<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: loxdalen</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=loxdalen</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:05:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=loxdalen" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a small hobby project that scrapes concerts on various venues websites.<p>Many of the websites don't write out which the year the concert takes place, so in python I will:
try the current year and see if the date has already passed, and in that case I try the next year.<p>Of course feb 29th is an issue in this case, so some of my scrapers modules crashed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 10:06:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39560330</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39560330</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39560330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "A drone that calculates coordinates using a camera and Google Maps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That is used in cities by Google at least (as long as 'Wi-Fi scanning and Bluetooth scanning' is turned on in which is default)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:37:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508868</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508868</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39508868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "I don't always use LaTeX, but when I do, I compile to HTML (2013)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I believe I have used pandoc to convert markdown to PDF. Maybe this is something you could try?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 10:01:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39140765</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39140765</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39140765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "How virtualisation came to Apple Silicon Macs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Had a lot of problems with trying to get an x86 VM up on my M2 Mac. But docker has been working pretty well.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:06:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38965394</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38965394</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38965394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Thoughts on Testing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am confused about the example with the 'Greeting' function breaking the test. Did the author see this as an issue with testing?<p>If the functionality is changed, the tests will have to be changed to reflect that. One feature of tests is that they are are documentation for the expected functionality of code, so naturally it needs to be updated when functionality changes. It is a feature in my opinion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:26:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877564</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877564</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38877564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Machine intelligence (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Theoretically the machine could perform social engineering to fool a sysadmin or developer to let it out, and then start cloning itself like a worm. Good luck getting rid of it from the world if that happens. An isolated network might also not be a huge challenge for a general AI, depending on what level of security and what precautions are taken to avoid it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:09:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38377293</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38377293</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38377293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Omegle 2009-2023"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Realistically, kids are on the Internet.<p>I don't know when you were born, but my relationship to the Internet started probably around the time I was 7 or 8. My school had computers with Internet, there were two computers at home. My parents could have limited my Internet use but they couldn't have stopped me. There is not a guard standing by every computer stopping me from being Online if I am under 18 years of age.<p>I still don't think Omegle is at fault, but we have to assume kids are on the Internet.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:23:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203645</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203645</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38203645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Finland's ChatGPT equivalent begins to think in Estonian as well"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I can speak in my own language with chat gpt without much issue</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 07:38:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37911746</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37911746</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37911746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Blackmagic Camera for iPhone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Also seems to allow setting manual settings during filming. Not sure if that is possible in the native camera app on iPhone.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:57:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37817725</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37817725</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37817725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OT, but how are you in control if you buy food that you haven't produced yourself?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:13:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700734</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700734</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thank you, that was an enlightening text, made me understand better GNUs view of SaaS.<p>There are many cases where running a self hosted version is not feasible, which are also mentioned in the text. Social media and other services where the information is an important part of the service or software that can not be run on my own machine due to limits in my hardware. But outsourcing simple calculations that can be done locally is a bad thing I agree.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:11:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700725</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700725</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Richard Stallman reveals he has cancer in the GNU 40 Hacker Meeting talk [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Does he really turn against SaaS/Cloud? Software that doesn't run on your computer doesn't necessarily need to be in your control, right? As long as the clients are free.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:28:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700387</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700387</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37700387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> We are living in unprecedentedly peaceful and prosperous times, and it's only getting better day by day.<p>The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN begs to differ [1]. I like a positive attitude, but outright ignoring the reality is not the solution to handle negative developments in the world imo. Sure, statistics can lie but saying things are better than ever and always getting better is also not a fact as you say.<p>[1] <a href="https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15184.doc.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15184.doc.htm</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37610848</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37610848</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37610848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Natural beekeepers are the radical dissenters of apiculture"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Source?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:21:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233232</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233232</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37233232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "99% of top Python packages are now wheels"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And here is the reasoning for naming it wheel: <a href="https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/3c7b6a0d13ee036ea8f6488ab4ecddd9826c00db/docs/index.rst#slogans">https://github.com/pypa/wheel/blob/3c7b6a0d13ee036ea8f6488ab...</a>.<p>Probably a reference to Monty Python as well (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese_Shop_sketch</a>)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:27:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984905</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984905</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "99% of top Python packages are now wheels"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The linked page has hyperlinks that you can click to get to the specification for at least Wheels.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:21:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984829</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984829</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Google AMP – The Newest of Evasive Phishing Tactic"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would be worried about CSRF and other potential exploits..</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:49:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984501</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984501</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36984501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "SMS traffic pumping fraud"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's the way to go for you since it is convenient for you? Doesn't really help against the security problems with SMS. Someone can for example socially engineer a phone company operator to steal your phone number.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:13:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36982417</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36982417</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36982417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why should he have to choose to be either clean or homeless?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:24:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36968401</link><dc:creator>loxdalen</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36968401</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36968401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by loxdalen in "Discovering that a Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning location data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just want to add to the need of access_fine_location to scan nearby devices. 
In fact scanning nearby access points or Bluetooth devices is much faster and more precise than GPS. If this sort of scanning could be done without requesting the access_fine_location permissions, it would be very misleading to the user. So I definitely understand Androids reasoning of requiring that permission.</p>
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