Hacker News: quiet35

New comment by quiet35 in "Go will reject certificate chains containing eight distrusted SPKIs"

quiet35 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:57:09 +0000

I really appreciate Firefox to have their own certificate DB because it allows to create separate profiles with different trusted certificate sets. The country where I live issued it's own root certificates which I have reasons not to trust in all cases but when accessing government services etc. So I've created a separate Firefox profile where I've installed those malicious certificates, keeping the main Firefox profile clean.

New comment by quiet35 in "Ask HN: What do people do with Android phones once security updates end?"

quiet35 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 06:19:10 +0000

I agree, people don't care. There are plenty of offers of Android 4 and even Android 2 phones on secondary market here, not to mention more recent Android versions those are still long obsolete. People buy and use those, they are not aware it's an issue. A phone is a phone, it works, why not to use it, right? I personally use a phone that runs alternative LineageOS-based firmware, the updates for this firmware stopped 2 years ago. I suspect there are multiple RCE vulnerabilities either in the OS and in the drivers now, and it bothers be somewhat, but not to the point that would force me to spend money on a new phone yet, exactly for the reason that I've never heard of remote attacks on phones of "ordinary" users who are not activists or, say, politicians.

New comment by quiet35 in "A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck near Iwate Pref Japan"

quiet35 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:27:18 +0000

6.9 is an intensity on a Japan Meteorological Agency Seismic Intensity Scale, which can vary from 0 to 7. So it's the second strongest intensity possible on the scale. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Meteorological_Agency_se...

New comment by quiet35 in "W – The European social network for verified humans"

quiet35 — Tue, 12 May 2026 03:57:13 +0000

I am just gonna leave it here.

3.2. Identity verification through W Identity. To create a W Social account, you must first verify your identity through W Identity. W Identity operates an independent identity verification service that allows you to verify your identity once and then selectively share verified attributes with third-party applications under your control.

3.3. During the W Identity verification process, you will be asked to provide your phone number, email address, and date of birth, and to verify your identity using an official passport (via photo or NFC scan) and a selfie. This process is governed by W Identity’s own terms of service and privacy notice [...]

From the "W Identity" Play Store page:

Data that may be shared with other companies or organizations:

Personal info: Name, Email address, User IDs, and Other info

Photos and videos: Photos

Location: Approximate location

Messages: Other in-app messages

Device or other IDs

New comment by quiet35 in "Singapore introduces caning for boys who bully others at school"

quiet35 — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:52:00 +0000

I see at least 2 issues with the physical punishment:

- it will only make the bullies taking their revenge on vulnerable ones with even more cruelty. And they will plan it carefully to be hard/impossible to prove. It will lead to the escalation, not to the resolution

- the power will be abused, it's inevitable. I would be so scared to be in a class where "teacher" has the power to harm me physically! (to clarify: I am very much out of the school age, but just thinking about this perspective is making me feel uneasy)

So what is the possible solution then? Protect those who are vulnerable. And work with bullies to resolve/ease their life issues. I suspect most of them do what they do because of tough situation in family. In severe cases, I can think of suspension or exclusion from school or another kind of isolation. Probably way better than showing ALL kids that violence is a fine casual way to solve issues.

Applying violence to kids is not the way to make them stop applying violence to others.

New comment by quiet35 in "AI uBlock Blacklist"

quiet35 — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:45:55 +0000

I like the idea and even considered contributing to the list, but this stopped me:

> NAQ (Never Asked Questions)

> My website is on your list!

> Cry about it.

That's quite a suspicious attitude. Clearly the maintainer believes he is infallible. I understand the emotions behind this, but this is not how a public blacklist should be maintained.

New comment by quiet35 in "65 Lines of Markdown, a Claude Code Sensation"

quiet35 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:56:33 +0000

Funny. The author is not sure if his (and original) extension improves Claude output, but since the original project has 4k+ start on Github, "surely, 4,000 developers can’t be wrong". So, "Please try for yourself! Install the extension, don’t forget to star my repository and see the results". No matter if it's good, just star my repo.

New comment by quiet35 in "The HTML Element"

quiet35 — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:22:12 +0000

The main intent behind this seems to be constantly reminding users that enabling geolocation is an option, and that it is an ordinary thing to do. Dear user, why don't you still use it, everyone does it. Just click the button!

New comment by quiet35 in "Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New"

quiet35 — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:51:56 +0000

First, let me clarify that by no means I am defending Maestro Technology here, scammers should receive much more than just some bad publicity. But the quote from the article looks a little overdramatizing: "This is particularly disturbing because the intended duty cycle of these parts is intensive and we'd probably burn through the remaining writes on these SSDs in _less than two years._"

Let's calculate: DWPD for the D3-S4510 is 2, giving TBW = 2.84*2(DWPD)*365(days)*5(years) = 10366 TB, or around 10^10 MiB (9885787963 exactly). SMART attribute NAND writes tells 3068104*32 MiB written, which is around 10^8 MiB (98179328 exactly). So, there is 99% of the drive's resource still left, if we are talking about flash wear.

The second drive's NAND writes attribute is 356474, which is 11% of that of the first drive. And it's D3-S4610, which DWPD is 3, so the writes barely scratched the surface.

Again, I am not liking scammers who sell used drives a single bit, the overall situation is getting worse, it's way harder now to buy new genuine disk drives (and electronics in general). But let's just be honest, this particular case is not bad, rsync.net got lucky.

New comment by quiet35 in "Show HN: Self-Funded Game with Homemade Engine – Play Online, Steam Coming"

quiet35 — Sat, 17 May 2025 14:03:56 +0000

It's a very, _very_ loud music, and thus should not have started immediately, that's my point.

New comment by quiet35 in "Show HN: Self-Funded Game with Homemade Engine – Play Online, Steam Coming"

quiet35 — Sat, 17 May 2025 01:11:54 +0000

I opened your link in a background tab, and switched to it after some time, I even forgot what the tab contains. The music started playing IMMEDIATELY with MAX VOLUME. It's 5 AM here. Nice joke. Negative interest in the game followed.

New comment by quiet35 in "Ask HN: What's the most creative 'useless' program you've ever written?"

quiet35 — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:58:57 +0000

A couple of years ago I've made a Python program for generating all possible solutions of this Crosswordle game: https://crosswordle.vercel.app The app shows the overall number of solutions and some stats, like how many solutions contain certain word at certain position. It was not completely useless: it was a big motivation factor for learning Python, because me and my friends were obsessed by the game. It took around a year and 3 algorithm redesigns till the program could find all solutions of a 6-word Crosswordle in a somewhat reasonable time - 2-3 hours.