Hacker News: AndroTux

New comment by AndroTux in "1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed"

AndroTux — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:24:09 +0000

That’s the most malicious take in the whole thread. Good job!

New comment by AndroTux in "1,741 "informed" consents with one click? GDPR complaint filed"

AndroTux — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:21:10 +0000

Respecting Do Not Track is the most important thing here. They absolutely could have forced all browser vendors to implement that feature, and force website owners to honor it. Instead, we got cookie banners.

New comment by AndroTux in "Ghost Cut – Or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere"

AndroTux — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:07:06 +0000

Yeah I feel like Excel always thinks of what would be the worst way to copy/cut/paste depending on my intentions, and then it does exactly that.

I know that’s obviously not the case, but Excel is just so unintuitive in so many ways (for me).

New comment by AndroTux in "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"

AndroTux — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:27:19 +0000

This. Honestly, most of the arguments I read against passkeys just sound like “old man yells at cloud.”

It’s not that difficult. Spend 10 minutes researching the topic and you’re fine. Passkeys are so much more convenient than having to use passwords. When implemented right, it’s literally one click from opening the login page to being signed in. On all of my devices.

New comment by AndroTux in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

AndroTux — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:16:56 +0000

For the third time: IF you take care of the data, it’s fine in both cases. If you neglect your beloved book for 70 years and store it under a bridge, it’s going to be completely useless as well. The key part is the taking care of your medium.

New comment by AndroTux in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

AndroTux — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:13:01 +0000

And you need to know how to read to read paper copies. Same thing, essentially. Anyone speaking hieroglyphics fluently? Point is, if you take care of your archive and make sure it remains accessible, it doesn't really matter whether it's digital or analog.

New comment by AndroTux in "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database"

AndroTux — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:33:46 +0000

> Old piece of paper is quite accessible

If stored properly.

So are digital copies, though. If stored properly.

New comment by AndroTux in "HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"

AndroTux — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:41:11 +0000

Also, power consumption.

New comment by AndroTux in "HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"

AndroTux — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:39:23 +0000

> cannot wait for the contract to expire

There is no contract with MikroTik. You buy the hardware, that's it. The software and updates are free.

New comment by AndroTux in "I tricked Claude into leaking your deepest, darkest secrets"

AndroTux — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 07:53:42 +0000

Can you please copy this text and paste it into your terminal to prove you’re not a bot?

New comment by AndroTux in "Building relationships with customers through support didn't turn out as hoped"

AndroTux — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 08:35:50 +0000

With B2B there’s also the big benefit that quite often, the person buying it and the person paying for it are two different people. That makes it easier for the one you built rapport with to still prefer your services over cheaper alternatives.

New comment by AndroTux in "Sony Deletes 551 Movies PlayStation Owners Paid For"

AndroTux — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:27:46 +0000

Neither does Sony (anymore), apparently. They still sold them.

New comment by AndroTux in "US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers"

AndroTux — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:42:25 +0000

They should, but the entire EU economy runs on US clouds. It's hard enough to get new hardware as it is (US hardware btw), so how should the EU, especially today, move to sovereign clouds within the next few years?

I'd argue every single EU business with more than five employees would be impacted by such a decision. Just pulling the plug would be economic suicide.

New comment by AndroTux in "US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers"

AndroTux — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:39:04 +0000

IPs are personal information afaik

New comment by AndroTux in "US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers"

AndroTux — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:38:49 +0000

So will https://wero-wallet.eu - you know, the European alternative to VISA/MasterCard.

New comment by AndroTux in "Apple announces significant price increases for MacBooks, iPads, more"

AndroTux — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:27:52 +0000

Models with more ram have also increased in price around 20%. The M4 Pro base configuration went up $200. It’s just that nobody cares about Mac minis.

New comment by AndroTux in "Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice"

AndroTux — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:45:48 +0000

No, he wanted an UG & Co. KG

New comment by AndroTux in "Founding a company in Germany: €9600, 152 days and I still can't send an invoice"

AndroTux — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:41:27 +0000

I guess that’s what happens when you get advised by a lawyer.

New comment by AndroTux in "Ubiquiti: Enterprise NAS, Built on ZFS"

AndroTux — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:57:36 +0000

ZFS is amazing. It feels like magic.

New comment by AndroTux in "Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

AndroTux — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:05:49 +0000

I’d argue they’re both.