Hacker News: kmlx

New comment by kmlx in "Norway set to become latest country to ban social media for under 16s"

kmlx — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:49:33 +0000

> illegally providing services to minors

> breaking the law

what law?

New comment by kmlx in "US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification"

kmlx — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:13:25 +0000

i think Apple turned on age verification in Singapore, South Korea and the UK:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/125666

what a dystopian world we live in.

New comment by kmlx in "Writing code is cheap now"

kmlx — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:08:44 +0000

been there. for these kinds of projects i never start with code, i start with specs. i sometimes spend days just working on the specs. once the specs are clear i start coding, which is completely different monster. basically not that different from a common workflow (spec > ticket > grooming > coding; more or less), but everything with AI.

New comment by kmlx in "ClickHouse acquires Langfuse"

kmlx — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 09:41:31 +0000

maybe clickhouse can finally make sense of the langfuse documentation

New comment by kmlx in "Rich Hickey: Thanks AI"

kmlx — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 02:57:23 +0000

> when Claude Code generates a 1000loc file it would be silly to say "the AI didn't write this code, I did" just because you wrote the prompt.

it’s about responsibility not who wrote the code. a better question would be who takes responsibility for generating the code? it shouldn’t matter if you wrote it on a piece of paper, on a computer, by pressing tab continuously or just prompting.

New comment by kmlx in "BMW PHEV: Safety fuse replacement is extremely expensive"

kmlx — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 03:50:04 +0000

i think they look absolutely horrible both inside and out. but, of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

New comment by kmlx in "Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15"

kmlx — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 12:31:39 +0000

> Teaching kids how to code isn't all that meaningful on its own.

it’s extraordinary meaningful as it helps in brain development.

New comment by kmlx in "Meta bypassed Apple privacy protections, claims former employee"

kmlx — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:16:38 +0000

> Same for Uber, which sends both important order updates and marketing as push notifications.

can be disabled via:

settings > communication > push notifications

but the worst part is when they add a new category (eg uber teen accounts) and surprise it’s enabled by default.

New comment by kmlx in "Grok Code Fast 1"

kmlx — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:06:28 +0000

nice review, thanks! how does it compare to claude code?

New comment by kmlx in "Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big"

kmlx — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:13:03 +0000

> their business is successful in large part because of the infrastructure in their country, the educated people they can hire, the healthcare

Germany has Europe’s lowest share of entrepreneurs to workforce. So i guess the infrastructure, education and healthcare are not really factors.

> So when you get money out of this, you pay your fair share of taxes, like everyone.

this is already happening. people are paying their taxes. but Germany wants more than it’s fair.

cherry on top: Germany has been in recession for… 3 years now?

New comment by kmlx in "Exit Tax: Leave Germany before your business gets big"

kmlx — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:01:54 +0000

> > You're allowed to wind down a profitable company

> I can't speak for all jurisdiction but on one that I worked in, this is not legal.

which jurisdiction doesn’t allow you to shut down your own company?

New comment by kmlx in "US AI Action Plan"

kmlx — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 10:35:09 +0000

> lately I feel like they only have a negative one, notably by poisoning our societies with unregulated big tech and social networks.

do you feel like the censorship/regulation/big state mantra that european governments are fans of are also poisoning our societies?

> Whatever comes next, I can only hope that this wave of AI generated falsehoods is the last straw.

the AI wave is just beginning.

New comment by kmlx in "UK to introduce online age verification checks this month"

kmlx — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 09:35:42 +0000

my answer to these kinds of laws will always be VPNs until they eventually ban those services (and i'm sure they will). then we'll be in game of cat and mouse.

another hope i had was ironically the trump admin. my hope was that tariffs would be tied to internet freedom. i guess i was wrong.

EU: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/age-verification-europ... https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-age-ver...

AUS: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-11/age-verification-sear... https://www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/consultation-cooperation...

Texas: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd1xp2l4wno

New comment by kmlx in "EU Commission refuses to disclose authors behind its mass surveillance proposal"

kmlx — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:59:06 +0000

how would those proposals work with these other initiatives that will go live in 2026?

EU Digital Identity Wallet: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/display/E...

EU Age Verification: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-age-ver...

New comment by kmlx in "'Significant amount' of private data stolen in UK Legal Aid hack"

kmlx — Mon, 19 May 2025 13:45:13 +0000

just in case people are not aware what "legal aid" or what "Legal Aid Agency" are:

> Legal aid is the provision of assistance to people who are unable to afford legal representation and access to the court system. Legal aid is regarded as central in providing access to justice by ensuring equality before the law, the right to counsel and the right to a fair trial.

> The Legal Aid Agency is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the United Kingdom. It provides both civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales.

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_Aid_Agency

New comment by kmlx in "BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries, and nobody cares"

kmlx — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:21:54 +0000

so what's the case?

New comment by kmlx in "BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries, and nobody cares"

kmlx — Fri, 16 May 2025 07:17:04 +0000

> Transferwise

what was the “incredible experience” with Transferwise?

> the next morning you wake up to find the account, and everything in it, has gone

they’re all protected by the FCA via the FSCS scheme: https://www.fscs.org.uk/what-we-cover/

New comment by kmlx in "Chrome disabling uBlock Origin is a serious security threat"

kmlx — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:56:56 +0000

> Good ad blocking requires you to be able to look at decrypted HTTPS traffic and remove content from the DOM, including stuff added after the fact by Javascript.

ironically this also sounds like a security nightmare.

New comment by kmlx in "Tesla Will Die"

kmlx — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:24:33 +0000

this website seems to be spam: https://www.planetearthandbeyond.co

titles of recent articles:

(Tesla) This Is Just Pathetic. Talk about clutching at straws.

Tesla Can, And Will, Fall Further.

Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning

Starship Is In Deep Trouble

This Is How Tesla Will Die

Tesla Is Dying, And Polestar Wants To Kill It

Tesla Is So Screwed

Tesla's Downfall Is Imminent

Is Elon Musk A Groomer?

New comment by kmlx in "Trust in Firefox and Mozilla Is Gone – Let's Talk Alternatives"

kmlx — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 18:53:18 +0000

> There is no open-source browser based on it that you could use as an alternative to Firefox.

here you go:

https://github.com/duckduckgo/apple-browsers