Hacker News: spaqin

New comment by spaqin in "LineageOS 24"

spaqin — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:27:04 +0000

i'm fine with that "less security" as my threat model does not include crossing the US border.

New comment by spaqin in "We want you to build the next Git platform on Cloudflare"

spaqin — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 02:25:56 +0000

It is called a "desktop" computer and not a "deskunder" for a reason...

New comment by spaqin in "Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS"

spaqin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:37:57 +0000

That's regulatory capture - the only ones who can extract data now are the big corporations and it's sanctioned.

New comment by spaqin in "Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS"

spaqin — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:36:38 +0000

Accessing any website is basically Remote Code Execution, but for some reason starting up a browser isn't a CVE.

New comment by spaqin in "Dear Software Makers"

spaqin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 06:18:47 +0000

Why not put that into question anyway? I paid with my data and browsing habits. Why are we wasting resources on solved problems anyway?

New comment by spaqin in "Coding is not solved"

spaqin — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 14:25:12 +0000

Impressive numbers for a piece of software no one asked for and doesn't make the experience better.

New comment by spaqin in "ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026"

spaqin — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 01:51:13 +0000

Their communal system hasn't been relevant since the mid 80s when Deng Xiaoping got inspired by Thatcher and opened up the economy. The name remained, though.

New comment by spaqin in "Reverse engineering my e-scooter and rewriting the firmware in Rust"

spaqin — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 14:15:04 +0000

So you're still not brainy enough to do it, but the LLM can.

I mean. Sort of? The LLM won't go into checking random USB-C connections with an oscilloscope - it doesn't have hands, for one.

New comment by spaqin in "Remember Hong Kong"

spaqin — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:51:58 +0000

nice rephrase of the story; the extradition bill was written in a very convenient way that somehow included completely unrelated to the case PRC that normal people would have rightful doubts about

sounds like the whole op was a setup from the very beginning, very convenient indeed and i wouldn't put it past them to even plan a murder

New comment by spaqin in "Google Has Removed MV2 Extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Including UBO"

spaqin — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 01:28:38 +0000

Nah. One step at a time. That's the end goal, but by throwing everything all at once it's too easy to tell yourself it can't be done; so start with the worst offenders.

New comment by spaqin in "Why do I lose my passion and want to do nothing?"

spaqin — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:17:00 +0000

Isn't that the actual endgame, what we're doing? All tasks done, all software written, everything automated, housing and food for everyone, humanity free to enjoy whatever?

So yeah, enjoy whatever makes you happy. Take a break, find a hobby, travel somewhere. Or do nothing, that also works.

New comment by spaqin in "C2PA Cameras Do Not Survive Contact with Reality"

spaqin — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:17:12 +0000

I do find it somewhat ironic that it's implemented in Pixels first, considering the amount of AI processing phone cameras do to get a pleasant image.

New comment by spaqin in "C2PA Cameras Do Not Survive Contact with Reality"

spaqin — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:09:26 +0000

You can even do it wholly in an analogue process, do a darkroom print, and it could be seen as fake as well - darkroom techniques are quite flexible as well. And a negative itself? That could be a copy of a prepared printed slide.

New comment by spaqin in "Everything I own, owned"

spaqin — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:50:13 +0000

We were already there. For most people, we are still there. For most devices (especially popular ones, with enough manufacturing volume) there's just enough hardening, downgrade prevention, encrypted or signed firmware blobs, on top of already rare reverse engineering skills and patience, to make it infeasible for most people to give it a crack. Using an LLM for that also isn't a mainstream idea either (plus you're unlikely to have a Claude subscription if you're not a software developer in the first place).

Open systems are great and all in the idea, but the facts are that for profit companies do the research and produce most of the things.

New comment by spaqin in "There's no reason for software to be slow anymore"

spaqin — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:44:11 +0000

The problem isn't in preloading, it's in how much data needs to be sent while quite probably most of the data could be either fetched on startup in an efficient format and rendered natively, or is completely unnecessary in the first place (telemetry, ads).

New comment by spaqin in "Feature Request: Support AGENTS.md"

spaqin — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:08:02 +0000

Scrapers won't be stopped by needing an account; in the recent discussion [0] about this, someone mentioned that there's even a JSON API you can use - by appending .json to any post! It's to drive engagement... for the advertisers. They gotta keep the valuation up after the IPO.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49015533

New comment by spaqin in "Google has stopped pushing Git tags for some Android source code"

spaqin — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:29:39 +0000

Man, all of these little steps Google is taking to take the control away from the users, not to take over the world or anything else, but to force on you more accurate advertisements. What are we even doing?

New comment by spaqin in "Fairphone 6 and PostmarketOS working main camera"

spaqin — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:20:15 +0000

Calling our friends, maybe? No idea; I've tried desktop Linux on phones years prior and besides maybe being a potential portable cyber security rig it was only a cool oddity.

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

spaqin — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:26:36 +0000

It's all "security" and all until your banking app has a bug that breaks exporting bank statements and the only way to get it out is to take screenshots - which are blocked as well. Oh, and you need to submit it by today.

At least on rooted Android devices you can bypass that.

New comment by spaqin in "Phones should have a 'guest lock' feature"

spaqin — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:32:46 +0000

App pinning is a thing on Android already, although I don't know how well it's supported in all the devices.