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valegon CVE-2026-111943: Compromised Intermediate Certificate Authority

Create the problem, sell the solution

valegon Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?

John Mastodon ofc

valegon Australia 'on the same page' as Canada as it seeks deeper EU alliance

PRC's trade surplus is pushing for a wide customs union. This is a part of this trend.

valegon Oceans hit highest temperature on record

It is incorrect, PRC has abundant shale natural gas deposits and there is some work being done to tap them: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-taps-ultra-dee...

valegon I'll be stepping back from leading product for X

I have had a similar issue and support gave zero fs. I still cannot log in to my account from one of the Android phones (I suspect that it blocklists the older Android versions).

valegon IMDB now automatically creating user accounts when you are signed into Amazon

Amazon has been an absolutely terrible custodian of IMDb. I am still nostalgic about user forums...

valegon It's a shame what's happened to radio

5G Broadcast is too little too late to the party but seems like a nice idea to preserve the medium. My phone has 3,5mm jack but no FM Tuner...

valegon CD sales growth outpaced vinyl in the first half of 2026

CD Audio may espouse "lindy" properties. No DRM (CD format has resisted attempts) and relative easiness of manufacturing + decent enough audio quality. It is a great engineering achievement and sales are bouncing back!

valegon Death of the Status Update: Why 55% of Americans Stopped Posting on Social Media

Discord seems like the way. Sometimes, Signal groups (also popular in the White House).

valegon Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)

It can be done, e.g.: https://batterycouncil.org/battery-facts-and-applications/ho...

valegon What does privatization of the US Postal Service mean?

The end of mail-in voting? It seems this is the whole reason of this renewed push. Also, pillage the real estate.

valegon Ask HN: What game have you replayed more times than any other?

Fallout: New Vegas. Mostly, I am getting curious about the mods and then it just grips me and I walk scorching hot Mojave again.

valegon Digg is gone again

"Morbius" of social news aggregators

valegon Trump says JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America rejected him as a customer

It's hilarious to see all these old beefs and grudges reappear. So presidential

valegon The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes

“It's a positive time, Jimmy. Billionaires are not happy having a billion dollars,” - Bill Burr

valegon The $25k car is going extinct?

It's hard to compete with the used car market. Aptera's Solar EV start at $26,800 (allegedly).

valegon The un-celebrity president: Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly (2018)

that was then, and this is now "Inside Trump's 100 days of presidential profit": https://www.axios.com/2025/05/02/trump-crypto-world-liberty-...

valegon Pentagon's 'SWAT team of nerds' resigns en masse

Red Guards

valegon Mark Zuckerberg's failed negotiations with the FTC to end Meta's antitrust case

Trump is offended by measly sums which Zuck has put in his pocket. Anti-trust crusade is a perfect way to shake more from him. Give the bully an inch, he will take a mile.

valegon Meta antitrust trial kicks off in federal court

This seems like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukos lite So much for Zuck's white flags and ring-kissing.

valegon Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening

Move fast and break the United States of America

valegon The Internet Slum: is abandoning the Internet the next big thing? (2004)

see also: Pandora's Vox: On Community in Cyberspace - https://folksonomy.co/?permalink=2299

valegon I'm a Programmer Who Bought a Typewriter

This one can erase letters https://youtube.com/watch?v=AModvOasrG8

valegon Intel Gets Up to $7.9B Award for U.S. Chip-Plant Construction

You need to hedge with all these fabless companies. It is perfectly understandable.

valegon The Bluesky firehose viewed in the style of a Windows XP screensaver

Whoa!

valegon XFCE 4.20 aims to bring preliminary Wayland support

Xfce is not perfect but pretty close (in *nix realm); it is a stable WIMP desktop environment. Everything where you expect it to be, no excessive feature creep, stable. It is like a tool, I love it. I wish it had a better brand. Too nerdy.

valegon We should have given Ukraine more weapons earlier, says ex-NATO chief

NATO is afraid to move the nukes to even Poland. Putin moved the nukes to Belarus.

As I see, such constant displays of weakness may provoke Putin to some wider war. Russian society has transformed. There can be only war in the future. Just look at his government budget: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/30/russias-defenc...

valegon We should have given Ukraine more weapons earlier, says ex-NATO chief

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valegon Why is a Guillotine blade diagonal?

Reminded me of this "La Révolution française" scene https://youtu.be/YPiiAHSi_48?t=5236

valegon AM radio law opposed by tech and auto industries is close to passing

I wish AM Stereo is back in vogue.