Hacker News: CTOSian

New comment by CTOSian in "I tried to move my notes out of Emacs. I failed. Again"

CTOSian — Sat, 10 Oct 2026 10:08:12 +0000

Same happened with me, but with vim (I know emacs org mode is epic, but too much for me), I moved a quite large markdown file (I have even disk catalogues from .. ancient years) to a lot of platforms : SQLite, treeline, treeview, cherryTree plus more I don't remember now.. back to vim (with some Plugins like tablemode and folds) after all, it's a text file anyway that can be opened with any darn platform out there..

New comment by CTOSian in "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"

CTOSian — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:34:07 +0000

miniflux RSS , on the "free" google compute engine, it's great for this.

New comment by CTOSian in "La Cueva BBS in Mexico in 1993 (session replay)"

CTOSian — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:25:09 +0000

hm...lots of pr0n gifs there .. ahahah was typical on BBSs back in time.. (too fast anyway)

OpenBSD: Vmm(4)/vmd(8) gain support for multi-processor VMs

CTOSian — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:36:48 +0000

Article URL: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260927115632

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49975828

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CTOSian in "Celebrating the 100th birthday of the kidney donated to him as a teenager"

CTOSian — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:51:35 +0000

Congrats to him! I'm at my 90th anniversary (30+ years post-transplant), and it's been a bumpy road. The meds we take are nephrotoxic, and I've had my share of issues. To stay sane, I try to keep my mind off the transplant (retro-systems and so on..), take my daily meds, and keep moving forward.

Debian 13 for Synology DS115j

CTOSian — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:37:21 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/manowark/ds115j

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49730389

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by CTOSian in "Shattered skeleton is first confirmed death from trebuchet"

CTOSian — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:40:45 +0000

more likely "...a furlong and more" ... no meters that time :}

New comment by CTOSian in "Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux"

CTOSian — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:43:11 +0000

yes, some tablets (eg Dell Venue), real pita there..

Jimmy is a tool to convert your notes from different formats to Markdown

CTOSian — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:09:32 +0000

Article URL: https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48711681

Points: 35

# Comments: 9

New comment by CTOSian in "Experience: We found a baby on the subway – now he's our 26-year-old son"

CTOSian — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:41:50 +0000

Or just toggle JS on their site mate

How to Create Your Own Bespoke, Artisanal, Hand-Drawn PCBs

CTOSian — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:18:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.hackster.io/news/how-to-create-your-own-bespoke-artisanal-hand-drawn-pcbs-d96d6978a4fb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48178056

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by CTOSian in "Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features"

CTOSian — Thu, 14 May 2026 07:54:14 +0000

hello! hello! I was mainly admin and COBOL dev with them (I wish I kept the collection of the manuals and PRGs, alas when no space..), bitsavers have a quite collection (incl a virtualbox HDD) if you are interested!

New comment by CTOSian in "L123: A Lotus 1-2-3–style terminal spreadsheet with modern Excel compatibility"

CTOSian — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:50:32 +0000

yea visidata light years , I still use 123R2 runs fine under msdos runner - old version I know but I have a hack of addins :}

as for that project .. well not even windows binaries there

New comment by CTOSian in "Can you get root with only a cigarette lighter? (2024)"

CTOSian — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:42:22 +0000

also free arcade credits :}

New comment by CTOSian in "Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language"

CTOSian — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:55:51 +0000

input: total idiot

output: A professional with a unique approach to problem-solving who offers significant opportunities for team growth and mentorship.

Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online

CTOSian — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 15:01:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/14/confidential-health-records-exposed-online-uk-biobank

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377389

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

New comment by CTOSian in "$3 ChromeOS Flex stick will revive old and outdated computers"

CTOSian — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:29:39 +0000

Win11 IoT ;-)

The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

CTOSian — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:42:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/feb/18/the-sheffield-supermarket-going-viral-for-the-symphonic-sound-of-its-freezers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47060837

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by CTOSian in "Bye Bye Gmail"

CTOSian — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 11:50:28 +0000

no idea, do they really read any darn email on storage, or just when you use their webmail/android app?

New comment by CTOSian in "Bye Bye Gmail"

CTOSian — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 19:52:39 +0000

you can use your gmail on zoho, they have some low cost plans