Hacker News: knallfrosch

New comment by knallfrosch in "TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe"

knallfrosch — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 05:28:06 +0000

Exactly.

New comment by knallfrosch in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

knallfrosch — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:35:34 +0000

Are we meant to associate it with "hot air" marketing or what else?

New comment by knallfrosch in "A new Polymarket account made over $500k betting on the U.S. strike against Iran"

knallfrosch — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:12:04 +0000

Somehow, someone still lost $500k against that bet. Not that kind of 'obvious' then.

New comment by knallfrosch in "Why XML tags are so fundamental to Claude"

knallfrosch — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:03:38 +0000

It's an error in the site's CSS. CSS has way better methods, like splitting words correctly depending on the language and hyphenating it.

Although I can never remember the correct incantation, should be easy for LLMs.

New comment by knallfrosch in "H-Bomb: A Frank Lloyd Wright typographic mystery"

knallfrosch — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:19:41 +0000

All this because some guys installed the letters wrong?

Is this some kind of joke, or is the author really lost in some conspiracy-level detail tracking, hunting for "hidden signals"?

New comment by knallfrosch in "Switch to Claude without starting over"

knallfrosch — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 08:15:06 +0000

I'd be happy if I was able to use Claude Code at all

VSCode extension, "Please log in"

I authorize it, it creates an API key, callback. "Hello Claude, this is a test." "Please log in."

So yeah... priorities?

New comment by knallfrosch in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

knallfrosch — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:10:49 +0000

Those turnstiles were inefficient (slowed legitimate users down), but not security theater (they really blocked unauthorized access.)

New comment by knallfrosch in "Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto was sent to Iran"

knallfrosch — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 21:16:12 +0000

They A/B test titles. You can see it in the URL, where the recessive title often lives on. They may also use different titles for print/digital.

New comment by knallfrosch in "The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"

knallfrosch — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:57:50 +0000

Google/Apple already know where you and your mistress live. In case you pay for any service, they've got your identity too. Ever had a single shipment confirmation to your address come to your mail? They know who you are.

The hardware providers already have the information. You only need to make them reveal it to 3rd parties.

New comment by knallfrosch in "The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"

knallfrosch — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:54:23 +0000

All adults proof their identify multiple times per month: Every time they access digital health records, or when they use any electronic payment.

Just make Google/Apple reveal part of that data (age > x years) to websites and apps.

Boom, done. Privacy guarded. Easy.

New comment by knallfrosch in "Attention Media ≠ Social Networks"

knallfrosch — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:06:59 +0000

The problem is obvious: People spend much more attention on cat videos from strangers than on their own friends' posts. Ads turn this attention into money.

New comment by knallfrosch in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

knallfrosch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:16:17 +0000

It's about attention. You can check the schedule without thinking about messages, likes, or the news.

New comment by knallfrosch in "I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard"

knallfrosch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:10:36 +0000

My solution is based on 12.48 inch Magic Ink Calendar:

https://github.com/speedyg0nz/MagInkCal

A 12.48 Waveshare eink display costs $175. Sadly haven't gotten it to work with the Raspi Zero and therefore can't use it battery-powered. Got an ugly cord right now. Running power to the right place through the walls is definitely dedication!

New comment by knallfrosch in "Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst"

knallfrosch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:16:51 +0000

From the viewpoint of a security clearance, the employee is the enemy.

New comment by knallfrosch in "Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst"

knallfrosch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:13:31 +0000

That's the point though. The testers wouldn't actually abuse their victims without the conviction of doing something righteous. Or they would, accidentally or intentionally, spill the secrets.

But if you make even the instruction material lie, then there is nothing that could be leaked and "expose" the system.

New comment by knallfrosch in "Personal Statement of a CIA Analyst"

knallfrosch — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 07:25:50 +0000

I always thought the workings of polygraphs were common knowledge.

It's fiction. Analysts get scared and don't do anything wrong preemptively. Analysts admit stuff they'd never do otherwise. The agency gets to show who's in charge. It creates a legal fiction that allows you to abuse your employees. It creates a fiction that the abusers themselves can believe in.

Why should the believe in the non-working polygraph be any weaker than in a nonexistent god?

New comment by knallfrosch in "Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company"

knallfrosch — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:44:53 +0000

You could start by not buying an always-on AI device. Just saying.

(The article is an AI ad.)

New comment by knallfrosch in "Meta Deployed AI and It Is Killing Our Agency"

knallfrosch — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 07:00:22 +0000

I'd bill those wasted hours on your clients. Tell them ads are cheaper elsewhere.

But really. Facebook doesn't care. They've got their eyes on your clients and want to cut you out using AI tools that are easy to use.

New comment by knallfrosch in "An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward"

knallfrosch — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:56:26 +0000

If I write a software today that publishes a hit piece on you in 2 weeks time, will you accept that I bear no responsibility?

There's no accountability gap unless you create one.

New comment by knallfrosch in "VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code"

knallfrosch — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:17:31 +0000

Same way everyone else does it. You can't abstract away the underlying problem.