Hacker News: DavideNL

Privacy gadgets a Proton employee uses

DavideNL — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:26:07 +0000

Article URL: https://proton.me/blog/privacy-gadgets

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49194437

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by DavideNL in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

DavideNL — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:16:06 +0000

ASN:

https://www.asnbank.nl/service/browsercode.html

New comment by DavideNL in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

DavideNL — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:30:53 +0000

I also live in Europe, and can use my bank in a webbrowser.

I used their App previously, and can just switch back to using the website, after authenticating via both sms and e-mail.

New comment by DavideNL in "Pushes to arch AUR are suspendended right now."

DavideNL — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:25:00 +0000

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123208

New comment by DavideNL in "Pushes to arch AUR are suspendended right now."

DavideNL — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:23:28 +0000

Also see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123208

New comment by DavideNL in "Pushes to arch AUR are suspendended right now."

DavideNL — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:20:23 +0000

I get the impression many of the commenters either don’t know what the AUR is, or have no idea how it works (the AUR guidelines are on top of the front page…)

The latter might be a problem caused by hosting it on the archlinux.org domain: it creates a *feeling* of trust, for the uninitiated.

How to search documents we can't read – Confer Blog

DavideNL — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 07:58:13 +0000

Article URL: https://confer.to/blog/2026/08/private-ai-document-search/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49142129

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by DavideNL in "KOReader"

DavideNL — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:04:10 +0000

People complaining about the menus and UI to not be intuitive made me chuckle...

I remember a long time ago, the thing that frustrated me most was that some options are not *visible* when you're in the "file manager" versus inside the "reader" (while reading a book) - and the other way around.

That's so confusing. Would be much better if these options would be *disabled* instead of being *invisible*...

New comment by DavideNL in "KOReader"

DavideNL — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:41:19 +0000

> “ I literally endure calibre because that's how I feed koreader. Any alternatives?”

- Syncthing plugin for Koreader (for syncing your ebooks with a computer / phone / tablet)

- RSS feeds for newsfeeds

New comment by DavideNL in "Stop Killing the Internet: No Digital ID and No Age Verification"

DavideNL — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:13:56 +0000

So if i understand correctly, there's no webpage to sign this initiative yet?

New comment by DavideNL in "About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6"

DavideNL — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:11:28 +0000

A better strategy would probably be to stick with the previous *major* release, but, do install its ("minor") security updates...

New comment by DavideNL in "It's getting harder to focus every day"

DavideNL — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:32:24 +0000

Yep, i do the same thing. The trick is to increase the barrier to entry.

For the same reason, i don't install ANY apps on my smartphone and tablet, like social apps and news apps. If you have to grab your laptop to check them, it takes way more effort.

And, if you really need to access something "urgently", you can always use the web browser (which is annoying) where i always use Private Mode (no easy logging in.)

New comment by DavideNL in "Pebble Mega Update – July 2026"

DavideNL — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:50:36 +0000

Interesting. Curious, what features exactly?

Is it to download the Pebble mobile app?

Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You

DavideNL — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:13:01 +0000

Article URL: https://antoniosantos.io/your-rss-reader-is-robbing-you/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916537

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

The State of RSS Feed Readers

DavideNL — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:07:46 +0000

Article URL: https://unattributed.cc/the-state-of-rss-feed-readers

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48916506

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

A New Foundation for Tuxedo OS: Switching to Debian

DavideNL — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:37:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/A-new-foundation-for-TUXEDO-OS-Switching-to-Debian.tuxedo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48822645

Points: 26

# Comments: 1

New comment by DavideNL in "Immich 3.0"

DavideNL — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:35:37 +0000

Sure!

However, i also want the availability of my photos to be reliable, just like e-mail. It always has to work, wherever i am.

When i'm on the road, and there's some random issue due to power outage, database corruption, or whatever else, i don't want to have to wait until i get back home and make the time to fix things.

On the other hand, when i'm self hosting something like an RSS reader or Jellyfin to stream videos, it's less of an issue. That can wait a few days or weeks until i can fix it.

New comment by DavideNL in "Immich 3.0"

DavideNL — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:48:56 +0000

Thank you for the tip! Luckily there are some useful and thoughtful commenters on HN too, other than all the downvotes and negativity :-)

Apparently HN does not like "not self hosting" and/or "e2e encryption" ?

Meanwhile, i also found https://zeitkapsl.eu/

New comment by DavideNL in "Immich 3.0"

DavideNL — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 05:47:11 +0000

Thank you for the tip! Luckily there are some useful and thoughtful commenters on HN too, other than all the downvotes and negativity :-)

Apparently HN does not like "not self hosting" and/or "e2e encryption" ?

Meanwhile, i also found https://zeitkapsl.eu/

Why Don't Frontlights Use Standard Warm and Cool Light Temperatures?

DavideNL — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 20:10:21 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2026/07/01/why-dont-frontlights-use-standard-warm-and-cool-light-temperatures/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48766709

Points: 3

# Comments: 0