Hacker News: micah94

New comment by micah94 in "Cybersecurity researchers aren't happy about the guardrails on Anthropic's Fable"

micah94 — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:43:17 +0000

I tried asking Fable 5 to identify the fungus in a picture I uploaded of one of my wife's plants. Apparently it thought I was trying to build a bioweapon. Opus answered it (yellow dog vomit fungus). Now I can spread the spores and take over the world!

New comment by micah94 in "Claude Fable 5"

micah94 — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:17:12 +0000

Just a personal anecdote but I have not hit any more thresholds or limits since switching to the MAX plan and so far, it's been worth it. But I do wonder how long even this will last...

New comment by micah94 in "Ted Turner, cable TV visionary who created CNN, dies at 87"

micah94 — Wed, 06 May 2026 15:50:30 +0000

I forgot all about lite.cnn.com. Thanks for that reminder.

New comment by micah94 in "Aliens.gov will be running as a WordPress multisite"

micah94 — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:11:53 +0000

All of us hitting that site before it's ready are going right into that other group of files...

New comment by micah94 in "Claude Code Opus 4.7 keeps checking on malware"

micah94 — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:47:56 +0000

You know the split is inevitable. Same as it ever was...

Whether that's Linux on your personal desktop and Windows on your work machine...

Oh and you built that desktop yourself, didn't you? But you can't even open the one at work or it's a violation.

GrapheneOS on your personal phone, and iOS on your work phone...

When this AI bubble crashes, we'll all be flooded with graphics cards no one else will want and all kinds of cool things will be built (are being built).

If you can stick it out a little longer you'll be fine. The tech you want to tinker with will be there.

New comment by micah94 in "Former CIA spy: agency's tools can takeover your phone, TV, and even your car"

micah94 — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:10:34 +0000

Remember...sometimes the target doesn't have a smart phone or watch much TV so those people around a target become at risk. That could be YOU. https://theintercept.com/document/hunt-sys-admins/

New comment by micah94 in "Wanted to spy on my dog, ended up spying on TP-Link"

micah94 — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:17:59 +0000

So we're at the point that finding hardcoded admin passwords is no big deal.

New comment by micah94 in "Decide Now; We Won't Know More Later Re UFOs"

micah94 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 22:55:14 +0000

I don't think we will ever understand what you saw if we continue to cling to our view of what reality actually is. I think it's unlikely whatever it is originated in some distant galaxy far far away (aliens, little-green men, spacecraft, etc). I think it's something fundamental and it's here on this planet and I don't think that sits well with people. Like many things, we have to look within rather than what's out there.

New comment by micah94 in "Claude says “You're absolutely right!” about everything"

micah94 — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:10:28 +0000

That's frightening. And we want these things driving our cars?

New comment by micah94 in "A criminal enterprise run by monkeys"

micah94 — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:16:15 +0000

Do you think WSJ is doing this deliberately? Leaving out the part about how it's actually humans behind it. I've heard of this a long time ago, but I see this is a new story. Probably a hundred generations of monkeys have learned this behavior and they don't need any training or handling at this point!

New comment by micah94 in "James Webb, Hubble space telescopes face reduction in operations"

micah94 — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 03:10:32 +0000

I think like they said, it's people. The JWST has "17 different modes" (yeah, I wish I knew what that meant exactly), but it sounds complicated. For all our tech, the bottom line is it requires humans to calibrate this thing and keep it that way (or one of 17 different ways) depending on the science that needs done.

New comment by micah94 in "Sam Altman and Jony Ive Will Force A.I. Into Your Life"

micah94 — Fri, 30 May 2025 01:34:13 +0000

I totally see this happening. Doesn't sound sarcastic at all.

New comment by micah94 in "Standard Chartered apologizes for $120K Bitcoin price call, 'may be too low'"

micah94 — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:03:20 +0000

This is pretty much where we are. I wish it weren't so. But Wall Street has their claws firmly around BTC et al. They will never let go. There's no room for any kind of "innovation". They will suck retail dry and then move on.

New comment by micah94 in "Hackers stole billions in crypto to keep North Korea’s regime afloat"

micah94 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:11:53 +0000

They work for a government that can help with the threats, bribery and social engineering required to get access to employees of exchanges.

New comment by micah94 in "Banned Books: Analysis of Censorship on Amazon.com (2024)"

micah94 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 00:09:21 +0000

Here's an example: Gekaufte Journalisten (Bought Journalists)

New comment by micah94 in "Nezha 2 becomes highest-grossing animated film globally"

micah94 — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:36:54 +0000

I found it streaming for free on VUDU.com / Fandango

New comment by micah94 in "What 5 Megabytes of Data Looked Like in 1966 (62,500 punched cards)"

micah94 — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:19:06 +0000

Looks like they would have cost hundreds of thousands (or you could lease for a few grand a month). Back in the 60s... Might as well have been a billion zillion dollars.

New comment by micah94 in "Show HN: HN as TikTok, welcome to HN hell"

micah94 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:15:30 +0000

It requires too many brain calories.

New comment by micah94 in "Synapse still can't find its money"

micah94 — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:42:53 +0000

All banks suck. But there's a lot to be said for longevity and experience. Also the number of program banks that actually work with Fidelity is pretty long: https://accountopening.fidelity.com/ftgw/aong/aongapp/fdicBa...

New comment by micah94 in "Synapse still can't find its money"

micah94 — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 05:31:52 +0000

I know it wasn't a traditional bank, but when they start talking about "winning" $10 million and "picking your numbers", it sounds sooo sketchy... I can't imagine putting money into something like that. (excuse me while I go buy more DOGE coin...)