CrzyLngPwd's comments

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

[CrzyLngPwd]

This is, according to Hegseth, just something they planned for, since they knew what was going to happen.

[jiggawatts → CrzyLngPwd]

I had an eye opening discussion with an IT admin who stated with a straight face that their “patching strategy was not to patch”.

They have a patch strategy! They considered requirements when deciding the strategy! They have a documented strategy, it’s just very brief. (“Don’t.”)

The Trump admin may have similarly thought about this issue for a few seconds, shrugged their shoulders and decided that this might force manufacturers to go on-shore.

You and I know it won’t, certainly not in the immediate future, which means massive disruption to industry, but that’s not the same as “no plan”.

On: E2E encrypted messaging on Instagram will no longer be supported after 8 May

[CrzyLngPwd]

Did they give a reason why are they doing this?

On: An old photo of a large BBS (2022)

[CrzyLngPwd]

There is so much speculation in the OP that I am not even sure if the title is correct.

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

[CrzyLngPwd]

All of this was caused by a global bully and their handler.

[buzzerbetrayed → CrzyLngPwd]

Agreed. Hard to find a bigger global bully than Iran with all the terrorism they sponsored. And it was great to take out their handler as well.

On: I was interviewed by an AI bot for a job

[CrzyLngPwd]

Best comment yet :-)

On: 60 Minutes Havana Syndrome report finds U.S. government tested energy weapon

[CrzyLngPwd]

If the Russians have such weapons, then we obviously have far more advanced versions.

On: Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads

[CrzyLngPwd]

All they need next is a camera that watches you, and if you are not looking at the ad then the ad is paused.

How amazing would that be!?

On: Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

[CrzyLngPwd]

How will this be policed?

[tomhow → CrzyLngPwd]

Same as all the other guidelines. Moderators look at the threads and act on what we see. We also look at lists of flagged comments, and emails sent to hn@ycombinator.com by community members. One-off offending comments are flagged+killed, and a warning given. Repeat offenders/obvious bots are banned.

On: Why Escalation Favors Iran

[CrzyLngPwd]

Iran said that if they were attacked, then they would attack US bases in the region and close the Strait of Hormuz. None of what has happened should be a surprise to anyone.

The US forces didn't do what they said they would do for those countries hosting their military, which was to protect the host country, leaving many wondering whether having the bases there is worth the risk.

All we need next is Ansar Allah to join in.

The worst part of it all, China has 100's of satellites watching everything, learning US tactics, refuelling and rearming patterns, everything they can.

On: Where did you think the training data was coming from?

[CrzyLngPwd]

If Meta really wanted training data from the glasses, they would give them away.

They could easily afford it, and they would get 1000x the uptake.