Hacker News: bramgn

New comment by bramgn in "An Introduction to Meshtastic"

bramgn — Fri, 08 May 2026 17:21:32 +0000

Nice to hear your experience, as it sounds similar to where i'm currently at. I'm in the south of Norway and there's not much activity on Meshcore yet. I had set up a repeater on a nearby hill, and then one Saturday I started receiving messages in the public channel. At first I thought someone was passing by in town, but I soon realized (and confirmed) that these were messages from Denmark! Some were 200+ KMs away (mostly over sea). I was chatting to people and even able to login to a remote Repeater. I was flabbergasted. Now I'm using the amazing antenna coverage function within the MC app to find best locations of repeaters, which is a fun pastime on itself, especially in a hilly environment. It's a fun and educational exeperience if nothing else! It reminds me very much of packet radio back in the 90s, similar vibe.

New comment by bramgn in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

bramgn — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:33 +0000

Juggling! I used to juggle when i was a teenager, managed to juggle 5 balls and clubs. Then after decades of neglecting it, i picked it up again and i found the joy in this hobby again! I can highly recommend.

New comment by bramgn in "Ask ChatGPT to pick a number from 1-10000, it generally selects from 7200-7500"

bramgn — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:52:53 +0000

Same, 7342. Both in CLI and web

New comment by bramgn in "SSH Secret Menu"

bramgn — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:05:50 +0000

Be sure to hit enter before you start typing `~.`. It only works on a new line

New comment by bramgn in "Pass: Unix Password Manager"

bramgn — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 08:10:46 +0000

Agreed, GPG is not the most intuitive tool, but once you are familiar enough with it, it opens some doors.

For me termux and pass (from F-droid) have solved my password management for many years. I never have to struggle finding passwords. The security aspect of it is the least I care about, it's the convenience and simplicity of it.

Since the passwords are all just files on a disk inside a directory tree, you can use any old file system tools to find your passwords. Same for MFA. I store the base32 string inside pass and that's the end of it.

New comment by bramgn in "Pass: Unix Password Manager"

bramgn — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:58:31 +0000

I use pass also on my phone in combination with Termux. I keep the passwords stores in sync using git. pass on android also supports copying your password directly into the clipboard, which is especially nice on a mobile device.

New comment by bramgn in "Let me pay for Firefox"

bramgn — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:48:18 +0000

Perhaps we should stop calling open-source software "free" due to the stigma that comes with it. It's no longer a selling point, nor should it have been.

New comment by bramgn in "Systemd's Nuts and Bolts – A Visual Guide to Systemd"

bramgn — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 08:01:58 +0000

An interesting but also fun read

New comment by bramgn in "Poll: Where do you store your personal code?"

bramgn — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:14:40 +0000

On a server at home

New comment by bramgn in "Create a GitHub-like heatmap of your terminal activity"

bramgn — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:00:03 +0000

I rely heavily on my shell's history file for my productivity and practically store history entries indefinitely along with a time stamp. I wondered if it was possible to use this data to create a heatmap of how active I have been on the terminal for each day.

Create a GitHub-like heatmap of your terminal activity

bramgn — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 11:00:03 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/bramgn/terminal-activity-heatmap

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43592414

Points: 2

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New comment by bramgn in "Better Shell History Search"

bramgn — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:40:07 +0000

No one using hstr? I'm a big fan of that one, though i must admit i haven't used much else other than bash's reverse history search.

New comment by bramgn in "Mixxx: GPL DJ Software"

bramgn — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 17:54:26 +0000

What does GPL actually do?

New comment by bramgn in "Idea: AI Browser Sidekick?"

bramgn — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:17:26 +0000

Is this similar to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40715332 ?

New comment by bramgn in "[dead]"

bramgn — Sat, 20 Jul 2024 22:19:54 +0000

What you call ugly I call functional, to the point and without bloat. It loads blazingly fast on any machine even on poor internet connections. What's not to like?

New comment by bramgn in ""3 Body Problem" Is a Rare Species of Sci-Fi Epic"

bramgn — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:04:40 +0000

In my opinion the story the books tell is excellent, after having been pulled in by the story, I would read it in stenography if necessary. I was blown away by the ideas brought forward by the books, but I was a bit surprised to find out that not every person who likes to consume sci-fi is automatically a fan of three-body problem.

New comment by bramgn in "Bawowna web browser from scratch, early early announcement"

bramgn — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 22:38:48 +0000

Wishing you the best of luck! We do indeed need more browsers

New comment by bramgn in "A chill driving game with procedurally generate scenic landscapes"

bramgn — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:01:26 +0000

The mouse wheel controls your speed. I wasn't aware of this at first.

New comment by bramgn in "Why Meta and Alphabet Should Dance on TikTok’s Grave"

bramgn — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:37:11 +0000

Instead of futile attempts of coming up with TikTok alternatives, why not do nothing and wait until the target demographic has decided it's time to move on to something else.

New comment by bramgn in "President Zelenskyy deepfake asks Ukrainians to ‘lay down arms’"

bramgn — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:31:18 +0000

Let's see if their fake news law works in both ways