Hacker News: yellers

New comment by yellers in "I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer"

yellers — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 09:57:12 +0000

If this freaks them out maybe they shouldn’t roll their own SaaS?

New comment by yellers in "Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones"

yellers — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:50:00 +0000

Istanbul does so all the time. Or never. #schrödinger

New comment by yellers in "Debian 13, Postgres, and the US/* time zones"

yellers — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:30:24 +0000

Hang on a second, "(...) in 2023. US/* was moved to tzdata-legacy (...)"

US/* was moved to 'backward' (the file for backward compatibility) in the tz database in 1993(!) and as such was essentially marked as deprecated long enough. https://data.iana.org/time-zones/tzdb/backward

You're telling me you didn't notice ? It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

New comment by yellers in "James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, has died"

yellers — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:37:05 +0000

They check blood iron levels before each donation in Australia. They send you away if you’re too low.

New comment by yellers in "One Logo, Three Companies"

yellers — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 20:28:11 +0000

Well I’m glad that TFA really explains the connection between Jinroku Masaki and the Mitsubishi family crest because otherwise I’d still be confused. (Or maybe it’s a westerner thing expecting the name of the founder to match the crests family in name)

New comment by yellers in "PayPal (USA) will automatically share data about you to participating stores"

yellers — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 02:35:11 +0000

Revenue != Profit

New comment by yellers in "An exoskeleton let a paralyzed man walk, then its maker refused repairs"

yellers — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:57:33 +0000

Once again, that thing falls under FDA regulations. You’re telling us about a world with 3rd party mix and match components, all FDA approved in any and all combinations on 5 year plus old devices?

New comment by yellers in "An exoskeleton let a paralyzed man walk, then its maker refused repairs"

yellers — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:55:04 +0000

Hang on, what about the part where the FDA only approved the thing for a 5 year use and essentially pushed the manufacturer into liability if they worked on it after that period? Maybe that’s the issue that needs repairing first.