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New comment by patch_cable in "eMudhra to exit global SSL/TLS certificate business"

patch_cable — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:36:08 +0000

Having worked around these types of devices and their interfaces, I doubt they intended to create weak keys.

It is more likely they had a script which placed a parameter in the wrong field, due to something like using positional arguments. Or they misread the documentation for some interface.

Still incompetence. And I would love to see my theory confirmed or refuted.

New comment by patch_cable in "I'm the AGI that's wiping out humanity"

patch_cable — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:46:42 +0000

This is very insightful. I always wonder what the gradients are that we can’t see.

New comment by patch_cable in "10-year Treasury yield climbs above 5.3% to a level not seen in 24 years"

patch_cable — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:38:19 +0000

I think the argument is for changing what is legally required.

New comment by patch_cable in "The Four-Color Theorem Gets a Rare New Proof"

patch_cable — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:04:48 +0000

I have this same discussion with folks applying formal methods to prove the correctness of software where I work. Often the "proof" is harder to read than the original code and I certainly don't feel anyone has proven anything to me.

New comment by patch_cable in "Amazon now hides all customer reviews on products"

patch_cable — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:01:10 +0000

It’s my choice to use (or not use) Gmail. What data I share with them in exchange for their service is non of Amazon’s business. (If Amazon wanted to make this feature opt-in, sure, whatever.)

New comment by patch_cable in "Tim Curry has died"

patch_cable — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:26:14 +0000

Sometimes I think I'm the only one who watched https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_Runners

It was absolutely formative for my later tastes in science fiction. For a while, I thought it was something from a fever dream until I found a DVD on eBay.

New comment by patch_cable in "Meta won't let you block its AI account on Threads"

patch_cable — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:12:49 +0000

I don’t think it is so binary.

If there is more friction to communicate with me I expect to hear from people less often.

As an example, my friends that only use Discord and not SMS or Signal definitely hear from me less frequently. It doesn’t mean we’re not friends, but we do communicate less frequently.

New comment by patch_cable in "Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)"

patch_cable — Sun, 10 May 2026 05:17:06 +0000

That’s a bit uncharitable. It made perfect sense to me. I also learned something about Japanese lacquer.

New comment by patch_cable in "Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings"

patch_cable — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:25:22 +0000

In the exact same configuration? Yes.

New comment by patch_cable in "Amazon braces for another major round of layoffs, 14,000 jobs at risk"

patch_cable — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:38:06 +0000

The date of the notice is October 28th. The separation dates given in the letter are 90 days out from the date of the notice (for some technical reasons, some employees had a separation dates a bit further out.)

New comment by patch_cable in "Maintenance: Of Everything, Part One"

patch_cable — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 03:16:03 +0000

The books are also physically really pleasant to hold and look at.

I’ve read each book they’ve published and enjoyed them all.

New comment by patch_cable in "Landlords Demand Tenants' Workplace Logins to Scrape Their Paystubs"

patch_cable — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:53:45 +0000

I think they’re saying anyone could order “secure” checks with your account number on them.

New comment by patch_cable in "AWS announces EC2 instance attestation"

patch_cable — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:55:21 +0000

Excited to say I worked on this feature! (Standard disclaimer: thoughts and opinions are my own and may or may not be shared by my employer.)

To give an idea of the kinds of things you can do now:

  - Keys or other secrets can only be decrypted (via KMS) by an EC2 instance if it is running an approved AMI. 
  - You could build a certificate authority (CA) which only issues a certificate to an instance running an approved AMI.

This is similar to the functionality that was available in Nitro Enclaves. However, enclaves came with restrictions (such as only being able to communicate through a vsock) that made them not a great fit for all use cases.

AWS announces EC2 instance attestation

patch_cable — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:05:42 +0000

Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/09/aws-announces-ec2-instance-attestation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45364655

Points: 22

# Comments: 9

New comment by patch_cable in "Preliminary report into Air India crash released"

patch_cable — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 18:14:50 +0000

I’m more familiar with the 737 (as a hobby, not as a pilot), but for that aircraft the “loss of thrust on both engines” checklist has the start levers as the second item on the list.

Note that in the checklist I am looking at the goal is to restart the engines rather than diagnose the failure and that involves these levers. I suspect you’d notice pretty quickly if they were not in the expected location.

New comment by patch_cable in "‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut"

patch_cable — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 01:51:52 +0000

Sorry, I didn’t get the reference. I’m a moron. My bad.

New comment by patch_cable in "‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut"

patch_cable — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:24:32 +0000

Ah I missed that. Fair enough then.

New comment by patch_cable in "‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut"

patch_cable — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 22:24:18 +0000

Ah fair enough.

New comment by patch_cable in "‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut"

patch_cable — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:23:57 +0000

It’s not. And the fact that you think they sing songs makes me think you’ve never watched it.

New comment by patch_cable in "Elderly patients can deteriorate in the ER. This team works to get them out"

patch_cable — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:47:06 +0000

I have an elderly parent who has required multiple trips to the ER in the last year. The issue here (Seattle) is that the beds in the other departments are full, so there is no where else for them to go. The ER usually determine within a few hours she needs to be admitted, and then it takes a day for them to actually find the capacity.