Hacker News: risk

New comment by risk in "US Customs destroys rare floppy disk"

risk — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:55:42 +0000

This is staged and you can tell the box is opened by the way they poorly move the camera away from where it is in view each time. Pay attention to the moment before the scissors are grabbed and the box flaps open.

The camera moves away. It is deliberate misdirection, multiple times.

The shock is disingenuous and incredulous.

I am disappointed that grifting and manufactured rage bait like this is in the fp on hn. Rarely do I log in but can you not turn this place into a dump with low quality sensationalist content?

This is fraud being sold as malfeasance. No thanks

New comment by risk in "Binary Grand Prix: An optimized file game for hackers and reverse engineers"

risk — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:42:21 +0000

it's a fun game where you make an optimized file (any you want) that does tricks according to a theme. this year's theme is all of them.

Binary Grand Prix: An optimized file game for hackers and reverse engineers

risk — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 18:42:21 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/binarygolf/BGGP/blob/main/2025/6.md

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826299

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by risk in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)"

risk — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:32:43 +0000

I'm working on a hidden puzzle for the 40th anniversary phrack edition which is scheduled for release this summer. If you're a reader of it be on the lookout for curiosities and scrutinize everything. There is a prize at the end and it's going to be fun. :)

Show HN: Ultraviolet/Glow-in-the-dark VSCode theme to use in time for Halloween

risk — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 21:14:49 +0000

Hey HN, I made a VS Code theme inspired by blacklights and things that glow in the dark for Halloween. It looks like a witch's cauldron as well, so if you use Visual Studio Code and you like green/purple glowy things try it out to be spooky with me this season.

Here's a demo: https://i.imgur.com/YUUK64m.gif

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41476508

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by risk in "The whale fact chapters in Moby-Dick are among the most memorable"

risk — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 03:02:55 +0000

moby dick was written in my city (new bedford, ma - former whaling capitol of the world and #1 fishing port in the usa today). the author stayed here downtown after moving from nantucket in order to write and was not famous until after he died, sadly. he was a fisherman in real life and the book is excellent if you're familiar with the history of whaling.

New comment by risk in "Fravia's Pages of Reverse Engineering"

risk — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 01:02:24 +0000

rip

Ask HN: Is there a DALL-E or library for image sets?

risk — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 16:31:53 +0000

does anybody here know where or how i can use a set of images to generate an image which represents the average of the set? like if i feed it 100 apples and wanted it to output a unique version of apple?

I do not know what this is called but that's the behavior I would like to implement if anyone knows which language/libraries support this kind of thing could you tell me in the comments please?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32868549

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by risk in "It's impossible to sign up for GCP in 2022 (Twitter thread)"

risk — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:13:25 +0000

I tried to get gcp to go with my golang stuff. I used PayPal with a debit card and an Amex attached to it. I was instantly banned as well.

So I said fuck it and got the aws equivalent. It's really unfortunate and doesnt inspire confidence in their products/support. No remediation and immediate algorithmic bans is a system that's broken. Its not up to me to try again. Thats on Google.

To catch a hacker in my home lab

risk — Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:58:05 +0000

Article URL: https://marcusedmondson.com/2021/07/15/to-catch-a-hacker-in-my-home-lab/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28839711

Points: 92

# Comments: 10

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 16:21:20 +0000

sir the only articles written about your internet impact have been by your own hand, and they're not entirely accurate. the whole scene knows it and calls me to respond to your submission here while minding my own business doing my thing since i am an actual verifiable authority on this subject to other respected domain leaders and you're just attention seeking because your life sucks. on your 2nd hn account talking to me

New comment by risk in "New evidence of fabrications behind the Trump-Russia theory"

risk — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 19:51:48 +0000

i flagged this shitpost. how did it get 37 points?

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 23:00:56 +0000

Its our culture we should be proud of it. Especially since many of us were spending our childhoods together virtually. The internet was much different then but I sincerely appreciate it when those of us who were around then, in any capacity, reminisce.

There are no more new AOLers and those with fun memories associated with the platform are always going to be more special to me than many others just because that's where I learned to computer and I've many delightful experiences there.

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:12:12 +0000

they had 2fa before most orgs and even launched a beta for the public called "AOL PASSCODE". aim had 2fa i remember host guide something with the password "pepper" had it in 2002.

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:10:27 +0000

paste did not hack anything he is just an archivist of aol lore. my pr0gz are on there i found them while searching for {s gotmail to add to my phone alert notifications. we follow each other on twitter and he's just a wholesome dude with no sketchy background other than writing vb pr0gz with the rest of us in aol://2719-2-2-vb

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:08:29 +0000

you're talking about cameron "cam0" lacroix who got that and a default ssh key. he was raided on frederick street for that at age 14, but being a minor and a legend at opssec he was not charged or arrested - just raided for good measure by bill zaleski (sp) at 703.265.4040 :)

New comment by risk in "The first and last time AIM was hacked"

risk — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:43:02 +0000

Hi this author is unexposed and not entirely accurate in his reporting. We (dfntsc) hacked Cris,Merlin, Gandalf, and whaops.

I even stole juberti's name and took "Justin" (aim only account) until it was frauded by opsec44 at the behest of a snitch very late to the game calling himself "defiant"

Kim zetter wrote about our antics 20 years ago I am just posting this here because the title is misleading and is demonstrative of the author's ignorance and absence from the scene given we dont know each other and I consider myself aoleet in a very very small circle. I know dime (Dave) and his brother that's mentioned in the article. My boy helped him write his fdo token scanner in addition to making his own *toolZ. I do not know this author.

Nice pictures but they are not even his. Clout chaser.

E: The author is kevin/pad. A groupie from conferences with no technical apitutde. U may know him as the founder of the Minerva token which got owned (since technically inept)

Anyway, read this article like it was written by a groupie and not an authority on the subject /active participant.

When cryptome.org got defaced and hacked we were monitoring pad snitching in jya@earthlink.net emails from pad@yayo.org.

Clout chaser and groupie for sure

New comment by risk in "Let's write a compiler, part 1: Introduction, selecting a language, and planning"

risk — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 19:51:27 +0000

The author of this is part of the binary grand prix and made my favorite submission to the contest. Very cool content thanks for posting it.

New comment by risk in "Tony Hoare answers questions [video]"

risk — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:55:41 +0000

I love the concept of null in computing so much and for golang channels and the most practical concurrent programming paradigm on earth there is CSP. He is a GOAT of this domain.

New comment by risk in "Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care before Covid-19 outbreak disclosed"

risk — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:48:41 +0000

this article inspires to recollection the editor's note on that article from 2015 https://www.nature.com/articles/nm.3985