Hacker News: Crontab

New comment by Crontab in "Alpine Linux 3.24.0 Released"

Crontab — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 22:13:01 +0000

I know that Alpine has a package manager but I haven't tried it because I worry that Musl might present problems compiling software (I sometimes like to compile things myself, like Vim or Emacs). Is this worry valid?

Also are there any issues compiling Go and Rust programs on Alpine?

New comment by Crontab in "Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI risks"

Crontab — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 20:48:13 +0000

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New comment by Crontab in "Biff is a command line datetime Swiss army knife"

Crontab — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:16:52 +0000

I only recently realized that xsv is now unmaintained. The author now suggests using qsv or xan.

New comment by Crontab in "Bttf is a command line datetime Swiss army knife"

Crontab — Thu, 28 May 2026 11:29:42 +0000

Thank you for making cool stuff and sharing it with us.

New comment by Crontab in "dBase: 1979-2026"

Crontab — Mon, 11 May 2026 14:58:29 +0000

I worked at a business that managed its inventory with dBase IV For DOS. I used it from 1997 to 2012, when the business closed. I personally liked it.

New comment by Crontab in "Just Enough Chimera Linux"

Crontab — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:31:03 +0000

Speaking of OpenZFS encryption, has there ever been any third party review of the source code? Or any testing of any kind of its effectiveness?

New comment by Crontab in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

Crontab — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 23:39:45 +0000

Ahh, new stupidity inbound.

New comment by Crontab in "150 MB Minimal FreeBSD Installation"

Crontab — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:04:27 +0000

I don't know why but having a minimal system that only contains what is needed really scratches an itch for me.

New comment by Crontab in "Devuan – Debian Without Systemd"

Crontab — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:21:39 +0000

I have to admit to still having some philosophical discomfort over SystemD as I feel that it encompasses too much functionality. That said, it does work and that is probably the most important thing.

New comment by Crontab in "Gentoo Linux 2025 Review"

Crontab — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 23:12:48 +0000

Doesn't Gentoo itself offer binary installation now?

New comment by Crontab in "Gentoo Linux 2025 Review"

Crontab — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:33:48 +0000

> why the downvote?

I can see no reason for it.

New comment by Crontab in "Gentoo Linux 2025 Review"

Crontab — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 16:50:01 +0000

Odd this came up as I am considering revisiting Gentoo. I might have to take this as a sign.

New comment by Crontab in "Stranger Things creator says turn off “garbage” settings"

Crontab — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:37:36 +0000

That's cool info. Thanks!

New comment by Crontab in "Micron Announces Exit from Crucial Consumer Business"

Crontab — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 22:32:50 +0000

That's a shame. I liked buying RAM from them.

New comment by Crontab in "Voyager 1 is about to reach one light-day from Earth"

Crontab — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:44:42 +0000

If obtaining speed was the only goal, how fast could we get something traveling in space with our current technology? That would include using gravity assists.

New comment by Crontab in "Lawmakers want to ban VPNs"

Crontab — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:10:24 +0000

I've been considering doing that, because it seems a lot of VPN owned IP addresses are being flagged.

New comment by Crontab in "Lawmakers want to ban VPNs"

Crontab — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:07:57 +0000

I've been thinking a lot about VPNs lately, mainly for 2 reasons:

1) In my home state I can no longer access Pornhub

2) Last month I visited Mississippi and could not access BlueSky, even though I can from my home state.

[I personally blame this on the "holier then thou", "don't tread of me" conservatives who cannot resist the urge to try to rule over the activities of others.]

I haven't selected a VPN provider because I have heard that a lot of websites create barriers to people who use VPNs. For example, I've seen people say that couldn't access Reddit via a VPN.

New comment by Crontab in "Tinnitus Neuromodulator"

Crontab — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 23:48:34 +0000

I've had it for four years and I don't notice it most of the time anymore. But for reason just reading about it makes me notice it.

New comment by Crontab in "macOS Tahoe"

Crontab — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 01:22:29 +0000

For me it is very fast to appear. I am on a M3 MacBook Pro.

New comment by Crontab in "macOS Tahoe"

Crontab — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 21:08:00 +0000

So far the only thing bothering me so far is the way the tabs look (in Finder and Safari). And I did turn on the menu bar background.