<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: lexlambda</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lexlambda</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:50:35 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=lexlambda" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Geolocating a random island using geometry and CUDA programming"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OpenStreetMap data really is a godsend for such OSINT purposes.
Works much better in populated areas too, with more features like roads, shops, electric lines that can be used to search.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:52:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360918</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360918</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49360918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You must realize, age verification is for more then just Googles Android apps.<p>Such a strong new legal framework must consider consumer hardware actually in use:<p>- Android variations Like GrapheneOS, Huawei's HarmonyOS, older phones running custom ROMs 
- Linux phones, which are sold in 
the EU and by EU companies<p>- Desktop operating systems<p>All of them can run Web Apps, and thus need age verification</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:17:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904080</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "European "age verification" "app" forcing everyone to use Android or iOS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>as far as I'm aware, Adroid is not the same as the requirement here, which requires specific Google attestation.<p>There is GrapheneOS, HarmonyOS by Huawei, LineageOS for older phones and many more Android ROMs.<p>Additionally, Linux phones exist and are already sold in the EU to consumers, not just a prototype.<p>There's really no justification around limiting the OS selection.<p>There is also Linux, Windows, MacOS and many more operatint system not limited to phones.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:13:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904046</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904046</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48904046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Organic Maps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Organic mentions Open Source, but I just saw that FDroid mentions the following: "This app contains non open source components - compiled binary data files (including but not limited to .mwm map files) under a non FLOSS license"<p>Anyone has context on the following not hidden over Git-* issues (I was left thoroughly confused trying to understand it)?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:46:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794682</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794682</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48794682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Google changes its search box"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why? To sell you something. If the traditional web incentives were to disappear, the internet will become just ads, selling things & work.<p>The web won't die. It will just become even more commercialized than it already is. You might recognize most of the things listed.<p>Selling things: Restaurants, hotels, local businesses; Ads: more of the same<p>Work: a) Projects people collaborate on and need to share information
      b) Writing articles to boost a resume<p>And maybe sharing what people do, they do it for free, see social media.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:59:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226632</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226632</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I second what the other commenters have said.<p>There are several factors at play making conflicts almost impossible:<p>- A central device can be immediately synced to. For Nextcloud, it could be a server, for direct synchronization that I use (Syncthing), my phone (almost always online) is the intermediate device for all.<p>- You are usually online when creating accounts/password, so an sync can happen directly after a change<p>- And finally: How often do you actually _create_ accounts rather than just read the database? And how often do you do it on two devices in quick succession?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 17:41:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226421</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226421</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48226421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Ubuntu 26.04"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>LMDE is Debian-based, I believe you meant Linux Mint itself, which also doesn't use snaps.<p>You get all the driver support and tools from the Ubuntu base, with some nice additons. However, not all desktop environment are supported.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:05:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47888521</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47888521</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47888521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Cal.com is going closed source"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A slight factor differentiating security systems here is involved to the advantage of defenders: Attackers have to find a whole exploit chain, while defenders only need to fix one part of it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:40:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789456</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47789456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Cloudflare targets 2029 for full post-quantum security"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> news.ycombinator.com:443 is using X25519, which is not post-quantum secure.<p>This is the result of Cloudflare's test "Check if a host supports post-quantum TLS key exchange" offered on <a href="https://radar.cloudflare.com/post-quantum" rel="nofollow">https://radar.cloudflare.com/post-quantum</a>.<p>Hoping there is already a migration plan. Fortunately many modern tools make it easy to switch to PQ, maybe someone knows which stack HN is running and if it would be possible.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:51:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678889</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678889</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47678889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Hold on to Your Hardware"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a filter added by you (or by an overzealous list maintainer), it does not happen by default or even with the provided additional filterlists.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:32:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47541936</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47541936</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47541936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, it is indeed not always clear what constitutes forgery (Germany).<p>> A document in the classic sense requires an embodied declaration of intent that identifies an issuer and is suitable for providing proof in legal transactions. In the case of a lawyer's letter, the signature is an essential part of the standard repertoire of authenticity.<p><a href="https://www.heise.de/en/news/Document-fraud-via-email-Why-the-photo-of-a-forgery-is-not-a-forgery-11124431.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.heise.de/en/news/Document-fraud-via-email-Why-th...</a><p>So removing some parts to make it _could_ make it safe, to Not create a "risk of confusion":<p>>  Even if computer processing creates the appearance of a genuine document, the typical characteristics of the original must be present to establish a serious risk of confusion. Likewise, the BayObLG did not consider the offense of forging evidential data according to Section 269 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) to be fulfilled.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:48:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957941</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957941</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46957941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "“Boobs check” – Technique to verify if sites behind CDN are hosted in Iran"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Like posting an archive.is link, others can actually read it. No login required for reading replays, no popups and signup nagss.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 21:42:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100725</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100725</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46100725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The donation is more or less virtue signaling rather than actual insight.<p>The problem can not be helped by research research against cybercrime. Proper practices for protections are well established and known, they just need to be implemented.<p>The amount donated should've rather be invested into better protections / hiring a person responsible in the company.<p>(Context: The hack happened on a not properly decomissioned legacy system.)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:09:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913014</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913014</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "ADS-B Exposed"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is certainly missing some kind of legend explaining the colors of the lines, and what data is actually shown.<p>Is "red" high or low velocity?
And as an example, I do not understand what the "Boeing vs. Airbus" selection is trying to represent, as well as how "Altitude & Velocity" are supposed to be displayed at the same time.<p>Project certainly requires a bit more care if any discussion should happen around it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:48:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580753</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580753</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45580753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Fastmail desktop app"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find it rather strange that so many email providers have to develop their own "app".<p>There are so many good clients out there, and I'd rather have 1. The team focus on their core offering, and 2. the existing email client is for the same reason (limited developer time, and matureness) a much better choice for security</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:30:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45565318</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45565318</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45565318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "Email immutability matters more in a world with AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Immutable as in the message won't be altered/deleted by the sender. This is. This is about user control, as opposed to chat apps or social media, where posts are frequently edited, get taken down after an outrage or links can disappear to link-rot.<p>From article: "An email is your copy, and the sender can’t revise it later."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:09:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45454894</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45454894</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45454894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I assume, since the statement specifically mentions CERTIFIED devices, that they do intend to further develop the app.<p>As always with Google policies, this means users will need to jump through more and more hoops (as today with custom ROMs and banking apps already).
I really hope first and foremost that this policy can be reverted, and if not, that the community develops means of technological circumvention (examples mentioned by others include an "app runner" app or letting others identify the app).<p>It is a sad state the Android ecosystem is heading to.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 21:09:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45235332</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45235332</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45235332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by hacking GameCube memory"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>So true.
In such an LLM-driven game though, I would imagine the player would just ask the NPC: "I forgot what to do" or even "Can you explain it in other terms?" (if the quest description isn't clear enough).</p>
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<p>Reading the article further, they do note that "A suspected memory leak in Windows’ OS-buffered cache region could be the problem.", although I concede that no source is provided for that.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:03:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44931624</link><dc:creator>lexlambda</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44931624</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44931624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lexlambda in "KDE is removing all colorful third-party app icons from its Breeze icon theme"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Icon themes modifying the developer-provided icons was always a strange thing to me in many Linux distributions.
Even often hard or hidden to disable this behavior.<p>My workaround already was using Breeze, since it does the least modification compared to other themes available by default. Glad to see it continue in this direction.</p>
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