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New comment by pRusya in "Police are using AI to pull over drivers for 'suspicious' behavior"

pRusya — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:59:20 +0000

That's good to know, thank you. Mine is a Subaru Outback, a very common model here in Utah.

New comment by pRusya in "Police are using AI to pull over drivers for 'suspicious' behavior"

pRusya — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:29:16 +0000

I've noticed this myself. Not being pulled over, but being followed.

When I just came to the US, I got my car and started exploring Utah a lot. Just picking a random spot on a map and going there. Beautiful countryside.

There were several occasions when a police vehicle showed up right after I parked, made a circle around me and disappeared.

One time their cruiser parked 30 feet away and they were watching me. I had a slice of pizza with me, so I rolled down a window and let them watch me eating. They drove away after a few minutes.

Also, driving 60 miles one way to a lake for a swim once or twice a week is suspicious, apparently. And I was doing it even when the water was in 40s. One time K9 parked right next to me. Idk if they searched my car or not, but their drone followed me on a trail back and forth for over 5 minutes. And when I came back, they were packing up and leaving.

Never saw them during moonless nights when I was stargazing in the middle of nowhere or sleeping in my car on the side of a road. Fun times.

New comment by pRusya in "The US tried to stop cartel money-laundering; devastated mom-and-pop businesses"

pRusya — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:12:54 +0000

Internet points are real and carry weight. Online friends are real, too.

New comment by pRusya in "'Sloppenheimer:' Amazon Employees Mock the Company's AI on Slack"

pRusya — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:37:31 +0000

The Chime team is still busy. They released a new version just two weeks ago!

New comment by pRusya in "Let's Buy Spirit Air"

pRusya — Mon, 04 May 2026 01:21:12 +0000

It had good departure times both mornings and evenings.

And it was cheap, so you could book a next day flight without paying multiples in premium.

It was fun and affordable to fly out of state in the morning, spend a day exploring another place and get back at night.

New comment by pRusya in "So, you want to be a darknet drug lord (2015)"

pRusya — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:49:29 +0000

A good read. Not that old and I think it still has valuable points in the age of surveillance. You don't have to be a criminal to make use of it.

Edit: Previous discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30788530

So, you want to be a darknet drug lord (2015)

pRusya — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:49:29 +0000

Article URL: https://pastebin.com/raw/GrV3uYh5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47785050

Points: 23

# Comments: 4

New comment by pRusya in "Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket"

pRusya — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:36:55 +0000

Thank you for letting me know. I should definitely catch up on current state of affairs.

New comment by pRusya in "U.S. is burning through Tomahawk cruise missile stockpile"

pRusya — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:51:43 +0000

The US has stepped into a huge pile of shit in this round. And instead of getting out fast, they just want to jump dive into it.

Some American people don't know that US misfortunes are celebrated elsewhere. 911 became a holiday in some regions. And if American empire falls down, I feel like at least half of the world gonna celebrate that.

New comment by pRusya in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

pRusya — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:24:00 +0000

Azure is when you have a different version of the same product/api in each region.

New comment by pRusya in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

pRusya — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:58:15 +0000

It's a nice read. Thank you for sharing this.

> Microsoft, meanwhile, conducted major layoffs—approximately 15,000 roles across waves in May and July 2025 —most likely to compensate for the immediate losses to CoreWeave ahead of the next earnings calls.

This is what people should know when seeing massive layoffs due to AI.

New comment by pRusya in "Inside Nepal's Fake Rescue Racket"

pRusya — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

A story older than Nepal (misleading tourists). And an article from 6 months ago shows how the govt treats its own people with more examples in HN discussion. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45166972

What is less discussed is what happened to people who were able to identify the scam and refused to let it happen.

New comment by pRusya in "No Skill. No Taste"

pRusya — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 21:51:10 +0000

HN is like an art gallery full of critics. You can be interested in some works or people, even romanticize it. But no one really cares about a gallery or industry in general. We are all just entertaining each other here.

New comment by pRusya in "Gemini 3.1 Pro"

pRusya — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:00:32 +0000

I'm using gemini.google.com/app with AI Pro subscription. "Something went wrong" in FF, works in Chrome.

Below is one of my test prompts that previous Gemini models were failing. 3.1 Pro did a decent job this time.

> use c++, sdl3. use SDL_AppInit, SDL_AppEvent, SDL_AppIterate callback functions. use SDL_main instead of the default main function. make a basic hello world app.

New comment by pRusya in "Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?"

pRusya — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:55:16 +0000

I worked at a countertop shop and used a sliding rule a bit. But I also used a sticky paper with marks to get measurements off my screen. A lot of blueprints provide no dimensions for cabinets and desks.

Countertops is an industry with all the modern tools but 5000yo approach.

New comment by pRusya in "Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft"

pRusya — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:06:04 +0000

It's the opposite experience for me. Gemini mostly produces made up and outdated stuff.

New comment by pRusya in "Amazon is ending all inventory commingling as of March 31, 2026"

pRusya — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:49:36 +0000

Definitely good for customers. A bit more stressful for CPT chasers and PPQA. Missing PAD time and delayed shipment is a daily issue because of 0 inventory. I wonder how they gonna change workflows for stow and pick dpts.

New comment by pRusya in "Disable AI in Firefox"

pRusya — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 17:54:02 +0000

You can fork the source code, but you cannot fork engineers and paychecks from Google and other interested parties.

Programming Language Checklist (2011)

pRusya — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:36:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.mcmillen.dev/language_checklist.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45631339

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pRusya in "Nearly half of drivers killed in (Ohio County) crashes had THC in their blood"

pRusya — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:35:12 +0000

Personal experience after living in Columbus for a few months - it felt like everybody was driving drunk and/or distracted by default. Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati were not very fun to drive around and taking unprotected left turns felt like a gamble.

On the other hand, Amish communities had glass-smooth roads and people were careful when passing horse carriages.