<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: wildzzz</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=wildzzz</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:11:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=wildzzz" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Hyundai buys Boston Dynamics"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah I only see robomaids as an affordable option for someone that needs help with absolutely everything. These things are built out of commodity parts. Maybe you can make a robomaid a little cheaper if you build a lot of them to offset the upfront costs but not by much. Anytime the robomaid isn't working, it's just decreases the value of having one versus how much you paid for it. So the point would be to put it to work as much as possible such as for an elderly person that's unable to do anything for themselves.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:37:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603540</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603540</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48603540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Show HN: We built an 8-bit CPU as 2nd year EE students"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If they are taking digital design classes, they'll probably be given  something like a DE0-Nano that can run this just fine.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 01:54:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579615</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579615</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48579615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress (1.5mil users)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For every job in the private sector, there's probably someone in the DoD doing the same thing. In 2005, the tooth-to-tail ratio (combat to non-combat roles) was 1:8.1.<p>I'm guessing the vast majority of the AI usage is for things any typical office worker would use it for.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:52:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576722</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576722</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48576722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't immediately hate talking to an chatbot, my dislike comes from chatbots that sound like humans but can't actually do anything useful. Maybe it just searches the KB and returns an article or maybe it just collects information for the ticket and I still need to wait for a human to reply back. Like I know how to search the KB, I wouldn't be trying to talk to support if I didn't have a real issue. Or it takes forever giving my information to a seemingly real person only to be told to wait, just let me fill out a form and give me a queue ETA. And half the time the real agent can't see the AI messages so I'm stuck repeating myself. Or my question is a very simple one that an AI agent could have the capability of figuring out (is the system down? Unlock my account, etc) but it can't because it's incapable of doing anything other than maybe searching the KB.<p>It's like you hired the dumbest idiot to answer support phone calls who can't do anything other than cold transferring me to someone that can do stuff. It seriously makes me reconsider doing business with them. What critical expense did they neglect in order to have the funds for an AI idiot? It just feels like corner cutting or something to impress stakeholders that doesn't actually improve product quality or worker efficiency, it's just a vanity project.<p>If you're not willing to build an AI agent that can actually do real work while also being hardened against exploits (see Instagram), do not spend the money. You are either just going to waste money on the dumbest receptionist money can buy or you are giving away the keys to the kingdom to anyone with a clever prompt.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 18:25:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574559</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574559</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48574559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "An Ohio Valley 100k-watt FM signal is severed in broad daylight"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Your body builds up a tolerance to opioids. If you can receive a constant dose of heroin every day, your body will eventually want more of it to chase the high. For people that already have an addiction, how are they going to manage these cravings? They'll look for it elsewhere and the problems come back.<p>Methadone (and Suboxone) is slow releasing so your brain is kept satisfied but without the massive high that a needle of heroin gives you. And because of that, taking other opioids at the same time blunts their effects. Since you're in a treatment program, you also aren't trying to figure out how you're going to make more money that day for heroin than you'd reasonably make at a job, your income can go towards supporting your well-being.</p>
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<p>We had an antenna range built inside of a shipping container. We had some pretty fancy copper cladding that had some pricey dielectric inside of it. Somehow, a copper thief found it and stole all of the cladding. That stuff was probably worth 1000x its copper scrap value. I'm sure the thief was expecting to find some equipment to pawn but instead opened up a treasure chest.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:06:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480260</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480260</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to ALPRs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Right but SignalTrace isn't just looking at Bluetooth MACs, they look at Wifi, TPMS, RFID, and anything else putting out a signal.<p>Say you stop at a bank that has one of these systems and it grabs your plates and TPMS sensor IDs. You rob the bank while wearing a mask and speed off in the car. The plates were stolen so you pull off quickly and ditch them for another stolen set. However, just the other day, the bank caught you on their system while you were casing it without stolen plates and they can match the TPMS to the real plates and know who you are (or at least who owns the car) and the cops get an alert to look for a specific car with plates X or Y.<p>Or you're on foot and commit a crime while hiding your face. Your phone gets picked up on the system. They don't know who you are yet but if there are enough systems in an area, the cops have a 15 minute window of knowing where your phone is. Machine vision looks for someone matching your appearance and you're continuously tracked even if your phone's MAC changes. Even if you run into a public restroom to change your clothes, they can still associate your new appearance with your phone if the timing is right.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:56:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480137</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48480137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Smudging the game disc to make speedrunning 'SpongeBob' faster"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Intentionally sloppy code, like leaving exploits in the game. Like if perform some action in a very specific way, you trigger an overflow that unlocks an item that's otherwise very difficult or impossible to obtain. So rather than these exploits breaking you out of the intended flow of the game, it's a real game mechanic. Like having that unobtainable item unlocks a story path that changes the ending. I guess it's more like an Easter egg but it relies on typical game glitching techniques rather than extensive exploration.