Hacker News: zwog

New comment by zwog in "AI on Australian travel company website sent tourists to nonexistent hot springs"

zwog — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:23:18 +0000

You probably need to update every now and the because of SEO and such.

New comment by zwog in "Instagram data breach reportedly exposed the personal info of 17.5M users"

zwog — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:14:05 +0000

You don't even need the email address. The account name is enough to start the password request.

New comment by zwog in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

zwog — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:57:40 +0000

I actually came here to check because downforeveryoneorjustme.com and downdetector are offline as well.

New comment by zwog in "Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players"

zwog — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:22:26 +0000

Semi related: A couple of years ago a waste facility in Berlin measured increased levels of radio activity and traced it back to a restaurant where 13 cards laced with radioactive Iodine-125 were found:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42157129

I couldn't find anything about how the cheat actually worked, though. In Mongolia they found radioactive dice at an airport: https://conferences.iaea.org/event/16/contributions/7187/att...

New comment by zwog in "Space Elevator"

zwog — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 05:18:56 +0000

There's an XKCD for that: https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/

New comment by zwog in "Gemini 2.5 Flash Image"

zwog — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:41:31 +0000

Do you happen to know some software to repair/improve video files? I'm in the process of digitalizing a couple of Video 2000 and VHS casettes of childhood memories of my mom who start suffering from dementia. I have a pretty streamlined setup for digitalizing the videos but I'd like to improve the quality a bit.

New comment by zwog in "When will M&S take online orders again?"

zwog — Fri, 30 May 2025 23:42:50 +0000

Interestingly the gov.uk website and everything around it is a prime example of software that just works. In terms of performance and accessibility. I work/volunteer for a non-profit design agency and we use the the uk.gov design system and I just love it: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/

New comment by zwog in "Hacker Fab"

zwog — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:57:55 +0000

mil in this context is 1/1000 inch

New comment by zwog in "Blocking the "Sign in with Google" Prompt (2023)"

zwog — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 09:16:03 +0000

> I worked in some companies that had this popup, and the most common goal was to harvest email addresses for newsletters.

Ooh, I've never looked into it, but I would have thought that with this feature the website explicitly does NOT get my email address. Silly me, still believing some features are meant for the user.

New comment by zwog in "Blocking the "Sign in with Google" Prompt (2023)"

zwog — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:22:29 +0000

> Do they pay you to do this?

I don't sites get payed (with money) but it probably improves the ranking in the search results (or at least some SEO guide claims that, so everybody does it)

New comment by zwog in "YouTube Introduces Remixes"

zwog — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 06:07:38 +0000

I think this was debunked and caused by misconfigured/outdated adblock rules, wasn't it?

New comment by zwog in "Korean Smartphones Have Mandatory Shutter Sounds, 8 in 10 Want It Muted"

zwog — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:12:35 +0000

How is this with videos? Couldn't you just start recording a video from a safe distance and than continue to creep around?

New comment by zwog in "micro – A Modern Alternative to nano"

zwog — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 17:34:00 +0000

That is OS dependent, though. On Arch Linux with EDITOR empty `visudo` opens vi.

New comment by zwog in "uBlock Origin 1.48 adds readiness status, code viewer, and other fixes"

zwog — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 22:08:51 +0000

Maybe you are confusing AdGuard with AdBlockPlus? The latter[1] and the parent company Eyeo GmbH have some points of criticism.

AdGuard is basically pi-hole, just with different pre-configured filter lists and especially child and parental control settings. IIRC, some services can also be blocked there directly, Instagram for example.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus#Controversies

New comment by zwog in "Ask HN: Small scripts, hacks and automations you're proud of?"

zwog — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:51:36 +0000

Alacritty has this function built-in, just define `SpawnNewInstance` in the config file:

    key_bindings:
        - { key: T,   mods: Control|Shift, action: SpawnNewInstance }

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Alacritty#Spawn_new_instanc...

New comment by zwog in "Are Modern Bicycles the End of DIY Maintenance?"

zwog — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:55:43 +0000

The article opens with a somewhat moot point. The Factor Ostro VAM mentioned is a pro bike and costs around $10,000 - so it's no wonder that it also requires professional screwdrivers and the corresponding tools.

New comment by zwog in "Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel"

zwog — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:21:40 +0000

As stated in the original post printing and shipping is handled by https://www.printful.com/ and they offer their services in Europe.

I assume it has something to do with copyright regulations in Europe or similar?

New comment by zwog in "Show HN: Stable Diffusion print-on-demand apparel"

zwog — Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:19:27 +0000

> You have denied audio permission. If you want, you can always go to your 'settings' and allow it to fully experience this site

Weird phrasing. If I don't want to I can't experience the site at all.

New comment by zwog in "The Restaurant Industry’s Worst Idea: QR Code Menus"

zwog — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 06:37:15 +0000

I absolutely hate it when there is a QR code with text like "Scan here for more Information" or similar - and then there is no link written or no information on how to get there without having to scan the code.

New comment by zwog in "Show HN: I made a web-based notepad with a built in unit calculator"

zwog — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:51:09 +0000

When I type `4W*3hours` the result is `12 mWh`. Same with `12Wh/3hours = 4kW`