Hacker News: nikolay

New comment by nikolay in "Shares in shoe brand Allbirds rise 580% after it pivots from footwear to AI"

nikolay — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:38:45 +0000

Absolutely ridiculous. Their shoes business was going in the wrong direction - they started to offer plasticwear - and recently had to return a lot of merchandise as they didn't bother to put on the wool brand's website that their socks are mostly plastic. Their original hit was gone, replaced by lackluster versions. By the way, the shoes were made in South Korea.

New comment by nikolay in "Claude Mythos: The System Card"

nikolay — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:36:45 +0000

It's mostly a marketing hype...

New comment by nikolay in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

nikolay — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:55:03 +0000

I am fully aware of that. Rewriting commits of code already pushed to production with container images, etc., is just crazy. And GitHub charges an arm and a leg for Advanced Security. And it ignored my pre-commit Git hooks, which include GitLeaks.

New comment by nikolay in "Anthropic's Claude Mythos isn't a sentient super-hacker, it's a sales pitch"

nikolay — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 18:38:30 +0000

So, suddenly, you see, open-source projects, which thousands of hackers have been trying to hack for decades, are gonna get hacked by an LLM. I need to see at least one such mitigation by Mythos, then we can assess the situation.

New comment by nikolay in "Anthropic's Claude Mythos isn't a sentient super-hacker, it's a sales pitch"

nikolay — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:08:18 +0000

Yup! It's so scary good we're not gonna sell it - change our minds... by investing gazillions of dollars. Well, one thing is for sure: if it exists, Palantir will be using it!

New comment by nikolay in "We've raised $17M to build what comes after Git"

nikolay — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:10:48 +0000

The only security incident I've had in my career was due to Git Butler - it committed temporary files into GitHub without me explicitly approving it! Of course, it was a private repository, but still, it became impossible to delete those secrets because there were plenty of commits afterward. Given the large file tree and many updated files in the commit, it wasn't apparent that those folders got sneaked into the commit.

So, I really hope security incidents don't come after Git!

New comment by nikolay in "Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read"

nikolay — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:05:23 +0000

I didn't know, and I thought only @dang was working on HN. You must agree that at least some basic features, like a dark theme and indicators for new comments, could be easily handcrafted or implemented with coding agents!

New comment by nikolay in "Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read"

nikolay — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:12:02 +0000

"Minimalist" in 2026 is different than what it used to be in the '90s.

New comment by nikolay in "Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read"

nikolay — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:10:07 +0000

Because it's a mess. So many extensions are fighting each other because HN has long stagnated. There are so many AI startups with YCombinator that can rewrite it in a modern language and make it a POSITIVE example.

New comment by nikolay in "Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read"

nikolay — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:39:58 +0000

So many extensions and services, because YCombinator cannot have a part-time employee working on such an important community:

* https://hncompanion.com/

* http://oj-hn.com/

* https://hnrelevant.imadij.com/

* https://hnreplies.com/

New comment by nikolay in "Anthropic is burning more and more dev goodwill"

nikolay — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:32:22 +0000

I guess you've not been keeping up with the news. It's been used for at least 1,000 strikes in Iran.

New comment by nikolay in "Realtime monitor of count of animals slaughtered in the US this year"

nikolay — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:33:55 +0000

Well, I wait for the real-time monitor for insects and small animals killed during harvesting, in addition to those indirectly killed by deforestation!

China's "pig semen eyedrop" could help deliver Alzheimer's treatment

nikolay — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:18:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3348726/chinas-brain-penetrating-pig-semen-eyedrop-may-treat-alzheimers-scientist-australia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645823

Points: 8

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New comment by nikolay in "Sopwith – 1984 Game (2000)"

nikolay — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:20:11 +0000

That's an outstanding port! Kudos!

New comment by nikolay in "Sopwith – 1984 Game (2000)"

nikolay — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 21:13:04 +0000

I've spent endless hours playing Sopwith! What a legend!

New comment by nikolay in "My son pleasured himself on Gemini Live. Entire family's Google accounts banned"

nikolay — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:11:27 +0000

Google is the most untrustworthy company I've dealt with. I have Google One, and pay $250/mo for Ultra, which I barely use, yet I literally have no support. They set a very dangerous precedent: tech companies can have absolutely no support, can close your accounts, and can ban you without any way to even dispute it. Facebook simply copied Google once the precedent was set. Although I hate regulation, Google, Facebook, etc., should be regulated! As consumers, our rights should be protected. These companies have immense profits and should allow basic dispute resolution. Their lack of support is preventing me from switching to Google Fi, because my life is in their hands - email, phone, Google Play, etc. Although these are completely separate legal entities, they treat them as one; if your Google account gets terminated, you won't be able to access Google Fi, Google Photos, Google Drive, etc.

New comment by nikolay in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

nikolay — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:04:01 +0000

There should be Genderlympics, similar to the Paralympics. It's only fair!

New comment by nikolay in "Fyn: An uv fork with new features, bug fixes, stripped telemetry"

nikolay — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:39:52 +0000

Branch names do, too!

New comment by nikolay in "Huel Joins Danone"

nikolay — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 17:38:51 +0000

I can't grasp how people still buy products that are full of PUFAs, starches, and phytoestrogens!

New comment by nikolay in "Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks"

nikolay — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:56:23 +0000

Why is this process not ongoing now, then, when there are tons of prefab elements of life, i.e., it should be easier today than it was a billion years ago? A billion years is not as long as you think!