Hacker News: throwoutway

New comment by throwoutway in "Ultra-processed foods in the global food system: The role of tobacco companies"

throwoutway — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:37:51 +0000

Ingredeant lists != nutrition chart

New comment by throwoutway in "Handmade Hawaiian Islands Map"

throwoutway — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:10:28 +0000

You should make a work flow YT video! It would be worth a watch

New comment by throwoutway in "'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused"

throwoutway — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:11:26 +0000

Two past co's I know well rebranded themselves as "cloud" a decade ago with a narrow definition

Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system

throwoutway — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:38:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.qubes-os.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48178256

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Locking in WebKit – WebKit

throwoutway — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 01:12:43 +0000

Article URL: https://webkit.org/blog/6161/locking-in-webkit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47484270

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwoutway in "Full Disclosure: A Third (and Fourth) Azure Sign-In Log Bypass Found"

throwoutway — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:45:33 +0000

Yesterday ProPublica and ArsTechnica published a takedown of Azure: "Federal cyber experts called Microsoft’s cloud a “pile of shit,” approved it anyway" ...

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/03/feder...

Ukrainian Drones to Receive Shield AI's Cutting-Edge Hivemind Autonomy System

throwoutway — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:57:59 +0000

Article URL: https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukraine-shield-ai-hivemind-autonomy-system/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47379908

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwoutway in "Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions"

throwoutway — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 14:25:57 +0000

did we just invent that or does housing-based cpi exist ?

Standard Notes – End-to-End Encrypted Notes App from Proton

throwoutway — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 03:00:49 +0000

Article URL: https://standardnotes.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47030396

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Chance the Rapper Is Now Chance the AI Company Spokesman

throwoutway — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:45:02 +0000

Article URL: https://stereogum.com/2488412/chance-the-rapper-is-now-an-ai-company-spokesman/news

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46939794

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwoutway in "An Update on Heroku"

throwoutway — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:03:55 +0000

Could have just said we will Keep the Lights on

New comment by throwoutway in "Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS"

throwoutway — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:58:42 +0000

No mention of starting with a design specification & then tied to formal verification the whole way?

It sounds interesting and a step forward (never heard of library Os itll now), but why won't this run into hundreds of the same security bugs that plague Windows if it's not spec'd and verified?

Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book

throwoutway — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 03:34:15 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/06/study-metas-llama-3-1-can-recall-42-percent-of-the-first-harry-potter-book/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46908767

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by throwoutway in "Disrupting the largest residential proxy network"

throwoutway — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 20:18:56 +0000

If they said "could" then I would agree but they said it did happen. those actors DID do it, not could. So it's not a think of the children excuse. Unless they are outright lying but I doubt the security team came up with a business type excuse