Hacker News: robotnikman

New comment by robotnikman in "Java's new AOT cache feature is in a rough state"

robotnikman — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:05:05 +0000

Agreed, lets not try to recreate something like the npm dependency hell.

New comment by robotnikman in "I went to Mexico to test-drive the cars Americans can’t buy"

robotnikman — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:31:14 +0000

I went there recently for a friends wedding, and about half the Uber's we took were driving Chinese EV's

New comment by robotnikman in "Solving the 1950 cipher meant to test life after death"

robotnikman — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:38:07 +0000

What is Satan is simply the emergent system comprised of all of mankinds current desires and actions driven by them?

Yeah, I'm overthinking things but it is fun to wonder.

New comment by robotnikman in "Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin"

robotnikman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:35:30 +0000

>In 2 of these states, it just rains all the time

Sounds like the perfect place for me, I love rain. If only the housing was more affordable though.

New comment by robotnikman in "Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter"

robotnikman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:33:00 +0000

Unless they are a Public Benefit Corporation, they will eventually go the way of Google and their 'Don't be evil' motto.

New comment by robotnikman in "Anthropic's Public Benefit Charter"

robotnikman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 20:31:47 +0000

>I highly recommend Eric Ries' new book Incorruptible if you want to learn more about this stuff.

Looks like an interesting read, thanks for the recommendation!

New comment by robotnikman in "PHP2Shell: AI uncovers critical RCE in PHP"

robotnikman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:28:00 +0000

Ah, the quote from the Java Windows installer lol.

New comment by robotnikman in "Feds suspect ransom negotiator ran ShinyHunters extortion site"

robotnikman — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:38:43 +0000

This is the main reason imo. The people who worked for places like the NSA got plucked up by the private sector who paid them much more.

New comment by robotnikman in "Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month"

robotnikman — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:56:59 +0000

Microsoft Frontpage /s

New comment by robotnikman in "Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer"

robotnikman — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:31:51 +0000

Yes, its completely unusable on my fire stick. I ended up sideloading the old apk.

New comment by robotnikman in "Chicago O'Hare digs up 50-ton boulder under airfield, asks public for name ideas"

robotnikman — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:18:02 +0000

I like 'Da Rock' because it reminds me of da orks from Warhammer 40K

New comment by robotnikman in "The First Candid"

robotnikman — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:52:41 +0000

Very interesting to see what the streets of a city looked like 200 years ago

New comment by robotnikman in "Namecheap just seized and disabled all my domains"

robotnikman — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 20:00:35 +0000

>namecheap purchased by private equity CVC in 2025 for $1.5B

Ahhh crap, there goes the company down the toilet. And they were the place I trusted to buy my domain names from.

Ask HN: Is anyone still running Token Ring or FDDI networks?

robotnikman — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:10:35 +0000

Recent discussion on Token Ring networks has me wondering, has anyone seen any Token Ring or FDDI networks still running out there?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50126004

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

New comment by robotnikman in "What was a Token Ring network?"

robotnikman — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 23:07:13 +0000

I remember seeing those same plugs in one of the old office where I work, always thought it was for some old IBM connection, now I know exactly what it is!

New comment by robotnikman in "Tesla Roadster"

robotnikman — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:49:10 +0000

I'll admit, that was pretty cool

New comment by robotnikman in "I know why the mathematicians weep"

robotnikman — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 21:15:24 +0000

>For most of recorded history, the bulk of humanity lived as peasants, serfs, or slaves. They were mostly illiterate, bound to the land or to a master, and had little power to bargain over the terms of their (or their children) lives.

I feel like we should be doing everything we can to not revert back to that way of life.

New comment by robotnikman in "Celebrating 70 Years of Fortran"

robotnikman — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 20:59:54 +0000

>It also gave me an appreciation for JavaBeanFactoryFactory.

My favorite is SimpleBeanFactoryAwareAspectInstanceFactory

New comment by robotnikman in "Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men"

robotnikman — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:05:25 +0000

Speaking as a gay dude, it doesn't mean you have to follow a mainstream religion to find spirituality, especially one which tells you that you are an evil person because of who you are. Personally I've taken bits of various eastern religious beliefs which now form my 'spirituality'.

It's weird, its like there is some part of our mind that requires something spiritual to fill it, and has been that way every since recorded history. People have always looked for something higher than themselves, whether is be a god or gods, or the idea of nature or the universe, or any matter of similar ideas. And filling that part of our minds with a belief in something, seems to put the mind at ease in some ways. A lot of medical literature I've read includes 3 parts of yourself that you need to take care of: mind, body and spirit. So I really do believe there is something behind it.

New comment by robotnikman in "OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room"

robotnikman — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:48:31 +0000

>We also don’t know if this person did it under duress.

He was a Saudi national, so that is a possibility