Hacker News: tech234a

New comment by tech234a in "Cloudflare Drop"

tech234a — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 20:37:23 +0000

And BitBalloon before that (which Netlify acquired) http://web.archive.org/web/20131028083240/https://www.bitbal...

New comment by tech234a in "Aug 31st 2026: All Manifest V2 extensions removed from the Chrome Web Store"

tech234a — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:13:04 +0000

While these extensions are no longer usable in Chrome, other browsers can still run them. A third-party site [1] indicates about 16% or 45000 manifest v2 extensions remain as of today.

[1]: https://chrome-stats.com/manifest-v3-migration

Old Reddit to become available only to logged in users

tech234a — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:46:02 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/1ujtebf/logging_in_to_use_old_reddit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48752877

Points: 17

# Comments: 3

Unpatchable Apple Bootrom Exploit for Devices Released 2018-2021

tech234a — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:06:49 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/prdgmshift/usbliter8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48591617

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by tech234a in "Your ePub Is fine"

tech234a — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:01:01 +0000

Adobe Digital Editions and RMSDK were recently sold to Wipro Engineering: https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/eol-faq-adobe-digital-...

New comment by tech234a in "Leaving Mozilla"

tech234a — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:19:11 +0000

One example of the move towards being more closed is that addons on the catalog used to be reviewed by volunteers: https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Add-ons%2FReviewers...

I don't know how well it worked in practice but it sounded like it was a cool way to engage the community.

New comment by tech234a in "Claude Fable is relentlessly proactive"

tech234a — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:40:07 +0000

This sounds somewhat similar to the anecdote mentioned in the Mythos Preview System Card, which mentioned that the model broke out of a sandbox and emailed a researcher while they were eating a sandwich in a park [1].

[1]: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/7624816413e9b4d2e3ba620c5a5e09...

New comment by tech234a in "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"

tech234a — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:30:43 +0000

Web browsers on game consoles have also been easy entrypoints for modding systems without using additional hardware.

For example, the Wii U browser has been the primary entrypoint for modding the Wii U for much of the console's lifespan [1] [2].

And the original Wii had some browser-based exploits as well later in its lifespan. For example, FlashHax [3], a 2017 exploit for the Flash player in the Wii Internet Channel, and str2hax [4], a 2018 exploit which took advantage of the fact that the EULA was HTML loaded over HTTP. I believe the exploits were primarily used to distribute a simple patcher that would change the server address for online play in games to point to Wiimmfi which was a replacement for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection [5] [6]. Most other homebrew tools required an SD card, and most other entrypoints used an SD card as well.

[1]: https://wiiu.hacks.guide/aroma/browser-exploit.html

[2]: https://chadsoft.co.uk/install-guide/#wiiu_55

[3]: https://gbatemp.net/threads/new-free-homebrew-entry-point-fl...

[4]: https://gbatemp.net/threads/a-channel-less-sd-less-entry-poi...

[5]: https://wiimmfi.de/patcher/flashhax

[6]: https://wiimmfi.de/patcher/str2hax

New comment by tech234a in "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"

tech234a — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:01:01 +0000

Yep, here's the documentation for the GamePad protocol: https://libdrc.org/docs/re/index.html

New comment by tech234a in "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"

tech234a — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:23:50 +0000

Some docs: https://web.archive.org/web/20070603082704/http://dev.opera....

Microsoft Is Bricking the Perpetual Version of Office 2019 for Mac

tech234a — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:33:07 +0000

Article URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/update-microsoft-365-or-office-on-your-macos-or-ios-device-f418ae5d-bb5f-4078-b3d9-9340f5dd084e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48379206

Points: 16

# Comments: 4

GPT-5.5 Instant Update; ChatGPT Canvas Discontinued; o3 and GPT 4.5 Retiring

tech234a — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:43:45 +0000

Article URL: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9624314-model-release-notes?hn_dupe_filter

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48317948

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by tech234a in "Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox"

tech234a — Wed, 27 May 2026 02:31:39 +0000

Orion had re-implemented support for the browser extensions APIs in WebKit. Though WebKit more recently opened up its built-in addons support to third-party browsers that use it.

New comment by tech234a in "Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox"

tech234a — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:19:58 +0000

On iOS the page promotes the App Store version of Firefox, which is based on WebKit and doesn’t support Web Serial.

Images are not displayed in emails, newsletters or signatures in classic Outlook

tech234a — Sun, 24 May 2026 01:55:03 +0000

Article URL: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/images-are-not-displayed-in-emails-newsletters-or-signatures-in-classic-outlook-74600b12-905a-4f2c-9de5-ba295a675216

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253565

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Web Serial Support in Firefox

tech234a — Thu, 21 May 2026 19:05:39 +0000

Article URL: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/05/web-serial-support-in-firefox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48227515

Points: 26

# Comments: 7

Searching "remove definition" on Google results in pointless AI text

tech234a — Sun, 17 May 2026 23:33:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.google.com/search?q=remove+definition

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174109

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by tech234a in "Canvas is down as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"

tech234a — Fri, 08 May 2026 02:02:42 +0000

A post on the official Canvas forum: https://community.instructure.com/en/discussion/666027/ranso...

New comment by tech234a in "App Store is hosting many clones of Google's discontinued Socratic app"

tech234a — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:03:38 +0000

The original app, discontinued in 2024/2025: https://web.archive.org/web/20241006083115/https://apps.appl...

App Store is hosting many clones of Google's discontinued Socratic app

tech234a — Wed, 06 May 2026 23:03:38 +0000

Article URL: https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/search?term=socratic

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48043031

Points: 2

# Comments: 1