<p>In Halo 2, there was a level where if you damaged a banshee in a specific way and made it follow you down a tunnel, you could hijack it at the exact moment when a new level loaded at the end of the tunnel (otherwise you couldn't use it). Then you could fly up to the top of the level and find a modified weapon that was incredibly powerful (scarab gun). There was another secret weapon (energy sword) you could obtain by performing typical boundary breaking moves and walking on invisible walls. Normally, you'd be doing this to skip combat but the game was also rewarding you for it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:07:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479383</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479383</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Smudging the game disc to make speedrunning 'SpongeBob' faster"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This article is hard to read, it seems to repeat itself constantly and expands on nothing. The main point is that smudging the disc can help with performing certain glitches while the console is trying to run error correction but you could potentially scratch your disc to an unusable state if you are too liberal with the smudging. I'm pretty sure I've seen this same topic on HN before so this article isn't exactly reporting on anything new.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:50:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479107</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479107</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "The Quiet Numbers Station: Decoding Nineteen Years of GPS Cryptography"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It is kind of like a number station but it's meant for machine to machine communication of commands, keys, and probably test messages specifically for military GPS receivers. The US government has plenty of other satellites (and the internet) at its disposal for sending messages to people covertly. They don't need to risk screwing up critical infrastructure just to send a message to someone. It also wouldn't be prudent to give a secret agent something so obviously a piece of spycraft. There's plenty of off-the-shelf radio receivers you can buy worldwide that would be capable of picking up an encoded message transmitted by a passing satellite.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417463</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417463</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48417463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "MacBook Neo is so popular that Apple doubled production"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's what I do and did through college. I didn't have a lot of money to spend so Thinkpad X series tablets from ebay were my go-to. First one I had to stop using when Altera Quartus II dropped 32bit support and the second one I used until it was basically falling apart. I bought a used max spec X280 a few years ago and it's held up very nicely, I can even play my old games on it. I don't see myself replacing it for a long time because it's mostly just used for web browsing and writing code for microcontrollers so my personal laptop needs are very minimal. It also just sits next to my bed so it's not like it's getting smacked around all day like my work laptop.</p>
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<p>If someone is considering a Macbook Air or a Thinkpad X1, why would a Toughbook even be part of that conversation?</p>
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<p>There's typically an option in Windows to disable the trackpad automatically when typing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:09:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398142</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398142</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48398142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "U.S. to dismantle system tracking Atlantic currents that are at risk of collapse"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't trust the trade corrected numbers, China uses a ton of coal still and is ever increasing in their manufacturing of good sent to the US. The number for the US has mostly gone down due to switching to natural gas from coal.</p>
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<p>True, its really the first mass produced stealth plane. Everything before it has been in pretty limited numbers (even the F-22 didn't break 200). We definitely could build a new non-stealth fighter that's cheap to build and maintain but that's like saying we should design a new incandescent lightbulb, the money spent on development just isn't worth it over just building more F-35s.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:51:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393554</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393554</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48393554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Stripe is friendly to “friendly fraud”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>ACH payments are another way to eliminate chargebacks. Generally you need to say the payment was unauthorized rather than trying to use it as a forced refund and you may even be charged a fee.</p>
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<p>Good job reading the actual article. It's not a audio or RF side chain attack where data is exfiltrated at a handful of bits per second, it's an attack on an unsecured BLE endpoint that can be converted into a rubber ducky.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:25:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386908</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48386908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "FBI Arrests CIA Official with $40M in Gold Bars in His Home"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anna Paulina Luna is the only one claiming that the CIA raided the office of the DNI. No other trustworthy sources are reporting this and there's been no independent verification. Anna Paulina Luna is a lunatic who says outlandish things with no regards to truth.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 01:53:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303391</link><dc:creator>wildzzz</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303391</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by wildzzz in "Matrix Multiplications on GPUs Run Faster When Given “Predictable” Data (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If my gpu is sitting idle, and I mean idle with nothing loaded into its memory, it's sitting at about 18W. If I load in model that uses nearly all of the memory but that model is idle, it's at 36W. If that model is actively thinking, it's like 118W. I think this is likely due to the GPU being aware that there is real data loaded into memory and turning up the DRAM refresh rate whereas when nothing is loaded, the dynamic power is as low as possible.</p>
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<p>That's fine for some things but my grandma is not going to buy from an online store that only takes crypto. Crypto as a payment option works well for computer-related merchants or for privacy-focused merchants. Like it wouldn't be uncommon to rent a VPS with crypto but it would be strange for an online candy store to accept it.</p>
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