Hacker News: pndy

New comment by pndy in "Microsoft Is Quietly Deleting Mentions of 32 GB RAM Recommendation for Win 11"

pndy — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:59:40 +0000

They'd have to gave up on huge amount of own bloat to make system work fine again under 8GB. I'm not sure how that can be achieved with Microsoft attitude towards desktop users - they're just a... data cattle for them.

New comment by pndy in "Microsoft is serious about fixing Windows, and it's doing things right this time"

pndy — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:49:29 +0000

Hard to call Windows an operating system nowadays when its main only purpose nowadays is to extract personal data from whoever uses it.

I don't expect anything changes positively for the users - at least for those who are aware of all hostile features done since 2015. Microsoft aims at different clients now and for what we can see, desktop software and its quality isn't a priority anymore.

New comment by pndy in "Kill The Cookie Banner"

pndy — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:01:23 +0000

Mozilla removed DNT as of Firefox 135, after 13 years since introducing it in 2011 with Firefox 4

In 2024 Mozilla acquired Anonym from former Meta executives and decided to introduce PPA: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=privacy+preserving+attribution

New comment by pndy in "Kill The Cookie Banner"

pndy — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 17:55:10 +0000

Extensions; plugins are nearly dead nowadays anyway

Fallback Font

pndy — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 08:08:11 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallback_font

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49055826

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by pndy in "GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN"

pndy — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 22:36:17 +0000

I won't be surprised if MS patches workarounds quickly and won't shed a word on the whole situation. Or worse, pulls the "this helps fighting evil hackers" reasoning.

New comment by pndy in "Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Observatory"

pndy — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:18:52 +0000

Mentioned in the article video from inside of the detector captured by Australian ABC: https://youtu.be/aE6vRfCp4E4

Super-Kamiokande Neutrino Observatory

pndy — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:18:52 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-Kamiokande

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020416

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by pndy in "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"

pndy — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:58:30 +0000

IIRC that was also done in a fear that they'll start using comments to train AI. And some users claimed that their manually removed comments from weeks to years ago reappeared again.

New comment by pndy in "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"

pndy — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:54:25 +0000

> Logging in retains your subscriptions

I'm sorry, is that something that happen recently? Because when I had an account there, subscriptions were permanent

New comment by pndy in "VTubing: How a Japanese Phenomenon Is Going Worldwide"

pndy — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:54:27 +0000

I've ran once on some streamer who along with the CGI animation also wears some full body suit of anime girl with helmet, wig. That looked like a blend of two ideas. But that's still nothing new - there were always people on youtube who did fully cover their faces to not be recognized.

How to not be seen

New comment by pndy in "Meta's 'digital experiences for kids' worker busted in undercover NYC sting"

pndy — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:49:45 +0000

Original title: Meta worker who developed ‘digital experiences for kids’ admits to trying to sext child in undercover NYC sting. Modified due to field limitation

Meta's 'digital experiences for kids' worker busted in undercover NYC sting

pndy — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:49:45 +0000

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/07/20/us-news/meta-worker-who-developed-digital-experiences-for-kids-admits-to-trying-to-sext-child-in-undercover-nyc-sting/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48990112

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by pndy in "You don't understand why wikis are leaving Fandom"

pndy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:21:49 +0000

Was good? I've seen cases of hostile take overs of already established fan wikis when Fandom was still Wikia

You don't understand why wikis are leaving Fandom

pndy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:11:53 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@lindenclayton/you-dont-understand-why-wikis-are-leaving-fandom-6378372ad06e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957851

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by pndy in "OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage"

pndy — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:15:45 +0000

Nearly a month ago AUR malware happen, now this - it starts to feel like there's some organized attempt to paint Linux distros as dangerous.

New comment by pndy in "Organic Maps"

pndy — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:25:25 +0000

Desktop could some attention as well because both Organic and CoMaps have a rather basic custom interface that feels imo off

New comment by pndy in "Astrophysicists Puzzle over Webb’s New Universe"

pndy — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 22:17:13 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculating_God?useskin=vector have fun

The Pains of Installing Windows '98 on a "Modern" Machine (2014)

pndy — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:54:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nostalgianerd.com/windows-98-modern-machine/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48777153

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by pndy in "Kids learn to bully from adults' threats, manipulation and criticism"

pndy — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:37:18 +0000

Pedagogy covers this widely within theory of education and particularly in errors and failures topics (e.g. educational mistakes, pseudo-upbringing)