Hacker News: worik

New comment by worik in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

worik — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:11:35 +0000

Yes, you are correct!

Mark Zuckerberg is a liar

New comment by worik in "Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?"

worik — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:34:21 +0000

Just replying to the headline: Well, duh! What do we expect?

Reading the article, I still feel the same way.

New comment by worik in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

worik — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:29:39 +0000

> Did anyone ever accuse Meta of being an open platform though?

My memory says it was Meta who said that. Zuck himself....

New comment by worik in "EFF is leaving X"

worik — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:24:57 +0000

> This seems like a valid critique of the content of the article

No it was not.

The EFF clearly stated the main reason the left X/Twitter is that it no longer works for them as a way to reach out. To anybody.

Nothing to do with the politics of those they were reaching.

New comment by worik in "Show HN: Is Hormuz open yet?"

worik — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:53:08 +0000

> The Shahed drone is a 'set it and forget it' device where you program a stationary target and launch it. It would not work well for moving targets, like ships.

The Iranians are quite handy at modifying their drones....

New comment by worik in "Automatic registration for US Military draft to begin in December"

worik — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:47:08 +0000

And it comes around again. Constant war is great (yea, nah) when you're winning.

https://youtu.be/WOo13RnfaMc?si=zq58NDqm-9rdXHlL&t=17

New comment by worik in "WireGuard VPN developer's Microsoft account locked"

worik — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:37:59 +0000

Interesting, but disingenuous

The VP says: "but sometimes it's just check emails and verify your accounts. "

From the Techcrunch article:

    “Microsoft never sent me any notification at all about this. I’ve looked in every inbox in every spam folder in every mail log, and zero, nothing, zilch,” Donenfeld said.

I think Microsoft systems are intermittently failing, it is the simplest explanation

New comment by worik in "WireGuard VPN developer's Microsoft account locked"

worik — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:25:39 +0000

Also: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/wireguard-vpn-developer-ca...

WireGuard VPN developer's Microsoft account locked

worik — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 23:24:52 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/EdgeSecurity/status/2041872931576299888

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47697479

Points: 42

# Comments: 10

New comment by worik in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"

worik — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:21:32 +0000

If you would use Rust, you would know that problem is solved too.

Rust solves a lot of problems, and introduces others

The promiscuous package management, chiefly. Not unusual for building a imlle programme in Rust brings in 200+ crates, from unknown authors on the Internet...

What could possibly go wrong?

New comment by worik in "LibreOffice – Let's put an end to the speculation"

worik — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:04:27 +0000

tl;dr the non-profit had acted outside the regulations for non-profits, to the benefit of some members and due to over eager action not actual dishonesty. Audits caught up with them, they have to change their ways.

New comment by worik in "LibreOffice – Let's put an end to the speculation"

worik — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 21:00:34 +0000

No. They did the work. It is a corrupt practice, not theft

New comment by worik in "Delve removed from Y Combinator"

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:43:41 +0000

> I ignore the law every day when I jaywalk

Not illegal here, but I hope you not complain when caught and fined.

New comment by worik in "Delve removed from Y Combinator"

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:42:16 +0000

> Working around arguably dumb regulations...

...is breaking the law

New comment by worik in "Delve allegedly forked an open-source tool and sold it as its own"

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:39:35 +0000

Really? Can we no longer trust oneanother?

New comment by worik in "Delve removed from Y Combinator"

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:34:49 +0000

It can work under the umbrella of some sort of coordinator

That looks like what happened here.

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

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 05:25:40 +0000

Both are shooting at civilians

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

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:41:54 +0000

Iraq and Afghanistan were mistakes.

But this is next level. When it started I thought Iran would be crushed. Ignorant, silly me.

There is every chance the USA will have to stop its attacks before achieving any goals.

An education, thus is, that I could do without.

In New Zealand we will probably run out of diesel soon.

This is so stupid, so sadistic and cruel

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

worik — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:25:52 +0000

They should not have sunk the ship in the first place.

New comment by worik in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

worik — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:07:29 +0000

> The popular appetite just isn't there.

Cory Doctorow, if he is to believed, states 50% of web users use ad blockers. So maybe?