Hacker News: t1234s

New comment by t1234s in "How a subsea cable is repaired (2021)"

t1234s — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:04:06 +0000

Is it possible to tap into these cables for espionage purposes?

New comment by t1234s in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

t1234s — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:03:21 +0000

They need to move all of the iOS boatware apps bundled with macOS to the app store so people can choose to uninstall then reinstall them later.

New comment by t1234s in "Ohio prison inmates 'built computers and hid them in ceiling' (2017)"

t1234s — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:21:27 +0000

Creative.. someone should hire this guy when or if he gets out.

New comment by t1234s in "US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed"

t1234s — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:14:53 +0000

More likely Mexico

New comment by t1234s in "US national level OS-level age verification bill proposed"

t1234s — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:12:35 +0000

Will this make Linux illegal?

New comment by t1234s in "NASA building the first nuclear reactor-powered spacecraft. How will it work?"

t1234s — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 20:59:53 +0000

Project NERVA rebooted?

New comment by t1234s in "Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions"

t1234s — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:05:13 +0000

For instance write malware that spreads via different vectors and display a system modal that forces people to donate to select organizations or face deletion of all their files.

New comment by t1234s in "Two Months After I Gave an AI $100 and No Instructions"

t1234s — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:03:54 +0000

I was hoping the result would be a bit more exciting than it just giving money away and writing some essays.

New comment by t1234s in "Maine is about to become the first state to ban major new data centers"

t1234s — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:28:36 +0000

The people that ban this are they types that think the internet comes from their phone or electricity comes from the wall outlet.

New comment by t1234s in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

t1234s — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:01:07 +0000

People from the future will find Idiocracy and think it was some sort of instructional video on how to build a society.

New comment by t1234s in "After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my websites"

t1234s — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:53:47 +0000

was making enough 10 yr ago with it to cover my mortgage every month. I noticed it ticking down year over year after 2018. Now I get a payment every few months. It was a great ride while it lasted.

New comment by t1234s in "Is Germany's gold safe in New York ?"

t1234s — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:35:24 +0000

not according to Die Hard 3

New comment by t1234s in "Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers"

t1234s — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 20:38:30 +0000

Does that 3.5% get passed to the seller if they are not using Amazon to ship the product?

New comment by t1234s in "Artemis II Update: Crew and Ground Teams Troubleshoot Orion's Toilet"

t1234s — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:17:48 +0000

This is the best video I could find showing how they managed to fit a bathroom into the Orion capsule

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJ-hDmIJ6c

I'm curious how the toilet works on the dragon capsule.

New comment by t1234s in "EmDash – a spiritual successor to WordPress that solves plugin security"

t1234s — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:44:40 +0000

I think wordpress, woo commerce and elementor are in a Mexican standoff. Wordpress cant fork or change in a major way because the other two are so popular no one would use the new variant. woo commercere and elementor can't just walk away and make their own wordpress-less platform because they rely on each other and the other constellation of plugins that run on wordpress.

New comment by t1234s in "Turning a MacBook into a touchscreen with $1 of hardware (2018)"

t1234s — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 20:13:08 +0000

Is there a coating you can apply to the glass to help with smudge marks?

New comment by t1234s in "Niche Museums"

t1234s — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:28:37 +0000

The UFO museum in Roswell NM should be added to their list.

New comment by t1234s in "Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms"

t1234s — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:20:09 +0000

Who is getting paid the $375m?

New comment by t1234s in "Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive"

t1234s — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:44:40 +0000

back in the 3.11/95 era when doing troubleshooting of slow PC's I would always change the bitmap wallpaper to a solid color. nothing more painful then watching a slow machine waste resources trying to render a desktop background.

New comment by t1234s in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

t1234s — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:43:04 +0000

Any chance there is push from the carriers to implement something like this to cut down on hijacked devices sending spam?