Hacker News: batrat

New comment by batrat in "Root shell on Samsung TV"

batrat — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:00:42 +0000

I will add: Use the TV as a HUB for all IOT, light sensor so you know when the light is on or someone passes in front of the TV and there are some others but I can't remember now. They are all advertised in the Smart Things app.

I hate 2 things about my samsung tv's (I have 4 only samsung): the simplistic remote and ads on home screen. Even with custom dns sometimes they get through.

New comment by batrat in "London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces"

batrat — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:49:14 +0000

I wrote in another comment but basically yes. Also they can focus on other cases that require physical presence. No need to patrol the entire subway, put 100 police officers to just patrol, every station when you can have 2-3 guys watch the cameras and just 2-3 patrols ready for intervention.

New comment by batrat in "London Underground begins scanning passengers' faces"

batrat — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:45:17 +0000

I don't mind it. I work in the same field and people don't want to work in government institutions anymore, there are less and less kids in police/military schools. Cameras allow officers to stop patrolling and do more preventive work, focus on hard cases, etc. In a relative small city we manage 500+ cameras and more are added every day. The problem is storage and finding people to monitor them. My only issue is getting it in hands of some crazy dictator, but that is another story.

New comment by batrat in "HomeLab #1: MikroTik as a Home Router"

batrat — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:22:21 +0000

I use tp-link everything. I have all of them connected to self-hosted Omada controller in docker. Works like a breeze, including notifications. Used MikroTik before but "the dude" or whatever is called now was hit and miss. Probably you don't need it anymore if get llm to configure it.

New comment by batrat in "Google Cloud fraud defense, the next evolution of reCAPTCHA"

batrat — Thu, 07 May 2026 06:56:24 +0000

Sorry, I trust Google more than my government for my data. I mean I trust photos, youtube, music, gmail, wallet, keep, etc. what is that I have left anyway? It's sad that we started from open web, but we ended up in the hands of few. Apple/Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Amazon decide basically how I live my life. I don't want to (and sometimes I try to hard), but I don't want to give up the convenience also, but not only mine, also for my family is in the same pot.

New comment by batrat in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"

batrat — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 08:53:48 +0000

I had the somehow the same problem with a mobile operator here in EU. They said just by sending an email I agree with their new terms and subscriptions. It's a gray area, IMO. They could simply terminate the service but who wants that?

New comment by batrat in "Tailscale Peer Relays is now generally available"

batrat — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:54:07 +0000

It happened to others but there are also some very good examples like Veeam community edition which, IMO, is the best backup software. They had lots of discussions and even pressure from management to terminated, but the numbers made a lot of sense and they kept it. Tailscale is in disadvantage here because they are in a very crowded market and it will be very easy to slip into one corner and let way for others like netbird, netmaker, nebula(?), wireguard (like u said), etc.

New comment by batrat in "Reports of Telnet's death have been greatly exaggerated"

batrat — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:04:40 +0000

I use it strictly on older systems that only use telnet and for casual port checking on some equipment. Last time I had to check if AIS equipment is working properly. Some people think "servers" are the only thing in this world. Telnet is one of those things that probably keeps this world function properly.

New comment by batrat in "TikTok's 'addictive design' found to be illegal in Europe"

batrat — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:49:53 +0000

I did the same... even faster. I installed it, suggested me some local crap. I wanted ltt, mkbhd, etc. searched those 2, added them, after that first 2 videos were the same crap. uninstall. even youtube is better. It's so much content on youtube that It's impossible to watch it all in a lifetime even at 5x speed. And 10x better content.

New comment by batrat in "Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload"

batrat — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:32:24 +0000

But, but, what about those managers? What they are working on? Making explorer better? or AI AI AI?

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

batrat — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:49:32 +0000

Samsung should not give up DEX, is mature and works exceptionally well with applications that are supported (wireless DEX with my samsung tv works great). Knowing Google, they will give up after 5 iterations or updates will be very slow. It is good for the ecosystem, I hope it will become more mainstream.

New comment by batrat in "Instabridge has acquired Nova Launcher"

batrat — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:34:01 +0000

I use Niagara Launcher because of the simplicity and quick access to every app. I highly recommend to everyone who wants a fast launcher and clean look.

New comment by batrat in "Gadget Exposed a Spy Camera [video]"

batrat — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 07:33:21 +0000

This thing is great when traveling. I guess I'm gonna get one ($30 is just good enough I guess) just to scan my hotel/airbnb rooms.

New comment by batrat in "Vietnam bans unskippable ads"

batrat — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:02:15 +0000

So I have only one subscription: Youtube because of family/kids and bonus YT music.

For the rest: adguard phone/pihole home, frosty instead of twitch, newpipe instead of youtube(I hate the interface), infinity instead of reddit and a lot more alternatives for social media. Also using xmanager for some apps ;). I have zero ads on my phone or my pc. I disabled the ads once for my wife, she instantly yelled at me to enable it again :).

New comment by batrat in "iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]"

batrat — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:09:55 +0000

This. I use romanian, english and turkish at the same time. Sometimes goes sideways because we mix a lot of words in english and romaninan in the same sentence, but it's ok. No other keyboard comes close.

New comment by batrat in "Emacs is my new window manager (2015)"

batrat — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 07:39:16 +0000

Me: Open browser full screen, vscode selfhosted, termix, tacticalrmm/guacamole. Nowadays I only need a browser.

New comment by batrat in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

batrat — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:53:45 +0000

It's a dangerous trend that is happening. From EU chat control to this, is like everybody is so interested to know what the hell I'm doing with my life. The problem is with my kids, they likely will not enjoy freedom as we did it.

New comment by batrat in "Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving"

batrat — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:01:40 +0000

Almost 12 years of HN. I'm still a lurker, I'm sorry I don't contribute more, but I don't have much time and reading HN with a coffee in the morning is the best thing I can do. Thx everyone involved <3

New comment by batrat in "WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model"

batrat — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:15:49 +0000

if you search for a city usually it shows the current weather, but I've seen in some cities there is also a 7 day forecast

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

batrat — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:54:26 +0000

It is in the notes, in the article, there is no tracking:

"[11] Ads on Family Hub Cover screens will serve contextual or non-personal ads. Family Hub devices are not collectiong personal information or tracking consumers."