Hacker News: rickcarlino

New comment by rickcarlino in "Show HN: GovAuctions lets you browse government auctions at once"

rickcarlino — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:48:13 +0000

What is the catch with these real estate auctions? Certainly a $60k house is a deal even if it had a bad roof full of asbestos.

Quantum computers need fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

rickcarlino — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 03:22:05 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/03/new-quantum-computing-advances-heighten-threat-to-elliptic-curve-cryptosystems/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47645840

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by rickcarlino in "I quit. The clankers won"

rickcarlino — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:06:02 +0000

LLMs can produce text information but they cannot have experiences. Writing about authentic experience is still a worth while endeavor. Expression of a preference is also an experience when framed correctly.

Geomys – a Gopher client for Macintosh 68K (2026)

rickcarlino — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:13:51 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/ecliptik/geomys

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581260

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rickcarlino in "SimpleX Chat"

rickcarlino — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:31:42 +0000

I’ve been using SimpleX for a small circle of friends and it has been pretty easy to use. I am surprised it has not seen wider adoption. Writing scripts for it is also straightforward.

New comment by rickcarlino in "What came after the 486?"

rickcarlino — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:00 +0000

I am almost 40 and only now realizing “pent”ium came after “4”86.

Paintn't – A headless tribute to paint.exe, in TypeScript

rickcarlino — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:16:57 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/RickCarlino/paintnt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47420898

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Tree-Style Invite Systems Reduce AI Slop

rickcarlino — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:41:39 +0000

Article URL: https://abyss.fish/tree-style_invite_systems_reduce_AI_slop

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47398192

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rickcarlino in "Optimizing Content for Agents"

rickcarlino — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 03:50:23 +0000

A web where text/markdown is prevalent is a win for human readers, too. It would be great if Firefox and Chrome rendered markdown as rich text (eg: real headings/links instead of plaintext).

Federal Judge Quashes Justice Department Subpoenas of Fed Chair Jerome Powell

rickcarlino — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:53:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/fed-chair-jerome-powell-subpoena

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47372498

Points: 27

# Comments: 4

Illinois introduces OS-level age verification law

rickcarlino — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:21:08 +0000

Article URL: https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB3977/2025

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47357294

Points: 60

# Comments: 73

New comment by rickcarlino in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."

rickcarlino — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:16:29 +0000

How has Lobste.rs fared compared to HN in this regard? Lobste.rs is very similar to HN, but has an invite-only membership system.

New comment by rickcarlino in "Why the global elite gave up on spelling and grammar"

rickcarlino — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:10:53 +0000

Nothing says “I’m not AI” like a complete disregard for capitalization and grammar. It’s the ultimate authenticity signal in 2026.

New comment by rickcarlino in "Living human brain cells play DOOM on a CL1 [video]"

rickcarlino — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:37:37 +0000

It is going to be quite the ethical dilemma if/when these machines produce text output comparable to a modern LLM...

New comment by rickcarlino in "Payphone Go"

rickcarlino — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:17 +0000

Please expand this to other states. This is such a fun and creative idea.

Monica helps you organize the social interactions with your loved ones

rickcarlino — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:38:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.monicahq.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47257941

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by rickcarlino in "Show HN: HN Bot Detector - Detects LLM-Generated Comments on Hacker News"

rickcarlino — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:44:15 +0000

It seems to be case sensitive.

Wiby.me – Early Web Search

rickcarlino — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:53:49 +0000

Article URL: https://wiby.me/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47210052

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by rickcarlino in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

rickcarlino — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:37:20 +0000

Who is actively lobbying against the “war on root access”? Which are the NGOs/PACs/non-profits with the best track record of getting results here? FSF and EFF come to mind, but I can’t think of others and don’t know of track records for any of them.

New comment by rickcarlino in "The peculiar case of Japanese web design (2022)"

rickcarlino — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:10:27 +0000

And while they are at it, I hope they give us our scrollbars back. They seem to shrink by one pixel every year...