Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — general1726

general1726

HN member
Joined
Thu, Jun 26, 2025, 2:27 PM UTC
HN karma
412
Public activity
213 items

About general1726

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #45064120

    I would expect that your whole code base would be then used as training data. I think that it is only a matter of time before they will start reselling these data as exfiltrated IP…

  2. comment
    Comment #45064039

    One day there will be a massive data leak and these backdoors are going to be closed. Not because privacy of some Joe Smith or exposing corruption, but because everyone will be abl…

  3. comment
    Comment #45063966

    It will be funny when somebody will figure out that contractors watching Chinese nationals are actually Chinese spies.

  4. comment
    Comment #45063916

    Yet another argument for running your own local models. And if they are scanning, they are definitely using all your data for training or outright IP theft, no matter what they cla…

  5. comment
    Comment #45062448

    I bet on natural gas powerplants will start being built together with data centers.

  6. comment
    Comment #45062399

    Permanent until Trump will talk to somebody else than Navarro about these tariffs and will be promptly lifted. The problem with current setup is attempt to strongarm tariffs onto s…

  7. comment
    Comment #45056981

    Just compile .NET WPF in Avalonia and be done with it.

  8. comment
    Comment #45054706

    > It’s really wild the degree to which Musk’s Nazi salute has ricocheted around Europe This is because Americans does not have places in their country with mementos like "In this b…

  9. comment
    Comment #45051840

    English is actually a weird language without genders in nouns. I.e. in Slavic languages you can say "male software engineer" with word "vyvojar" and "female software engineer" with…

  10. comment
    Comment #45046457

    And this is why local run models are absolutely necessary. Sure Claude is better than whatever you can run locally, but to avoid being eavesdropped on every keystroke, just buy old…

  11. comment
    Comment #45042862

    Anything what can execute software is a computer. From a tamagochi to a mainframe.

  12. comment
    Comment #45036185

    Mark Twain: "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled" So called watchdogs of democracy has been 100% fooled. But did you see that radical left l…

  13. comment
    Comment #45030720

    You know that you can't do it on your own, but you need to have certification for that? > U.S. customs is demanding a Certificate of Analysis (which could cost thousands of dollars…

  14. comment
    Comment #45030636

    Yes they would 200% of product won't be a problem for them. Furthermore as I know customs, the moment you will start making stuff up in a too brazen way, they will just use Google,…

  15. comment
    Comment #45028070

    If it stops working because unilateral action from USA, it will likely create a rally around the flag effect.

  16. comment
    Comment #45028015

    Which EU cloud providers can easily create knock offs and then let EU services migrate without changing anything on companies side, except just endpoints. Furthermore EU equivalent…

  17. comment
    Comment #45027000

    I.e. for Apple EU is 25% of revenue. Try to pull out from there, and shareholders will crucify whole Apple leadership.

  18. comment
    Comment #45026980

    Russia is running on Windows too and did not collapsed. It turns out that companies wants to make money and are willing to jump through hoops, sanctions or not. Also you can just u…

  19. comment
    Comment #45016432

    There will be no rapid raise of anything - Driving license of B group (personal cars) is limited to 3500kg car, if you are driving anything heavier you need to have driving license…

  20. comment
    Comment #45007886

    More like inconsistent policies, cronyst carve outs for big tech companies while app store is full of spam and scam apps.

  21. comment
    Comment #45005484

    Only defeated entity here is US arms industry. Ukrainians are having their own long range weapons FP-1 to FP-5 (Flamingo). This stupid behavior is sending signal to everyone else t…

  22. comment
    Comment #44999873

    That would be candle in a flowerpot ad to save on energy bills.

  23. comment
    Comment #44999851

    > It's also really noticeable how you'll keep seeing the same ads for the same few things, regardless of what your "algorithm" is currently doing. I really have to wonder how much …

  24. comment
    Comment #44999770

    That's like asking if bullets made infantry obsolete. As long as there is a role for attack helicopter on the battlefield, then it is not obsolete, just more vulnerable during its …

  25. comment
    Comment #44999590

    I do answer any call, but I am never introducing myself, nor using affirmative words. The moment I will figure out I have got an advertisement call, I am immediately hanging up. So…