Hacker News: sxde

New comment by sxde in "NTSB issues investigative update on B-767 runway excursion accident in Miami"

sxde — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:09:24 +0000

I think the point being made is that time-pressure can come from a company's culture, not just its (unspoken) policies.

New comment by sxde in "Patch for critical vulnerability in p2pool (Monero) to be released on 2026-06-13"

sxde — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:16:08 +0000

From link:

PSA: Critical P2Pool security update

A critical vulnerability has been discovered in all currently released P2Pool versions.

This is a P2Pool consensus bug that can allow an attacker to affect the calculated payouts of miners - up to the whole block reward going to the attacker.

To avoid facilitating exploitation, no technical details will be published at this time. The vulnerability does not enable RCE (remote code execution), node crashes, or resource-exhaustion attacks. However, affected nodes remain financially vulnerable until updated.

A patched P2Pool release will be published on 2026-06-13 (this Saturday) at 15:00 UTC. All users must update as soon as the release becomes available.

Anyone continuing to run an older version after that time risks losing mining payouts if the vulnerability is exploited. Note that mining payouts which are already in your wallet are safe. Updating is strongly recommended even if your node appears to be operating normally.

Source code, signed binaries, checksums, and upgrade instructions will be published through the official P2Pool release channels only - https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases

Download releases only from the official page and verify all downloaded files before installation.

Because P2Pool is open source, the fix will become visible once published. A capable attacker may be able to develop an exploit within hours, leaving miners who have not updated exposed.

It is essential that you are available to update promptly at the time of the release, or have a carefully tested automatic update process that downloads, verifies, and installs the official release.

Further technical details will be disclosed after sufficient adoption of the patched release.

We are continuously monitoring the network and have reviewed the available historical logs. We have found no evidence that this vulnerability has been exploited.

Patch for critical vulnerability in p2pool (Monero) to be released on 2026-06-13

sxde — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:16:08 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/SChernykh/p2pool/releases/tag/pre-release-v4.16

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48483487

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New comment by sxde in "MIT Technology Review has confirmed that posts on Moltbook were fake"

sxde — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:18:08 +0000

What an atrocious website. Three pop-ups when you load, then another one when you try to leave.

New comment by sxde in "Oregon gave homeless youth $1k/month with no strings"

sxde — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 21:08:55 +0000

Maybe I misunderstood the article, but... the participants would have had no incentive to lie?

They were going to get the money for the fixed period unconditionally. That was the point.

New comment by sxde in "YouTube blocks background video playback on Brave and other browsers"

sxde — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:18:58 +0000

Revanced allows you to patch the official Android YouTube apk to enable this feature alongside many others, including a block, Sponsorblock, and dislikes.

https://github.com/revanced/revanced-manager

Rossmann's Grayjay app offers the same functionality in a separate standalone client. It has a paid pro mode, but is free software. I use this on devices that I haven't signed in with Google.

https://grayjay.app/

New comment by sxde in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

sxde — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 08:35:33 +0000

This must be an exception, and not a rule. I've lived in Melbourne for years, and have never had my drivers license scanned.

New comment by sxde in "How I block all online ads"

sxde — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 02:28:30 +0000

Yes, with Sponsorblock to skip in-video ads.

New comment by sxde in "FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado"

sxde — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 01:41:40 +0000

I didn't know this before searching for it, but there's a wikipedia article with a list.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_police_overseas_servic...