Hacker News: kodyo

New comment by kodyo in "FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE"

kodyo — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:33:23 +0000

CISA recommended Signal for encrypted end-to-end communications for "highly targeted individuals."

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2024-12/guidance-mo...

New comment by kodyo in "Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI""

kodyo — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:14:17 +0000

That's not even the point, though. Those smart-but-not-techy people are not going to grow GDP at the pace that Satya Nadella needs them to in order to keep his KPIs going up and to the right, and he's getting pissed.

That's the problem.

New comment by kodyo in "Satya Nadella: "We need to find something useful for AI""

kodyo — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:01:21 +0000

"Quick, guys, find something useful" coming from a CEO who's bet his company on an idea should be a market top signal, right?

And no, I'm not saying the technology is bad. The business isn't going swimmingly, though.

New comment by kodyo in "40% of Kids Can't Read and Teachers Are Quitting [video]"

kodyo — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:27:02 +0000

That would be harmful to their self esteem.

New comment by kodyo in "Purdue blocks admission of many Chinese grad students in unwritten policy"

kodyo — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:08:35 +0000

The empire has vassals, not allies.

New comment by kodyo in "Using AI generated images to get refunds"

kodyo — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:49:13 +0000

The honor system is a remnant of a high-trust society. Living in a place where you can generally trust your neighbors is neat.

New comment by kodyo in "Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product?"

kodyo — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:15:20 +0000

OpenAI is in no way "commercially successful."

New comment by kodyo in "Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports"

kodyo — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:52:40 +0000

It's impossible for a layman to know because most people in accredited positions of authority lie without cessation.

Identify people you trust on a subject, filter their claims through your own ideas about what is reasonable, and hope for the best.

You might still get it wrong. Such is life.

New comment by kodyo in "Ask HN: How do I keep my elderly father safe on the internet?"

kodyo — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 13:49:10 +0000

I try to discourage people from using the internet. I work in infosec.

New comment by kodyo in "Patriot Act on steroids: anti-TikTok Trojan horse for censorship, surveillance"

kodyo — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:41:03 +0000

OK, fed.

New comment by kodyo in "For the first time, the Fed is losing money"

kodyo — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:32:11 +0000

"Debt creation also gives value to the dollar"

Only because enough people believe that's true, and then only because there are aircraft carriers that convince people in other countries that it's in their best interest to use them.

Dollars are not worth anything.

New comment by kodyo in "For the first time, the Fed is losing money"

kodyo — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:28:42 +0000

Inflation is value confiscation. It's a tax. It reduces the burden of the greatest debtor (government) at the expense of everybody who holds dollars and produces value.

What do I get out of it?

New comment by kodyo in "For the first time, the Fed is losing money"

kodyo — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:22:22 +0000

The US has been in a risky economic situation since it went off the gold standard. Possibly since it created the Federal Reserve Act.

Slow-moving train wrecks are still train wrecks.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 16:35:24 +0000

OK: I believe authoritarians should be laughed at early and often. If anybody happens construe the people I mistakenly described as authoritarians as fucking authoritarian, please mock the motherfuckers.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:27:30 +0000

I agree with you. More power. More houses. More roads. More bridges. More freedom to build it all.

But back to the story at hand: a few motivated people can shore up Old Town Road. All they need is an economic reason to do it.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 09:22:52 +0000

I'm not trying to convince anybody. Humiliation and mockery are how you deal with authoritarians.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 23:22:38 +0000

Yep. Been reading variations of the same article for decades. Captain Planet up there says building bridges and moving dirt around causes inequity, though, so I guess we have to live with it.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 23:09:16 +0000

There's the authoritarian collectivist power differential take! I knew you were coming, you little rascal!

Massive amounts of resources are being wasted on bad climate ideas now. Poor people have bigger problems. That certain patches of land might be squishier in 100 years isn't in their top 10.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 22:53:16 +0000

People will adapt to change. Calm down.

New comment by kodyo in "Rising seas will cut off many properties before they’re flooded"

kodyo — Sat, 25 Mar 2023 21:55:34 +0000

Hey now. We should probably implement some kind of centralized global authority before we get too hasty with "solving problems."