Hacker News: mcmcmc

New comment by mcmcmc in "South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access"

mcmcmc — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:29:34 +0000

I’ve always thought it a travesty that USPS doesn’t provide a public email service

New comment by mcmcmc in "Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI"

mcmcmc — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:29:40 +0000

It also kills competition and disincentivizes providing long term value. I’m not sure how making the job market more like gambling does anything positive for the majority of people

New comment by mcmcmc in "Cirrus Labs to join OpenAI"

mcmcmc — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:06:50 +0000

I don’t think they care about their customers at all, from the statement they consider their business a “byproduct”.

New comment by mcmcmc in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

mcmcmc — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:55:27 +0000

Don’t forget the portion that’s used for mass surveillance, scams, and other blackhat shenanigans. Or supercharged personalized advertising with dynamic pricing. And you can’t miss propaganda and dark money influence campaigns.

New comment by mcmcmc in "Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? My quest to unmask Bitcoin's creator"

mcmcmc — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:58:20 +0000

Coming up with the idea and implementing it in the real world are two different things. You don’t think there’s any chance someone read the paper and used his ideas to create Bitcoin?

New comment by mcmcmc in "They're made out of meat (1991)"

mcmcmc — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:03:45 +0000

There’s definitely something, I saw RESIST pop up for a flash as well.

New comment by mcmcmc in "How many products does Microsoft have named 'Copilot'?"

mcmcmc — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:50:40 +0000

The PM: “People love watching streamers play games, so people who play games must want to watch a game play itself! Introducing Xbox GamePass CoPilot with Microsoft Flight Simulator CoPilot+, all included with your GamePass Ultra subscription for $199.99 a month! Never play your games again!”

New comment by mcmcmc in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

mcmcmc — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:13:36 +0000

Friends, or billionaires willing to build his state propaganda machine.

New comment by mcmcmc in "Oracle files H-1B visa petitions amid mass layoffs"

mcmcmc — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:12:01 +0000

I don’t think you can take any numbers coming from this administration seriously, regardless of the institution.

New comment by mcmcmc in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

mcmcmc — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:31:23 +0000

The FBI also recommended people use commercial VPNs… coincidentally they don’t need a warrant to spy on communications that leave the country

New comment by mcmcmc in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

mcmcmc — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:20:04 +0000

Fair, my first point was poorly worded. People who think space is the best and can’t imagine anyone else thinking it’s not the best are still self centered and lacking in empathy imo.

> How many times in history did necessity create efficiencies versus ambition?

Literally all the time? There’s another saying, “necessity is the mother of invention”.

New comment by mcmcmc in "Email obfuscation: What works in 2026?"

mcmcmc — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:12:38 +0000

Haven’t heard “black hat marketing” before but that’s very fitting for a lot of the “growth hackers” out there

New comment by mcmcmc in "Artemis II Launch Day Updates"

mcmcmc — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 03:20:48 +0000

Exactly what I mean. People who obsess over space are so egotistical they can’t imagine someone not thinking it’s “the best”. It’s interesting, but no more important than any other science or field of study.

And no, I’d prefer we take care of our home planet and make it a sustainable place to live first. It’s ludicrous to think we have any chance of surviving elsewhere if we can’t stop ourselves from making our natural habitat unlivable.

Yes we can do both. I still think it’s stupid to place human spaceflight on a pedestal. It’s putting the cart before the horse.

New comment by mcmcmc in "Microsoft: Copilot is for entertainment purposes only"

mcmcmc — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:51:52 +0000

Will be interesting to see if those still hold any weight (in the US at least) after the latest Meta rulings established defective design as a valid reason to sue big tech for damages

New comment by mcmcmc in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

mcmcmc — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 17:40:38 +0000

Is it AI or is it Larry subsidizing his dipshit son’s media exec fantasy/throwing money at Trump’s patronage system?

New comment by mcmcmc in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"

mcmcmc — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:58:36 +0000

How is that theft?

New comment by mcmcmc in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"

mcmcmc — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:42:43 +0000

What’s being stolen? AI output isn’t copyrightable, and it’s not like they’re ripping pages out of a book

New comment by mcmcmc in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"

mcmcmc — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:40:49 +0000

That’s a big assumption. It’s a brand new account, might be a bot. PR/astroturfing is a great use case for agentic AI

New comment by mcmcmc in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"

mcmcmc — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:37:38 +0000

I’d be inclined to agree with the “meh” if their entire product weren’t built off pirated content

New comment by mcmcmc in "DOJ confirms FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email was hacked"

mcmcmc — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:10:55 +0000

It would literally just be a compilation of TikToks