Hacker News: bl4kers

New comment by bl4kers in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

bl4kers — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 17:25:47 +0000

That should be illegal, as it's not an open platform

New comment by bl4kers in "Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage"

bl4kers — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 21:45:18 +0000

Not sure what you're on about. I'm sharing what I know to be true from places I've lived

New comment by bl4kers in "Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage"

bl4kers — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:30:59 +0000

That'd be illegal in a lot of jurisdictions. Even residential collection of rainwater is often capped

New comment by bl4kers in "All I wanted was a custom domain email"

bl4kers — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 06:16:16 +0000

Tuta has unlimited addresses for sending

New comment by bl4kers in "We're going to need default hard budget caps on pretty much everything"

bl4kers — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:38:40 +0000

It should be illegal to not have them

New comment by bl4kers in "Discourse – the tech forum for the modern era"

bl4kers — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 19:19:21 +0000

Disk Horse

New comment by bl4kers in "Trump Set to Roll Back Biden-Era Auto Fuel Economy Standards"

bl4kers — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 19:07:54 +0000

So this is in response to the Canadian tariffs because they're going to jack up auto manufacturing costs?

New comment by bl4kers in "Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought"

bl4kers — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 02:35:23 +0000

It's taught in Pop Science Clickbait 101

New comment by bl4kers in "Smart Ring Maker Oura, Backers Seek $2.2B in US IPO"

bl4kers — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:22:36 +0000

Isn't this similar to Apple and iMessage? As in, will inevitably stop working with impending patches

New comment by bl4kers in "Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors"

bl4kers — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 18:38:37 +0000

If it's an unreliable and untrustworthy site (which it is) then it's not of value to much of anyone. Archiving requires both of those things

New comment by bl4kers in "Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme"

bl4kers — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 18:42:00 +0000

First thing I thought. Tying it to React is a shame.

New comment by bl4kers in "GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released"

bl4kers — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:48:16 +0000

I believe Fairphone relies on popular off-the-shelf parts. If that stays consistent, the Fairphone will never be small. Save for a change in business model (e.g. pay more for smaller phone)

New comment by bl4kers in "AirPods 5"

bl4kers — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:03:22 +0000

It's really not that hard. The Galaxy Buds Plus from 2020 get 11 hours of battery on a single charge. Same for the Sony WF-C510 that are $70

New comment by bl4kers in "Jellyfin 12.0"

bl4kers — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:31:13 +0000

Are your files named to the Jellyfin spec? Haven't had any of those issues

New comment by bl4kers in "Is This the Future of America?"

bl4kers — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 04:03:20 +0000

Is this just a drone video?

New comment by bl4kers in "Nebula Sans"

bl4kers — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:03:10 +0000

> The homepage and app isn't creepily algorithmically designed to optimize my engagement with the platform

A simple fix for YouTube is bookmarking the subscriptions page and making that your entrypoint: https://www.youtube.com/feed/subscriptions

New comment by bl4kers in "'Not acceptable': Judge orders Google to make rival app store installs easier"

bl4kers — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:28:37 +0000

That's not a trusted source anymore: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...

New comment by bl4kers in "Zohran Mamdani's NYC Tech Team Is What DOGE Should Have Been"

bl4kers — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:11:57 +0000

That's not a trusted source anymore: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...

New comment by bl4kers in "Spotify just hit 300M Premium subscribers"

bl4kers — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:04:42 +0000

Podcasts are shoved in your face everywhere, and their official playlists have been flooded with AI music.

New comment by bl4kers in "Trump says Greenland will be under US control by the time he leaves office"

bl4kers — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 03:02:10 +0000

Highly doubt. Denmark has been quietly moving in troops and supplies