Hacker News: pkaeding

An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight

pkaeding — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 01:24:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/an-ohio-valley-100000-watt-fm-signal-is-severed-in-broad-daylight

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430860

Points: 209

# Comments: 272

New comment by pkaeding in "OpenAI Is Preparing to File for an IPO Soon"

pkaeding — Thu, 21 May 2026 11:01:18 +0000

The M2 money supply is ~4x higher now than in 1999. Does that indicate there is a lot more runway now, than then, at least on that metric?

New comment by pkaeding in "The FBI Wants to Buy Nationwide Access to License Plate Readers"

pkaeding — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:23:55 +0000

NH banned ALPRs, with some narrow exceptions.

https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXI/261/261-75-b.htm

Malware crew TeamPCP open-sources its Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub

pkaeding — Thu, 14 May 2026 10:49:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/13/malware-crew-teampcp-open-sources-its-shai-hulud-worm-on-github/shai_hulud_open_sourced

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48133599

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

Perl versus Java – The Moving Finger (2025)

pkaeding — Thu, 14 May 2026 01:48:50 +0000

Article URL: https://rant.li/ashwin/perl-versus-java

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130201

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

Google finds first AI-developed zero-day that bypasses 2FA

pkaeding — Wed, 13 May 2026 11:42:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/google-finds-first-ai-developed-zero-day-that-bypasses-2fa-self-morphing-malware-and-gemini-powered-backdoors-signal-a-new-era-of-cybercrime

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48120630

Points: 12

# Comments: 0

New comment by pkaeding in "Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement"

pkaeding — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:28:00 +0000

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be pedantic. I was trying to make the point (which I think is in line with your point) that the fact that AI is involved here doesn't make a difference. It is a tool, but the people using the tool are (as always) responsible for the outcome.

New comment by pkaeding in "Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement"

pkaeding — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:11:56 +0000

But machines don't do things. People do things, and they use tools/machines to do those things more easily or efficiently.

New comment by pkaeding in "Apocalypse Early Warning System"

pkaeding — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:55:19 +0000

Betting against dumb people is often a good strategy.

New comment by pkaeding in "Apocalypse Early Warning System"

pkaeding — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:53:32 +0000

> The tracked set is built from FAA registry data

So I imagine planes in other countries exist, but the US FAA doesn't have data on them.

New comment by pkaeding in "Apocalypse Early Warning System"

pkaeding — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:41:19 +0000

So, if you see a 5, you are probably fine. If it gets up to 6 or 7, maybe start worrying.

New comment by pkaeding in "Apocalypse Early Warning System"

pkaeding — Sat, 02 May 2026 00:39:25 +0000

But I bet if you filter for airports that business jets park at, the percentage of airports without towers is much lower than the overall average.

Open Source Does Not Imply Open Community – Makefile.feld

pkaeding — Fri, 01 May 2026 15:50:14 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/04/open-source-does-not-imply-open-community/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47976188

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Open-source briefing packets and citizen-action toolkits

pkaeding — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:53:47 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ClosedNetwork/closed-network-flock-resources

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957152

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

JackDanger/gzippy ·The fastest gzip on any hardware

pkaeding — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:45:59 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/JackDanger/gzippy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47892676

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by pkaeding in "Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge"

pkaeding — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:26:43 +0000

Yeah, they do sat they only want tails from squirrels harvested primarily for food; they don't expect or want people to hunt squirrels just the sell the tails.

New comment by pkaeding in "Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge"

pkaeding — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:03:03 +0000

Mepps buys the tails, they make fishing lures from them: https://www.mepps.com/squirrel-tail/

What Have We Dumped on the Moon?

pkaeding — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:56:27 +0000

Article URL: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/22/what-have-we-dumped-on-the-moon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47874684

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New Tractor with 12-Valve Cummins and Zero Electronics Goes Back to the Basics

pkaeding — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:53:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.thedrive.com/news/new-tractor-with-12-valve-cummins-and-zero-electronics-goes-back-to-the-basics

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47842770

Points: 31

# Comments: 11

New comment by pkaeding in "Backblaze has stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders and maybe others"

pkaeding — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:07:02 +0000

I see what you mean, but isn't this an issue with any filesystem backup tool? Or is there something about untracked files in a git workspace that is different, that I'm not seeing?