Hacker News: postalrat

New comment by postalrat in "There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability"

postalrat — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:41:18 +0000

Since when is a 200+ year old immortal considered underage?

New comment by postalrat in "Sharing AI progress in mathematics"

postalrat — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:26:24 +0000

AI changes nothing for someone who believes aliens exist and may already be here on earth.

New comment by postalrat in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"

postalrat — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:55:35 +0000

If it was a password entered into a form would you still consider it protected by obscurity? Both are the same level of security.

New comment by postalrat in "There are only 5,000 elite software engineers in the world"

postalrat — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:14:09 +0000

Yesterday there were 5000. Today its 100. Tomorrow it will be 10000.

New comment by postalrat in "Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in UK"

postalrat — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:58:15 +0000

I drive a 12 year old ev. It was cheap to buy and drive and I don't see any difference in insurance costs.

New comment by postalrat in "MCP was always a bad idea?"

postalrat — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:16:24 +0000

Like JSON, MCP solves a problem without being overengineered. Both are painful for the overengineering type.

New comment by postalrat in "AI-generated posters don’t have to be horrible"

postalrat — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:28:43 +0000

Instead of typing create some posters for the Spring Fayre with soul. Prove your point.

New comment by postalrat in "OpenJev"

postalrat — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:54:22 +0000

It's nice to see some variation in websites. Makes each one feel so special.

New comment by postalrat in "Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop"

postalrat — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:03:35 +0000

Is there evidence these systems reduce crime?

New comment by postalrat in "Flock used >100 times to track veteran who recorded traffic stop"

postalrat — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:45:10 +0000

No big deal is it was just video. It's really about the data that can be extracted from the video such as who you meet, when you are home or not and who is at your house, etc. all in realtime.

New comment by postalrat in "'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres"

postalrat — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:24:30 +0000

It can be a little later. Your requirements is like demanding nobody can buy a house unless they have pay they entire amount upfront.

New comment by postalrat in "Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates"

postalrat — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:01:22 +0000

Makes me think how would an AI interface to a game like dwarf fortress play out. Where you tell it what you want like some sort of dwarven ruler.

New comment by postalrat in "AI Chip Architectures"

postalrat — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:53:30 +0000

Most like AI generated? If you can't tell then what's the problem?

New comment by postalrat in "Anthropic's War on open source AI"

postalrat — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:17:32 +0000

Welcome to the 2026 internet.

New comment by postalrat in "Pushing the limits of RISC-V emulation"

postalrat — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:41:43 +0000

Would that support self modifying code?

New comment by postalrat in "Show HN: I mapped every US golf course – 16k+ courses, free, no signup"

postalrat — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 03:49:40 +0000

Missed one: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Elizabeth+Lyle+Robbie+Stad...

New comment by postalrat in "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"

postalrat — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:03:33 +0000

Its a lot easier to track email and phone numbers used across multiple sites than it is passkey used on multiple sites.

New comment by postalrat in "SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status"

postalrat — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:21:07 +0000

Why is this only about Elon to some people? It's not only about Elon.

New comment by postalrat in "The 3-degree limit could be exceeded as early as 2050"

postalrat — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:56:12 +0000

I believe the anti-nuclear people have done more damage.

New comment by postalrat in "Zig Creator Calls Spade a Spade, Anthropic Blows Smoke"

postalrat — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:11:47 +0000

To be useful the filter should give a positive on content I personally disprove of.