Love this. Definitely getting on the list.
Readit NewsAny opinions from cybersecurity experts? Is this concerning or over-hyped drama?
Cybersecurity "expert" here. This seems to be under-hyped, if possible. If there were login attempts that even appeared to be coming from Russia using valid credentials that were created less than an hour before, it can really only be explained by collusion or an attacker having visibility into the process that created the credentials in the first place.
The fact that the traffic appeared to be coming from Russia isn't particularly compelling, as it's very easy to make your web traffic appear to be coming from another country. But I struggle to understand why a legitimate user of those credentials would willfully make their legitimate use of government systems appear to be coming from an adversary.
mikekij commented on Tariffs Won't Work, Just as McKinley's Didn't bloomberg.com/opinion/art... · Posted by u/paulpauper
mikekij commented on Tariffs Won't Work, Just as McKinley's Didn't bloomberg.com/opinion/art... · Posted by u/paulpauper
[I'm attempting to ask this question in an apolitical way].
The consensus amongst economists appears to be that tariffs will have net negative impacts on our economy. Can someone explain the support amongst financially sophisticated people (e.g. Marc Andreessen) for a candidate whose economic policies rely heavily on tariffs? Is it just that they believe the benefits of Trump's other policies (e.g. deregulation of crypto) will outweigh the negative impacts of tariffs?
mikekij commented on Ask HN: How many of you have been laid off twice this year already? · Posted by u/squeegee_scream
Post a link and ask for comments then.
This. happy to help.
mikekij commented on What if you did the exact opposite, like rogue bees do (2020) mrdbourke.com/what-if-you... · Posted by u/azhenley
Well, here's your chance to try the opposite. Instead of tuna salad and being intimidated by women, chicken salad and going right up to them. If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.
"Hi, my name is George. I'm unemployed, and I live with my parents."
mikekij commented on Live Starlink Satellite and Coverage Map satellitemap.space/... · Posted by u/rvnx
As impressive as the number of Starlink satellites is, the service has become unusable for me in Southern California, particularly for video calls. I’ve been told that the bottleneck is land stations, not satellites. Either way, I’ve had to cancel my Starlink service both at home and work.
I have minimal contact with YC these days, and have no particular motivation to artificially inflate the value of the program.
YC was transformational for my company (MedCrypt). I have almost zero negative things to say about it, and would do it again immediately with my next company (despite probably not needing help raising the first $500k for a company).
I can't think of a situation where I would recommend a company not accept a spot in YC.
"The contrast isn't just economic — it's philosophical."
"family wealth isn't just an advantage in entrepreneurship — it's often a prerequisite"
"entrepreneurial success isn't just about fairness — it's about creating more pathways for the next generation of innovators"
This fact doesn't undermine the value of the article - but it is frustrating for the level of LLM authorship to get to the point where I can spot this in a number of HN posts.