Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — alwyn

alwyn

HN member
Joined
Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 7:52 AM UTC
HN karma
120
Public activity
39 items

About alwyn

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #47826991

    May I ask what setup you used to run it on your phone and if it's satisfactory (it sounds like it)?

  2. comment
    Comment #47058762

    For the tap to pay I am now using my Garmin smartwatch. Still corporate, but not Google/Apple huge corporate. Very content with GOS otherwise. I blame app providers for their ridic…

  3. comment
    Comment #46869340

    Very cool! I am guessing you never got around to making the Kubernetes controller you mention in the README? :D

  4. comment
    Comment #45781684

    > That is their decision. Without any contract or promise, there is no obligation to anybody. Even as a paying customer on a $1m/yr contract, still using the open source distributi…

  5. comment
    Comment #45606073

    Not from the US, but I did see a missing word in the footer: > There was a recent effort by the U.S. government *to* create a no cost,

  6. comment
    Comment #44247439

    In my view one reason is to ensure integrity down the line. You want the checksum of a file to still be the same when you download it maybe years later. If it isn't, you get warned…

  7. comment
    Comment #43397866

    Supposedly creators get a bigger share from YT Premium users' compared to regular, ad-watching views, simply because skipped ads mean no revenue. It's still marginal because most p…

  8. comment
    Comment #43386858

    I quite really like pdm! I can see why maybe poetry but especially pipenv might be replaced with uv, but what's the value of uv over pdm beyond performance? It ticks all my boxes o…

  9. comment
    Comment #43126101

    Works fine for me on Firefox Linux. Interestingly took a lot longer to load in Chromium and Brave but they all work.

  10. comment
    Comment #43077347

    bsky still lacks basic security features like 2FA (beyond an email code) (andOAuth implementation), which puts me off from actively using it...

  11. comment
    Comment #42839244

    Thank you for introducing me to Terminal Trove. So many tools to try and experience, loving it!

  12. comment
    Comment #42584683

    The majority of configuration options in Windows Terminal are hidden in JSON. The GUI only exposes a fraction. They are doing work to expose more options in the GUI though. Having …

  13. comment
    Comment #42440156

    Or get an ODROID! Much more powerful for (nearly) the same price.

  14. comment
    Comment #42440148

    Instead of an error-prone SD card, use an SSD (internal, external doesn't matter). OR create frequent backups that are pushed to a better medium.

  15. comment
    Comment #42266064

    My previous HP Envy x360 had such a switch on the side of the laptop that would electronically disconnect the webcam; it would completely disconnect according to the system. Enabli…

  16. comment
    Comment #41591408

    Oh man I played a lot of J2ME games in the past. Fishlabs games, Attack Chopper, various Gameloft games...

  17. comment
    Comment #41531625

    Cyberpunk != cyberpunk, unfortunately. Cyberpunk 2077 is set in the Cyberpunk RPG universe that was created by Mike Pondsmith in 1988. It was named after the vibe without changing …

  18. comment
    Comment #40157024

    This is configurable[1]. I am writing this from a laptop with a touchscreen using X. I can use the touch screen fine and _browse_ Firefox with it and don't select text. [1] https:/…

  19. comment
    Comment #39789201

    You are the creator? Thank you for what you do! I've used it with pleasure for many years.

  20. comment
    Comment #39680179

    In my head 3.000,00 is correct and I always get confused because it seems most(?) people use the other method.

  21. comment
    Comment #39605683

    Blame the managers and product owners that don't think this is an issue, not the developers that likely raised it a million times already.

  22. comment
    Comment #39267133

    I've never used Flux, only Argo, but can you share a bit from your point of view on why you find Flux to be technically superior? Thanks!

  23. comment
    Comment #39026170

    I'm thinking you mean Ventoy? They say they can load vhd and img files, though I've only tried ISO's myself. https://www.ventoy.net/

  24. comment
    Comment #38070517

    12 Rules for Life was mostly good, it definitely helped me with some things. I liked his earlier podcasts on JRE and other shows. However, I couldn't get through Beyond Order at al…

  25. comment
    Comment #37801152

    Minecraft is still the shit and getting passed down to younger generations. If you go to the gaming category on YouTube while logged out and (optionally) connected through a VPN, y…