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Nice, this is pretty fun!

Yes, for the most part. P2P networks are hard... Merges and improvements are welcome.

aosmithon Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

He's a troll, carry on...

Thanks mate... That's exactly why it's open source, merges welcome. If somebody finds a problem they can fix it and take credit.

aosmithon An American Privacy Emergency

Got it thanks

aosmithon An American Privacy Emergency

You're right and I'm generally not a fan of vibe coding but I'm not trying to make money and it's free YMMV.

aosmithon An American Privacy Emergency

Huh? I'm pretty sure I'm a person. But AI would say that too...

aosmithon An American Privacy Emergency

Multiple ways, some from the bittorrent / limewire days, some using public stun / turn servers.

aosmithon Show HN: Gremlin

I'm working on it, I'm adding a site now at https://gremlin.thingg.co, there's a screenshot of the interface on thingg.co now. No intention to make money on this one but it's an interesting tool. Thanks for checking it out!

aosmithon Show HN: Iceberg Map

Still working on that one... It fails over to others, or it should.

aosmithon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

https://thingg.co -- A group of very smart people working on an incubator for our pet projects in a co-op manner.

https://cipher.social -- Distributed / p2p, encrypted social networking so I can send baby pictures to my mom.

aosmithon Bring bathroom doors back to hotels

This is a huge theme (for lack of a better word) in Bangkok... I have seen countless condos with glass box bathrooms. My wife and I love each other deeply but we have 0 desire to make eye contact while pooping. Our daughter is another case but we both hope she will grow out of it.

aosmithon OpenAI says over a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly

That seems really high... Are we sure this isn't related to a small number of users trying to find jailbreaks?

aosmithon Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)

https://thingg.co

Very very beta. No stated mission just working with smart people on interesting ideas.

aosmithon Learn to play Go

Go is a great game, my wife and I always have a drive-by game going, we use 1 lid and swap it after we place a stone.

aosmithon Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck

This resonates a little, it's problems that you need to consider... When I quit smoking I noticed my code quality dropped. It wasn't because I missed the cigarettes, it was the mental break with a solid social excuse I was missing. I started taking smoke breaks, without the smoke and things returned to normal.

aosmithon One startup is trying to use Trump’s anti-regulation to get ...

Paywall bypass:

https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://fortune.com...

aosmithon School principal framed using AI-generated racist rant. Co-worker charged

Never had mine stolen but united lost 3 of mine between SFO and TPA once. They found them days later.

aosmithon School principal framed using AI-generated racist rant. Co-worker charged

This is a thing, it's actually required to be locked with non-tsa approved locks. Takes about 10 minutes extra.

aosmithon T-Mobile employees across the country receive cash offers to illegally swap SIMs

CNAM is the database you're looking for, maybe LIDB too. Once you port the number the CNAM should change.

aosmithon A Return to Blu-ray as Streaming Value Evaporates

Sure but storing blu-rays is silly, just rip them to disk. Use a lossless codec if you're picky.

aosmithon A Return to Blu-ray as Streaming Value Evaporates

Physical media was dead on arrival. This was a product of poor infrastructure eg it's faster and cheaper to ship a DVD vs transferring several GB. This no longer holds true. While streaming and ownership are complicated there's no reason to go back to physical media unless you like vinyl.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

If you have access to one you generally have access to both.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

It's not about the cost of wire, it's about the cost of software. This is the auto industry version of MCAS. I wish I was joking.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

A lot of headlights steer with the car, the can bus is a giant network without any authentication.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

Don't hook the headlights up to the can bus or implement UAC... The headlights shouldn't have access to the alarm or ignition.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

Given what's going on in Canada maybe they should just ban OBD tools all together with the flipper. /s

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

That's exactly what's happening. This is not a wireless attack, it's a physical access problem.

aosmithon Insecure vehicles should be banned, not security tools like the Flipper Zero

See all that time the thief spends near the drivers side headlight? The headlights are on the can bus, if you can tap a couple wires in there the cars is yours.