something more interesting

Oh my god, you don't get it.

The more interesting thing? Someone else is already automating doing that exact interesting thing you are doing now.

All the way down.

New comment by karlgkk in "Where does next-token prediction leave us?"

karlgkk — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:57:43 +0000

On the flip side, people think AI is magic: too much magic.

Even with large advances in reasoning and actionability, it still makes insane mistakes and it's wildly prone to prompt attacks. That is a fundamental flaw in the technology.

Even an AGI will lack the millennia of self-preservation evolution that will cause it to do crazy shit. So much of what humans do is governed by a desire to be alive and to be liked.

So, I'm not particularly worried about these changes happening rapid fire. I'm more concerned about the ladder pulling effect and misinformation.

New comment by karlgkk in "Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now"

karlgkk — Tue, 26 May 2026 03:55:29 +0000

> This doesn't make sense

It doesn’t make sense if you think that water incursion has the same solution space as sinking land

It doesn’t make sense if you think New Orleans is the only city with this problem

So of course, it doesn’t make sense, if you’re unaligned from reality.

New comment by karlgkk in "Rising seas will swallow New Orleans. People need to start relocating now"

karlgkk — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:13:10 +0000

> I wonder why CNN have decided to highlight oceans rising and not mention land sinking anywhere in the entire article? Is it possible they have an agenda?

Because water incursion is a much more difficult thing to deal with, in terms of infrastructure and prevention.

Also, let me know when the rest of coastal land has the same sinking as N.O.

New comment by karlgkk in "Flipper One – we need your help"

karlgkk — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:04:33 +0000

I didn’t copy paste it.

New comment by karlgkk in "Flipper One – we need your help"

karlgkk — Fri, 22 May 2026 02:37:39 +0000

If the author bothered to write it, then I can be bothered to read it.