Hacker News: Vinnl

New comment by Vinnl in "There are no instances in ATProto"

Vinnl — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 19:43:24 +0000

I felt the same: when folks ask this question they might not be using the correct terminology, but what they actually want to know is how many different PDSes (that's what you mean by "atproto hostings", right?) there are in a typical feed.

Modos Color Monitor Pushes E-Paper Displays Further

Vinnl — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:41:21 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/modos-e-paper-monitor

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48583897

Points: 333

# Comments: 79

New comment by Vinnl in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"

Vinnl — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:07:29 +0000

Heh true, I did actually use Sidebery before switching to the built-in vertical tabs, which is what I was referring to - but yes, extensions can add tree-style tabs.

New comment by Vinnl in "I Could've Rickrolled the FIFA World Cup. All I Needed Was My ID"

Vinnl — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:01:19 +0000

I'm still planning to add a "AI-edited version" toggle to my blog. Not that it would do anything, because people wouldn't click it anyway.

New comment by Vinnl in "Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension"

Vinnl — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:21:01 +0000

Of course, Firefox does support vertical tabs nowadays :) (Not tree-style though.)

Europe's Growing Rift with Trump Ensnares a $115M Tech Deal

Vinnl — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:10:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/technology/solvinity-kyndryl-blocked-deal-us-europe-rift.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48474051

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by Vinnl in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

Vinnl — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:41:48 +0000

Hmm that's fair, I forgot about the assistant; they're probably not that much cheaper than a teacher to be a significant budgetary difference.

New comment by Vinnl in "I'm skeptical about efforts to revolutionize schooling"

Vinnl — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:41:29 +0000

If we had budgets that allowed for one teacher per ten students, I imagine many problems in education would already be solved.

New comment by Vinnl in "Preparing for KDE Plasma's Last X11-Supported Release"

Vinnl — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:21:17 +0000

Gnome has the same problem, that's why this exists: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4691/pip-on-top/

New comment by Vinnl in "Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity"

Vinnl — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:21:45 +0000

I don't think LocalStorage allows you to store gigs of data though, and IIRC this method depended on the Origin-Private File System API.

New comment by Vinnl in "The Website Specification"

Vinnl — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:14:50 +0000

> - don't have a form with just a login email and force the user to click to enter the password

That can be valid, but often it will also cause screen reader users to miss context.

New comment by Vinnl in "The Website Specification"

Vinnl — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:13:07 +0000

Don't underestimate the magic in your browser's autofill :)

New comment by Vinnl in "Netherlands blocks US takeover of vital digital supplier"

Vinnl — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:16:22 +0000

I can sign in to DigID without using my phone, except sometimes with an SMS verification code. (Of course they want to, and should, phase that out. Hopefully that won't be replaced by app store dependence.)

New comment by Vinnl in "Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

Vinnl — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:13:04 +0000

Oh thanks - I was waiting for a moment where I could turn up sound to watch the other video, but I didn't realise that that would set me back half an hour. This is the perfect amount of background for now!

New comment by Vinnl in "Show HN: Gaussian Splat of a Strawberry"

Vinnl — Tue, 19 May 2026 11:45:11 +0000

I read [1], but I still don't quite know what I'm looking at. My guess is a 3D model reconstructed from lots of detailed pictures?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_splatting

Six Million Selections Later: How the DMA Is Giving People Browser Choice

Vinnl — Tue, 12 May 2026 10:59:37 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/11/six-million-selections-later-how-the-dma-is-giving-people-browser-choice/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106531

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by Vinnl in "The React2Shell Story"

Vinnl — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:28:13 +0000

The prime motivator for it is a certain user experience. I'm not sure they've found the best developer experience for providing that user experience, but I'm also not sure that a better DX is possible - the whole concept has quite a bit of inherent complexity, I'm afraid.

(The conclusion could, of course, also be that it's just not feasible to create that kind of user experience. Luckily, traditional patterns still work just as well.)

New comment by Vinnl in "I want to live like Costco people"

Vinnl — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:33:14 +0000

Heh, I haven't seen it myself, but I'm suddenly reminded about derision for having blue (or was it green?) bubbles.

New comment by Vinnl in "Chrome removes claim of On-device Al not sending data to Google Servers"

Vinnl — Thu, 07 May 2026 20:34:59 +0000

Mozilla is paid when people search on Google through Firefox. If you're not searching with Google, you're not using Google by proxy.

(Work at Mozilla, but not related to this - this is just public info.)

New comment by Vinnl in "Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent"

Vinnl — Wed, 06 May 2026 13:25:15 +0000

Is that a webview loading Gmaps? That's not what I expected to call "degoogling", haha.

The OSMand UX is clearly not made for casual use, but Comaps is basically the main user-friendly application. It is missing a couple of commonly-used features though, most notably traffic information, which of course Google bases on data collected from its users.