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Show HN: XAPIs.dev – Twitter API Alternative at 90% Lower Cost

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1•nmfccodes•1m ago•0 comments

Near-Instantly Aborting the Worst Pain Imaginable with Psychedelics

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The Super Sharp Blade

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Smart Homes Are Terrible

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1•tusslewake•10m ago•0 comments

What I haven't figured out

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1•stevekrouse•10m ago•0 comments

KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

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1•cainxinth•11m ago•0 comments

Open-source Claude skill that optimizes Hinge profiles. Pretty well.

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First Proof

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I squeezed a BERT sentiment analyzer into 1GB RAM on a $5 VPS

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Kagi Translate

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Building Interactive C/C++ workflows in Jupyter through Clang-REPL [video]

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Tactical tornado is the new default

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Full-Circle Test-Driven Firmware Development with OpenClaw

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Automating Myself Out of My Job – Part 2

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Dependency Resolution Methods

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Crypto firm apologises for sending Bitcoin users $40B by mistake

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There's no such thing as "tech" (Ten years later)

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1•headalgorithm•21m ago•0 comments

List of unproven and disproven cancer treatments

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Me/CFS: The blind spot in proactive medicine (Open Letter)

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Ask HN: What are the word games do you play everyday?

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Make a local open-source AI chatbot with access to Fedora documentation

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Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model by Mitchellh

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Software Factories and the Agentic Moment

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1•mellosouls•33m ago•1 comments
Open in hackernews

Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users to Stop Protest Videos from Going Global

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-is-hunting-down-starlink-users-to-stop-protest-videos-from-going-global-d8b49602
93•Agreed3750•3w ago

Comments

Agreed3750•3w ago
Archive: https://archive.ph/pTp0A
gnabgib•3w ago
Related:

Iran shuts down Starlink internet for first time (191 points, 2 days ago) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575224

Iran is likely jamming Starlink (135 points, yesterday, 273 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46573384

Agreed3750•3w ago
Thanks for including these! I feel like by the end of the month these related comments will span 10 different posts
burnt-resistor•3w ago
Seems like it. And it's (only) been 5 days now, but jamming SL seems like desperation from the government side while there appears to be support from traditionalist faction(s) per counter-protests.

The perpetual struggles everywhere: rich vs. poor, and open vs. traditional.

sysguest•3w ago
hmm maybe this can be easily solved?

1. make a starlink+wireless mesh-network (eg. using BLE) that can handle multiple connects/disconnects seamlessly

2. mount those starlinks on cars/trucks/motorcycles/etc. hide those on ditches, buildings, etc.

Elon should work on that "starlink <-> wireless mesh-network" part (eg. app or device)

bigfatkitten•3w ago
Terminals are easy to find.

Every single commercial mobile satellite system, other than VSAT needs to tell the network where it is in order to function. None of them are designed for low probability of interception/detection.

sysguest•3w ago
well that's why you need to move around
coffeebeqn•3w ago
But this is getting pretty complicated for private citizens without internet access to organize with the protests, sanctions, falling currency and government killing thousands of people, no?
bigfatkitten•3w ago
That’s not going to save you when your adversary can continuously track your position, and identify your pattern of life.
lm28469•3w ago
> Elon should work

Elon? You mean the team behind starlink? The cult of personality around this nerd is amazing

sysguest•3w ago
hmm so who should I refer to?

should I call out bill gates? zuckerberg?

amenhotep•3w ago
Just say Starlink or SpaceX, obviously. When would you ever say "Bill should work on fixing Outlook" or "Mark should improve the WhatsApp gif picker"??
anothereng•3w ago
gif picker lol
johnisgood•3w ago
Umm, executive prioritization genuinely determines what gets built. "Design for LPI/LPD" is exactly the kind of strategic call that comes from leadership, not something engineers spontaneously add to the roadmap.

That said, the technical problem is hard regardless. Direction-finding equipment can locate them. Moving helps but you are broadcasting position whenever active. Military SATCOM (MUOS, AEHF) uses frequency hopping, directional antennas, burst transmissions, techniques Starlink was not architected for.

The mesh idea has a bandwidth mismatch problem too. BLE tops out around 1 Mbps; Starlink pushes 100+. You would want 802.11s or a MANET protocol, but then you just have a cluster of RF emitters pointing back at the terminal anyway.

sysguest•3w ago
agreed

on tech side, I'm not wireless-guy, so I'm giving ble as an example ('something like ble') not as some prescription

btw, maybe elon could add those SATCOM features to starlink? (or is it physically costly -- eg. require changing those satelite hardwares? or would some software update do?)

dzhiurgis•3w ago
Or Starlink enables direct to cell 5G in Iran.
Ginden•3w ago
> easily solved

Asynchronous (you don't know when and where you will get Internet/local network connectivity) mesh (there is no gov infrastructure to be trusted) networking in presence of malicious (gov operated) and unreliable (destroyed by gov) nodes is probably among hardest problems known to computer science.

wildylion•3w ago
Learn from the Ukrainians: to avoid jamming, the Dishy can be buried in a narrow trench so that only the sky is visible and it's not radiating outwards.
kobalsky•3w ago
why don't they jam the satellites themselves?
BoredPositron•3w ago
They can't pump it up that much.
wildylion•3w ago
Archive link: https://archive.ph/pTp0A
hulitu•3w ago
> Iran Is Hunting Down Starlink Users

Does Starlink has a licence to operate in Iran ? (Is the Starlink transmitter homologated in Iran).

Sending RF signals without authorization will put you in trouble with law enforcement in most of the world, US included.

boelboel•3w ago
But america are the goodies, they should be able to meddle, spy ... in other countries. Tiktok is certainly a national security issue though, can't have those chinamen spying on americans.