Hacker News: mikro2nd

New comment by mikro2nd in "OpenAI's bot crushed this seven-person company's web site 'like a DDoS attack'"

mikro2nd — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 14:16:41 +0000

It's not just for profit, it's to save some future, mythical version of humankind! https://netzpolitik.org/2023/longtermism-an-odd-and-peculiar...

New comment by mikro2nd in "Digital gardens people maintain outside the "Big Tech" walled gardens"

mikro2nd — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:58:05 +0000

Webrings are also seeing some revival. Seems that actual curation by actual human beings is better than algorithmic or "AI" slop.

Tesla Is Recalling Cybertruck Batteries

mikro2nd — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:13:50 +0000

Article URL: https://cleantechnica.com/2024/12/29/tesla-is-secretly-recalling-cybertruck-batteries/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42573764

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Chinese hackers use Visual Studio Code tunnels for remote access

mikro2nd — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:08:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-use-visual-studio-code-tunnels-for-remote-access/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42376954

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Microsoft accused of Malware-like Bing Wallpaper app

mikro2nd — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:49:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ghacks.net/2024/11/21/microsoft-accused-of-malware-like-bing-wallpaper-app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42280217

Points: 72

# Comments: 13

New comment by mikro2nd in "A washing machine for human beings, from 1970"

mikro2nd — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:13:38 +0000

I'm disappointed. Where's the ashtray?

New comment by mikro2nd in "A washing machine for human beings, from 1970"

mikro2nd — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 09:12:41 +0000

I'm forced to disagree. Catastrophic failure would be a feature not a bug. "Natural selection against stupidity."

4,300 tonnes of space junk and rising: another satellite breakup

mikro2nd — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:46:13 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/4-300-tonnes-of-space-junk-and-rising-another-satellite-breakup-adds-to-orbital-debris-woes-241790

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41914836

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Broom Bridge

mikro2nd — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:49:08 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broom_Bridge

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41886568

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mikro2nd in "Nurdle Patrol"

mikro2nd — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:06:56 +0000

The trouble with that notion is this: imagining that a plastic-based ecosystem arises (horrifying thought!) it means that there are life-forms capable of deriving energy from plastics, breaking them down. That makes plastics useless to us humans, because any time we try to use plastics for all the things we currently do with them, those life-forms are going to come along and attack, break down the stuff we deem "useful plastics"; the critters will make no distinction between nurdles lost on the beach and the plastics holding your car/house/clothes/aeroplane together. i.e. It's Game Over for plastics use.

New comment by mikro2nd in "California bans sell-by dates"

mikro2nd — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 14:56:59 +0000

Beer certainly is an odd one! Some (craft) craft beers will age gracefully -- improving, even -- for years. Industrial lagers... not so much.

I scored once with an imported (Belgian) craft beer at the local supermarket, heavily marked down price because the sell-by date was approaching. Some days later, marked down by half again because the date had passed. Needless to say, I bought all I could carry.