Hacker News: rokkamokka

New comment by rokkamokka in "Digital identity management in Norway is a success but also a disaster"

rokkamokka — Fri, 29 May 2026 13:27:36 +0000

How is this different from any other form of identification? If you are stripped of that you still wouldn't be able to access these services.

New comment by rokkamokka in "PHP's Oddities"

rokkamokka — Sat, 23 May 2026 16:00:41 +0000

They are an incredibly versatile tool for sure. Even more so wrapped in a Laravel Collection

New comment by rokkamokka in "Why is Google Maps back to showing old satellite images of Altadena?"

rokkamokka — Mon, 18 May 2026 10:52:24 +0000

I assume for the more depraved shit they wanted extra privacy for?

New comment by rokkamokka in "Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit"

rokkamokka — Sun, 17 May 2026 15:06:41 +0000

Fiasco? You mean where they voluntarily shut down rather than compromise themselves? Or are you referring to another matter?

New comment by rokkamokka in "The era of 15GB free Gmail storage is ending"

rokkamokka — Fri, 15 May 2026 07:36:09 +0000

I remember the magic that was 1GB (and "infinite" because it kept slowly growing) email storage back when Hotmail gave you maybe 5MB. Crazy to think it was over 20 years ago.

New comment by rokkamokka in "Motherboard sales 'collapse' amid unprecedented shortages fueled by AI"

rokkamokka — Thu, 07 May 2026 17:26:14 +0000

The root of most of society's problems right there...

New comment by rokkamokka in "[dead]"

rokkamokka — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:42:21 +0000

Any mention of the Laffer curve should be taken with a grain of salt... Historically it's always used to push a viewpoint that somehow society would be better if only we didn't tax the people who can most afford to be taxed.

New comment by rokkamokka in "Heat pump sales rise across Europe"

rokkamokka — Mon, 04 May 2026 22:05:13 +0000

Also, make sure that's actually legal in your jurisdiction. It is not legal here (primarily due to handling of coolant)

New comment by rokkamokka in "SatoshiGuesser – Roll for Bitcoin"

rokkamokka — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:09:02 +0000

There's no realistic chance it'll be correct anyway

New comment by rokkamokka in "My brother's minesweeper site (minesweeper.org) has been running for 27 years"

rokkamokka — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:09:35 +0000

"has been running for 27 years" but also "went dark after a decade" and "recently revived". So how long has it actually been running?

New comment by rokkamokka in "We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees"

rokkamokka — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 13:41:27 +0000

Does anyone want these emails? Users getting them might just be marking them as spam because they're unwanted

New comment by rokkamokka in "Bitcoin miners are losing on every coin produced as difficulty drops"

rokkamokka — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:32:27 +0000

Bitcoin is no longer mined by GPUs but by ASICs

New comment by rokkamokka in "1D Chess"

rokkamokka — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 17:35:47 +0000

There is an explanation further down. A stalemate is if the enemy has no valid loves and is not in check

New comment by rokkamokka in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

rokkamokka — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:33:44 +0000

A hundred million identical court cases might not be too good for the legal system

New comment by rokkamokka in "They're made out of meat (1991)"

rokkamokka — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:57:50 +0000

It's electrical signals... Inside your meat

New comment by rokkamokka in "Bacteria found in the human intestine capable of improving muscle strength"

rokkamokka — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 20:55:40 +0000

Just do a quick search for German toilet and you'll see.

New comment by rokkamokka in "Bourbon waste could provide next-gen supercapacitor components"

rokkamokka — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 01:27:35 +0000

Unless I'm mistaken there's somewhat of a bourbon crisis where the production has massively outpaced the consumption lately

New comment by rokkamokka in "The bridge to wealth is being pulled up with AI"

rokkamokka — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:42:25 +0000

Pretty big assumption of empathy there

New comment by rokkamokka in "Return of the Obra Dinn: spherical mapped dithering for a 1bpp first-person game"

rokkamokka — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:47:05 +0000

I gave this game a shot but honestly the art style got in the way of the gameplay for me. Fun to read how much effort went into it

New comment by rokkamokka in "Peter Thiel's Antichrist Lectures"

rokkamokka — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 11:21:29 +0000

This is an attempt at a reverse Streisand effect, right? He didn't like people memeing that he was the antichrist, so he did all this so any searches would turn up his lectures rather than the memes/accusations.