Hacker News: deryilz

New comment by deryilz in "Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series"

deryilz — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 02:52:29 +0000

that's x2 plus. look for benchmarks of the x2 elite extreme, which currently is selling with 48gb ram for $1370: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/asus-zenbook-a16-16-3k-oled-...

New comment by deryilz in "Swift is a more convenient Rust (2023)"

deryilz — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:23:00 +0000

The Swift Book is good for this:

https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-pr...

New comment by deryilz in "I'm returning my Framework 16"

deryilz — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 22:41:35 +0000

If you're going to put it in a bag for a week, why not use some kind of hibernation feature?

New comment by deryilz in "CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution"

deryilz — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:09:22 +0000

As another commenter said, sometimes upgrades require manual intervention. You can fix this using a tool like informant which shows you all the interventions you have to do before you upgrade.

Also, you can use a tool like snapper + btrfs-assistant (both of which come pre-installed on Cachy IIRC) which lets you fully revert your filesystem (snapper rollback) or partially (snapper undochange) if something breaks. Just make sure to use a btrfs filesystem for that.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:34:18 +0000

No adblocking extension would ever rely on a clear bug to function. Google reviews extension code and would immediately patch the bug, and maybe use it as an excuse to kick the extension off the web store. I don't buy the idea that there was a viable second option here.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 05:26:00 +0000

Dude, what.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 05:17:28 +0000

Also, dude, from your other comments: "What a selfish dickhead, helping them make better nooses to put around everyone's necks (including his own)."

And "People like this are enemies of freedom and should be called out publicly."

What the ?

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 04:52:40 +0000

Hi, I appreciate your opinion, but really disagree. First of all, this is one bug, and most of the ones I find don't "act against user's interests" (not that this one could have been used effectively without being patched anyway). Doing bug finding is how I make a difference and a skill I feel proud of.

I USED to keep bugs (read: exploits) for myself without sharing them, but after a while I realized it was not worth it and my skills were basically going to waste. You can say philosophical stuff about ads if you want but bug finding for me is a fun challenge with a good community. I'm not pretending Google is my best friend.

Plus, doing this gets me a bit of money. It's either this or I work summers at a grocery store, and I prefer this.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 02:06:07 +0000

I think the trouble is that certain adblocking features (like skipping ads on YouTube, Twitch, etc) require modifying the page you're viewing in your browser; just filtering network requests isn't enough. So right now a browser extension is the most natural choice for an adblocker, but honestly that might change if browsers keep being so hostile towards them.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:39:42 +0000

Yeah, this was my thought process. I get the appeal, but I don't think a million-user open-source extension is gonna start relying on a clear bug to function.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:33:24 +0000

Unfortunately extensions can't have webview perms :(

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:24:33 +0000

From my experience (as a Brave user), using a User-Agent switching extension and setting it to Firefox for twitch.tv gets around that :)

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:03:41 +0000

I agree that would change things but I can't picture an open-source extension with millions of users pivoting to rely on something that's clearly a bug.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 22:02:08 +0000

Author here, thank you! A lot of the comments here are more general arguments about MV3 and Google (which I kinda expected) but I'm glad see someone who liked my post :)

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 21:57:27 +0000

Author here, sorry. I don't think any open-source extension (especially large adblockers with millions of users) could actually get away with using this bug, because Google is paying close attention to them. It would've been patched immediately either way.

New comment by deryilz in "Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update"

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 20:22:39 +0000

Sometimes you get $0, sometimes you get more. I would like to mention this stuff on my college applications, and even if I tried to gatekeep it, it'd eventually be patched. Not sure what your argument is here.

Bypassing Google's big anti-adblock update

deryilz — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:06:09 +0000

Article URL: https://0x44.xyz/blog/web-request-blocking/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44544266

Points: 1044

# Comments: 919

New comment by deryilz in "Flix – A powerful effect-oriented programming language"

deryilz — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:15:02 +0000

I'm quite liking the syntax, especially the !> operator.

New comment by deryilz in "Bloom Filters by Example"

deryilz — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:44:23 +0000

It's always great to see interactive posts. I also appreciated the list of where Bloom filters were used in popular programs.

New comment by deryilz in "A privilege escalation from Chrome extensions (2023)"

deryilz — Wed, 28 May 2025 15:06:40 +0000

True, but I don't think K12 students are the main targets of these big gray-hat companies that buy bugs for a lot of money.