Hacker News: ohhnoodont

New comment by ohhnoodont in "The Kimi K3 Moment"

ohhnoodont — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:35:58 +0000

> There was never any plausible explanation for why this wouldn’t happen. There was never any practical mechanism to prevent someone from saving a conversation and using it to train their own model.

At this point it may not even be happening intentionally given the quantity of LLM-generated content that is appearing online and is likely being re-ingested by models.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows"

ohhnoodont — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:58:30 +0000

> else we'll be expecting to explain Shakespeare's plays using physics.

This is just a data problem though. From the perspective of a deterministic universe, creative works theoretically can be explained as a physics outcome (ignoring the impact of potential quantum randomness).

New comment by ohhnoodont in "System76 on Age Verification Laws"

ohhnoodont — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:33:57 +0000

> How about the part where children cannot legally create accounts of their own, on computers that they own?

Where is that actually stated in any law being discussed? If a parent gives a child a device with admin access, that’s their choice to do so. But it also makes sense that we, the minds behind all of this technology, also provide parents with the most basic of tools to restrict a child’s access online and hold accountable companies that knowingly serve adult content to children. That’s all the CA law does AFAIK.

Sure, my generation was raised on 4chan. But I can understand why parents today may want the tools to limit that.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "System76 on Age Verification Laws"

ohhnoodont — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:55:28 +0000

How is that dumb? It seems reasonable and pragmatic. If the current status quo is ID uploads and face scans, this seems like the better approach. It shifts the responsibility back to parents. All adult service operators have to do is filter requests with the underage HTTP header set.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "MacBook Air with M5"

ohhnoodont — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:15:58 +0000

Same. I used to be ride-or-die for my Thinkpad Trackpoint™ keyboards, I even had an external USB one. Eventually I started to feel the RSI in the top of my hand. Haven't had any issues with a Macbook trackpad.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "MacBook Neo"

ohhnoodont — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:13:56 +0000

There are plenty of 8GB M1 Airs that many people will likely still be using 10 years from now. For 90%+ of users a laptop is just a web browser machine.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Thirty years on, Pokémon is still a monster hit"

ohhnoodont — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:11:57 +0000

I loved gen 1 pokemon as a kid in the 90s. But today I sometimes feel like our culture is locked in time. Walking into a toy store is somewhat depressing - everything looks exactly the same as it did when I was a kid! It’s been 30+ years, kids should have way cooler toys and IPs.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

ohhnoodont — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:59:51 +0000

The average consumer is also very happy to take recommendations from the tech-literate people in their life. I would love if there was a budget-friendly, privacy-preserving phone I could recommend to everyone.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

ohhnoodont — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:21:01 +0000

I agree. I feel the flow of having browsers send some flag to sites is the most privacy-preserving approach to this whole topic. The system owner creates a “child” account that has the flag set by the OS and prevents the execution of unsanctioned software.

This puts the responsibility back on parents to do the bare minimum required in moderating their child’s activities.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Tell HN: HN was down"

ohhnoodont — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:31:47 +0000

Last week if you are using a VPN + a browser that limits fingerprinting, you were likely to see error messages accessing HN.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Claude CLI deleted my home directory and wiped my Mac"

ohhnoodont — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:04:50 +0000

Glad I'm not crazy for running agentic tools in an isolated VM.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off"

ohhnoodont — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:34:02 +0000

What does squirreling it away mean though? A pile of cash instead of investments? The reality is that you don’t get to throw in the towel.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Bring bathroom doors back to hotels"

ohhnoodont — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:08:52 +0000

I’m glad that someone has built this and made it their personal crusade, but this is a problem that I can’t relate to having. I find it far more uncomfortable/intimate to sleep next to someone (even if in separate beds) than to shower or use the toilet in front off someone. Snoring, farting, dream talking, morning erections, etc.

Somehow I seem to be in the minority with this opinion. But if we’re sharing a room we’re probably pretty comfortable with each other.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Bring bathroom doors back to hotels"

ohhnoodont — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:56:42 +0000

Couples that poop together stay together.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Bring bathroom doors back to hotels"

ohhnoodont — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 23:54:11 +0000

I’ve actually ended otherwise decent relationships early because the other person was way too coy/upset with bodily functions like farting and pooping. If we’er sleeping together I expect us to be farting together. And if we are living together I expect us to be using the toilet in front of each other. Anything less is both inconvenient and reflective of deep personality conflicts that will never be resolved.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Have I Been Pwned 2.0"

ohhnoodont — Tue, 20 May 2025 06:43:27 +0000

The first tier ($4/month) only works for up to 25 aliases. Depending on how many of your aliases have leaked, you may have to pay a lot to perform that check.

I wish HIBP had a solution for those of us who are individuals but use domain catchall forwarding as our method for separating accounts.

It feels good to see adobe@mydomain.com, newrelic@mydomain.com, internetarchive@mydomain.com, etc. there but not any of the addresses I use for normal communication.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Have I Been Pwned 2.0"

ohhnoodont — Tue, 20 May 2025 06:37:41 +0000

If you use this approach, once 10 of your aliases are in the HIBP database you will need to pay for a subscription to see breaches for your domain (and even then the $40/year tier is only good for 25 aliases).

I wish HIBP had a solution for those of us who are individuals but use a domain catchall to manage online accounts.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Have I Been Pwned 2.0"

ohhnoodont — Tue, 20 May 2025 06:31:32 +0000

> the senior cowboy coder (who just went into retirement)

They just went into retirement?

New comment by ohhnoodont in "Have I Been Pwned 2.0"

ohhnoodont — Tue, 20 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000

I've seen coworkers at Big Tech Co™ make huge security blunders despite attending prestigious universities (Berkeley, Stanford, etc) and having 5+ years of industry experience. No LLM slop required. Just rushing to meet deadlines while requirements shift rapidly enough that details get overlooked.

New comment by ohhnoodont in "MacBook Air M4"

ohhnoodont — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 11:02:42 +0000

What software are you using for virtualization? I wasn't impressed with the Apple Silicon options last time I looked.