Alexander Harkness

Most-linked posts?

1. No, California Is Not Going to Take Your Generator Away
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-12-21
2. Wayland Is Almost There
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-02

What Hacker News says?

1. bearbin · 2022-01-07

   Other commenters have talked about labelling. Maybe labelling of real life data is something they're trying to do; but from my experience with hCaptcha the challenges are _NOT_ real life data. They're AI-generated images which bear a passing resemblance to the targets but if you look closer nothing adds up at all. Here are a couple of examples: https://bearbin.net/images/captcha/1.png https://bearbin.net/images/capt…

   Comment linking /images/captcha/4.png

   on “Ask HN: Why does Cloudflare/hCaptcha care so much about buses, boats and trains?”
2. bearbin · 2021-12-26

   Submitted You block ads in your browser, why not in your city? as a story · 568 points

   HN discussion
3. bearbin · 2021-12-25

   Electrification really is coming along apace! First california bans petrol lawnmowers and generators, now New York bans gas heating. I wrote a blog post on the first topic recently [1] but I guess there really is an impetus for rapid change now. Not that banning new users of gas in one city is going to fix the climate, but it's a start... [1]: https://bearbin.net/blog/2021/california-is-not-taking-your-...

   Comment linking /blog/2021/california-is-not-taking-your-generator-away

   on “New York City bans natural gas in new buildings”
4. turtlegrids · 2022-01-07

   Submitted No, California Is Not Going to Take Your Generator Away as a story · 37 points

   HN discussion
5. bearbin · 2019-12-29

   I have compiled an index of the new stories arranged by year of publication on my website, which is a bit easier to navigate than scrolling through the (incomplete) list on the Register website: https://bearbin.net/bofh

   Comment linking /bofh

   on “The Bastard Operator From Hell (1999)”
6. bearbin · 2020-06-02

   Submitted Wayland Is Almost There as a story · 4 points

   HN discussion
7. bearbin · 2026-05-22

   Submitted Anker PowerConf C200: a case study in webcam security theatre as a story · 3 points

   HN discussion
8. zaik · 2022-05-22

   Submitted YouTube Comment Spam and the Linking Non-Link as a story · 3 points

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9. bearbin · 2022-01-08

   Submitted What are you doing when you fill in an hCaptcha as a story · 3 points

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10. jcamou · 2020-06-03

    Submitted Wayland Is Almost There as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
11. bearbin · 2015-12-27

    Submitted Read the BOFH Archive as a story · 3 points

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12. bearbin · 2026-05-16

    Submitted Anker PowerConf C200: a case study in webcam security theatre as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
13. magnetic-recoil · 2022-05-23

    Submitted Searching for Nothing, Finding a Surprise as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
14. bearbin · 2020-06-18

    Submitted Defective by Design: Reflected Attacks on Email Privacy Using DMARC as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
15. bearbin · 2022-08-12

    Submitted Living in a Building Site: The Over-Development of London's Housing Estates as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
16. bearbin · 2021-12-21

    Submitted No, California Is Not Going to Take Your Generator Away as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
17. bearbin · 2020-12-13

    Submitted Defective by Design: Reflected Attacks on Email Privacy Using DMARC as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
18. bearbin · 2014-08-08

    Submitted BOFH Archive (2004-2014) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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