Hacker News: quietsegfault

New comment by quietsegfault in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

quietsegfault — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:53:30 +0000

Whoops, I thought by “they” you meant “all the gambling platforms”, not just polymarket.

New comment by quietsegfault in "U.S. allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI to ‘trusted’ US organizations"

quietsegfault — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 03:50:09 +0000

I recommend making a donation to the Trump administration, that seems like the way to go.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Polymarket has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators"

quietsegfault — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:37:43 +0000

Isn’t that auditable by gambling regulators?

New comment by quietsegfault in "U.S. science is in chaos"

quietsegfault — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:37:12 +0000

Your original claim was that people haven’t bothered to check. When someone pointed out there are tens of thousands of papers on the subject, you changed the question to find papers that answer my specific question.

Those are not the same claim. You went from arguing that the research doesn’t exist to arguing that you haven’t personally seen research that satisfies you.

New comment by quietsegfault in "A backdoor in a LinkedIn job offer"

quietsegfault — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:30:04 +0000

I recently went through an interview—o-thon and got a couple obvious scammers. I hope it’s because it’s more prevalent, and not because I seem stupid enough to fall for it!

New comment by quietsegfault in "Scientists ejected from diabetes conference for distributing journal reprints"

quietsegfault — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:08:37 +0000

Many of us are protesting every day.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Show HN: I reverse-engineered the world maps of Test Drive III (1990 DOS game)"

quietsegfault — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:02:48 +0000

I actually came here to post this. It's iconic music, bleeps and bloops!

New comment by quietsegfault in "Show HN: I reverse-engineered the world maps of Test Drive III (1990 DOS game)"

quietsegfault — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:02:16 +0000

I can still hear the PC speaker music in my head.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Webcam head tracking, webcam to control in‑game FOV"

quietsegfault — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:10:59 +0000

I learned how to shift my head only a little bit to move the FOV a lot when using one of those infrared trackers. Still kinda hurt my neck.

New comment by quietsegfault in "A 10 year old Xeon is all you need"

quietsegfault — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:46:33 +0000

E5-2690s in my case.

New comment by quietsegfault in "A 10 year old Xeon is all you need"

quietsegfault — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:40:13 +0000

I have two LARGE Xeon systems of this era that I used to use when I was heavily involved with Kubernetes and needed to build out a home lab. One is 2x Xeon w/ 256 GB of ram, and one is 1x Xeon w/ 512GB of ram. Both are slow as dogs, and both of them take up at least 150+ watts with only one power supply. My 12th gen Intel Nuc is so, so much faster and efficient. I'm recycling the Xeon systems.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Show HN: TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV"

quietsegfault — Fri, 29 May 2026 23:01:41 +0000

I saw this on a 13” MacBook Pro, hardly a small screen! I’d like to be able to drag the top of the channel guide up to make the video shrink.

New comment by quietsegfault in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

quietsegfault — Fri, 29 May 2026 18:50:34 +0000

It’s like helping a crow by giving it some food, but way cooler.

New comment by quietsegfault in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

quietsegfault — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:49:12 +0000

Yes. They pay folks to drive them around.

New comment by quietsegfault in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

quietsegfault — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:47:26 +0000

This isn't an airport, you don't need to announce your departure.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"

quietsegfault — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:24:58 +0000

Do you care to disclose your relation to the leadership of Bricks and Minifigs? Did you go to the same university as those involved from the company? Are you affiliated with any of the same organizations?

New comment by quietsegfault in "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"

quietsegfault — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:21:29 +0000

The problem with the legal system in cases like this is if you have the police in your pocket, you can manipulate the perception of the truth and feel confident in bullying your adversary.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"

quietsegfault — Thu, 28 May 2026 21:01:27 +0000

Here's a thread on Reddit from the original owner of the store:

https://old.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/1tos7p5/bricks_and_mi...

New comment by quietsegfault in "Bricks and Minifigs Stole a Man's $200k Lego Collection"

quietsegfault — Thu, 28 May 2026 20:28:03 +0000

Bricks and Minifigs is a very popular birthday party destination for my kids peers. I will make sure to share this story with anyone considering to go there and allow them to form their own conclusions.

New comment by quietsegfault in "Who's to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives into His Students?"

quietsegfault — Fri, 22 May 2026 23:53:36 +0000

In NY, motor vehicle operators have the responsibility to not run over pedestrians. It doesn’t matter if they’re standing behind you or obstructing you. No one has the right to strike someone with their vehicle. The video is clear that the president was negligent in operation of the vehicle.

I’m not sure why this is hard for you to understand, but I hope you don’t operate motor vehicles if you can’t grasp this.