Hacker News: GreenVulpine

New comment by GreenVulpine in "My MacBook keyboard is broken and it's insanely expensive to fix"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:45:27 +0000

No. This is a bad solution. You can't blame consumers for not making the right choice when there's a sea of irreparable junk and a few niche repairable options on the market. Reparability should be the default expectation.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Epic Games to cut more than 1k jobs as Fortnite usage falls"

GreenVulpine — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:18:35 +0000

Last I checked the Epic Games Store doesn't even support Linux - the new gaming frontier.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains"

GreenVulpine — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:10:06 +0000

Unfortunately Steam decks have been out of stock for a while. The AI slop Apocalypse ruined the consumer computing market with chip shortages.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Meta told to pay $375M for misleading users over child safety"

GreenVulpine — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:29:16 +0000

No surprise there, Discord sells user data to Meta and X.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Android’s desktop interface leaks"

GreenVulpine — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:38:41 +0000

Does it still require wiping your drive and enabling developer mode to install software outside the Play Store like ChromeOS does? DOA if so.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

GreenVulpine — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:12:05 +0000

iPhones will transmit bluetooth beacons even if turned off. Fortunately the battery goes completely flat after a couple of weeks or so and then they no longer do. Unfortunately this is not very healthy for the battery.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

GreenVulpine — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:09:19 +0000

Indeed. Never spend your own money on work related expenses. If your job requires a phone, they need to provide one.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

GreenVulpine — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:06:47 +0000

Perhaps an NFC smart card you can carry in your wallet or phone case :)

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Why is there a tiny hole in the airplane window? (2023)"

GreenVulpine — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:12:57 +0000

Yeah, I'd rather read a 2 minute article than have someone stretch the explanation to 10 minutes for ad revenue or the algorithm or whatever the current YouTube enshitrification meta is.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted"

GreenVulpine — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:05:24 +0000

Never connect a smart TV to the internet. That's how they get you.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:28:06 +0000

Found the redditor

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Apple is crossing a Steve Jobs red line"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 19:19:45 +0000

I was gifted an iPad for Christmas a few years back and quickly found out there's nothing you can do on it without either looking at ads or paying a subscription. I returned it before the factory battery charge ran out.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 17:21:25 +0000

Their TVs will connect to open networks without asking you. Perhaps the fridges do the same.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "What we talk about when we talk about sideloading"

GreenVulpine — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:16:38 +0000

Yes, software on F-droid is free and reviewed for anti-features before publishing. Google Play has the worst, ad ridden, dark pattern filled, data guzzling, subscription packed, commercial slop with no real oversight on what gets published. Malware frequently gets on the Play Store, never heard of it being a problem on F-Droid.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:48:34 +0000

I've found AM4/AM5 boards will still boot Linux without a discrete or integrated GPU, running a GPUless CPU, not an APU.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Windows 10 Deadline Boosts Mac Sales"

GreenVulpine — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:34:55 +0000

I find it's the opposite nowadays. I run Kubuntu LTS on an all AMD system and most Steam games just work out of the box. No tinkering with the OS, takes 15 minutes to install and set up.

Compared to the hours and hours of battling Windows to get it to a usable state. Drivers, removing bloat, hunting for exes on the internet, dealing with low quality commercial software, etc. Then you get to do it all over again when a major update drops.

Performance is better on Linux too, I noticed a good 10-20% FPS uplift in some games. Found a random CPU review showing everything is slower under Windows. https://www.phoronix.com/review/windows-linux-amd-9950x-9950...

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 support is about to end"

GreenVulpine — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 17:29:23 +0000

The malware is Windows 11 itself. It's an official Microsoft thing https://rewards.bing.com/sweepstakes/million/about You might not have seen it if the giveaway is not available in your region or if you are using an Enterprise/debloated version.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores"

GreenVulpine — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:22:09 +0000

They had a $5 off a $20 purchase promo on eBay recently. I imagine they'd make similar offers on other platforms too.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Liquid Glass – WWDC25 [video]"

GreenVulpine — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:38:04 +0000

Aero is leaps and bounds more aesthetically pleasing and easier to work with than flat crap. Sooo glad we don't have to suffer more of that after a decade+.

New comment by GreenVulpine in "Wush: Simplest and fastest way to transfer files between computers via WireGuard"

GreenVulpine — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:59:27 +0000

rsync