Hacker News: codecutter

New comment by codecutter in "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"

codecutter — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:16:34 +0000

I did comparison of Fastmail, Protonmail and Mailfence. Finally, I decided to go ahead with Mailfence due to their end-to-end encryption and stronger privacy focus. I am very happy with Mailfence so far.

New comment by codecutter in "Pen pal programs endure in a digital age"

codecutter — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:08:51 +0000

I used to have 34 penfriends when I was in high school. I got all these pen pals from organisation called "International Youth Service (IYS)" based in Turku, Finland. Eventually I lost touch with my penfriends when I moved due to education, jobs etc.

My very first penfriend was Betty Marie Jensen from a small place called Nibe, Denmark. I tried to find her on the internet, sent a letter to her old address. No luck. All I know is her name, old address and birthdate. I have her photos, but I don't want to publish them on the internet for her privacy. Is there any government agency besides postal service who can forward my letter to her?

Recently, I tried to revive this hobby. Unfortunately, IYS is closed now. I found a few good penpals on GlobalPenfriends.com Also tried several other websites like Interpals, Penpal World etc. but they are full of scammers.

New comment by codecutter in "uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts"

codecutter — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 03:00:13 +0000

uBlock origin does not accept donations. I would have loved to donate to them, but they don't.

New comment by codecutter in "Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access"

codecutter — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 18:09:43 +0000

Other thing I have started doing is to stop doing any upgrade for things that are already working locally. Example: no more upgrades for HP printer software.

New comment by codecutter in "Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business"

codecutter — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:03:26 +0000

I tend to agree with the sentiment. The only reason I subscribed to ProjectionLab was to appreciate the hard work of Kyle. Otherwise, "New Retirement" (now called Boldin) serves my purpose. It provides similar features and it provides automatic updates too.

New comment by codecutter in "Which year: guess which year each photo was taken"

codecutter — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 06:38:24 +0000

This is really fun. My score was 4307 (top 12%) with average 5.8 years off.

New comment by codecutter in "USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation"

codecutter — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 13:32:27 +0000

This reminded me the commercial "I am not a lawyer, but I did stay at Holiday Inn last night".

New comment by codecutter in "Justice Department to file antitrust suit against Live Nation"

codecutter — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 21:27:01 +0000

You may win the judgement in small claims court, but how will you collect? That is another dilemma.

New comment by codecutter in "OpenVPN Is Open to VPN Fingerprinting"

codecutter — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 15:41:49 +0000

I have a basic question somewhat related to this topic. When I am using Mullvad VPN, many websites block access. (E.g. Lowe's or Michaels.com etc). They force me to disable VPN and I don't like it.

My question is how do they detect that I am using a VPN and is there any workaround to access their site when I continue using VPN?

New comment by codecutter in "Giving a Shit as a Service (2022)"

codecutter — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:43:17 +0000

Thank you for the wonderful tip. I am going to order these coins to handover to kids for Halloween. I am sure that they will love this unusual gift.

New comment by codecutter in "Scrollbars are becoming a problem"

codecutter — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 03:02:09 +0000

Thank you for your reply. I tried several options and finally found a setting.

I changed the setting for widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override from 1 to 50 and it increased size.

The initial value of 1 was confusing me because I kept thinking it is Boolean 1.

Posting a solution here in case someone else finds it useful.

New comment by codecutter in "Scrollbars are becoming a problem"

codecutter — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 02:05:13 +0000

Honest question: Can you tell me how to increase the scrollbar size of Firefox browser on a Pop!_OS operating system?

New comment by codecutter in "Redfin Is Leaving the National Association of Realtors"

codecutter — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:16:16 +0000

3% of 1 million is $30,000 not $60,000. Similarly, 3% of 100,000 is $3000 and not $6000.

But I agree with your overall sentiment that the real estate market is a cartel.

New comment by codecutter in "Redfin Is Leaving the National Association of Realtors"

codecutter — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 02:44:59 +0000

Cartel is the correct word. As an individual consumer, I wanted access to MLS data and was willing to pay a monthly access fee. But they wouldn't provide such access and want you to use the cartel member, real estate agent.

New comment by codecutter in "WP20 and Audrey Scholars"

codecutter — Mon, 29 May 2023 01:40:43 +0000

Drupal has a steep learning curve. My personal website is on Drupal and now it is a nightmare even to upgrade it. I wouldn't recommend Drupal unless you have technical skills. It is not plug-and-play.

New comment by codecutter in "Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?"

codecutter — Mon, 22 May 2023 15:50:21 +0000

I bought my last 2 laptops from System76 with pre-installed Ubuntu and Pop_OS Linux. I have been very happy with the build quality and their support, so I will recommend them.

New comment by codecutter in "The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries"

codecutter — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 15:05:59 +0000

Why does it have to be worse, before it gets better?

New comment by codecutter in "Launch HN: Inri (YC W23) – Wealthfront for Investing in India"

codecutter — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 01:35:25 +0000

If the money goes back to my NRE account, then I (as a PAN card holder) can myself have an NRE account, tied to a brokerage firm like Zerodha and I can trade and manage my money there myself much more efficiently and at negligible cost?

What is the value proposition you are offering by charging 1% management fee?

New comment by codecutter in "First Republic Bank Executives Sold $12M in Stock in Months Before Crash"

codecutter — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:01:40 +0000

Yes, stock sales by insiders is public information. Just a small correction. Stock sale disclosure is mandated by SEC, not FCC.

New comment by codecutter in "Ask HN: What is your new year's resolution?"

codecutter — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 01:12:18 +0000

I want to learn Ruby on rails. Would you or someone else like to collaborate with me or be my mentor? (I tend to get stuck at times and then lose the momentum).