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New comment by skillina in "Show HN: PanicLock – Close your MacBook lid disable TouchID –> password unlock"

skillina — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:33:20 +0000

Capable? Yes. Willing? I wouldn't be so sure. You don't even need to hurt someone to manhandle them enough to put their fingerprint on a scanner. Whereas forcing someone to give up a password could rise to the level of torture.

Of course, I imagine the majority of people would yield their password if you simply threatened to detain them long enough to make them miss their flight.

New comment by skillina in "Why AI Sucks at Front End"

skillina — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:03:58 +0000

That assumes all companies care about providing a good front end experience. Many do not. Many are actively hostile to their users.

New comment by skillina in "France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk"

skillina — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:13:04 +0000

You might want to do a bit more reading on why European intellectuals migrated en masse to the US in the 1930s.

New comment by skillina in "Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?"

skillina — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:58:18 +0000

I can’t say who will win or lose. The value of a social network has as much to do with its userbase than its tech, so maybe Meta has a different path. Alphabet and Microsoft are who I really have in mind here.

New comment by skillina in "Why are executives enamored with AI, but ICs aren't?"

skillina — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:21:50 +0000

Iterating an existing product takes time, but creating a clean room clone of an existing product could be accelerated significantly with AI. We could be moving towards an environment where bigtech falls back on one of its core competencies (scale) and hoards infra while small startups pay them compute and inference costs to undercut existing consumer-facing software on price.

New comment by skillina in "Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features"

skillina — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:21:56 +0000

The frustrating thing is the lack of options. If you buy a $300 TV or a $3000 TV it will still come loaded with bloat/ad/spyware built in.

New comment by skillina in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

skillina — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:36:19 +0000

Depends what your threat model is, but this will literally turn you into a glowing signal that says "hey, look at me!" Your face might be protected but anyone manually reviewing security footage will be paying way more attention.

New comment by skillina in "I am directing the Department of War to designate Anthropic a supply-chain risk"

skillina — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 01:59:14 +0000

A subpoena isn't "simply asking." Subpoena literally means "under penalty" in Latin. If the company does not comply they will be held in contempt of court and someone may well go to jail.