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New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "OSS-SEC: 432 Linux kernel CVEs (in less than 32 hours)"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:42:59 +0000

Isn't biggest attack surface in drivers? I expect distros to split less popular kernel modules into many separate opt-in packages at cost of default hardware support, and kernel developers to purge everything without active development team. The good old "lets leave it in tree, someone might find it useful" was nice idea but that is the part that is definitely not sustainable.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Intel Starts Shipping High-NA EUV Silicon"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:28:09 +0000

Depends on definition of machine. Do ISS, LHC or ITER count?

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:49:35 +0000

You are wrong. Just idea of having to use to remotes is unacceptable level of friction to most people. We should not hail separate device as excuse to allow this shitty behaviour by TV manufacturers. I guess the lawmakers won't move a finger and we have wait for consumer network equipment manufacturers[1] to advertise build in pi-hole and ACR/TV ads blocking on firewall level.

[1] Let's just forget for a second they are famous for low quality software full of security bugs

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:34:49 +0000

Also: Samsung thinks "your" TV is perfect place for them to display their ads.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "LG to ban residential proxies from smart TV apps"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:32:38 +0000

Let's be real, in most cases it is:

    curl -s script.random-guy.net | sh

It is such glaring security hole that there was an old submission about filling such install script with `sleep` commands and detecting it on server side, to send different versions for downloading (and reviewing) and for actual direct execution.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:22:22 +0000

> yet people are shocked

I think the issue is that for now people are actually amused, not shocked. At least that was the reaction to news about agent accessing root files by abusing docker group membership. The general sentiment is still "cool trick bro" not "some agent is going to do something we all are going to regret, and it is going to happen soon"

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Tesla Balance Bike"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:59:52 +0000

Well, at least this one looks like custom made: https://shop.tesla.com/product/cybertruck-for-kids?sku=19856... . I dare to say, most products in that shop make sense. Well besides the entire "why would I want anything related to this toxic brand" issue.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Tesla Balance Bike"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:55:08 +0000

I mean at least it is transportation adjacent. Tesla flamethrower on other hand ...

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "EURO6000 locomotives approved to run in Belgium and Luxembourg"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:02:30 +0000

OK? Am I missing something or getting licence in Benelux doesn't sound like important news when there are already 100 units running in France?

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Human mathematicians are being outcounterexampled"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:32:09 +0000

I am sure finding holes in existing proofs is what counts as "another little annoying detail". Some people are probably relieved when they have failed to prove a hypothesis and someone finds a counterexample.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Moonshot AI suspends new subscriptions due to Kimi K3 demand"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:25:42 +0000

Is it really that common? On some sites the only way to find signup is to first go to login page

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "The death and rebirth of my home server"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:03:16 +0000

I found GoPros to cook SD cards from time to time. It makes me wonder if normal sized SD are still manufactured and are they more resistant. For years in stores I only saw miro SD with adapter to full size.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "LG Spyware TVs"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:42:18 +0000

For few years the solution was to buy any TV you like, not connect it to internet and use some cheap streaming box. Nowadays even Roku added ads to its devices, so the question became: which streaming services are easy to whitelist on router, cause my consumer devices are too unsafe to allow them internet access.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Trump Media to sell instant access to 'market-moving' social posts"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:28:35 +0000

It looks like Kalshi is currently closer to the topic at hand: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48936529

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Trump Media to sell instant access to 'market-moving' social posts"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:25:02 +0000

I mean Congress or SCOTUS could restrict his powers but they don't want to. How do you even go about fixing that? And is it really that uncommon when president, congress and supreme court is controlled by same party? I have a feeling the only new element is that the same can be now said for media.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "No hiring if an AI can do the job, staff at mining giant told"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:08:03 +0000

https://archive.is/20260716060153/https://www.smh.com.au/bus...

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:53:54 +0000

Unlikely. If we are able to pull too much heat from crust it will make those geothermal plants inoperable (due to too low temperature), in that localized spot, long before we are able to impact wider area or deeper layers.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Germany maybe found a new source of renewable energy"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:48:49 +0000

What? For the same reason we don't build hydro plants everywhere, they depend on local conditions and all best spots are already used. Iceland can access geothermal power in entire country so they did.

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Why is LinkedIn enumerating my browser extensions?"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:52:13 +0000

I don't understand why this topic gained traction this year. First report I can find was in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18853607 - 8 years ago, 102 comments

New comment by mDyJzDPmBdG in "Why I'm Forced to Say Farewell: Google Management Has Lost Its Moral Compass"

mDyJzDPmBdG — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:11:42 +0000

Isn't his just weird repost of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48496396 ?