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New comment by simulator5g in "Super El Niño Keeps Growing as New Forecasts Reach Record Territory Ahead Winter"

simulator5g — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:27:18 +0000

Ah yes it could have been so easy: All we needed to do was convince everyone in the world to behave a certain way.

New comment by simulator5g in "Site removes all the clutter from recipe videos and gives just the recipe"

simulator5g — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:13:58 +0000

Most "user generated content" is no longer user generated, or at least not in the traditional sense. It is mostly advertiser generated these days. There are multiple competing ad agencies that poison the well on sites like this with content that is designed to look like word of mouth, but is actually an ad.

New comment by simulator5g in "Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled"

simulator5g — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:50:56 +0000

I don’t believe that, there’s probably some missing data. Outside the techno echo chamber that HNers live in, most people use the defaults. I see people using adware browsers that were installed without their knowledge. Computers are just too complex for most people to notice details like what web browser they use.

New comment by simulator5g in "DEA to Temporarily Schedule 7-Oh and Related Substances to Protect Public Safety"

simulator5g — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:40:32 +0000

Synthetic opioids sold at gas stations.

New comment by simulator5g in "Police officer investigated for using AI to 'create evidence' in multiple cases"

simulator5g — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 07:01:44 +0000

It doesn't make much difference if you perform similar practices in a different country. UK police are just like American police.

New comment by simulator5g in "Making Claude a Chemist"

simulator5g — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:54:13 +0000

Junkies et al can log into chatgpt right now and use it to create a phishing email to steal drug money from your Grandma. Many people saw this coming.

New comment by simulator5g in "Honda Civics and the Evil Valet"

simulator5g — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:23:57 +0000

Who cares? The valet could do any number of other attacks, like stealing the car, sabotage, adding a tracker, whatever. Threat modeling is important, otherwise security can harm one's own goals. Sometimes you have to briefly trust another person. I'd rather have an open shell inside a locked room when the alternative is no access at all.

New comment by simulator5g in "Making Claude a Chemist"

simulator5g — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:14:55 +0000

I don't think it should be outright banned, automated intelligence is like a gun, hammer, knife, nuclear warhead, etc.

New comment by simulator5g in "New pancreatic cancer drug might open the door to much longer survival times"

simulator5g — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:02:03 +0000

Pharmaceutical companies do make clinical decisions, it just isn't called a clinical decision. But they decide what research to pursue, and thereby decide which drugs exist for the doctor to choose.

New comment by simulator5g in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:36:38 +0000

So? If I were a US based malware dev that’s what I’d do to avoid detection…

New comment by simulator5g in "AI misidentification results in wrongful arrest; man seeks justice"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:12:15 +0000

We can call all these inaccurate methods The Injustice System. Next episode: The Dishonorable AI Judge.

New comment by simulator5g in "The iPhone's Last Stand?"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:57:06 +0000

Shopping carts don't choose items, you do, you [redacted].

New comment by simulator5g in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:47:20 +0000

It's not about stopping crime, it's about control.

New comment by simulator5g in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:38:17 +0000

How about we not form our society into a jail?

New comment by simulator5g in "FCC wants to kill burner phones by forcing telecoms to get all customers' IDs"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:36:48 +0000

This is a hilarious take

New comment by simulator5g in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

simulator5g — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:15:09 +0000

I'm not advocating for silence, your reading comprehension is lacking.

New comment by simulator5g in "You Can Run"

simulator5g — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:42:01 +0000

Clickbaiters abused the concept of a hook until the hook itself was seen as clickbaity.

New comment by simulator5g in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

simulator5g — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 22:16:04 +0000

When did the electrician's house burn down?

New comment by simulator5g in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"

simulator5g — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:55:29 +0000

I also love that feature on your bluetooth speaker because I can turn it on from inside your walls.

New comment by simulator5g in "Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?"

simulator5g — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:14:03 +0000

Well yeah, Facebook has been a data harvesting scheme from the beginning. It was originally called LifeLog. It is not part of the “free” web.