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can't comment anymore - shadowed banned because dang doesn't like my politics. This site is kompromised.
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recursivegirth··on I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA
Gotta love HN. You can't just have a thread without a psycho-analysis on how people interact with each other on a social media website.
recursivegirth··on New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data centers
It's not a comment crafted in good faith. It's telling you what to think and why, using an unrelated analogy to attempt to build credibility.
recursivegirth··on New York just passed a one-year temporary ban on data centers
As a constituent, I see this as the right move.

I would not benefit from an outright ban so that would be too heavy handed. On the other hand - something has to be done. If anything else it's proof the people do have the power to convince their representatives that these affairs matter and we are paying attention.

I wouldn't be to quick to dismiss this as only political theater.

recursivegirth··on I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC
> The compute is still real. The VRAM is still real. And the memory bandwidth is where it gets genuinely surprising.

Had to stop there. Annoying. I can't stand AI use for writing. It makes any otherwise great article feel so disingenuous.

recursivegirth··on Search engines alternatives now that Google isn't Google anymore
But does it surface relevant search results?

Many things on the web use Yandex.

recursivegirth··on Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit
This. I have no trust in TrueCrypt or it's derivatives. If TrueCrypt was compromised then it stands that VeraCrypt is as well.
recursivegirth··on Security researcher says Microsoft built a Bitlocker backdoor, releases exploit
Ever since the TrueCrypt fiasco years ago, I have no trust in that brand.
recursivegirth··on “I applied to be pope”: Losing grip on reality while using ChatGPT
Mental health is up there, but far from the most important thing we need to be focusing on as a society in the immediate future.

I say this as someone who has mental health issues, has experience loss of important people around me because of mental health issues, and probably need more therapy than the universe could reasonably provide me.

AI is directly and indirectly uprooting every facet of society. Money, energy, food, housing, medicine. Cultural revolutions are not pretty, the true outcomes are felt by those who are the winners and losers. It very much feels like a rich eats all scenario is playing out right now. I'd wager that's because it is.

recursivegirth··on Ubuntu servers taken offline by "sustained, cross-border attack"
Worth calling out that CopyFail can be trivially patched. I did so on my personal devices + remote servers. The attack vector is apparently only typically utilized for exploits anyways, it supposedly has little practical/legitimate use.

This article has instructions on how to self-patch: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-cop...

recursivegirth··on LinkedIn scans for 6,278 extensions and encrypts the results into every request
IRC has existed for decades.
recursivegirth··on Mozilla's opposition to Chrome's Prompt API
A little off-topic, I honestly don't think it's as much as the browser interface that needs to be reworked as it is the idea of operating systems in general.

I don't know what the right answer is, but having used Niri/Wayland vs. GNOME vs. Windows vs. Mac... I will never go back to a non-tiling desktop and a none-kb driven workflow for desktop window management.

recursivegirth··on An open-source stethoscope that costs between $2.5 and $5 to produce
Our one that DIY'd one like one would do a dosing rod in their garage.
recursivegirth··on GitHub Copilot code review will start consuming GitHub Actions minutes
Microslop has lost their way from their ole acquisition investments and have instead hedged a bet on vibing their way into other industries.
recursivegirth··on US Department of Justice has officially reclassified cannabis as less dangerous
If the Democrats run on legalization they have already lost. Quite no one literally gives a shit about this besides the marginalized people it's going to affect negatively the most.

Can we move on to more important and substantive topics? Something something files.

recursivegirth··on The Vercel breach: OAuth attack exposes risk in platform environment variables
I think the problem is the way we are using these "secrets" services traditionally. The requesting process/machine should NEVER see the Oauth client secret. The short-lived session token should be the only piece of data the server/client are ever privy too.

The service that encrypts the data should be the ONLY service that holds the private key to decrypt, and therefore the only service that can process the decrypted data.

recursivegirth··on Vercel April 2026 security incident
Ah, Theo with his vast insights and connections into everything. That man gets around, and his content is worth it's cost.

