Hacker News: burner420042

New comment by burner420042 in "I am building a cloud"

burner420042 — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 06:50:36 +0000

I'm not the OP but I'd clarify the cron check for new versions is done every minute. So when new images are pushed they're picked up quickly.

OP is not saying they push new versions at such a high frequency they need checks every one minute.

The choice of one minute vs 15 minute is implementation detail and when architected like this costs nothing.

I hope that helps. Again this is my own take.

New comment by burner420042 in "How to Turn Anything into a Router"

burner420042 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:53:05 +0000

So it's been awhile but the best and simplest way I think is use an access point. I don't want my wireless gear doing routing. From a logic stand point they acts as wireless "bridge" to the physical network, and nothing more. DHCP, etc. stay handled in one place for the entire network, back on the physical router.

New comment by burner420042 in "How to turn anything into a router"

burner420042 — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:36:26 +0000

I did this back when, just using a 100mbit NIC express card.

Ran openbsd for a few years like that, the base OS included everything needed. I recall it used 24MB of ram and closer to 30MB if ssh'd in. It was very handy to have a local login when playing with firewall rules.

New comment by burner420042 in "Why I love FreeBSD"

burner420042 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:20:23 +0000

Podman is a viable option. I'm not sure how it works but I was able to run Alpine and Debian containers by setting a few system flags.

New comment by burner420042 in "Why I love FreeBSD"

burner420042 — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:14:52 +0000

I just installed FreeBSD 15 on a T480 that also runs Debian13. Do other people notice that FreeBSD has longer battery life? I'm still looking into this.

New comment by burner420042 in "Runners who churn butter on their runs"

burner420042 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 01:19:39 +0000

You don't want more of this on Hacker News?

New comment by burner420042 in "Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?"

burner420042 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:28:54 +0000

Wow!

New comment by burner420042 in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

burner420042 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:06:42 +0000

This response lacks thought and is argumentative.

The UI is not the same nor are the app defaults. Combined they create a different UX from stock Android.

The default graphene App Store, and expected apps found there are different than Google Play or what you'd find on Google Play.

The default permissions of each app are restrictive, most notable when you start mixing App Stores.

F-Droid culture, and the app options, are their own thing.

Vanadium, the graphene messaging app, the lack of forced updates and nag buttons.

Exploit protection compat mode for banking apps.

Motorola isn't selling to you or the other person that responded. For that market graphene will have an unexpected learning curve.

New comment by burner420042 in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

burner420042 — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:42:31 +0000

I'm sure the enthusiasm is appreciated but Graphene is very different even from stock Android. It's not simple enough for mainstream, and UI is odd.

I'm typing this on an iPhone and my pixel 10 graphene is just to my left. It's my favorite Android distro but I wouldn't daily it.

I love how boring and quiet the OS is though. It doesn't try for engagement. Battery life remains very good. The distro is close to being what the Microsoft phone wanted to be.

New comment by burner420042 in "Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19"

burner420042 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:46:29 +0000

100% agree. They nerfed it hard and so we just politely ignored it until we no longer even knew it was there.

New comment by burner420042 in "Asahi Linux Progress Report: Linux 6.19"

burner420042 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:07:36 +0000

I was watching Bladerunner last night, specifically the part where Ford is zooming in on the photograph using voice commands.

Above the display is an amber horizontal bar that changes in sync with the activity on the display and my first thought was, "Finally they found a use for the Mac Touch Bar!"

The Touch Bar has so many uses in Linux I can't wait for it to work.

New comment by burner420042 in "Warcraft III Peon Voice Notifications for Claude Code"

burner420042 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:41:49 +0000

Is WoW still around? Did it fall off? All of a sudden people just stopped talking about it.

New comment by burner420042 in "Where to Sleep in LAX"

burner420042 — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:32:27 +0000

There's a small airbnb outfit near the Houston airport that rents for 12 hours at a time with free ride to and from the airport. They cater to the layover crowd. It's very economical. I've not seen it elsewhere.

New comment by burner420042 in "Heathrow scraps liquid container limit"

burner420042 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:23:36 +0000

None the less, this is still effectively an entrance checkpoint to a 'secure area' aka the large airport you're flying to, as you've now already gone through security.

New comment by burner420042 in "Heathrow scraps liquid container limit"

burner420042 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 09:11:03 +0000

When flying international in to the US, we literally all stand in long lines watching the TSA agents. TSA serves as the introduction to America... I can't think of another country where the personnel aren't groomed and 'height / weight proportionate'.

New comment by burner420042 in "200 MB RAM FreeBSD desktop"

burner420042 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:02:09 +0000

A month with CrunchBang Plus Plus (which is a really nice distribution based on Openbox) and you'll appreciate how quick and well put together Openbox and text based config files are.

New comment by burner420042 in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

burner420042 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:30:51 +0000

It's good to have you back. It wasn't the same.

New comment by burner420042 in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

burner420042 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 07:21:20 +0000

You're describing my father. Now that he's retired his lack of hobbies is really catching up to him. His only hobby has been working and I've noted this about him since I was an adolescent and decided then as something I would not emulate.

A few times I've quit a FAANG job with no plan for after other than to wander, and both times the lack of professional competition meant not just coasting horizontally but that I was actually lowering myself somehow. Hard to explain, and I don't fully understand it.

I also noticed most people, especially women, determine your value by your 'right now'. While intentionally unemployed I'd answer truthfully and with a smile, 'I'm unemployed!' which visibly confused people.

New comment by burner420042 in "Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly"

burner420042 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 06:18:23 +0000

Thank you. If it ever comes to you please let me know.

New comment by burner420042 in "Gatekeepers of Law: Inside the Westlaw and LexisNexis Duopoly"

burner420042 — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:20:32 +0000

If someone wanted to do business research for Mexico or any other LATAM country, while in the US and using English source data what resources would you look to?