Hacker News: screamingninja

New comment by screamingninja in "Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly"

screamingninja — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:20:31 +0000

sending you an email!

New comment by screamingninja in "Pyodide: a Python distribution based on WebAssembly"

screamingninja — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:26:36 +0000

A reactive notebook for Python that runs in browser, powered by Pyodide. I have been using it extensively for teaching Python to non-STEM students that do not need the added friction of navigating the CLI or filesystem hierarchy.

New comment by screamingninja in "A decentralized peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth"

screamingninja — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:27:15 +0000

Standards: https://xkcd.com/927/

New comment by screamingninja in "Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying?"

screamingninja — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:56:39 +0000

Can you share the report?

New comment by screamingninja in "Evolving OpenAI's Structure"

screamingninja — Mon, 05 May 2025 19:09:22 +0000

> ban all non-US LLM providers

What do you consider an "LLM provider"? Is it a website where you interact with a language model by uploading text or images? That definition might become too broad too quickly. Hard to ban.

New comment by screamingninja in "Common food dye found to make skin and muscle temporarily transparent"

screamingninja — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:06:53 +0000

> You don't play with chemicals

How else do you learn?

New comment by screamingninja in "What App to Use for Notes?"

screamingninja — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:49:11 +0000

Logseq + Syncthing has been working quite well. Logseq is well maintained, has a fully functional Android app, and a thriving plug-in ecosystem. I have been using the combination for a year and it's an excellent long term solution.

New comment by screamingninja in "Public toilets are vanishing and that's a civic catastrophe"

screamingninja — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:34:07 +0000

Or perhaps higher demand can be a signal to increase supply instead of price gouging. Why incentivize anyone to limit supply?

New comment by screamingninja in "Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in Russia"

screamingninja — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 03:49:00 +0000

> Mozilla is starting to seriously have a long list of highly questionable if not directly user hostile behaviors.

Would you care to provide examples? I am a longtime user of Mozilla products unfamiliar with the topic and I am genuinely curious.

> What should we think of their VPN they try to promote so much

Mozilla does not have its own service but rather resells Mullvad, one of the most privacy focused services in existence. Is there more to this story that I am unaware of?

New comment by screamingninja in "Own a weather station? We want your data"

screamingninja — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 13:52:06 +0000

> But like so many they turned commercial and kicked off all the hobbyists that made them big. It was a really nasty move.

Yes, their acquisition by IBM really messed things up. I went from totally loving the app to uninstalling it and never looking back.

Definitely going to feed my local data to weather.gov.

New comment by screamingninja in "Microsoft AI spying scandal: time to rethink privacy standards"

screamingninja — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:28:02 +0000

> everyone copy-pastes commands other people wrote straight into the terminal

I know a lot of people that use Linux and not many of them operate this way. Most care about their software sources. "Everyone" is certainly not the case.

New comment by screamingninja in "Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)"

screamingninja — Tue, 07 May 2024 21:55:57 +0000

You missed the point. Driving a Tesla takes more than two steps. The door does not close itself either.

New comment by screamingninja in "Simplicity is an advantage but sadly complexity sells better (2022)"

screamingninja — Mon, 06 May 2024 19:57:32 +0000

While I agree with the sentiment that Tesla has wonderful UI/UX, your 10+ step EV-to-ICE comparison is disingenuous. Tesla does not scrape the ice by itself.

New comment by screamingninja in "OpenVoice: Instant Voice Cloning"

screamingninja — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:09:10 +0000

What is a legitimate use case for this? I can think of a hundred applications for deceiving others but struggle to come up with a scenario where one would want their voice cloned or reproduced.

New comment by screamingninja in "ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC's Internet rules, critics say"

screamingninja — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:04:49 +0000

Try NextDNS: https://nextdns.io/

New comment by screamingninja in "Cow Magnets"

screamingninja — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:08:39 +0000

> unnecessarily verbose way

What are you referring to? I just see two words in the title: "Cow Magnets"

New comment by screamingninja in "Reverst: Reverse Tunnels in Go over HTTP/3 and QUIC"

screamingninja — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:29:44 +0000

Have you considered wireguard / tailscale?

New comment by screamingninja in "JPMorgan to sell customer transaction data to advertisers"

screamingninja — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:48:37 +0000

Good to know that Apple does not collect and store this data. The original issue, however, is that the banks continue to share this data with wallet providers. I have seen notifications on my phone wallet when using the physical card, which I found suspicious.

New comment by screamingninja in "JPMorgan to sell customer transaction data to advertisers"

screamingninja — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 20:16:55 +0000

> Do you have a citation for this? I see no evidence of this in the user-facing parts of the Google Wallet app, nor do I see something like that in the terms.

No, this is from my personal understanding. Please feel free to correct me if you think this is incorrect.

New comment by screamingninja in "JPMorgan to sell customer transaction data to advertisers"

screamingninja — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:52:18 +0000

> As the only bank-led media platform of its kind, Chase Media Solutions combines the scale and audience of a retail media network with the exclusive advantages of Chase’s first-party financial data, institutional credibility and precise targeting capabilities.

This seems to be a first, though a lot of transaction data is already leaked to wallet providers (Google, Apple, Samsung) when you add your cards to those digital wallets in exchange for added convenience or offers. Note that these wallets get access to ALL card transactions, including physical card swipes, and not just those conducted via their platform.