Hacker News: toader

New comment by toader in "'Pervert glasses': Backlash against Meta's smart glasses grows"

toader — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:16:22 +0000

Dear Meta,

Please go away. Most of us were and will be better off with you.

John Q. Public

New comment by toader in "Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI"

toader — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:51:17 +0000

How so?

New comment by toader in "Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI"

toader — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:27:12 +0000

If YOU'RE going to be snarky at least use proper grammar.

New comment by toader in "Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise"

toader — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:22:14 +0000

Sounds like a potential HR nightmare.

New comment by toader in "Show HN: CheapFoodMap – A map of good meals under $10"

toader — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:03:45 +0000

The word "cheap" while by definition means low quality is used in place of "inexpensive" most of the time in casual language, at least in the United States, and understood to mean low cost not low quality. I for one read the URL to mean inexpensive. Not that there aren't more appropriate URLs.

New comment by toader in "Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?"

toader — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:13:33 +0000

"Most"? Recorded how? Persistent surveillance? I don't buy it.

New comment by toader in "Why a $154B CEO just endorsed stripping most Americans of voting rights"

toader — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:42:39 +0000

Ah, a German Canadian endorsing changes to the U.S. taxation system.

New comment by toader in "Netflix employee fired for sharing personal details in retreat trust exercise"

toader — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:03:10 +0000

You are forced to share a room with another employee?

New comment by toader in "Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M"

toader — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 20:30:12 +0000

Please elaborate on this "harmful ideology you are trying to conceal"?

New comment by toader in "Show HN: Satellite imagery object detection using text prompts"

toader — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:13:01 +0000

How should the search box respond to a search of Las Vegas, NV or San Antonio, TX? I'm not getting any response.

New comment by toader in "Mass Surveillance Is Powering a New Era of Pretextual Traffic Stops"

toader — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:22:51 +0000

If you're curious where many of the Automated License Plate Readers are located, this site is interesting. The collection is certainly not limited to areas near the southern border.

https://deflock.me/map

New comment by toader in "10k pushups and other silly exercise quests that changed my life"

toader — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:04:42 +0000

Who are you responding to?

New comment by toader in "That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus"

toader — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:03:21 +0000

Is it a fair accusation that the "NYTimes is lying"? That seems to imply they are complicit in a propaganda campaign with the government, which seems unlikely.

New comment by toader in "OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart"

toader — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:57:24 +0000

Wouldn't the language / frameworks documentation be sufficient?

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:35:57 +0000

> "It's debatable in every aspect" -- A business creates a product. They offer the product to consumers for a price. If you take the product without paying, you are stealing. Seems straightforward to me.

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:02:58 +0000

Sure, if you hear or see something in a public space, but don't you agree that deliberately bypassing their means of protecting their IP is theft?

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:01:45 +0000

Then just say you're a thief, no need to pretend there is any other issue than you are OK with stealing when you deem a companies practices to be disagreeable to your own.

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:17:30 +0000

So you value their content but plan to continue stealing it and jeopardize their ability to remain financially solvent?

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:09:59 +0000

I don't have the context to comment on the interpersonal skills of the media outlet. If the price is $30 after the introductory price, then the price is $30. You disagreeing with the price or their sales tactic doesn't entitle you to steal their content.

New comment by toader in "12ft.io Taken Down"

toader — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:58:40 +0000

If you created software and sold a license for it, and I pirated it, would that be acceptable? They create a product, set the price, you choose to pay or not.