Hacker News: kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kid64Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:14:50 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Summer of '85: DOSBOS is rejected by ANALOG Computing"]]>That's not a trick. It's just how you list files. Same awkwardness as any other disk command.

]]>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 19:25:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428100kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428100https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428100<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai"]]>I think it originally aired on MTV.

]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:49:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415127kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415127https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415127<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Mouseless – keyboard-driven control of macOS/Linux/Windows"]]>“When we work on making our devices accessible by the blind, I don’t consider the bloody ROI.”

Well Tim, I suppose the blind do outnumber the handless.

]]>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:48:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415117kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415117https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48415117<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Adafruit receives demand letter from Fenwick legal counsel on behalf of Flux.ai"]]>Nor the Flux Capacitor from Back to the Future.

]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:25:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370712kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370712https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48370712<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Don't put aria-label on generic elements like divs"]]>The most infuriating case I've seen within the last few days is the Airbnb CAPTCHA, which relies on the user being able to see content that is blocked at zoom levels over 100%. They have an alternative audio option that they've clearly never tested; it always reports failure, even if the CAPTCHA was solved correctly. Unthinkable for an organization with their resources.

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:46:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281349kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281349https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48281349<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian"]]>Obsidian is just a shitty wrapper around CodeMirror, which does the actual heavy lifting. How much of the money should Obsidian hand over to the CodeMirror developer?

]]>Tue, 19 May 2026 01:58:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188359kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188359https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48188359<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48088576

What, no smiley face in those comments? Maybe a silly shrug would have been appropriate.

]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 05:58:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118361kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118361https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118361<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>Just say "I think my users are stupid" and be done with it. The timing of your announcement is obviously not a coincidence. You are genuinely terrible at this.

]]>Wed, 13 May 2026 01:28:32 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116773kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116773https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116773<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>For those that aren't aware, this is all meant to distract/confuse you in light of this story: https://cyber.netsecops.io/articles/obsidian-plugin-abused-i...

]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 23:40:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116013kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116013https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48116013<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>I realize you're just doing your job as CEO to shape perceptions here, but this is your best effort? The docs should have correctly stated "we don't review ANY new community plugin release". Hint: This is where you would admit the review process itself was meaningless theater intended to provide a false sense of security to users that trusted you.

]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 21:49:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48115074kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48115074https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48115074<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>In what universe is it trusted? This blog post is an admission that they've been lying to their userbase about their review process for years, with updates receiving no review whatsoever. Enjoy your mass exfiltration.

]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:48:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114325kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114325https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114325<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>Wtf are you doing with all the money? Hire some actual engineers already, Jesus.

]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:42:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114255kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114255https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114255<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "The Future of Obsidian Plugins"]]>Maybe wait and see how this plays out. It's a cat and mouse, and the mice here are way smarter. Data exfiltration happens quietly.

]]>Tue, 12 May 2026 20:40:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114223kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114223https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114223<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan"]]>No I'm not. But I'd encourage you to visit and see for yourself why these outcomes are completely predictable.

]]>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:21:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089611kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089611https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089611<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan"]]>Yeah, but these attacks are possible without any of that complexity.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:47:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089346kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089346https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089346<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan"]]>This is just the first detected and reported instance, in all likelyhood such attacks have been happening for some time. When will the fanatic userbsse finally admit that using Obsidian in any enterprise setting is just plain malpractice?

It takes 5 minutes in their Discord channel to see the founders are D&D nerds, not competent engineers. It was never meant for serious work.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:46:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089334kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089334https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089334<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan"]]>That's horse hockey. Obsidian is not a usable system without community plugins.

Folks will reply "but I use it every day without plugins".

That position disregards software usability as a formal discipline, along with decades of UX research and standards.

]]>Sun, 10 May 2026 23:35:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089256kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089256https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089256<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Ask HN: Which is better–macOS/Windows/Linux?"]]>Macs are great for watching cartoons, etc.. But for any serious work, you'll want a real computer.

]]>Sat, 02 May 2026 15:07:20 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987058kid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987058https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47987058<![CDATA[Apple Stores Targeted in $16.2M Counterfeit Device Scheme]]>Article URL: https://pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-apple-store-among-locations-targeted-in-16-2-million-counterfeit-device-scheme-l-a-man-to-be-sentenced-today

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]]>Sat, 02 May 2026 15:01:32 +0000https://pasadenanow.com/main/pasadena-apple-store-among-locations-targeted-in-16-2-million-counterfeit-device-scheme-l-a-man-to-be-sentenced-todaykid64https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986999https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47986999<![CDATA[New comment by kid64 in "Ask.com has closed"]]>Nobody remembers Hotbot. Google before Google.

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