Theo's content boils down to the same boring formula. 1. Whatever buzzword headline is trending at the time 2. Immediate sponsored ad that is supposed to make you sympathize with Theo cause he "vets" his sponsors. 3. The man makes you listen to a "that totally happened" story that he somehow always involved himself personally. 4. Man serves you up an ad for his t3.chat and how it's the greatest thing in the world and how he should be paid more for his infinite wisdom. 5. A rag on Claude or OpenAI (whichever is leading at the time) 6. 5-10 minutes of paraphrasing an article without critical thought or analysis on the video topic.

I used to enjoy his content when he was still in his Ping era, but it's clear hes drunken the YT marketer kool-aid. I've moved on, his content gets recommend now and again, but I can't entertain his non-sense anymore.

recursivegirth··on Trump deal with IRS could see him given $14B in taxpayer money
There's a difference between releasing your tax returns, being compelled to release your tax returns, and someone leaking your tax returns.

The notion that it's a gentlemanly tradition means nothing. Codify it into law if releasing tax returns is such a big issue. In this case particular, I don't think the leaked tax returns have produced the effect that was desired, so it seems silly that this is what it has resolved to. I wonder if it ever mattered at all, given what we know about Trump nowadays.

Ultimately it's the rich people on the hill pulling all strings, the rest of us are just left to hold the bag.

recursivegirth··on Claude Opus 4.7
Consumerism... if it ain't the best, some people don't want it.
recursivegirth··on GitHub Stacked PRs
I spend more time in planning and steering the AI implementation than I do on reviewing it's outputs.

I do the obvious checks like tests and spin up a dev instance to make sure the feature works like I want it too, but very rarely am I reviewing every line of code these days.

recursivegirth··on Ask HN: I quit my job over weaponized robots to start my own venture
Slightly agree, however I prefer third party forms as it usually avoids a bunch of the BS with bot submissions, etc.
recursivegirth··on France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
This, I've officially been off Windows for a few months and will not be looking back. Microsoft has put a bad taste in my mouth as a developer.

By luck and happenstance, I tuned into the Omacon conference this morning and my perspective on personal computing very much aligns with theirs. Would encourage a least watch the kickoff keynote if the VODs drop.

recursivegirth··on Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter
I've had a good experience so far. Idk if I would attribute that to Pi or the GLM models. However, it feels nice not being constrained by usage.
recursivegirth··on Reallocating $100/Month Claude Code Spend to Zed and OpenRouter
I bought a $30 Z.ai Coding Plan sub to go with it. 7 million tokens has only gone through 2% of my weekly usage using the GLM-5.1 model. I am pretty happy.

I am only doing single project workflows, but with Z.ai I feel like it opens a whole new door to parallel workflows without hitting usage limits.

recursivegirth··on My minute-by-minute response to the LiteLLM malware attack
Thanks, learned something new. I found and setup Open Snitch on my machine - super intuitive. This is going to give me great peace of mind.
recursivegirth··on My astrophotography in the movie Project Hail Mary
Earth moves - that's how you get the next shot without repositioning the telescope.

This time-lapse probably better visualizes it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFpeM3fxJoQ

recursivegirth··on Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML
Yea, but how will they hide all the tracking URLs and base64 encoded PII from you in the email?
recursivegirth··on Mayor of Paris removed parking spaces, reduced the number of cars
I would rather float to work like the Swiss.

https://www.businessinsider.com/switzerland-workers-commute-...

recursivegirth··on Canada's bill C-22 mandates mass metadata surveillance of Canadians
The American's are none-the-wiser. We are fighting terrorist's after all, we need to ease-drop into every domestic household to make sure those "cells" aren't planning anything awful.
recursivegirth··on Shall I implement it? No
Fundamental flaw with LLMs. It's not that they aren't trained on the concept, it's just that in any given situation they can apply a greater bias to the antithesis of any subject. Of course, that's assuming the counter argument also exists in the training corpus.

I've always wondered what these flagship AI companies are doing behind the scenes to setup guardrails. Golden Gate Claude[1] was a really interesting... I haven't seen much additional research on the subject, at the least open-facing.

[1]: https://www.anthropic.com/news/golden-gate-claude

recursivegirth··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)
Microplastics in your balls are one thing, but do you have concerns about introducing them in your heart and blood-brain barrier?
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