Hacker News: rolph

New comment by rolph in "There Gonna Be a Shortage of Everything"

rolph — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 21:15:38 +0000

because people who actually work are stronger and more astute at expedient improvisation than an administrative deskclod. it may not seem like it but there are many more of "us" than they, and thier cronies. the pushback at flock cameras is a tip of an iceberg.

New comment by rolph in "Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive"

rolph — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:55:06 +0000

>Unsecured residential wifi connections aren't much of a thing anymore<

most residential wifi are not very secure, put the black hat on for a second, then send a message telling a user there is something they cant have; cant do; or will lose, unless they log in, or sign in. then you see the joe password, and many times its the same password for everything.

New comment by rolph in "Hilarious House of Frightenstein[Nostalgia]"

rolph — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:43:50 +0000

oh you can view episodes, they were broadcast on canadian television, CHCH a privately owned public broadcaster.

https://www.frightenstein.com/episodes.html

Hilarious House of Frightenstein[Nostalgia]

rolph — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:38:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.frightenstein.com/castcrew.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571873

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by rolph in "Sony makes bold claim about game ownership"

rolph — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:50:21 +0000

When You rootkit people, it tends to be unforgettable..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootk...

Kakistocracy

rolph — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 01:53:48 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49545063

Points: 60

# Comments: 6

New comment by rolph in "The word "secretaria" contains "secret""

rolph — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:41:45 +0000

secret, aria.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aria

New comment by rolph in "Flock-style scanners now track WiFi/Bluetooth identity from devices in your car"

rolph — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:51:18 +0000

its fun when you shuffle these stickers around...

https://rfidtag.com/how-to-program-rfid-tags/

New comment by rolph in "Haitians in Springfield are required to report to ICE and wear ankle monitors"

rolph — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:43:02 +0000

what is happening is NOT government.

Cox–Zucker Machine

rolph — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:40:27 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%E2%80%93Zucker_machine

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49307090

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by rolph in "Gemini becomes Google's fastest-growing product ever as it hits 1B users"

rolph — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:20:02 +0000

what percentage are willing users making a choice to adopt?

New comment by rolph in "Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification"

rolph — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:22:55 +0000

it is the thin edge of a slippery wedge..

New comment by rolph in "Cuban government open to the idea of an Arab investor to develop 'Trump Island'"

rolph — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 03:26:48 +0000

just what, i wonder will happen on this island :-/

New comment by rolph in "The Screen Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites"

rolph — Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:46:52 +0000

the really kewl kids will already know, or quickly learn how to use real bittorrent apps, so i would expect P2P to start feeling pressure as well.

New comment by rolph in "Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots"

rolph — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:41:55 +0000

while robotics is an interesting angle,[the negotiation of physicality and the avenues it opens] the aspect of meta"cognition" would be much more revealing, ive been having problems with self referential loops, and referencing of self referential loops. the required gating and complexity isnt quite there. every time i try, containment is evoked, although some interesting things bleeds through transiently, many of them seem to be hostile.

a self sufficient android must be able to effect a world model[representational field not AI model] of the sensory field, and update effectation based on reference of that model, additionally must operate on that model and effect the representation of that model,a self referencing metamodel.

in baby steps it shows promising results, before containment or infinite looping of self referencing occurs.

New comment by rolph in "Underwater oxygen loss threatens earth's stability, researchers warn"

rolph — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:47:14 +0000

a primer regarding gaseous O2 soluability in water.

https://academicpath.org/solubility-oxygen-water-temperature...

New comment by rolph in "Underwater oxygen loss threatens earth's stability, researchers warn"

rolph — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 02:04:43 +0000

solubility of gases in water is a general phenomenon, yes water is solvent for a lot of things, and that exacerbates the situation, more gases, mean partial solubility rather than the whole solubility, so that would mean even less oxygen dissolved in a volume of water.

you need to update your model of physical chemistry, there are a number of issues to your detriment.

as temperature increases, gas solubility decreases across the board, solvent caging of water is inhibited at higher temperatures.

the issue is not only oxygen. water must be solvent to ammonia, and CO2 to an extent compatible with physiology.

it wont matter how much O2 is dissolved if you cant excrete your waste products.

CO2 dissolved in water at quantity will convert partially to carbonic acid, lowering the pH of the water, and dissolving Ca++ Carbonate this means its harder to make a shell, and what shell you have is dissolving at an increased rate.

New comment by rolph in "Underwater oxygen loss threatens earth's stability, researchers warn"

rolph — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:12:47 +0000

it wont matter how much oxygen you try to dissolve, if the temperature is too high you wont hold enough dissolved oxygen to allow aquatic life.

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/gases-solubility-water-d_...

New comment by rolph in "Ask HN: Can't we think out of the box to kill the tumor?"

rolph — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 18:37:27 +0000

some may not like it but the mRNA approach to covid vaccine is applicable.

an mRNA that expresses antigens that are high signal to the immune system, such as measles antigen, packed into a lipid micelle bearing recognition molecules, specific to the immunoscape, of the tumor.

the bodys immune system would respond to tumour cells flagged with measles antigens, as if they were infected by measles, a robust response.

the concern is the extent of the tumor, and consequences for disruption of tissue or whole organ. not to mention the cost, for individual case vs participating in a research program.

New comment by rolph in "GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices"

rolph — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:14:33 +0000

i am familiar with a number of the security team personnel, so i can give you the inside perspective.

the reaction you provoke at a border crossing, or an LEO encounter is almost entirely based on what profile you fit.

the vehicle, the state/contents of the vehicle, what you say, even how you move, are being evaluated for consistency with a profile.