Hacker News: krunck

New comment by krunck in "Weave Robotics launches Isaac 1, a $7,999 home robot with Fall 2026 deliveries"

krunck — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:10:18 +0000

"Is Isaac 1 teleoperated? Isaac 1 is autonomous for Laundry Flow and Daily Reset by default, with teleoperation assistance when needed to guarantee we complete tasks."

Offline and autonomous or never in my house.

New comment by krunck in "Opening up 'Zero-Knowledge Proof' technology to promote privacy in age assurance"

krunck — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 13:48:06 +0000

"ZKP makes it possible for people to prove that something about them is true without exchanging any other data. So, for example, a person visiting a website can verifiably prove he or she is over 18, without sharing anything else at all."

But not "...without sharing anything else even when setting up your token."

Can I prove that some cryptographic token A) doesn't contain any PII and B) that the token itself can't be used as an ID tied to my identity in a Google or government database?

No and no. So, I do not support schemes like this.

New comment by krunck in "Android Developer Verification: Threat masquerading as Protection"

krunck — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:55:19 +0000

Would this also be a strategy to get all Android users to have a Google account? Once you are locked in to using Google's Play Store then can then require login to even install apps. I don't have a Google account. I never will. If I am required to get one to use my phone(Fairphone4, eOS) then I will cease using the phone. There is nothing in my life that requires me to have an Android phone.

New comment by krunck in "For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides"

krunck — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:28:16 +0000

Everything they are doing is dual use. Thus I don't feel the benefit.

New comment by krunck in "The Anti-Palantir Manifesto"

krunck — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:07:20 +0000

I would say that all forms of incipient fascism and totalitarianism can really only be stopped by a motivated populace willing to step away from feelings of safety, from their endless entertainment, and embrace a bit of risk and stand up physically to their governments an yell at the top of their lungs: NO!

Sitting in your cozy home coding and thinking you are making a difference is bullshit. We are physical beings who ultimately fear physical violence from those who would oppress us. The response must be physical. Stand up, protest, make noise.

New comment by krunck in "What's wrong with EU age verification? (Nothing)"

krunck — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:58:06 +0000

Can I prove that some cryptographic token A) doesn't contain any more information other than what the article outlines and B) that the token itself can't be used as an ID tied to my identity in a government database?

No and no. So, I do not support schemes like this.

New comment by krunck in "What's wrong with EU age verification? (Nothing)"

krunck — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:53:08 +0000

> If you can’t understand that, you either don’t have children, *have a screw loose, or are a child predator.*

Ad Hominem

New comment by krunck in "Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to federal regulatory structure"

krunck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 18:02:05 +0000

Who cares about campaigning? It's whats happens after the election that matters: Does the representative represent their constituents? That's not an electoral system issue.

Each eligible voter should get one vote of equal weight to all others. The EC breaks that.

New comment by krunck in "Xsnow "protestware" in Debian"

krunck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 17:55:22 +0000

One comment really nails the problem with this sort of thing:

" People in Western countries don't realize how bad the situation on the ground actually is¹; random Ukrainian flags showing up on your work monitor can result in severe problems for you (like losing you job, or worse), especially if you work in the government sector. If they show up on your laptop in a random cafe or an airport, you might very well get a beating from one of many "war heroes" that walk around the cities these days.

No, the government sector doesn't just make missiles and bombs, it also covers schools, hospitals, many other things."

New comment by krunck in "30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech"

krunck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:01:07 +0000

So I wonder if I go around saying I'm "pro-fascist", it's OK now because I'm not saying I'm "anti-fascist"? But that would be false of me. So maybe I can only declare I'm "fascism-neutral"? That would also be false.

New comment by krunck in "Words Are a Byproduct of Consciousness. For LLMs, It's Backwards"

krunck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:38:49 +0000

For LLMs there is no consciousness.

New comment by krunck in "Antares achieves criticality of Mark-0 reactor"

krunck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:18:56 +0000

next generation nuclear energy = fusion

New comment by krunck in "Europe's resistance to AC is driving it insane"

krunck — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:48:56 +0000

In my experience very few Americans set their A/C to anything above 75F.

New comment by krunck in "FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model"

krunck — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:40:20 +0000

This is great! As someone with one thumb that can't bend at either joint and another that doesn't bend well I've been a single finger typer on my phone. Thanks to all involved for this privacy respecting swipe keyboard!

New comment by krunck in "A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading"

krunck — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:50:36 +0000

"Who is at risk?

Sporotrichosis affects otherwise healthy individuals, often those working in agriculture or with plants or plant materials, such as packing straw or thatching. It also affects individuals exposed to the fungus during leisure outdoor activities associated with skin abrasions. Contact with domestic or feral cats, particularly among veterinarians and others looking after cats, may also lead to infection in some regions."

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/sporotricho...

New comment by krunck in "Millimeter wave technology drills 100 meters into granite"

krunck — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:22:30 +0000

How do they keep the temperature of the borehole high enough so that the vapours don't condense on the borehole(and equiment) on their way out?

New comment by krunck in "US holds off blacklisting DeepSeek, more than 100 firms deemed security risks"

krunck — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:17:00 +0000

> It's why a Tiktok sale was forced.

I think that has more to do with controlling narratives that the USG doesn't like.

New comment by krunck in "Discover what your comments reveal about you?"

krunck — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:42:39 +0000

Imagine what the NSA has on us.

Oops. Just just added to my "Frequent criticism of US military, surveillance, and big tech (many comments)." score.

New comment by krunck in "Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai speech"

krunck — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:02:22 +0000

They knew all along how their companies could profit from surveillance and propaganda.

New comment by krunck in "Encrypted Spaces An architecture for collaborative applications"

krunck — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:18:14 +0000

So it seems this is a system where the server only does encrypted storage and minimal processing on plaintext that it is allowed to decrypt. I was hoping it was a FHE implementation where the server does computation on the encrypted data. Still waiting for that.