Hacker News: AndroidKitKat

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:26:26 +0000

I don't use Omarchy, nor would I, but I think that "VERY, VERY" is a little hyperbolic, no? It's a simple `admonish-yellow` warning box that says something vague about root-level privileges and wants me to read more about what this actually means. I would wager that a large amount of people scroll past that with no second thought because it really doesn't come off as that bad. I know I configure most, if not all, of my systems this way. Many people probably don't actually understand the implications of what they are doing, and perhaps the Docker team should actually put a little bit more effort into scaring users off.

Perhaps Omarchy shouldn't have shipped this by default, but the whole point of the system is to be DHH's personal computer just the way he likes it (to include not 1, but 2 shortcuts to Twitter!) - all his products are that way and largely the reason why I don't ever think I could use one long term.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses will remain on icloud.com"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:27:22 +0000

For things I know ahead of time I'm going to need to give someone an email for (e.g. the dentist), I'll pre-make that address and have it ready for when they ask for it. For one-offs / unprepared asks for my email I usually just give them my 'main' initials@personaldomain.com e-mail just for the simplicity... Fastmail does let you use *@personaldomain.com to forward to your main address, but for the rare circumstance in which you need to reply to one of those emails, you do need to configure it in the settings.

Fastmail is probably the best $60/year I spend

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Firefox for iOS now has a native adblocker"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:39 +0000

No clue. I once gave Firefox a 4 star review on the App Store saying my only qualm was that there was no adblocker, despite other browsers having them (I gave examples of Edge & Brave). They replied within a day or two stating it was a "limitation of the web engine" and there was nothing they could do until Apple changed their policy. Then, they deleted my bad review. Really changed the way I looked at Mozilla.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Iroh 1.0"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:39:02 +0000

By far the most easy to understand explanation of iroh. I still kept thinking to myself "But why not just Tailscale?" when reading the other comments.

For me, I find more value in connecting computers together than connecting applications together, but I'm not building P2P apps...

What NIST's mDL guidance means for the future of digital identity

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 04 May 2026 20:24:29 +0000

Article URL: https://1password.com/blog/nist-mobile-drivers-license-standards

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48014469

Points: 2

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New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Netflix Prices Went Up Again – I Bought a DVD Player Instead"

AndroidKitKat — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:35:48 +0000

Trash Guides [1] is your friend. Requires a bit of understanding whats going on but if all of these are going to be on the same computer this makes setting it up where data doesn't have to get copied around and waste time.

[1] - https://trash-guides.info/

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:50:15 +0000

Kai Lentit on YouTube has been doing these mock interviews and some of them hit too close to home for me.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/@programmersarealsohuman5909

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Employers use your personal data to figure out the lowest salary you'll accept"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:00:53 +0000

In Maryland I received my car's title, but it just shows the lien holder's information on it. I've never bought a car in any other state so my information is limited.

Is this different from what you mean?

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

AndroidKitKat — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:41:31 +0000

You can, at the very least, retrofit the Juniper suspension onto the old car [1]. I haven't ridden in the new Performance yet, but I recently got a 2026 Model Y and the suspension is night and day compared to my 2024.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EahoyTgkkyU

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "My Self-Driving Car Crash – The Tesla was driving perfectly–until it wasn't"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:45:49 +0000

Also have your same concerns / complaints with lane change hesitation on the latest FSD in a Juniper Model Y; the car puts the blinker on and then acts super-duper nervous, almost as if it were driving for the first time.

That said, I only notice this behavior in the "Standard" FSD profile. When I bump it up to "Hurry" or "Mad Max" the confidence is 100x. Not sure why, exactly, but this may help you. The only downside is that "Hurry" loves to speed and "Mad Max" even more so.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "MacBook Air with M5"

AndroidKitKat — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:24:23 +0000

It's not worth the hassle, but for the Windows machines in my house I set up Windows Server and have all the machines provisioned to an Active Directory domain where I turn off all the crap via Group Policy. You can get by with just editing Group Policy for a standalone Windows Pro copy, but for more than one machine I really didn't want to fiddle with having to update each machine's policy whenever Microsoft does something stupid.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 14:35:20 +0000

I set up this exact combo (thelounge + mumble) for my friends last night after this news. It's not a complete 1:1, but I think it'll meet our needs. I'm going on a road trip and as a fun experiment I'm going to try to get Claude to churn on integrating Mumble into thelounge, somehow, to mimic the Discord client. I'd really prefer something other than Jitsi for screen sharing, since I'm a weirdo and don't like the UX of making a 'call' and much rather prefer the 'hop in' style VC like Discord or Mumble.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Agent Skills"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:25:54 +0000

I see it similar to browser user-agents all claiming to be an ancient version of Mozilla or KHTML. We pick whatever works and then move on. It might not be "correct," but as long as our tools know what to do, who cares?

