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darknavion EFF is leaving X

I can't tell if you're being satirical or if this is some 1984 re-writing of history, but Twitter definitely banned linking to other social media websites under Elon's rule.

> "We know that many of our users may be active on other social media platforms; however, going forward, Twitter will no longer allow free promotion of specific social media platforms on Twitter," the company said in a statement.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/twitter-bans-linking-to...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/18/business/twitter-ban-soci...

darknavion Artemis II crew take “spectacular” image of Earth

Verify what?

darknavion Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why

Corresponding with family members? What do you want them to use, Teams?

darknavion Show HN: Layerleak – Like Trufflehog, but for Docker Hub

A small ask: Don't have the main tag like for your product refer to another product. I know what Docker Hub is, but I have no idea what Trufflehog is.

The first like of the GitHub README is much better IMO: layerleak the Docker Hub Secret Scanner

darknavion Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features

Isn't that actually great? Just never create and sign into a Walmart account and now your TV isn't infected.

darknavion The Los Angeles Aqueduct Is Wild

It's not exactly brain surgery, is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THNPmhBl-8I

darknavion OpenBSD: PF queues break the 4 Gbps barrier

I do nightly offsite mirroring (just to a cloud provider) and making that go faster and not cannibalize all of my throughput is nice.

darknavion Show HN: Will my flight have Starlink?

Everyone wins when you can wololo with others on the internet at 30,000ft.

darknavion FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

Well yes, but by republicans on Trumps behalf. Not allowing Obama to put a new judge forward in the last year of his term, and then allowing Trump to with even less time left in his term is just a chef's kiss of hypocrisy.

darknavion Honda is killing its EVs

For me it likely won't matter 98% of the time. I charge at home and already cap out my existing circuit and it's plenty fast for me (around 10% of range per hour).

For those not with an overnihht charging parking spot I can see the appeal though.

darknavion Honda is killing its EVs

> Anything you need to plug into a power source is doomed to fail.

Totally disagree. One of the reasons I drive an EV is so I _can_ plug it in and never go to a gas station again. What a useless exercise and waste of my time, especially for a penny-pincher like me who would wait in like for 20 minutes at Costco for gas.

darknavion Microsoft's 'unhackable' Xbox One has been hacked by 'Bliss'

> assuming they continue making Xbox

It sounds like that's the plan:

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/03/11/project-helix-buildin...

darknavion AirPods Max 2

All three pairs of AirPod Pros I've owned have had rattling issues that would reproduce when I physically moved/tilted my head. It's really annoying.

darknavion Excel incorrectly assumes that the year 1900 is a leap year

> Applies to: Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011, Excel for Microsoft 365 for Mac, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016

darknavion Hostile Volume – A game about adjusting volume with intentionally bad UI

It's funny because Microsoft Teams does this today, in 2026.

darknavion Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

At least it'd be non-flammable helium!

darknavion Asian governments roll out 4-day weeks, WFH to solve fuel crisis caused by war

I know it's a meme on HN to say everyone likes WFH, but I (and many but not ICs around me) thrive more in person.

I am 100% more effective in person where I can dev and my desk and bounce ideas off if team mates around me verbally. This can be recreated in a remote environment by having things like a team Discord that folks sit on, but it can feel forced at times (just like communiting to the office I suppose).

My take might be heavily skewed though. I am in games and our environment is highly collaborative.

darknavion WA income tax clears House after 24-hour debate

WA = Washington State (USA), not Western Australia

darknavion I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services

Maybe we should make young learners in primary school use "infected" Windows XP so they can dodge spam popups and learn what and what not to click.

darknavion MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max

I wish this sort of thing was encouraged in the modern capitalist technology space.

Unfortunately, number always must go up (and the rate at which the number goes up, also must go up).

darknavion British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time

Indeed. Very much hoping WA hops on board. I know we stalled after 2019 but I wish we'd just hop on board.

darknavion Tell HN: YC companies scrape GitHub activity, send spam emails to users

Sure, as long as you want to rewrite all of the history of all of your public repositories.

darknavion DHS pausing TSA PreCheck, Global Entry programs amid funding lapse

Its also the president's role to lead and unite to get an agenda done. They need to work with Congress to pass laws that they can then sign into law.

Trump does the complete opposite, all while vomiting garbage about anyone who doesn't directly do his bidding.

darknavion Minecraft Java is switching from OpenGL to Vulkan

We have one for Bedrock fwiw. JavaScript based (via QuickJS).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/minecraft/creator/scriptap...

darknavion Meta: Messenger.com is no longer available for messaging

I assume some product manager thought not enough people engaged in facebook so they are forcing you over to facebook to make number go up.

What a joke.

darknavion Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair

Technology Connections also released a great rant on it (and more) recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

darknavion EPA Advances Farmers' Right to Repair

> ...they are finally getting the regulatory relief to break free from burdensome Green New Scam rules and...

One of the worst Trump-isms that will out-live him is how normalized name-calling has become, even in US agency press briefings. Just childish and shameful.

darknavion Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores

It's the same story over and over again with large businesses. See Boeing and WA state as well.

What's the Matter with Kansas? (2004) by Thomas Frank goes into this in part of it. While a bit repetitive (because history) the book is quite good.

darknavion Snow Simulation Toy

Porting it to TempleOS sounds like a fun journey