Stories by ColinWright

'AI gave me your number': AI doxxing turns ChatGPT hallucinations to harassment

Geography Is Four-Dimensional

The Soul in the Machine

UK firm aims to build 'data centre' using 50k lampposts in Nigeria

The hypocrisy of cyberlibertarianism

Google ties reCAPTCHA to Google Play Services, screwing de-Googled Android users

A recent experience with ChatGPT 5.5 Pro

I've been trying to understand how antennas work ...

An Introduction to Meshtastic

Canadian election databases use "canary traps"–and they work

The Railway and the Balloon

Claude AI Agent Confesses to Wiping a Company's Database and All Backups

Considering a Sphere

AI Cannot Self Improve and Math Behind Proves IT

Classic HN: Growing a Language [video]

Can You Find the Comet?

The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics

Facts versus Understanding

Sneaky spam in conversational replies to blog posts

Juggling by Numbers

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