How inspiring. In a war torn country, a man perseveres and continues making the internet worse.
The founder's LinkedIn describes his job as "Automating phones for you - Dead internet as a service", and also has a post where he proudly states that this post was "banned on Hacker News", so I don't doubt that he's abusing the phones here too.
The big ones are also diesel, run at different RPM. ~3500 RPM For the smalle gas ones and around 1800 RPM for the big diesel ones. The noise characteristcs are also different. The big diesels produce more low frequency noise, whereas the small gas generators are literally lawn mower / leaf blower engines and sound the same.
The enclosures of the big generators remove mainly lower frequency sound, making them perceptually even quieter.
To limited extend by Ukrainian army, more like a fallback method if something happens to Startlink.
Mesh networks are getting used more and more by Russian army for coordinating drone attacks and surveillance - they use Chinese modems e.g. 70M-6Ghz/Uper C-X-Ku).
I love the ingenuity of this, truly in the hacker spirit! I also lol'd at how fast this got onto the FP given what these guys do, jolly good show gents! Well Played.
At this point, is the most "effective ethical" career path for a software developer to work on LLMs to flood social media and ad-clicks to speedrun the collapse of digital marketing? And thus freeing competent but money-driven software engineers to work on something else?
Click farms effectively function as janitors, mopping up spam someone else paid to throw so that no real user stumbles upon it, so they are beneficial.
That depends on what the source of your heating is.
Say, in Norway we largely use (hydro-) electric power for heating, anyway.
So, the 2% efficient (for lighting) incandescent bulb doubles as a 98% efficient space heater, utilizing the 2% loss to light said space. 100% efficient!
How inspiring. In a war torn country, a man perseveres and continues making the internet worse.
The founder's LinkedIn describes his job as "Automating phones for you - Dead internet as a service", and also has a post where he proudly states that this post was "banned on Hacker News", so I don't doubt that he's abusing the phones here too.
It isn't a click farm, it's a bot farm.
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> Next thing you need is some way to convert 12V DC battery voltage to 230V AC mains voltage to power common devices like servers.
But the server and phones use 12V/5V DC. Why the extra step of DC 12V (inverter) -> AC 220V (server PSU) -> DC 12/5V ?
I respect the hustle but I hate the idea.
> Large grocery stores and apartment buildings use big generators, they are the size of a car and way quieter than small generators.
Many industrial generators are enclosed in a box that absorbs most of the noise, unlike the smaller ones.
The big ones are also diesel, run at different RPM. ~3500 RPM For the smalle gas ones and around 1800 RPM for the big diesel ones. The noise characteristcs are also different. The big diesels produce more low frequency noise, whereas the small gas generators are literally lawn mower / leaf blower engines and sound the same.
The enclosures of the big generators remove mainly lower frequency sound, making them perceptually even quieter.
Has there been any significant use of decentralized mesh communication networks in Ukraine in the last years?
To limited extend by Ukrainian army, more like a fallback method if something happens to Startlink. Mesh networks are getting used more and more by Russian army for coordinating drone attacks and surveillance - they use Chinese modems e.g. 70M-6Ghz/Uper C-X-Ku).
AFAIK a lot of military gear works over mesh networks.
I love the ingenuity of this, truly in the hacker spirit! I also lol'd at how fast this got onto the FP given what these guys do, jolly good show gents! Well Played.
"We now continue to work as before, getting social media engagement for us and our clients, applying to YC 2026 and other VCs."
Ehh, so this is a click farm?
At this point, is the most "effective ethical" career path for a software developer to work on LLMs to flood social media and ad-clicks to speedrun the collapse of digital marketing? And thus freeing competent but money-driven software engineers to work on something else?
That's one of opening points of Dodge in Hell by Neil Stephenson.
Yeah now we know why it’s on the front page not even 10 minutes after posting…
With only 60 phones, this is like a click homestead.
> We help startups get attention with automated social media marketing on physical phones.
Combining what Ukraine is known for, kicking Russian ass and creating shady software
> Your own army of physical phones in just a few clicks
From a project page linked from the original post.
What a rollercoaster to arrive at that in the end
Click farms effectively function as janitors, mopping up spam someone else paid to throw so that no real user stumbles upon it, so they are beneficial.
It’s computer fraud by the operator and wire fraud by the client…
Yes
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> There even was an official program to replace your old lightbulb for a new LED one for free
Wow do they still have incandescent lightbulbs? Mental.
That depends on what the source of your heating is.
Say, in Norway we largely use (hydro-) electric power for heating, anyway.
So, the 2% efficient (for lighting) incandescent bulb doubles as a 98% efficient space heater, utilizing the 2% loss to light said space. 100% efficient!