Hacker News: commoner

New comment by commoner in "We intercepted the White House app's network traffic"

commoner — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:57:47 +0000

See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581532

New comment by commoner in "Pebble is officially back on iOS and Android"

commoner — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:06:30 +0000

Not impressed to see the official Pebble app and app store be closed source once again. Looks like Pebble is taking the Google Play route by making it inconvenient to use the underlying open source software without a proprietary service.

New comment by commoner in "Codeberg Reaches 300k Projects"

commoner — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:11:03 +0000

No, the main ForgeFed repo is on Codeberg:

https://codeberg.org/ForgeFed/ForgeFed

The README in both repos links to the main Codeberg repo and says that the GitHub repo is a mirror.

New comment by commoner in "FFmpeg moves to Forgejo"

commoner — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:01:07 +0000

Anubis has a commercial version called BotStopper that allows the mascot to be changed:

https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/botstopper

But, Anubis uses the plain MIT license, so you can modify it to remove the branding yourself: https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/blob/main/LICENSE

If Anubis used a license with that mascot requirement, it would not be free and open source.

New comment by commoner in "Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup"

commoner — Thu, 01 May 2025 11:35:25 +0000

> When I switched to KDE/Plasma 5 to get fractional scaling it was extremely unstable

KDE Plasma 6 made major improvements and has excellent fractional scaling, the best I've seen in a Linux desktop environment and comparable to scaling in Windows 10-11. I encourage you to give it a try.

New comment by commoner in "Apple sued for false advertising over Apple Intelligence"

commoner — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 17:33:24 +0000

From the class action complaint:

> The Deception of the Challenged Representations and Unlawful Marketing & Sale of the Products. The Challenged Representations misled reasonable consumers into believing the Products possessed certain AI qualities, capabilities, and features, they simply do not have. As a result, Apple charged consumers for Products they would not have purchased, or at least not at its premium price, had the advertising been honest. Beyond exploiting unsuspecting consumers, Apple also gained an unfair advantage over competitors in the market who do not tout non-existent AI features, or who actually deliver them as promised.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25599001/0001-03-19-2...

The false advertising violates the California Unfair Competition Law and consumer protection laws of other U.S. states, according to the legal filing.

Apple sued for false advertising over Apple Intelligence

commoner — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 01:56:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/apple-suit-false-advertising-ai-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43431118

Points: 52

# Comments: 5

New comment by commoner in "The Framework Laptop 13 has just been upgraded to AMD's Strix Point"

commoner — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 17:07:39 +0000

From the specs:

> Interfaces

> Supports USB4 with DisplayPort output and USB-PD power input on the rear two slots

> Supports USB 3.2 with DisplayPort output and USB-PD power input on the front two slots

https://frame.work/laptop13?tab=specs

New comment by commoner in "Lenovo has removed the TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops"

commoner — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:24:09 +0000

It's a shame that Framework hasn't managed to implement a pointing stick on its laptops. If they offered one, I would already be using their laptops.

The Framework feature request is here: https://community.frame.work/t/responded-any-chance-of-track...

New comment by commoner in "Lenovo has removed the TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops"

commoner — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:21:33 +0000

You can't scroll with just your thumb, while you can scroll with a TrackPoint while holding down the middle mouse button. Using your thumb on a trackpad with your hand positioned above the keyboard is also less accurate and restricted to a narrower range of motion.

New comment by commoner in "Lenovo has removed the TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops"

commoner — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:13:44 +0000

HP discontinued pointing sticks on all of their laptops, including their business workstations, a couple of years ago. Dell did the same, but a bit earlier.

New comment by commoner in "Lenovo has removed the TrackPoint nub from new ThinkPad laptops"

commoner — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:09:28 +0000

Not needing to reposition your hand to switch between typing and operating the mouse makes the TrackPoint super efficient. The difference is even greater in cramped places like airplane seats that don't have enough room to place a separate mouse or comfortably use a touchpad.

New comment by commoner in "Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf]"

commoner — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:17:05 +0000

On the other hand, the use of WordPress servers is in no way covered by the GPL. WP Engine can pay for their own servers the same way Bluehost used to.

Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4

commoner — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 17:39:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.stremio.com/stremio-os-is-now-available-for-raspberry-pi-5-4/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41026663

Points: 142

# Comments: 81

BlendOS v4 released: Arch Linux, made immutable, declarative and atomic

commoner — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 16:48:03 +0000

Article URL: https://blendos.co/blog/2024/06/05/blendos-v4-released-arch-linux-made-immutable-declarative-and-atomic/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40618803

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

You Apps: Collection of open source Android apps, developed with privacy in mind

commoner — Tue, 21 May 2024 22:47:56 +0000

Article URL: https://you-apps.net/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40434996

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by commoner in "Apple's photo bug exposes the myth of 'deleted'"

commoner — Tue, 21 May 2024 03:46:47 +0000

Archive before deletion: https://web.archive.org/web/20240518030444/https://old.reddi...

PayPal releases $90K of bathwater sales after freezing account in 2019

commoner — Tue, 21 May 2024 03:27:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/belle-delphine-jars-bathwater-sold-paypal-payment-2024-5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40423770

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by commoner in "Android's theft protection features"

commoner — Wed, 15 May 2024 20:35:01 +0000

There are free and open source apps for Android that automatically lock the device when the accelerometer detects rapid acceleration, which is a simple detection method. For example, Private Lock is on F-Droid:

- Private Lock (source): https://github.com/wesaphzt/privatelock

- Private Lock (F-Droid): https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.wesaphzt.privatelock/

New comment by commoner in "America's Regime Change Wars Created Europe's Refugee Crisis"

commoner — Mon, 13 May 2024 05:14:32 +0000

The Cato Institute is libertarian, so them being anti-interventionist shouldn't be surprising. The article was written by a "weekly columnist at Antiwar.com" according to the author's bio, which explains the tone of the headline.