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New comment by prasanthabr in "Claude Fable 5"

prasanthabr — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:29:59 +0000

Curious : why would you say no design patterns?

New comment by prasanthabr in "Please log in with router's password"

prasanthabr — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 22:45:40 +0000

Woah! Never thought this would be crawled by the google bot. Thanks for sharing

Ask HN: Anyone Using a USB Drive as a PC Replacement?

prasanthabr — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:04:04 +0000

Since OS distros can be mounted on a USB Drive and booted, curious whether anyone uses a USB Drive as a laptop replacement. Are there any pitfalls? USBs seem a convenient way to turn most computers into a personalized PC

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21333323

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New comment by prasanthabr in "US intelligence mining data from 9 US Internet companies in broad secret program"

prasanthabr — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 02:45:51 +0000

Well, what concerns me most here is this: The US Government is in a spot wrt US citizens and US homeland, blanket surveillance on the rest of the world seems fair game. Sure, the law would not protect the 'aliens'. Concerned citizens should look at being aware of alternative tools that would minimize possibility of the US Gov eavesdropping, inadvertently or otherwise. Perhaps a system of opensource OSs, TOR logins and specially crafted logins, on pre-identified low risk networks. thoughts?