Hacker News: cybrox

New comment by cybrox in "It used to be hard"

cybrox — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:53:51 +0000

The issue is not duct tape, the issue is having someone you can rely on to know what to tape.

New comment by cybrox in "Buy a train, bridge or tracks from the Swiss Railway"

cybrox — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:31:33 +0000

Why not? I'm pretty sure they know roundabout what it would cost to tear it down, so why not see if someone is willing to buy it because they think they can get the work done cheaper and make a profit off the raw material.

New comment by cybrox in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

cybrox — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:51:14 +0000

If you don't need to support a family and are unhappy otherwise, why not?

Sure it's not 'the smart thing to do' but if it makes you happy and you're still not far worse of than most people...

New comment by cybrox in "Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to sovereign payment"

cybrox — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:07:55 +0000

While your complaint is valid, no need to separate in chunks, there's a checksum.

New comment by cybrox in "Obsidian plugin was abused to deploy a remote access trojan"

cybrox — Mon, 11 May 2026 09:04:10 +0000

How is it any worse than say, VSCode in this regard?

New comment by cybrox in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"

cybrox — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:08:32 +0000

I expected this comment to be made anyways, so I didn't even bother rephrasing.

If it helps you, I don't support the initiative. Doesn't change the fact that rental property is scarse, public transport is full and children/teacher ratio is horrendous.

New comment by cybrox in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"

cybrox — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:23:31 +0000

It's just a buzzword to say limit immigration with rising population.

I'll leave out my opinion on the topic but Switzerland has become noticeably more crowded in the last 20 years.

New comment by cybrox in "I Forgot to Code"

cybrox — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:40:43 +0000

Ironic that the site has the most AI (over-)design ever.

New comment by cybrox in "Show HN: Live Sun and Moon Dashboard with NASA Footage"

cybrox — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:33:45 +0000

Awesome! Now I wish screensavers were a thing again.

New comment by cybrox in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

cybrox — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:25:39 +0000

IP68 doesn't require a sealant if you just use enough pressure. Phones are just too thin to screw on the back plate and use a proper gasket. Which is stupid in the first place because most people then go and put a bulky cover on them.

New comment by cybrox in "All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027"

cybrox — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:22:58 +0000

At least there's a choice there. I've never bought a computer with a soldered-on SSD.

New comment by cybrox in "France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins"

cybrox — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:56:29 +0000

As far as I know, Qwant indexes itself and substitute with existing crawler results, which seems a reasonable compromise.

New comment by cybrox in "Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context"

cybrox — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 06:10:55 +0000

Wars in the middle east seem to have increasingly regular patterns tied to stock market opening hours, unfortunately.

New comment by cybrox in "FFmpeg 8.1"

cybrox — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:16:28 +0000

FFmpeg is a prime single-block-everything-is-built-on xkcd example.

New comment by cybrox in "Math Notepad"

cybrox — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:16:34 +0000

It would be cool if it could be part of a text notebook. E.g. extended Mathjax syntax in Markdown that allows plot() or derive()

New comment by cybrox in "Ring owners are returning their cameras"

cybrox — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 09:56:19 +0000

You are technically correct but also very wrong. Yes, it is a lot of pain to get the paperwork done and you have a high chance of being rejected without a good reason. I know dozens of people who run cheap, chinese IP cams recording public spaces directly to dubious cloud services here in Switzerland. You just don't ask.

Work related: We sell solutions including CCTV and video-intercom and we have only recently started providing customers with stickers they can use to make those installations comply with regulations. Technically, it has been the responsibility of the customer installing the device, so us doing this is just nudging people towards compliance because nobody cares. I can guarantee you that there are tens of thousands of cameras here filming public ground and it is not prosecuted. In fact, someone at the office put one up a long time ago for a PTZ demo (not recording) that was not compliant and it took almost 10 years until we got ordered to take it down.

Most of these are not recording, only recording situationally or only locally. Still not legal technically. However, ever since cheap cloud-connected doorbells have become available, they have definitely been installed here. They do not comply with regulations whatsoever and next to nothing is done about it.

New comment by cybrox in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

cybrox — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:25:28 +0000

I should have probably said: "[...] exclusive content which is curated on [the creators] Patreon and [accessible to the user via the web browser or] their app."

Hope this clears things up. My main point was that there is in fact an incentive for users to check the app beyond setting up payment and forgetting about it. Even if it is not the only way such content is available, it certainly is a convenient one.

New comment by cybrox in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

cybrox — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:37:31 +0000

A lot of people pay for the exclusive content which is curated on Patreon and their app.

New comment by cybrox in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

cybrox — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:36:39 +0000

This is not an accident. This is exactly why Apple (and Google also) have made the PWA experience bad for years. They must force users to believe their app store is the only source of programs.

New comment by cybrox in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

cybrox — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 09:33:50 +0000

Analogy =\= Precise Maths