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xphilter··on Our side project: cyber-research-AI IDE, writing an exploit for CVE-2026-23918 [video]
We used our side project (Hacker Sidekick) for cyber research. We gave it a CVE number and a description of what we needed: a proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2026-23918, with a test environment, validation, and documentation. Let us know what you think! We sped up the video but no edits.
xphilter··on How People Use ChatGPT [pdf]
And how long will those rules exist? If people want these rules, they should be made into laws.
xphilter··on China is eating the world
Cultural thing or…selection bias. The people who left were the ones with the personality and work ethic that leads to being successful.
xphilter··on What's happening to reading?
Right. But you don’t think the giant education gap right before AI isn’t the primary reason?
xphilter··on What's happening to reading?
I can’t read it (lol) due to paywall, but 100% it’s because we stopped teaching kids how to read. But good luck trying to hold public schools accountable! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/podcasts/the-daily/readin...
xphilter··on US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel
The ftc isn’t supposed to create laws though. I tend to overshoot on the consumer’s side, but the ftc is overstepping with actions like this. There should be a law passed on this point and then ftc can enforce. Or ftc can sue based on existing law and let courts buy their interpretation.
xphilter··on US Court nullifies FTC requirement for click-to-cancel
They’re talking about those times we let women vote, implemented social security and got rid of Jim Crow. Really overshot lol.
xphilter··on DOGE staffer is trying to reroute FEMA funds
Not to be flippant, but why can’t you do that?
xphilter··on Disney+ Loses 700k Subscribers Following Price Increase
With all the accounting tricks it’s probably hard to know if this was a success. Likely there is a large share of the user base on trial periods or partner offers (e.g., free with T-Mobile)
xphilter··on Hey, wait – is employee performance Gaussian distributed?
Yeah good luck. I don’t think any hr decisions have ever been about data; it’s about following norms. If you can get the rand corp or heritage foundation to adopt this policy then maybe corporations would look into it.
xphilter··on Fiber optic drone control beats any RF jammer
That seems solvable with a payload of a transceiver that is dropped outside the range of the jammer. Then you only need a spool as long as the radius of the jammer + some margin.
xphilter··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
It’s even worse. The consultants who run the audits (usually business school recent grads) work with other consultants who shill the third party software and implementation work.
xphilter··on Meta's digital censorship targets art from the Leopold Museum
Does Target have a right to not sell porn? Or is that censorship?
xphilter··on Ultrasonic investigations in shopping centres
I brought some class actions years ago alleging the unlawful use of this tech for essentially ads purposes: https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news...

and https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/lisnr-responds-to-lawsuit-t...

xphilter··on Traffic jams, AirTags and GPS darts are ways NY, NJ are trying to stop car theft
The investigators must be pretty low iq. They are sending the cars to chop shops and ships…close those down and the thefts stop.
xphilter··on Fresno School Tracks Students' Bathroom Breaks with Countdown App
So what about Edina, MN? They're doing the same tracking there, and it's not Fresno.
xphilter··on License University of Michigan's Databases of Academic Speech and Student Papers
Effectively, GDPR only applies to EU nationals. US folks have no such rights and anyone even remotely associated with an institution like U of M are forced to agree to whatever data terms and policies U of M wants.
xphilter··on License University of Michigan's Databases of Academic Speech and Student Papers
They previously sold athlete data, no one should be surprised by this. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/11/sports/ncaafootball/weara...
xphilter··on FTC sues Amazon for illegally maintaining monopoly power
Running a business being easy is limited to these low-value drop-ship businesses. Running an actual business is hard. What they’re doing is just arbitrage: buying in bulk from Ali Baba and selling individually on Amazon. No value would be lost if these companies went away. Compare that to a bookstore or cafe being closed in your town.
xphilter··on To supercharge learning, look to play
We need less tech and more humans in education. All the things in your first paragraph are true problems, but the solution is 15 kids per class and discipline in the class room not AI.
xphilter··on Oceania Always at War with Eastasia: Generative AI and Knowledge Pollution
Agreed. Who the heck inserts a citation into a paper without actually reading the source material? Maybe ChatGPT is a great way to reveal the frauds.
xphilter··on “Open source” seeds loosen Big Ag’s grip on farmers
Yeah, I don't know why you think farmers are "smart" (taking this meaning to convey that we shouldn't question their practices). If you pump enough water and fertilizer into the already-fertile land you can get things to grow. Wow. If farmers were actually smart they'd start thinking long term on how their practices are destroying their livelihood (draining aquifers, polluting rivers, degrading soil quality) or how their politics are driving future generations from rural US (anti education, anti immigration, anti everything). Credentials: grew up in rural midwest.
xphilter··on The great Covid and smoking cover-up?
Ah. Good points.
xphilter··on The great Covid and smoking cover-up?
In what way have there been lies?
xphilter··on The great Covid and smoking cover-up?
Sure, this guy can go fund that or submit a proposal for funding. I just don’t see how someone jumps to cover up…
xphilter··on The great Covid and smoking cover-up?
Smoking cover up? Goodness. Let’s assume you’re right and smoking prevents Covid. The answer would be to get everyone to start smoking??? Get everyone hooked on nicotine? If the goal is to prevent Covid, masks are better—they’re cheap, easy, and have no side effects. (Which drives people mad, but imagine telling them to start smoking instead. Actually I could see the anti-maskers firing up a box a day lol).
xphilter··on AP fired reporter after dangerous blunder – Slack chats reveal chaotic process
My mantra is that it’s always bad management. Insane that none of the managers or editors got fired here. What a mess!
xphilter··on South Africa's national electricity crisis to worsen
lol. I just love casual racism on HN.
xphilter··on How the US can stop wasting billions of dollars on each transit project
And it’s still a waste of time and money.
xphilter··on Young adults in L.A. to get $1k a month under new guaranteed income program
So none of those people would qualify for ubi. Sounds like they were grifters. Why punish poor people because your circle of friends lack an ethics?
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