Hacker News: lblissett

New comment by lblissett in "Willow – Protocols for an uncertain future [video]"

lblissett — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:39:52 +0000

I'd read that as "some centralised systems", not "all centralised systems"

New comment by lblissett in "Heathrow scraps liquid container limit"

lblissett — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 12:06:24 +0000

also, people always immediately think of terrorism, but TIL that life insurance policies are responsible for way more plane bombings than I thought

New comment by lblissett in "New benchmark shows top LLMs struggle in real mental health care"

lblissett — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:43:10 +0000

People use opiates as a replacement for mental health providers for similar reasons. While I’m all for harm reduction, it doesn’t mean we should view it as inevitable.

New comment by lblissett in "Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks"

lblissett — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:16:13 +0000

Yes. The Online Safety Law (and similar ones in other countries) is stupid and should be repealed.

However, this is a list of "blocked sites" composed mostly of sites that are not blocked.

New comment by lblissett in "Online Safety Act – shutdowns and site blocks"

lblissett — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:20:38 +0000

I’m in the uk. No vpn. I tried several of these links and they all worked for me…

Is there any verification on submissions to this?

New comment by lblissett in "VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in"

lblissett — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:34:04 +0000

Worth noting that this bill was introduced in 2021 and passed in 2023 under the previous Conservative governments, all of which were fairly libertarian/anti-state at least in their rhetorical positioning.

I mean arguably, Labour could have repealed it or could have decided to disown it and discourage implementation, but the terrible design of the legislation is pretty much entirely the responsibility of the last government.