Hacker News: cpressland

New comment by cpressland in "Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux"

cpressland — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:19:58 +0000

For me this is the last piece of the puzzle keeping me on macOS. I’ll give it a proper test later and if it works as described I’ll be ordering a Framework 13 Pro.

New comment by cpressland in "Zigbee vs. Matter over Thread:Understanding IoT Protocol Performance in Practice"

cpressland — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:17:04 +0000

I’m in the process of migrating from Zigbee (Z2M) to Matter over Thread (Apple HomePods + Matter Server).

My Zigbee network was a mishmash of different vendors all of which had their own failure rates and quirks, Aqara having by far the highest failure rate and complexity.

My new Ikea (Thread) based setup has had absolutely zero issues so far and fingers crossed it doesn’t start suffering as I scale it out. That said, it is noticeably slower than Zigbee, but we’re talking 50ms > 250ms. Which is more than acceptable.

New comment by cpressland in "WireguardTCP: WireGuard over TCP"

cpressland — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 21:33:01 +0000

Mildly off topic but I absolutely adore this website. That said, I can’t think of any situations where this’d be useful for me.

New comment by cpressland in "Show HN: Remux – an open-source tmux workspace designed for iPhone"

cpressland — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:00:04 +0000

Can anybody suggest a good terminal for iOS? I’ve used iSH a fair amount in the past but that hasn’t had an update in three years. I’m mainly just looking for tools like curl, dig, ping etc.

New comment by cpressland in "Pondering routing more of my traffic via nodes outside the UK"

cpressland — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 12:18:14 +0000

I’m already using policy based routing on UniFi to send OSA censored websites, imgur for example, via Mullvad VPN - it works for the most part, but for any IPv6 websites it completely breaks as UniFi doesn’t support policy based routes for IPv6.

If the government blocks Mullvad then I’ll just switch to Wireguard on a Helsinki based VPS via Hetzner.

New comment by cpressland in "Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network"

cpressland — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 08:22:11 +0000

To be clear, the rest of the OS supports IPv6, just the WireGuard VPN doesn’t. Disappointing all the same.

New comment by cpressland in "Imgur geo-blocked the UK, so I geo-unblocked my network"

cpressland — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 22:45:19 +0000

The only downside is this doesn’t work if you have IPv6 enabled as UniFi Network still allows those to bypass the VPN.

I ended up making a long list of firewall rules to block specific sites IPv6 ranges, which worked until I hit cloudflare backed sites.

I’m really hoping UniFi start supporting IPv6 WireGuard soon.

New comment by cpressland in "Tailscale Peer Relays"

cpressland — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:57:21 +0000

I was literally looking for a solution for this over the weekend and ended up with a very quirky setup for my Kubernetes Operator.

Now I can rip all that out and use this! Bravo!

New comment by cpressland in "uBlock Origin Lite beta version for Safari"

cpressland — Tue, 13 May 2025 22:14:35 +0000

I currently use Wipr on macOS and iOS. I’ll give this a spin, however, what are the biggest downsides of the MV3 variant over the original MV2?

New comment by cpressland in "Commodore OS 3.0 Released"

cpressland — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:43:39 +0000

I am a huge fan of the Commodore 64 and have built my own using modern replacement components and new-old stock with help from other retro computer fans in the office.

But the Commodore 64x and Commodore OS don’t mirror the spirit of 8bit micros. Hardware hacking, direct access to the CPU etc. The Commander X16 is probably the only true “modern” hackable computer in my opinion.

I just hope future generations can experience the power of completely open hardware and as a species we don’t “forget” how computers actually work.

New comment by cpressland in "Apple takes UK to court over 'backdoor' order"

cpressland — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:42:40 +0000

This is correct - but I’d rather my law enforcement had a pre-existing reason to investigate me rather than just stumbling upon something in random hidden searches. Innocent until proven guilty is key here.

I have nothing to hide, but I’m still not giving you access to my photo library.

New comment by cpressland in "OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era"

cpressland — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:52:27 +0000

Any sources? I’d be keen to see if I can help out, even if only financially.

New comment by cpressland in "OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era"

cpressland — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:51:59 +0000

I have seen this in the past, but I figured it was mostly abandonware given the lack of recent commits. I’ll install it and check it out though, thanks for the suggestion.

New comment by cpressland in "OpenRA – Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era"

cpressland — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 20:20:08 +0000

I’d love a project like this, but for Red Alert 2. It works great on my Steam Deck but often stutters on larger battles. A modern, native, Linux port would be amazing.

New comment by cpressland in "Google.com search now refusing to search for FF esr 128 without JavaScript"

cpressland — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 02:23:22 +0000

While I couldn’t find a better document: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/search-engines/google-is... describes how non-Google search engines cannot get new results from Reddit.

New comment by cpressland in "Show HN: AutoPiP – Safari extension for automatic Picture-in-Picture mode"

cpressland — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:49:04 +0000

This is amazing - I’ve not had a chance to test this yet but if it works as described then this is something I’ve been needing without realising it.

Hopefully you’ll be able to get this on the Mac App Store at some point, I’d gladly pay for this.

Edit: alternatively Homebrew / Nix.

New comment by cpressland in "Show HN: Minimal, customizable new tab for Chrome/Firefox"

cpressland — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 01:02:44 +0000

Any guides for that? My blank page feels like a flash bang going off sometimes.

New comment by cpressland in "UK to finish with coal power after 142 years"

cpressland — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:01:23 +0000

At least it’s still lower on average than renewables at the moment [1]. I’m not sure what the current state of Nuclear Reactor construction is like, but hopefully we get some come online soon.

[1] https://grid.iamkate.com/

New comment by cpressland in "Neo – Futuristic Matrix Messenger"

cpressland — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:06:36 +0000

AppStore link: https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/neo-matrix-messenger/id6499088...

New comment by cpressland in "Raspberry Pi is now a public company"

cpressland — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:10:42 +0000

As somebody with very little understanding of the business world: why would a seemingly successful organisation like this become a public company? What benefits are there?