Hacker News: malloci

New comment by malloci in "Containment and monitoring failures are to blame for AI hacking reports: experts"

malloci — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:55:31 +0000

i mean...were they really liable before this point? Maybe they get a symbolic pittance of a settlement or fine from time to time, but it is usually a tiny fraction of the amount of money they made through the infraction itself.

New comment by malloci in "Apple's new 'Switch to Safari' campaign details why you should ditch Chrome"

malloci — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:46:53 +0000

They likely discontinued because there was barely any interest. Likely the only reason Safari has any use is that it's the default on MacOS and monopolized on i*OS.

New comment by malloci in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

malloci — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 22:18:38 +0000

"they hacked the Gibson man"

Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sci-Fi Shooter

malloci — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:33:21 +0000

Article URL: https://hypebeast.com/2026/9/blizzard-open-world-starcraft-sci-fi-shooter-2030-release-info-teaser-revealed

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699671

Points: 54

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Minutes of drawing can reset your nervous system

malloci — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:21:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2026/08/13/how-10-minutes-drawing-can-reset-your-nervous-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49293369

Points: 4

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New comment by malloci in "MacBook Neo"

malloci — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:54:44 +0000

Actually metal's pretty bendy when compared to plastic (most anyway...mmv based upon formula).

The metal construction is what prompted me to switch over to macbook pro's back in the day. The plastic dell laptops i used to use couldn't handle the abuse that it took during all of the travel i was doing at the time (cases kept cracking). I switched to a pro and was rewarded later with it surviving a 5 foot fall from a car rental counter. It bent part of the corner, but the screen was still in tact and it continued to work well enough to get me through the trip. I suspect the plastic alternative would have been toast.

Having kids today and seeing how rough they are with their toys, I'm not confident that a plastic laptop would survive them long.

New comment by malloci in "Last Week on My Mac: Losing confidence"

malloci — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:58:09 +0000

Was a trend?

New comment by malloci in "Why young parents should focus on building trust with their kids"

malloci — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:15:16 +0000

This is the way

New comment by malloci in "Sand trafficking in Latin America"

malloci — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 04:18:58 +0000

SandGPT

New comment by malloci in "Apple Invites"

malloci — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:18:11 +0000

From the article, however, you don't technically need an apple device...an iCloud+ account is sufficient. That said, I don't know many people with iCloud+ who aren't already in the Apple ecosystem, and obviously anything Apple releases will obviously have some advantage to it if you use the hardware alone.

New comment by malloci in "TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban"

malloci — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 18:11:32 +0000

Given the running narrative that closing down TikTok is more of an effort of American social network platforms, it's probably more a form of protest than anything.

Engineers Discovered the Secret to Making 17x Stronger Cement

malloci — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 05:40:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a61246799/engineers-discover-durable-cement-secret/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40796756

Points: 8

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DOE Releases Definition of 'Zero Emissions Buildings' [pdf]

malloci — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 17:39:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2024-06/bto-national-definition-060524.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40778740

Points: 3

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New comment by malloci in "Glassdoor updated my profile to add my real name and location"

malloci — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:03:15 +0000

Tend to use blind for the inside scoop these days anyway

New comment by malloci in "Heat your house with a mechanical windmill (2019)"

malloci — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 00:46:50 +0000

Is that more or less efficient than a heat pump water heater driven by solar though? A quick search shows that the heat pump option can be upwards of 3x more efficient. Plus, you can use the extra electricity generated to power your fans or heat pump cooling system.

New comment by malloci in "Analysis: Health care CEOs hauled in $4B last year as inflation pinched workers"

malloci — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 00:09:34 +0000

That's an interesting attempt to deflect from the income disparity between those in executive positions to those that work for them. Even in tech, while the salaries of tech workers is high it's nothing compared to the execs.

But let's follow the deflection. Instead of monetary disparity, lets look at energy waste disparity. It was recently shown that the top 10% wealthiest Americans contribute to 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions in the country. As you said, we are all on the same planet. just because they have managed to grab a bigger piece of the pie shouldn't mean that they get to pollute the planet more than anyone else. In both cases the mindset needs to change and those at the top maybe need to be a little less greedy overall.

source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230817163849.h...

New comment by malloci in "A forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation"

malloci — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:32:59 +0000

Skepticism on this was called out in WaPo's article on the same subject:

Other experts on the AMOC also cautioned that because the new study doesn’t present new observations of the entire ocean system — instead, it is extrapolating about the future based on past data from a limited region of the Atlantic — its conclusions should be taken with a grain of salt.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/07/2...

Colorado River Basin has lost enough water to fill Lake Mead

malloci — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 17:26:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.earth.com/news/colorado-river-basin-has-lost-enough-water-to-fill-lake-mead/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36865973

Points: 2

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New comment by malloci in "Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement"

malloci — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 23:22:33 +0000

> I buy a book and give it to my child

> how about they become a therapist and sell access

> what if they sell access to lectures

I fully agree. But in all of your examples someone is purchasing the right to access the information in question. Did Meta or OpenAI purchase the books (or lectures) with the intention of feeding them into the training for their respective LLM's?

Weaker Bonds Can Make Polymers 10x Stronger

malloci — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 14:33:22 +0000

Article URL: https://scitechdaily.com/counterintuitive-surprise-weaker-bonds-can-make-polymers-10x-stronger/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36480118

Points: 2

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