Hacker News: maratc

New comment by maratc in "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

maratc — Wed, 20 May 2026 14:22:43 +0000

> "Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE"

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New comment by maratc in "Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI"

maratc — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:35:52 +0000

> the victims are children and unable to make a criminal complaint.

I thought that children at any age can complain to the police. The filing side on the criminal case is "State" -- or "People", or "Rex/Regina" (and not the person complaining, regardless of the age.)

New comment by maratc in "No more JetBrains products for me"

maratc — Tue, 19 May 2026 08:24:03 +0000

> It’s much harder to back into a cramped parking space than backing out into an open space.

With cramped parking spaces, your real options are (a) backing into it or (b) driving forward into it. When you need to have a 90 degree turn, option (a) gives you more control over the eventual position of your car, and is frequently the only option.

New comment by maratc in "No more JetBrains products for me"

maratc — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:47:17 +0000

When you have a tight spot, getting into it in reverse is the only way to do it safely — your front wheels can turn but your rear wheels can’t.

However I always park with the front to the exit, since I might find myself in a situation where I have to drive away very quickly.

It might be anything from a dumpster truck about to block the street to some kind of family emergency.

I have the 20 seconds now but I can't be sure I will have them in the morning.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:15:27 +0000

Your favourites have tons of "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic" stuff. The fact that so much of it is flagged is a feature of this place, not a bug. This feature is why I keep coming here almost daily for the last 15 years or so.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:12:34 +0000

Most of them downvoted, including yours (and mine).

This is like a poster example of posts and discussions that we want less of here, not more.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 17:48:04 +0000

I don't live in the US so this doesn't quite enrage me, especially since I'm aware that every US president gets tens (hundreds?) of millions of dollars in donations to their election campaigns, so a gold statue does not look like a big deal when compared to that.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 16:12:21 +0000

> the tech billionaires might have a vested interest in making sure stories like this get flagged

Interestingly, this "anyone with an opinion different from mine must be a paid shill" argument doesn't pop quite as often in the discussions about Clovis Culture tools, Roman Empire letters, or pre-Linotype typesetting -- the fact that makes me think that maybe keeping politics out of HN is actually a good thing.

New comment by maratc in "Nvidia Surpasses Germany"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 14:22:28 +0000

> Nvidia’s market capitalisation ($5.7 trillion) has overtaken Germany’s GDP ($5.45 trillion).

Germany’s GDP is not $5.45 trillion. Germany’s GDP is $5.45 trillion per year.

I can overtake your car because I can run at 5.5 m/s, while the length of your car is only 5 m.

New comment by maratc in "Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal?"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 12:37:06 +0000

Swiss make both kinds. It's (mostly) non-Swiss who decide what kind to buy.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 10:49:59 +0000

> The nature of the community here is a self-correcting mechanism.

It looks like the community has deployed its self-correcting mechanism in this case.

New comment by maratc in "Ten Signs of Fascism. America has all of them"

maratc — Sun, 17 May 2026 09:54:48 +0000

I guess it falls under "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics".

New comment by maratc in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

maratc — Sun, 10 May 2026 14:55:50 +0000

I am not sure I understand this argument. With all other parameters being equal, I would assume that the larger the button is, the easier it is to mis-press that button. Half-as-large buttons should be harder (twice-as-hard) to mis-press.

New comment by maratc in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

maratc — Wed, 06 May 2026 07:38:40 +0000

On the other hand, full size arrow keys make this a non-starter for me. I need to position my fingers over the arrow keys without looking at them, and half-size allows me to do that by touch feeling.

New comment by maratc in "iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet"

maratc — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:58:15 +0000

By using their smart glasses or 20x zoom camera to take a picture of it when I take it out of the pocket at a grocery line?

Thieves could snatch my paper ticket from my hands before, but at least in that situation I would be aware of it.

New comment by maratc in "iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet"

maratc — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:56:26 +0000

> It means you can sell the ticket

This also means I can do it twice if I choose so.

New comment by maratc in "iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet"

maratc — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:25:44 +0000

Adding your own passes was possible before (I used websites to create passes on the phone; apps existed too) however that's been a hurdle. I wonder what the security implications of this would be. Could people snatch a QR code on my paper ticket to go to a Taylor Swift's concert instead of me?

New comment by maratc in "iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet"

maratc — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:19:01 +0000

For one, the article doesn't suggest that this will indeed be allowed as a part of that process. OTOH: it's easy for a flight ticket pass (which has time and airport location) but not for a gym membership pass (time can be anything and the gym can have several locations.)

New comment by maratc in "Zugzwang"

maratc — Sun, 03 May 2026 07:02:13 +0000

Considering Iran has exactly one nuclear power plant being built by Russia (with Russian fuel), "it's possible in theory to also do other things" looks like extremely far-fetched theories when the actual truth is out there: they want a bomb.

> being a short distance away from enriching it to weapons grade

Nuclear blackmail is still military in my book.

New comment by maratc in "Zugzwang"

maratc — Sat, 02 May 2026 21:38:30 +0000

I've never received any answer to the question "what legitimate non-military use is there for a 60%-plus enriched uranium?"

The nuclear reactors can provide free electricity out of 2-5% enriched uranium, the naval propulsion (like for ... nuclear icebreakers for the Straits of Hormuz, I dunno?) needs 8-10% enriched.

It doesn't matter what they say, or what their leaders say -- there is only one use for 60%+ enriched uranium known to the science, and it's military (the atomic bomb).