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New comment by mikrotikker in "How to corrupt an SQLite database file"

mikrotikker — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 07:11:31 +0000

I had so much trouble doing this took ages to find a way to do it and it wasn't even foolproof (for engineering self repair procedures). Still can't understand how it's happening in prod.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo"

mikrotikker — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:08:33 +0000

The fact that this post is downvoted shows how bad the problem of Chinese bots on this site has gotten.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo"

mikrotikker — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:04:25 +0000

Not when it comes to issues of national security

New comment by mikrotikker in "Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo"

mikrotikker — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:01:39 +0000

It's good to be on top.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo"

mikrotikker — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:00:40 +0000

Nice pivot.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Feds Killed Polestar and Spared Volvo"

mikrotikker — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:59:14 +0000

Great. But the solution is not to let china just do it while we work on the solution. Block them, and work on blocking local suppliers.

Don't double the problem before you try to fix it.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf]"

mikrotikker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:25:59 +0000

You could look at it equally as the USA saving those citizens because if the authoritarian discover they are using LE they could suffer imprisonment

New comment by mikrotikker in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

mikrotikker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:15:58 +0000

I thought 80% of those layoffs were bougie HR jobs

New comment by mikrotikker in "A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center"

mikrotikker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:55:04 +0000

If the things stop happening then the non profit will have to shut down destroying jobs

New comment by mikrotikker in "A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center"

mikrotikker — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:49:04 +0000

As a new zealander walking to a grocery store sounds weird. I've lived in 7 houses some rural some urban and in none of them could I walk to a grocery store, so it's very weird to hear it exalted as some "standard" that America always fails in.

New comment by mikrotikker in "GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS"

mikrotikker — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:14:23 +0000

I didn't say I agreed with the argument, but it does seem to be interpretable like the Bible.

New comment by mikrotikker in "GrapheneOS user reported to authorities for using GrapheneOS"

mikrotikker — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:42:07 +0000

I mean, the argument is that ICE detainees are not citizens and thus don't get the protection, similar to foreigners engaging with CBP at the border

New comment by mikrotikker in "EU fines Temu €200M for allowing sale of illegal products"

mikrotikker — Fri, 29 May 2026 09:01:46 +0000

Are we still not allowed to call out shills here? Is that still a rule?

New comment by mikrotikker in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

mikrotikker — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:58:32 +0000

Last thing we need is an apocalyptic death cult having access to nukes.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Ukrainian drone holds position for 6 weeks"

mikrotikker — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:37:45 +0000

I don't understand how it doesn't just get hit by a drone? Is it because the Russian drone pilots all operate from out of theatre and the loss of starlink disabled this?

New comment by mikrotikker in "Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents"

mikrotikker — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:30:19 +0000

You're giving up the rest of your country to a geopolitical rival from a separate region, in a separate hemisphere with smiling expansionist goals, even allowing armed Chinese security to protect Chinese installations in country. So why not give the rest of your country to China.

It will help them get a good flank on the USA such that even when that temporarily embarrassed country gets a leader you, and the rest of the world do like, it will be too late to do anything.

A perfect definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face laid bare for all to see.

New comment by mikrotikker in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"

mikrotikker — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:40:36 +0000

I think that you do not need to feel uneasy at all. It is your computer and your memory space that the data is stored and operating in you can do whatever you like to the bits in that space. I would encourage you to continue that experiment.

New comment by mikrotikker in "China is mass-producing hypersonic missiles for $99,000"

mikrotikker — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 06:06:38 +0000

Will this be like the time that Saudi Arabia bought a Chinese laser defense system to stop drone attacks on its oil infra only for it to be incredible ineffective?

U.S. National Security Space and EV Sensor Networks as Portals

mikrotikker — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:07:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2026/03/17/us_national_security_space_and_ev_sensor_networks_as_portals_1170869.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47495133

Points: 3

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New comment by mikrotikker in "Western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance"

mikrotikker — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:52:27 +0000

No one wants or should want to allow multi tonne remote controllable surveillance machines that carry an incendiary payload as fuel to operate on their roads, let alone near important civilian or internal military infrastructure.

All they have to do is hide some remotely activated punches inside the black box battery that can start off the chain reaction. Drive into a military base at full speed, activate the punch, and cause mass confusion, chaos and destruction.

And then do that many times all at once, with helpless drivers stuck inside right before you invade an island nation you claim ownership of.