Hacker News: snmx999

New comment by snmx999 in "AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)"

snmx999 — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:34:35 +0000

Not all AI content was created with one prompt.

New comment by snmx999 in "How I use LLMs to learn complex topics"

snmx999 — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:28:47 +0000

Reality is most likely self-consistent, but as we can only experience a tiny part of it it‘s impossible to tell. Also, parts of reality may appear to be contradictory with each other when some pieces are not known.

New comment by snmx999 in "Since Linux 6.9, LUKS suspend stopped wiping disk-encryption keys from memory"

snmx999 — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:00:09 +0000

Why is something this important not tested with every build?

New comment by snmx999 in "LibreOffice – Let's put an end to the speculation"

snmx999 — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:21:41 +0000

Over 50 years' time that's $4980.

New comment by snmx999 in "I beg you to follow Crocker's Rules, even if you will be rude to me"

snmx999 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:09:42 +0000

There is also a middle ground. You don’t have to prepend your message with several sentences of fluff, but asking a question instead of stating your message can be much better receives. Just stating facts may sound like an accusation and especially if your analysis is not correct it makes your message poorly received.

New comment by snmx999 in "“Car Wash” test with 53 models"

snmx999 — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:23:03 +0000

The question does not specify where you or the car are. It specifies only that the car wash is 50 meters away from something, possibly you, the car, or both.

New comment by snmx999 in "Update and shut down no longer restarts PC, 25H2 patch addresses decades-old bug"

snmx999 — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:02:36 +0000

You can set grub to select the lastly selected menu entry.

New comment by snmx999 in "Some thoughts on personal Git hosting"

snmx999 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:56:51 +0000

I self-host a git site to keep my code private and to integrate an issue tracker. The maintenance effort is very low. I'm running Gitea on my local network Ubuntu server.

New comment by snmx999 in "A deep dive into Debian 13 /tmp: What's new, and what to do if you don't like it"

snmx999 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:00:40 +0000

Autocleaning: get the last accessed time from a file and only auto-clean files not accessed in the last n hours, e.g. 24 hours? Should be reasonably safe.

New comment by snmx999 in "Everything I know about good API design"

snmx999 — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:23:56 +0000

The API of a library is what a recipe is to food.

New comment by snmx999 in "Bruteforcing the phone number of any Google user"

snmx999 — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:12:45 +0000

The information is transferred through a method called "communication" by another human.

New comment by snmx999 in "Will AI systems perform poorly due to AI-generated material in training data?"

snmx999 — Sat, 17 May 2025 06:51:41 +0000

What kind of response would have satisfied you?

New comment by snmx999 in "My imaginary children aren't using your streaming service"

snmx999 — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:40:19 +0000

Imagine that instead of a forced "Children" account your Netflix would show an account "Thomas" (or any other name which is not yours or your family members') you cannot get rid of. Would that not annoy you one bit? And if not, you cannot emphasize with people who are annoyed by that?

New comment by snmx999 in "Show HN: I Wrote a Book on Java"

snmx999 — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:25:26 +0000

You can create dedicated, already verified objects to pass on to your record. E.g. AllowedDate (extends Date).

New comment by snmx999 in "FreeBSD 13.4-Release"

snmx999 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 09:03:02 +0000

According to the "Supported Hardware" list AX200 is supported: https://wiki.freebsd.org/WiFi/Iwlwifi#Supported_Hardware

New comment by snmx999 in "The only tourist in Moldova"

snmx999 — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:53:14 +0000

To leave Malta. I was interrogated by a member of Israel Defense Forces, though.

New comment by snmx999 in "The only tourist in Moldova"

snmx999 — Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:36:15 +0000

Using two passports is not always the solution. As a dual citizen of two countries, I also have two passports. A couple of years ago I travelled to Malta with the passport from the country I currently live in. One week later I flew over to Israel, where I used the passport of my birth country. I was extensively interrogated at the border, because apparently the system flagged me to the border officer as there was no record of me entering Malta with the passport I attempted to leave the country with.

New comment by snmx999 in "Things you didn't know about GNU readline (2019)"

snmx999 — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 18:37:27 +0000

There was DOSKEY starting with MS-DOS 5. It could be opened with F7 and the commands could be browsed through with arrow up and down keys.

New comment by snmx999 in "What Is a Personal User Manual? (2022)"

snmx999 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:36:11 +0000

It's absurd to expect people to adjust their communication timing based on each contact's preferences, when the recipient can simply adjust their communication devices to block and filter messages/calls according to their preferences. That way each person only has to do the work once, compared to having to remember each of maybe dozens or hundreds of people's preferences.

sPACE Attack: Spoofing eID’s Password Authenticated Connection Establishment

snmx999 — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 08:46:10 +0000

Article URL: https://ctrlalt.medium.com/space-attack-spoofing-eids-password-authenticated-connection-establishment-11561e5657b1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39394674

Points: 27

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