1970-01-01

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"Try a non-creative approach." -Albert Einstein

1970-01-01on Modder Makes GTA: Vice City Playable Inside GTA 3 Inside GTA: San Andreas

And finally there will be reaction videos, so we can have one more layer of content to process.

1970-01-01on TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years

This. They want to watch their cats when they are out but have absolutely no clue about security. So they just buy whatever is cheapest on Amazon and if it works the problem is permanently solved in their world. China has no reason to stop cranking these out at the lowest price point.

1970-01-01on First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star

Back yard meaning we can see it but never touch it. If the ship to get there was ready today, it would get there in the year one-million? Back yard is Mars, Venus, moon. And I'm being generous with Mars and Venus.

1970-01-01on Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)

There's a 0th: empathy. They want to hear you say you heard them, hear you say the problem is a problem, and have you say the problem is making things harder.

1970-01-01on Accidental Anonymity

It's 2026 today. Your work being all-human results in the exact same amount of job offers that the LLM gets you, just slower. It's still WHO you know that gets you work. That results in personal vouching, which results in human-human discussions. How hand-crafted your code looks is permanently not going to shortcut you into anything today.

1970-01-01on Show HN: Leaves – A text-UI disk usage treemap visualizer

This is the kind of tool that should be baked into the kernel. It's never there when you need it, and when you do need it, it is probably already a full disk and you maybe can't just download it.

1970-01-01on Show HN: Be the ChatBOT

I wish more people would be as bad as this sim shows the public, to the point where they leave and go rethink their approach using their actual intelligence. I would praise AI for doing the job correctly.

1970-01-01on 42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support

The link to their study is much more interesting: https://news.northwesternmutual.com/planning-and-progress-st...

1970-01-01on 1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored

I hate to be a contrarian, but I've always hated them. IMHO, the extra-fancy-style illustrations are just that. Now that we have wildlife photography, these seem to regress and appear much worse (again, IMHO) because they are literally an illustration of reality and not a snapshot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhVJ7cv9B4&t=36s

1970-01-01on Sony Deletes a Bunch More Movies from the Accounts of People Who 'Bought' Them

A laser-engraved QR code can store 3KB, enough for an entire ebook. The file format isn't the problem here.

1970-01-01on 800 Canadian wildfires burning as air quality alerts extend to US

The only good news is it will envelop D.C. today. Fitting to force them to smell their passive dismissal of the global catastrophe of climate change.

1970-01-01on Sony deletes more movies from the accounts of people who ‘bought’ them

     boolean bought = true;
     boolean owns = false;

        if (bought && owns) {
            System.out.println("Purchase resulted in ownership.");
        } else if (bought) {
            System.out.println("Purchase did not result in ownership. You have rented.");

1970-01-01on The Last Picture Show: A Conversation with George Lucas

I always wanted someone to ask Lucas why he won't pivot into Star Trek. As both brands are brain-dead, and he is mostly discouraged from working on movies for Disney, it is a rare win for both.

1970-01-01on The lost joy of music piracy

So, it appears just enough time has passed that what.cd domain is availabe. There is nothing stopping anyone (just a few $$$) from rebuilding it very quietly. The lost joy can return if you're stupid enough to try.

1970-01-01on Teen hackers who live streamed cyber-attack on TfL jailed

>Many years back when I used to do CS for WoW, a colleague of mine liked to say that the only reason some kids shit-talk the way they do is because it's online and if they tried it in person they'd get punched in the face.

This is the #1 reason bots exist. We can't just punch them down anymore, we're flagged as bad people.

1970-01-01on Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms

The best source for FSD crash data is still NTSB. Everything else is heavily biased. This one obviously won't make it to sites such as tesladeaths.com if it ever gets updated.

1970-01-01on Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled

What's your point? There are thousands of GUIDs in the registry.

1970-01-01on British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply

Nope. The entire point here is facing the decision on which of these contingencies will apply.

1970-01-01on British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply

As it is top-critical, you're recycling it, opening new mines, and taking it by force.

1970-01-01on Rare book dealers fear tech firms are destroying obscure editions to train AI

Non-problem. Either your book is for sale or it isn't.

1970-01-01on British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply

Steel comes from iron, which you can't grow. It's more critical than food, which you can grow. Same for vaccines.

1970-01-01on The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway

>Master craftsmen didn't take on apprentices to give them chores.

Is today opposite day?

1970-01-01on The LLM Critics Are Right. I Use LLMs Anyway

Because it's a machine, not an oracle. If you "hold it right" you are more productive. When you catch them being "dumb" you're reinforcing your own deep knowledge on the topic. When it is correct, you're either learning something new or your task is complete. You are still at risk when you know little and trust it to work alone.

1970-01-01on Wildfires in Ontario make Toronto air quality worst in world

That photo has not been edited, this corner of the world is currently gray and orange.

https://fire.airnow.gov/

1970-01-01on Musk wants to open source X

He failed at open sourcing the Roadster, why should we even entertain this idea? This is just more hot air from the hot air machine.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38740239

1970-01-01on Stripe and Advent have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal – sources

I've been thru 3 or 4 'lifetime' bans with PayPal. Just ask to be reinstated during the next big shakeup (now) and they'll let you back in. They want your money. They want your business. The exact same things you couldn't sell 25 years ago, the things that got you banned, are now listed online without care. They literally forget.

1970-01-01on Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled

Sources state the opposite. It is driven my the MS account.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disa...

1970-01-01on Microsoft Confirms Windows GDID Device Identifier That Cannot Be Disabled

>The Global Device Identifier (GDID) is a permanent ID assigned when Windows provisions against a Microsoft Account.

So again, the "make an account" is the part you ALWAYS skip. Local accounts or it technically isn't even a PC anymore.

1970-01-01on Sleep regularity is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than sleep duration (2023)

Pretty much my thoughts. People in lots of pain don't have a regular schedule to do anything, including sleep.

1970-01-01on Your 'App' Could Have Been a Webpage (so I fixed it for you)

Does not have to be branded adguard to work. https://github.com/hagezi/dns-blocklists