Hacker News: throw7

New comment by throw7 in "Delta’s Biscoff cookies were supposed to be temporary"

throw7 — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:55:40 +0000

If it's any help, the company denies that Delta came up with the name, but doesn't offer an explanation to the origin of the name itself.

It's also funny how they deny that the original deal with Delta was only a temporary short term deal, but that it was always a longterm deal.

New comment by throw7 in "Passkeys are not a trap"

throw7 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:56:36 +0000

As far as I've read here before, device attestation is definitely there, it's just not being used (one of the big tech namely Apple is balking... maybe they have their own means or plans in their ecosystem).

My main reason for not using it is I'm not interested participating in a scheme where I do not own/access the private keys and being able to use them and store them the way I want to.

I'm fine with TOTP and sure, I understand it's not phishing resistant by itself.

New comment by throw7 in "Google is silently linking your phone number across all signed-in accounts"

throw7 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:47:55 +0000

Age verification is pretty aggressive... recently tried creating a youtube account (google) and they require gov't id/facecheck/creditcard? once you hit age restricted content.

New comment by throw7 in "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"

throw7 — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:47:41 +0000

The main thing for me was having a syncthing node available 24/7. Initially I was hesitant to put one on a 3rd party vps, but there is now an untrusted device mode in beta that I haven't had any problems with so far.

Secondary was for bittorent'ing.

New comment by throw7 in "Mike Tomlin spent 12 years building a Minecraft city"

throw7 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 01:07:33 +0000

Thanks for the link... I didn't watch the whole thing as I resonated when he said 'entertainment is for detaching from life'. After hearing that I got it. That really is the problem with a lot of the "AAA" "Art" being produced today.

New comment by throw7 in "Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop"

throw7 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:34:22 +0000

"Focus follows mouse" is what I use to keep the file manager from popping up when click-dragging files.

The biggest problem with UX developers is they know better than you AND force you into their paradigm. They came on the scene and decided "Choice is Bad" coupled with "Our way or the highway".

I've decided to be frozen in time with MATE (basically gnome 2). I have problems with it, but I've realized I don't want to be hit with surprise! on upgrades.

Delta Can Sue CrowdStrike,Stranded Passengers Can't–They're Asking Supreme Court

throw7 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:01:48 +0000

Article URL: https://viewfromthewing.com/delta-can-sue-crowdstrike-but-stranded-passengers-cant-now-theyre-asking-the-supreme-court-for-help/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49830011

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by throw7 in "Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school"

throw7 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:46:28 +0000

Not if there was a clear and present danger. Note: I don't believe there was one (maybe someone convinced Trump there was); this seems to be more a "Shock & Awe" mission for political change a'la New American Century and has worked out similarly so far.

Korea raises data breach fines to 10% of revenue

throw7 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 20:02:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/business/korea-raises-data-breach-fines-to-10-of-revenue/12869899

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49759466

Points: 339

# Comments: 115

New comment by throw7 in "I don't like passkeys"

throw7 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:11:44 +0000

I have said before, I'm personally not interested using "Something I have"/"device bound" as an authentication factor. I'm also not interested in the sync "workarounds" that store keys in the cloud.

People have replied it's possible to extract the private key, but it's not clear to me that that's usable (maybe it is I don't know). It's certainly not in line with what passkey devs want people to do and not do, so I'm not interested in "fighting" against the "flow" so to speak.

I'm happy with TOTP, as I can manage and use the codes where I want, under my control.

New comment by throw7 in "Ask HN: How to recover Google auth after phone stolen?"

throw7 — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:07:03 +0000

It's a "feature" that you can't call google to help with getting "locked out":

"For your security, you can't call Google for help to sign into your account. We don’t work with any service that claims to provide account or password support. Do not give out your passwords or verification codes."

for the future: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/7684753

Sheriff's investigator charged with misusing Flock camera data

throw7 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:15:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/sheriff-albany-county-investigator-charged-22424123.php

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49643209

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by throw7 in "A Beginner's Deep Dive Guide to Entra Passkeys"

throw7 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:25:30 +0000

"Something you have"/"device bound" is not what I want if I don't control it. In the case of passkeys, I don't have access to the private key, so I consider that not controllable by me.

I'm happy to be wrong if I am able to extract and import the private keys (it's what I do with TOTP now), but my understanding is designers of passkeys explicitly don't want users access to their own privkeys so they can tie them to physical objects. I get that, I don't want that.

So passkeys are not something I'll ever use or useful or convenient to me.

New comment by throw7 in "Taylor Farms: How One Company's Reach Became a National Risk"

throw7 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:41:00 +0000

The argument from the article is when things go wrong (as what happened w/ Taylor), the damage is widespread, whereas damage is contained locally.

Grand jury declines to indict Ohio man charged with destroying Flock camera

throw7 — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:04:31 +0000

Article URL: https://san.com/cc/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-ohio-man-charged-with-destroying-flock-camera/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49387497

Points: 716

# Comments: 405

New comment by throw7 in "Seven books I keep close because I love them"

throw7 — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:52:12 +0000

NIV is what I grew up with and I kind of tired of it because of that... I have a soft spot for the KJV/NKJV.

USB sticks missing results from the Milwaukee primary election

throw7 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:58:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wisn.com/article/human-error-forces-delay-in-milwaukee-primary-election-results/73409614

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49277765

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by throw7 in "License plate reader searches should require a warrant"

throw7 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:13:58 +0000

Good article. It's a sober look at where we are at.

We lost a lot of strong privacy rights we had with landlines when we shifted to cell phones.

We're actually slowly creeping into pre-crime territory. You could have AI searching for possible pre-crime candidates based on unknown identity in the area, disparate pattern to usually movements, etc.

New comment by throw7 in "U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’"

throw7 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:21:00 +0000

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

New comment by throw7 in "Woman pulled over twice after Flock-linked software connected her to homicide"

throw7 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:07:06 +0000

"an employee simply forgot to remove it."

And? That's all? This is why no one wants the gov't. to run things.