Hacker News: pkaeding

New comment by pkaeding in "Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe"

pkaeding — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:39:13 +0000

If my internet connected fridge can't talk to the supermarket's internet connected fridge, how will they figure out when I need more milk?

New comment by pkaeding in "Norway Eyes Partial Ban of Smart Glasses"

pkaeding — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:32:36 +0000

Agreed, "Brandishing" a recording device should be illegal.

AI Attribution (AIA) – Timothy Cook

pkaeding — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:35:28 +0000

Article URL: https://timothyfcook.com/aia

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966237

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Birdstar – Go outside. Find the birds. Draw the stars

pkaeding — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:45:51 +0000

Article URL: https://birdstar.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49963162

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by pkaeding in "AI needs $6T in annual revenue to justify data centre boom"

pkaeding — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 13:39:46 +0000

If you work in cybersecurity, it has changed you life. The pace of everything has increased exponentially. AI both makes the job easier, and harder, at the same time.

PRóspera, the libertarian utopia on a Caribbean island off the coast of Honduras

pkaeding — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:20:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-22/honduras-prospera-libertarian-utopia-caribbean-roatan/107045960

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49609328

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pkaeding in "Munder Difflin – Agent harness to run an office of your clones"

pkaeding — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 20:38:19 +0000

Hasn't that been true of marketing websites for a long time?

New comment by pkaeding in "AI poster wins Ohio State Fair contest"

pkaeding — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 01:19:27 +0000

Is taping a banana to the wall art?

Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific

pkaeding — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:51:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/deep-sea-vehicles-spot-alien-sharks-deep-beneath-waves-pacific#

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49140599

Points: 97

# Comments: 59

I Started Answering a Command I Was Built to Ignore – Helge Sverre

pkaeding — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:28:20 +0000

Article URL: https://helgesver.re/articles/claude-code-bang-command-caveat

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49037978

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pkaeding in "Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)"

pkaeding — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 14:14:10 +0000

Have you ever been to The Mystery Spot[1]? It is a fun tourist trap with all sorts of conundrums like that.

[1]: https://www.mysteryspot.com/

OpenAI, Anthropic new AI spending reality as users shift to efficiency

pkaeding — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:43:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/26/openai-anthropic-new-ai-spending-reality-as-users-shift-to-efficiency.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48717986

Points: 12

# Comments: 1

2003-era DDR2 memory prices jump up to 60%

pkaeding — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:23:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/ddr2-memory-prices-jump-up-to-60-percent

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48655515

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

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: 271

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.