Hacker News: krsw

New comment by krsw in "I don't like passkeys"

krsw — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:21:43 +0000

As an IT manager weak and/or re-used passwords are an absolute scourge. Ideally every time you set a passkey you'd also add an OTP Authenticator factor as fallback. Passkeys are incredibly useful and relatively secure when pair with biometric authorization (touch/face ID). I agree with a lot of the points about consumer level use, but still think they're net positive compared with bad password (re)use. I'd advocate for email recover as a decent fallback, but there's only so much you can do when the average user won't establish a base line of security for their primary account and access point.

Security is frustrating and it's hard to get people to do the bare minimum to establish secure access to their services.

New comment by krsw in "Starbase, LA"

krsw — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:52:23 +0000

He doesn't build anything. Everything he's done has been acquisitions that he tries to astroturf as founding.

New comment by krsw in "Everything I own, owned"

krsw — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:09:01 +0000

Why would Samsung care if he burns out his OLED panel? The alert is there only as far as shielding the manufacturer from legal culpability if the unit fails. If they can point and say "Nah, no RMA, this guy only did 3 pixel refreshes in a year or installed unauthorized firmware" then you're on the hook for a new display. Assuming that Samsung has any more investment in enforcing you to pixel refresh is inane.

Do you also skip oil changes thinking "Fuck you, not today, Hyundai!"

New comment by krsw in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"

krsw — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:22:12 +0000

Also weaker worker rights, gig-economy, continued outsourcing, H1B exploitation to undercut wages (aka 'take 60k for this 110k job or go home idk'), just straight up bad wage growth in general (min wage pretty much stagnant since the 90's), stock market rewarding RiFs, massively decreased market regulation, more take breaks for the ultra-wealthy, cutting SNAP benefits, bonuses transitioning to RSUs- taking 3-5 years you vest...

New comment by krsw in "Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults (2025)"

krsw — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:16:57 +0000

You will never lose weight through any kind of intense exercise alone. As the saying goes, "abs are made in the kitchen". Walking long distances can help burn a few extra, but any other workout is probably going to stimulate your appetite well beyond whatever calories are expended. This is especially true if you have a high food drive already (which you likely do if you tend to gain weight if you're not conscientious of your intake)

To be clear I'm not saying exercise is bad, but if weight loss is the goal figure out how CICO can work for you and adapt it into your workout regimen so you're not crushing 2 bags of Taco Bell after the gym. Also building muscle will naturally increase your resting caloric burn. All I'm saying is if you think you're gonna run 15km to offset that cinnamon bun, you're going to be much hungrier after the run than whatever satiation the treat provided.

*marathoners are the only exception to this rule since they'll burn more calories than you're ever likely going to be able to consume in a sitting.

New comment by krsw in "Tesla's lithium refinery discharges 231,000 gallons of polluted wastewater a day"

krsw — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:35:47 +0000

It kind of falls apart when large companies can lobby and bribe the people in charge of writing and enacting laws to make exception and write around their problem areas. Or can just make strategic donations to ease any risks of enforcement. Or collude to make sure the fine for whatever infraction is well below the profit margin of doing said infraction.

I don't care to argue semantics, just pointing out your reply was as hollow as your criticism to the person saying legal doesn't mean safe. It's a pretty reasonable thing to draw attention to methinks...

New comment by krsw in "Where the goblins came from"

krsw — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:44:13 +0000

From what I remember reading chewing tobacco is orders of magnitude less cancer causing than smoking. So much so, that some groups see it as harmful to lump it in with smoking or vaping. If you really need some nic, popping a zyn is probably the least harmful way to get it.

New comment by krsw in "France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech"

krsw — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:36:43 +0000

Yeah, I think if Windows 11 is going subscription based (plus all the copilot pushing garbage and even more baked in ads) that will be a strong incentive to switch to Linux or SteamOS. I barely even play games enough anymore to make a desktop worthwhile. Might just jump to Mac only.

New comment by krsw in "Helium is hard to replace"

krsw — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:29:57 +0000

Classic enlightened centrist take. One side yells when the other dismantles the institutions that let the country work, so both sides are equally bad.

New comment by krsw in "I ported Mac OS X to the Nintendo Wii"

krsw — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:18:01 +0000

There is a zero percent chance of that ever happening.

New comment by krsw in "Samsung Magician disk utility takes 18 steps and two reboots to uninstall"

krsw — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 19:20:33 +0000

PartitionMagic saved me so many times. Fantastic software to fix whatever Disk Management broke.

New comment by krsw in "72% of the dollar's purchasing power was destroyed in just four episodes"

krsw — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:24:11 +0000

don't be a joker

New comment by krsw in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

krsw — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 19:08:55 +0000

At this point I trust them more than US or Israeli tech

New comment by krsw in "LaGuardia pilots raised safety alarms months before deadly runway crash"

krsw — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:33:48 +0000

They got markedly worse after 2024. No need to minimize the damage the current administration is doing to the institutions of the country.

New comment by krsw in "America tells private firms to "hack back""

krsw — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:15:09 +0000

Socialize the losses, privatize the profits has never been more true

New comment by krsw in "Too Much Color"

krsw — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:14:33 +0000

Same score and setup. Overhead lights were messing with me a bit as well as the vignetting in the browser. I wanna get sub 0.0030 now

New comment by krsw in "Juggalo makeup blocks facial recognition technology (2019)"

krsw — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:07:43 +0000

Gotta really "love" the fact that bigots and xenophobes treat a whole host of religions and regions horribly.

To them Islamic or Arab is monoculture.

Same way all countries in the Mid East are all barbaric and savage. But at least now thats starting to change.

New comment by krsw in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

krsw — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:40:33 +0000

which is much more easily explained by a garbage diet, no preventative medicine so to speak of, obesity, work/family/financial stress. there is a lot of space between 2100 mg of sodium for a 3 piece chicken w/ fries, and ~150 mg to put a little life into a patty.

New comment by krsw in "Beyond has dropped “meat” from its name and expanded its high-protein drink line"

krsw — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:36:13 +0000

You absolutely need salt for a good burger. It is fundamental seasoning in every savoury dish at every restaurant (fast or fine) for a reason.

New comment by krsw in "Bill C-22, the Lawful Access Act: Dangerous backdoor surveillance risks remain"

krsw — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:45:11 +0000

>unlike the US where the Constitution grants God-given rights over and above the government.

Why don't you ask the folks in towns riddled with ICE agents how well those god-given rights are being respected. Your main point stands about infringement of freedoms and privacy, but your interpretation, or hallucination that anywhere is actually abiding by their founding principals is wildly naive.

The government will always override it's citizens rights and freedoms if it has it's power challenged. 2nd amendment collapsed in California when Black Panthers decided arming themselves was a great way to push back on kkkops. 1st and 14th amendment rights get trampled and attacked at just about any protest in history.

You can talk about ideals until your blue in the face but governments have always done whatever they want and almost never face repercussion. Anything that challenges the government keeping us in place as servants of capital is met with violence and incarceration. Any social progress comes at the cost of innocent blood being spilled to make the situation distasteful enough that the government minimally acquiesces as it keeps marching down the same path it always has.