Hacker News: sharken

New comment by sharken in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

sharken — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:17:06 +0000

In that sense AI is a tool much like a dictionary, it enhances and I'd say improve the end result.

New comment by sharken in "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"

sharken — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 11:00:13 +0000

Given the current state of the Chrome family of browsers and the anti adblocker stance from Google, i'd think that alone would guarantee Firefox a steady user base.

Not sure how users cope with Chrome-based browsers and intrusive ads.

New comment by sharken in "Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator"

sharken — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:03:56 +0000

Not to mention a Facebook simulator :)

New comment by sharken in "Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator"

sharken — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:34:03 +0000

Also missing (I think) are anecdotes about previous experiences involving famous people or just memorable moments in history.

Also comments where the poster shares details from their own life instead of just commenting on the topic.

But I can't really describe this "human Factor" any better than through examples.

New comment by sharken in "Show HN: I built an interactive HN Simulator"

sharken — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 10:28:18 +0000

Really spooky, all comments are LLM based and something certainly feels off, but can't quite put my finger on what it is.

I think it has to do with comments that doesnt really comment on the previous comment.

Certainly one of the more interesting uses of LLMs in a while.

New comment by sharken in "Checkout.com hacked, refuses ransom payment, donates to security labs"

sharken — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 11:03:19 +0000

Well said, ideally action comes first and then these actions can be communicated.

But in the real world, you have words ie. commitment before actions and a conclusion.

Best of luck to them.

New comment by sharken in "Norway reviews cybersecurity after remote-access feature found in Chinese buses"

sharken — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 22:00:10 +0000

Not sure why there are no specifics, but for anyone interested this seems to the merger that was denied, along with the reasons why it was denied.

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/es/ip_19_...

New comment by sharken in "Developers are choosing older AI models"

sharken — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 10:08:51 +0000

Brave indeed does block WebBluetooth by default, but it can be turned on by the user using flags.

It's by no means a new feature, but the privacy concerns outlined in this post are still valid 10 years later: https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/w3c-web-bluetooth-api-privacy...

New comment by sharken in "How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM"

sharken — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 08:31:42 +0000

It should be put into law, that when you buy something, you have the right to do with it what you want for personal use.

In the present case, Amazon clearly states that the customer is buying a book, so it should work the same way as buying a physical book.

One solution would be to buy a DRM free digital version.

New comment by sharken in "California passes law to ban ultra-processed foods from school lunches"

sharken — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 11:22:17 +0000

Take your pick, could be either one of: Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Red Bull, Ferrero, Kellogg, Kraft Heinz just to name a few.

That aside, I think the law is a great step in the right direction for the US.

Hopefully it can be expanded across the US.

New comment by sharken in "One-man campaign ravages EU 'Chat Control' bill"

sharken — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:15:28 +0000

I understand the metaphor, but there is a huge difference between a D&D player and an entity such as a government.

For starters the government is not in the habit of releasing these new powers, once it's established it will stay for a very, very long time.

And you can be sure the new powers will be used in unintended ways, which the citizens will have a hard time blocking.

So it's actually very simple: No to Chatcontrol, now and forever.

New comment by sharken in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

sharken — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:08:54 +0000

The incentive for a corporation leans heavily into making deals worth billions of dollars, which is also happening here.

A change of status quo in this case, will require massive loss of Disney+ subscriptions, which is not that probable.

New comment by sharken in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

sharken — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:07:22 +0000

Tove Jansson, the creator of the Moomins got away with it in 1944.

https://www.openculture.com/2020/11/before-creating-the-moom...

New comment by sharken in "ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair"

sharken — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:57:42 +0000

Also, there is quite a bit of money on the line, you can't really blame ABC for acting as a corporation:

https://latenighter.com/news/jimmy-kimmels-removal-comes-ami...

New comment by sharken in ".NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution"

sharken — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:15:44 +0000

Looking forward to playing with 'dotnet run app.cs' instead of PowerShell.

It'll probably not be really useful until multiple files support arrives in .NET 11: https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/48174

New comment by sharken in "InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel"

sharken — Mon, 19 May 2025 11:33:22 +0000

Indeed, but it's almost 8.000 years until that happens, so to me it just looks unnecessary and distracting.

New comment by sharken in "GM says new battery chemistry will enable 400-mile range EVs"

sharken — Wed, 14 May 2025 04:39:52 +0000

Absolutely, though charging speed is also hugely important.

Anywhere where you don't have access to your own charger, being able to add 100 km of range per minute, makes it possible to make the switch to an EV.

New comment by sharken in "GM says new battery chemistry will enable 400-mile range EVs"

sharken — Tue, 13 May 2025 18:39:01 +0000

They do - a range of 800 km is possible with CATL latest battery. And about 100 km of range can be added per minute, so it's now very close to adding range as fast as petrol cars.

To me that is the turning point and not using lithium is an added bonus.

Source https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250421-china-s-catl-...

New comment by sharken in "High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill"

sharken — Fri, 09 May 2025 06:38:15 +0000

I agree with the barn door analogy and that the US badly needs a plan for building manufacturing.

It also needs a plan for mining rare earth minerals as well as a plan for processing them.

On the flip side the deal with Ukraine for rare earth minerals might just end the war, if not Russia see this as an opportunity to get all of the territory it currently occupies.

New comment by sharken in "High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill"

sharken — Thu, 08 May 2025 16:51:22 +0000

The madness is the total reliance on cheap Chinese products, with very few or zero US alternatives. But building knowhow and sourcing rare metals will be a very tough challenge.

It seems that China has the upper hand for now, so it will be interesting to see how it plays out.