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:00:54 +0000

The latest Windows 11 Pro for Workstations builds appears to still support workgroup or domain joins without requiring a Microsoft account. In terms of the OS still shipping with crap, it is still there but since there's no Internet connection the crap is largely useless.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Running Claude Code dangerously (safely)"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:19:03 +0000

When using Claude Code in Ghostty on macOS, I get notifications if it is waiting on my input (accept changes, questionnaire, run bash command). Dunno what combination (if any) of my setup is needed for this to happen, but I certainly didn't configure anything special. Maybe I'm giving CC too much free reign to do things.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Raycast for Windows"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:43:16 +0000

I'm a pretty happy Alfred user and the only thing keeping me off of Raycast is the VC funding, the AI-down-throat shoving, and I prefer Alfred's licensing scheme. Over 90% of my Alfred usage is to quickly Kagi search something, access clipboard history, or launch an app. I'm by no means a power user, and likely the new Spotlight in macOS 26 could meet my needs, but Alfred just keeps chugging away.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Gaming on Linux has never been more approachable"

AndroidKitKat — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:44:53 +0000

Mirrors my experience very closely. I really /want/ to use Linux since I really do like GNOME over the Windows Desktop, but if half my peripherals don't work (in this case an Elgato mic where my friends would say I'm either exploding their eardrums or too quiet, and my CREATIVE USB DAC) I'm just very demoralized when trying to use Linux to play games. I've tried the dual boot route, but a spontaneous Discord message of "hop in loser, we're going gaming!" turns into "let me reboot my machine and then Windows update and now my game has to update and it's now 10pm I have to go to bed" just makes me stick with Windows full time.

I'm still really rooting for the Year of the Linux Desktop, and it does continue to get better and better, but I'll keep rooting from the sidelines.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "You can now buy used Ford vehicles on Amazon"

AndroidKitKat — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:19:00 +0000

You can buy (almost?) any part directly from Tesla as a plain Joe [1], but you may need a VIN for certain parts (mainly the actual computers?).

In the event you want to DIY a repair, Tesla publishes all their service manuals they use at their service centers (e.g. [2]) and you can can even use the exact same software their technicians use for the deeper repairs, albeit at a price that is expensive if you're a plain Joe, but for a repair shop it doesn't seem to be terribly expensive.

On the topic of 3rd party parts, there isn't quite as robust a marketplace.

[1] - https://epc.tesla.com/en-US/landingpage

[2] - https://service.tesla.com/docs/ModelY/ServiceManual/2025/en-...

[3] - https://service.tesla.com/en-US/diagnostic-software

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Steam Machine"

AndroidKitKat — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:52:47 +0000

In addition to what others have said, a group of friends still plays enough League of Legends that I don't both dual booting. Also if you play RuneScape (RS3, not OSRS) the best 3rd party add-on, Alt1 Toolkit, only works on Windows.

New comment by AndroidKitKat in "Tesla unveils cheaper versions of its Model 3 and Model Y"

AndroidKitKat — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 20:28:26 +0000

These cars exist purely to be a rung in the price ladder to get you to spend $5,000 more on a car with actual features. They did the same thing with the RWD Cybertruck and I don't actually believe they ever shipped any before cancelling it.

If people do end up buying these I really hope they know what they are giving up. Something as simple as "seat controls" were deemed too costly and are now driven by software on the touch screen. I used to give the "software defined car" a bit of leeway on some of the omissions / transition to screen, but these cars are the extreme and I wonder if legislators are going to allow this. For example, I checked on the Tesla Japan and Tesla Europe websites and it doesn't look like these are for sale.