<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: ratg13</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ratg13</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:42:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ratg13" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Brain scans reveal how to enters a psychedelic-like trance without drugs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you are interested in learning more, check out the David Lynch foundation<p>(Yes, that David Lynch)<p>There is also tm.org which is a worldwide organization offering courses in most countries.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653567</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653567</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "StackOverflow: Retiring the Beta Site"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At some point they got ultra aggressive about "duplicate" questions.<p>Technology changes at a fast pace .. so new questions would get asked, and then closed by moderators and pointed to similar questions that might be 5 or 6 years old and no longer relevant.. essentially ending the discussion on many topics and actively preventing progress in certain areas.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:17:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653456</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47653456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Elon Musk insists banks working on SpaceX IPO must buy Grok subscriptions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The xAI merger is the core of the rugpull<p>SpaceX made 8 billion in profit last year and xAI is losing 1B per month.<p>The whole IPO is convincing people that datacenters in space that are orders of magnitude more expensive than ones on earth is a financially viable business model and that tens of millions of people that already have internet are going to give up fiber for starlink.<p>It’s FSD and robotaxis x100</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 23:06:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633503</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633503</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Apple announces new Mac sales record following MacBook Neo launch"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They have made something that can more easily be adopted by schools for students.<p>They are creating countless customers for life.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:50:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473210</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473210</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47473210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Ask HN: How are mobile apps able to track users without permission?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>App setting<p>Yes I understand that GPS still works in airplane mode, but the app should not have my location made available to it when I am not using it</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:22:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445391</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445391</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47445391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: How are mobile apps able to track users without permission?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>With location data being sold and used by more and more actors, I am curious to know how mobile apps are able to bypass intended preferences to know a user's location.<p>To illustrate this I'll use an example that I saved some screenshots from.<p>https://imgur.com/a/how-does-uber-know-where-i-am-AGYdoyt<p>Here is a message I got seconds after wheels touched down in Toronto with Uber welcoming me to Toronto.<p>I had not even taken my phone out of flight mode yet, but somehow the app knew where I was, despite not having mobile service, wifi or bluetooth enabled.<p>I also have settings for the application set to only allow location while the app is in use.<p>I generally do not use uber.  For transportation I generally rely on public transportation, have transportation arranged, or rent a car.<p>I use uber maybe 1-2 times a year maximum, and at this point it would have been at least 6-8 months since my last uber.<p>I have never ordered uber eats, and never used uber in Toronto.<p>I even went through the accordion view of open applications to see if uber was opened recently, and it wasn't even in the list.<p>How is it that an app that I essentially never use, and had not used recently is able to determine my exact location despite me setting appropriate preferences that I would think should avoid this?<p>Do I need to be more paranoid and start disabling location services entirely?<p>Is there some setting I am missing?</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444841">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444841</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 3</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444841</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444841</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47444841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Gas turbines emit an array of pollutants including nitrogen oxides, methane, carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons, and formaldehyde that you should not be breathing.<p>You might not feel it right away, but the closer you are to these things, the more your health is going to suffer over time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:09:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430792</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430792</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Show HN: Hacker News archive (47M+ items, 11.6GB) as Parquet, updated every 5m"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Create a new account every so often, don’t leave any identifying information, occasionally switch up the way you spell words (British/US English), and alternate using different slang words and shorthand.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 19:52:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430612</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430612</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One has to wonder if the people placing these bets didn’t have some plans of their own.<p>A million dollars for a single bet is extremely high stakes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:46:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398251</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398251</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Ask HN: How do you find collaborators?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find discord is very helpful for this.<p>Find servers that are used by people in your desired audience and there is usually an appropriate channel to post in.<p>Let people know what you are doing and what you are looking for and interested parties will message you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:26:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381375</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381375</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47381375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You either need a lab to test donor samples first, or when this was more of a craze, a popular source of 'donations' for the DIY crowd was young children.<p>If you're interested in digging into the people that were doing this, they had a website dedicated to everyone telling their stories of how they went about their own individual journeys.<p>The website was called thepowerofpoop.com and looks like it's gone now, but is available on the wayback machine including individual articles and images.<p>I would go back to at least 2022 .. I think they possibly got in legal trouble at some point and started taking things down.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:57:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358411</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358411</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Enhancing gut-brain communication reversed cognitive decline in aging mice"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It might not be gluten (protein) that is affecting you, but the fructans (carbohydrates) that are found in wheat, rye, and barely which are high in FODMAPs.<p>Look into low-FODMAP diets if you haven't already.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:51:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358342</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358342</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47358342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "First 6 days of Iran war cost $11.3B"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sadly this is just as much money as was stolen from taxpayers and transferred to "The Board of Peace"</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:35:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355935</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355935</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47355935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Ask HN: How to be alone?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Go to where the people are.<p>Volunteer your time .. animal shelters, food kitchens, trash cleanups, habitat for humanity, or even just drop in to a nursing home .. there are tons of people that would also love to talk and share.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:21:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297120</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297120</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>He wrote the code base that it is based on in combination with code he stole. The name is also based on an early name he chose for the software.<p>Whether he was involved in the organization and participated in it, is certainly up for debate, but it's not like he would admit it.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M</a></p>
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<p>Not sure if you know the history behind it, but look up Paul Le Roux<p>Also would recommend the book called The Mastermind by Evan Ratliff</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:23:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46887784</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46887784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46887784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Carnegie Mellon Unversity Computer Club FTP Server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When I was 12-13, I attempted to download the entirety of a linux install CD this way because I was unaware of FTP clients.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 15:40:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872362</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872362</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "China's genius plan to win the AI race is paying off"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This article focuses on their education system .. but the thing that is going to push China ahead is their electrical grid.<p>The US would have to heavily invest in their grid for the next 10 years to reach where China is currently.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:54:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845227</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845227</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "Postman to limit Free plan from 3 users to 1"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Powershell<p>If you’re only 3 people or less just use a shared account .. or pay them if you use it significantly</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845206</link><dc:creator>ratg13</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845206</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46845206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ratg13 in "There is no skill in AI coding"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think it’s mostly the difference between breaking things down into small focused parts .. and people who are trying to accomplish many features with a single prompt and just expecting the ai to read their mind.</p>
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