Hacker News: sfdlkj3jk342a

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "How Bluesky draws its logo on screenshots"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:17:17 +0000

That's what a username and password are for. I'd rather not be forcibly tracked.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Mozilla says stricter antitrust measures against Google 'threaten Firefox'"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:48:45 +0000

I would have agreed with you a couple years ago. But a few motivated volunteer developers and some LLMs could do it (possibly along with some moderate community funding).

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 02:57:35 +0000

> I gather you believe other people pay too much attention to CO2.

Why would you think that? I care a great deal about the environment.. I've been working on several reforestation projects for the last 5 years.

I wish there was 100x more funding for CO2 emission reduction. But it frustrates me far more how little attention pm2.5 pollution gets. I live in Asia and see the effects that pm2.5 pollution has on 100's of millions of people every day.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:04:59 +0000

Why do we put so much focus on CO2 emissions?

Sure, climate change is bad and has the potential to disrupt and end the lives of many in the future. But other forms of air pollution like pm2.5 particulates in the air are already causing an estimated 5 million premature deaths per year as well as a slew of other health problems including lowering of IQ.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Hardware backdoors in some x86 CPUs"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:06:55 +0000

So is it apparent that this backdoor was intentionally added by VIA for nefarious purposes? Or is there any other reasonable explanation for its existence?

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "GrapheneOS protections against data extraction from locked devices"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:42:41 +0000

A complete backup is solution that can be stored on my own encrypted servers and restored with a click of a button is really needed.

I always dread the possibility of my GrapheneOS phone being damaged or stolen and having to spend hours reinstalling and reconfiguring everything that Seedvault missed, as well as losing access to accounts that are locked by the secure element keys.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Telegram's t.me domain has been suspended"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:02:19 +0000

I agree that Matrix has a lot of problems, at least when used with the Element app, but I've found that voice calls are much better with Matrix compared to Signal over a flaky network. It was as good as WhatsApp in my experience.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Remote Attestation"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:29:12 +0000

I didn't claim to be an expert in this particular area of security, but I have enough common sense to know that remote attestation is not "critical" for a corporate network. Perhaps it has valuable use cases for very large companies that want complete control over their employee devices, but your claim is far too broad to hold.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Remote Attestation"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:09:01 +0000

> Do you debate vaccines with your doctors too?

If by "debate", you mean I take their advice into consideration and then make my own decision without blindly trusting them, then yes I do.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Remote Attestation"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:56:33 +0000

> Attestation is a critical security property for these environments.

No it's not. Every corporate network to which I've connected worked just fine without it.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "A better way to tie gym shorts (or any drawstring) [video]"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:30:15 +0000

Why not just buy clothes that fit properly?

I haven't tied a drawstring or used a belt in maybe 15 years, when I realized it was worth finding clothes that fit well. They're more comfortable and look better.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 17:16:32 +0000

Part of me wants Chat Control to get passed so that there is more incentive for at least the tech literate to start using more decentralized messaging tools.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 16:24:07 +0000

What's your definition of "abject poverty"?

I find it hard to believe that half the US would meet the criteria for any reasonable definition.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Ferrari Luce"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 26 May 2026 03:18:35 +0000

After seeing the pictures, I assumed they were moving into the mass-market budget EV sedan market at a price 1/10th of that.

$650k is a fine price for a Ferrari, but not one that looks as plain as that.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "The last six months in LLMs in five minutes"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Tue, 19 May 2026 07:45:00 +0000

I'm surprised by Grok as well:

https://grok.com/imagine/post/8d1eab88-737f-4d46-ba92-9b6502...

Interesting that it does better at making the pelican peddle in the video generation than in image generation.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Fri, 15 May 2026 04:21:27 +0000

That just helps them classify the type of traffic. They're not breaking the encryption to see the actual content.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Mullvad exit IPs are surprisingly identifying"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:37:54 +0000

I can easily pay for a VPN service with crypto anonymously. I can also use a VPN run by a company outside my country of residence and jurisdiction.

Neither of those is possible with my ISP.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "What the Hell Was Going on with Cigarette Ads in the 70s? (2024)"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:28:08 +0000

You don't have to go back 30 years to see it. Just take a shared taxi in Sumatra. Most of the men and some women will be smoking. Inside the car. With the windows closed. Sitting next to babies and young children.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Porn website at center of CNN investigation into sexual abuse taken offline"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Sat, 09 May 2026 01:37:51 +0000

Sad to see how only the big monopolies are allowed to continue hosting user-generated content because of regulatory capture.

New comment by sfdlkj3jk342a in "Ted Turner has died"

sfdlkj3jk342a — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:39:57 +0000

Bison are less selective eaters and tend to spread out more, so they're less damaging to grasslands than cattle. They also require less water, antibiotics, and general attention than cattle.