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New comment by laweijfmvo in "The 40 minutes when the Artemis crew loses contact with the Earth"

laweijfmvo — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:04:16 +0000

Could Artemis II not have carried a few (not sure how many) “cube sats” to put into orbit around the moon so that this would never be a problem again?

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

laweijfmvo — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:02:27 +0000

I hate that I have to opt out of this stuff that I never signed up for and never would have. I filed the request to freeze, and see that it will require me uploading many more pieces of data to prove identity and address. Disgusting.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Ubuntu now requires more RAM than Windows 11"

laweijfmvo — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:18:19 +0000

  > Linux's advantage is slowly shrinking

Ubuntu is not Linux. Also, would love to see Windows running on 4GB.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Iranian missile blitz takes down AWS data centers in Bahrain and Dubai"

laweijfmvo — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:01:05 +0000

So can Amazon file a claim with the Us government for compensation? Does their insurance cover this? Or do they just eat the loss?

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

laweijfmvo — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:32:21 +0000

I watched the livestream and at one point (several points, i guess) they cut to the crowd watching and the thing that stood out the most to me was that every single person was staring at their phone pointed at the rocket. Nevermind the fact that better quality videos will live forever on the internet available to anyone who wants to watch them, but I cannot fathom having that opportunity and not watching it with my own eyes with my full attention.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Swappa.com for GrapheneOS compatible devices – Stay Away"

laweijfmvo — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:15:42 +0000

Swappa became a no-go for me when they started making exceptions to their rules for commercial sellers, justifying it by saying they were inherently more reliable. For example, using stock photos for multiple devices instead of the device you actually receive. All of three of these phones, based on the seller names, were those reliable sellers.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras"

laweijfmvo — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:58:31 +0000

ah, the crime-stricken town of Milpitas...

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Claude Bought Me a Car"

laweijfmvo — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:57:21 +0000

Honestly, the email that “landed the deal” triggers all my scam detectors at once. I’m shocked a dealer even responded.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job"

laweijfmvo — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:18:43 +0000

I watched about 20 seconds of the video before seeing all I needed. Coincidentally that’s how long I’d stay on the call if I was ever interviewed like this.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Bondi, Miller, Rubio, Noem, Hegseth Have Relocated to Military Bases (NYT)"

laweijfmvo — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:27:57 +0000

For those who read the Silo novels...

Tell HN: Beware of Mac Studio Scams on eBay

laweijfmvo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:23:09 +0000

The tell-tale signs seem obvious in retrospect, but even the best of us can be fooled sometimes:

1. The lowest price, by quite a bit 2. An eBay "classified" ad, which doesn't support purchasing through eBay (why does eBay even offer this?) 3. Some sort of rug pull at the last minute, to make the payment non-refundable.

I'll give a detailed story: I found a Mac Studio M3 Ultra for ~$500 less than the closest "Buy it Now" machine. Emailed the seller, which requires filling out a basic form, and they responded that they would send a PayPal invoice once I confirmed my PayPal and shipping address. Now, if you do a minimum amount of research on these "classified" ads, this is generally recommended as the safest option to complete the transaction, as PayPal will allow you to confirm the product before releasing the funds to the seller. However, I noticed that the seller replied/quoted my message and the form was translated to German, although the product was listed in Chicago. Hint #1. I confirmed my PayPal info anyway, and they responded that due to a "PayPal issue", I'd have to send them a "gift" payment first. Hint #2, and at this point I reported the account. eBay emailed me a couple hours later warning me that the account had been hijacked and was being used for scams.

Going back to the search results, there are several of these Macs, all listed below market value, all as "classified" ads, and probably all either scam accounts or account take-overs.

So, be aware and use common sense.

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New comment by laweijfmvo in "I built a programming language using Claude Code"

laweijfmvo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:59:55 +0000

Using LLMs to invent new programming languages is a mystery to me. Who or what is going to use this? Presumably not the author.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Redox OS has adopted a Certificate of Origin policy and a strict no-LLM policy"

laweijfmvo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:35:41 +0000

when i was in school we were graded (yes, actually given a letter grade) on our handwriting. mine was pretty terrible. i think i’m doing alright now.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Redox OS has adopted a Certificate of Origin policy and a strict no-LLM policy"

laweijfmvo — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:34:14 +0000

a human who looks at the AI generated fix but ‘types it out, the old fashioned way’?

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester"

laweijfmvo — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 17:21:09 +0000

it’s hyperbole as far as i know

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester"

laweijfmvo — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 03:26:21 +0000

there are plenty of examples throughout history, although i haven’t heard much about it recently. tl;dr you don’t have a gmail account, you have a google account. if that account gets banned on one service, you may lose everything.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous 'Stop Cop City' Protester"

laweijfmvo — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:20:48 +0000

Proton won’t lock me out of my email because I accidentally sang a copyrighted song in a Youtube video. That’s why I use it, not because it’s the pirate bay for email.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "Judge orders government to begin refunding more than $130B in tariffs"

laweijfmvo — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:38:45 +0000

i personally paid, to UPS and DHL iirc, tariffs. so maybe i wasn’t actually directly billed the tariff as the importer, but i 100% paid it.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "iPhone 17e"

laweijfmvo — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:50:54 +0000

for me it's the comfort/ability to put the thing in my pocket.

New comment by laweijfmvo in "iPhone 17e"

laweijfmvo — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:49:24 +0000

Same. This would be an obvious upgrade for me, if the overall size was anywhere close to the Mini. Oddly enough, the announcement doesn't even list the screen size, but I'm sure it's 6" +