Hacker News: underdeserver

New comment by underdeserver in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

underdeserver — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:46:07 +0000

Please quote the clause he violated in said contract.

New comment by underdeserver in "A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”"

underdeserver — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:54:07 +0000

I used to hear it called "virtual scroll", and I remember webpages ballooning in RAM when they didn't do it.

New comment by underdeserver in "Filing the corners off my MacBooks"

underdeserver — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:25:57 +0000

"The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer. This is known as Godwin's law."

New comment by underdeserver in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"

underdeserver — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:15:31 +0000

Thank goodness. Let's hope some peace and quiet comes out of this.

New comment by underdeserver in "Assessing Claude Mythos Preview's cybersecurity capabilities"

underdeserver — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:13:46 +0000

I think the system card one should be separate, but this and the Glasswing thread are basically the same story.

New comment by underdeserver in "Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era"

underdeserver — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:11:10 +0000

I would suggest watching Nicholas Carlini's talk and Heather Adkins and Four Flynn's talks from unprompted:

https://youtu.be/1sd26pWhfmg?si=onOai_ocxkZeNWP0

https://youtu.be/B_7RpP90rUk?si=HkRBhw95DbbKX9lL

My takeaway is that fuzzing is not just complementary, it also gives a stronger AI a starting point. But AI is generally faster and better.

New comment by underdeserver in "Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era"

underdeserver — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:52:21 +0000

Interesting also is what they didn't find, e.g. a Linux network stack remote code execution vulnerability. I wonder if Mythos is good enough that there really isn't one.

New comment by underdeserver in "Project Glasswing: Securing critical software for the AI era"

underdeserver — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:48:37 +0000

Key point: available to participants.

New comment by underdeserver in "F-15E jet shot down over Iran"

underdeserver — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:10:30 +0000

It's not just about cost - a $2m drone and a $200m drone can both be sacrificed if cost/benefit analysis merits it.

You don't sacrifice pilots, ever.

New comment by underdeserver in "Vulnerability research is cooked"

underdeserver — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:45:22 +0000

Just wanted to point out that tptacek is the blog post's author (and a veteran security researcher).

New comment by underdeserver in "Vulnerability research is cooked"

underdeserver — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:32:56 +0000

Specifically in software vulnerability research, you mean.

Fixing vulnerable code is usually trivial.

In the physical world breaking things is usually easier.

New comment by underdeserver in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

underdeserver — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:14:23 +0000

Where in the FAQ?

New comment by underdeserver in "Miscellanea: The War in Iran"

underdeserver — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:33:08 +0000

I'm basing that opinion on the FAQ that states that most politics stories are irrelevant. But sure, I'm one vote among tens of thousands, and it's up to the mods to decide.

It's most of my comment history recently because I have family and friends in the region and I'm admittedly triggered by the callousness, heartlessness and sanctimony I see in these comments. It's not healthy, I know.

People are trying to preach good and honest values but are doing so through narrow, biased, misinformed and presupposed views of reality that are completely detached from what's actually going on on the ground, which you could tell by talking to anyone actually living there.

But that's beside the point. I was pointing out an objective observation: The Trump administration has said from day one that if regime change happens, it won't be by American hands, but by Iranian protesters' hands.

These protesters are being asked by all sides to stay home so the US and Israel can keep bombing Basij outposts without hurting them. They're doing just that. Where is the failure? All that's being demonstrated is this analyst's impatience.

It might work. It might not. But we'll only know in a few months.

New comment by underdeserver in "Iran War Cost Tracker"

underdeserver — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:49:02 +0000

> Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain is asking questions, if US can't defend us and is moving all defensive missiles to protect Israel, why should we even be ally with them

Where are you getting this information? The UAE, for instance, is relying heavily on missile defense - and it's working out for them:

https://gulfnews.com/uae/uae-intercepts-186-ballistic-missil...

It's all US technology, too:

https://www.wired.me/story/inside-the-system-that-intercepte...

New comment by underdeserver in "Operational issue – Multiple services (UAE)"

underdeserver — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 12:22:05 +0000

Irreparable? That's a big claim.

Long term I think if the regime in Iran changes and better economic cooperation becomes possible everyone will benefit.

New comment by underdeserver in "The United States and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran"

underdeserver — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 14:33:18 +0000

I am saddened by all of these comments.

Will not one of you try to steelman this decision? Or do you truly, fully believe the entire US government and intelligence complex, supported by roughly 50% of your compatriots, are warmongering baboons?

New comment by underdeserver in "President Trump bans Anthropic from use in government systems"

underdeserver — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:04:40 +0000

Truth social post: https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/1161445529692...

Six-month phase out period, that's something. I guess the DoW's been using Claude quite a bit.

New comment by underdeserver in "IDF killed Gaza aid workers at point blank range in 2025 massacre: Report"

underdeserver — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:00:36 +0000

Can you point to any pro-Israeli posts on HN since October 7, flagged or not?

New comment by underdeserver in "Redefining the Software Engineering Profession for AI"

underdeserver — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:39:52 +0000

Mark Russinovich and Scott Hanselman are both prolific engineers and content creators.

Russinovich wrote SysInternals, which I remember using like 25 years ago to figure out what ran on startup.

Hanselman has a pretty popular podcast, Hanselminutes, that's been running for years and years.

New comment by underdeserver in "The Waymo World Model"

underdeserver — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:35:22 +0000

What a glorious utopia we could have