Hacker News: W3zzy

New comment by W3zzy in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

W3zzy — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:37:53 +0000

I've started my Linux journey a decent year ago. It's been fun but I'm happy that they're such a great community to troubleshoot along with me. Never tried Arch but I do love a barebones no fuzz system.

New comment by W3zzy in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

W3zzy — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:25:32 +0000

''By the way, I use Arch''

New comment by W3zzy in "A train-sized tunnel is now carrying electricity under South London"

W3zzy — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 19:22:50 +0000

It's the lens distorting the view.

New comment by W3zzy in "Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum"

W3zzy — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:30:05 +0000

I use the swipe library (Glide typing) but you need to install that seperately.

Apparently the voice input is not coming from Heliboard. You could use an alternative service like futo voice input.

https://voiceinput.futo.org/

New comment by W3zzy in "Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores""

W3zzy — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 17:19:13 +0000

Diets, indeed.

New comment by W3zzy in "Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum"

W3zzy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:25:06 +0000

Alas, I don't think it's available on iOS.

New comment by W3zzy in "Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores""

W3zzy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:23:45 +0000

I think Belgium is the most stable unstable country in the world. We're always on strike, only surpassed by the French. At any given moment one of our seven governments is in a state of crisis. Somehow I feel like we'll make it though three days of lockdown without any issues.

I tried to sign up as a reservist - civil personell - because I feel like my logistic expertise could come in handy but sadly I passed 40 a few years ago and I'm deemed to old for service, even as a reservist.

New comment by W3zzy in "Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores""

W3zzy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 08:16:10 +0000

Au contraire, mon ami. In all the geopolitical madness it's time to reclaim what was ours onder Charles Quint. Habsburg rises again! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_V,_Holy_Roman_Emperor#...

New comment by W3zzy in "Samsung taking market share from Apple in U.S. as foldable phones gain momentum"

W3zzy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:39:24 +0000

FOSS heliboard is a strong competitor to Gboard.

New comment by W3zzy in "Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores""

W3zzy — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 05:22:36 +0000

Belgian youngsters aged 17 wil get a voluntary call for 'vacation camps' in the army in a few weeks. Recently a lot of people were hired four the federal and regional governments to handle strategic supplies. All Belgians were asked to stock their own 3 day emergency kit.

New comment by W3zzy in "“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”"

W3zzy — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 07:47:43 +0000

You're right. The while planting messages on bodies is what put me on the wrong track.

New comment by W3zzy in "We should have the ability to run any code we want on hardware we own"

W3zzy — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:06:27 +0000

I work for some local governments in Belgium and with every system they put in place I keep insisting on a analogous version. Online forms? Great but if anyone chooses the should be able to send in a paper form or get assisted by someone who fills in the online form for them.

New comment by W3zzy in "“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”"

W3zzy — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 05:25:47 +0000

You can listen to the podcast, if you want.

It's called operation Mincemeat

https://pca.st/podcast/0d412ec0-af39-0139-c19f-0acc26574db2

New comment by W3zzy in "A forgotten medieval fruit with a vulgar name (2021)"

W3zzy — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:38:58 +0000

I've known it all my life since my grandfather had a Medlar (Mispel) in his back yard. They use to make great spicy compote from the fruit.

New comment by W3zzy in "From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent"

W3zzy — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:36:07 +0000

THE WAKE FROM SLEEP IS TERRIBLY ANNOYING INDEED!!

New comment by W3zzy in "From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent"

W3zzy — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:35:18 +0000

They do so because it's a tax thing. After three years the devices aren't deductible anymore. Benefit of the whole roulette is that all our devices are constantly under extends warranty so most defects are covered. It turned out to cost more to keep these devices for longer that to replace them every three year.

New comment by W3zzy in "From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent"

W3zzy — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 13:33:54 +0000

We run dell or HP laptops at work. After 3 years they get replaced. I usually buy my old work laptop to use it for personal use or to hand off to my family.

Tge first one I bought in that way is still working after 14 years. I converted it from Windows to Linux a few years ago and My mother uses it for browsing, banking and email. Personally I'm using a 7 years old HP.

Batteries get upgraded when necessary and first thin I do after buying is adding RAM.

I don't get how 5 years is a good lifespan on a Mac?

New comment by W3zzy in "Notion releases offline mode"

W3zzy — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:34:02 +0000

A lot of comments on Notion and Obsidian. Does anybody use Siyuan as a Notion alternative? https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan

New comment by W3zzy in "Fight Chat Control"

W3zzy — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 22:28:41 +0000

Jup, it's a directive.

New comment by W3zzy in "Ultrathin business card runs a fluid simulation"

W3zzy — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 20:01:00 +0000

It's not white, it's bone.