Hacker News: dethos

New comment by dethos in "Kagi added a setting for removing paywalled links from search results"

dethos — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:42:46 +0000

This is actually an excellent idea. Well done.

New comment by dethos in "OpenRouter is joining Stripe"

dethos — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:16:49 +0000

Some other comments suggested https://cortecs.ai/. I never tested it, but from a brief look, it does seem a viable alternative.

New comment by dethos in "OpenRouter is joining Stripe"

dethos — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:02:31 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion.

New comment by dethos in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

dethos — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:32:57 +0000

Yes, there's SailfishOS, there's Ubuntu Touch, and a couple more. It would be nice if one of them could gain traction so people can have a third choice.

New comment by dethos in "Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027"

dethos — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:29:56 +0000

> Graphene lets you run them.

It seems not all of them, and that things will only get worse if recent news comes true.

New comment by dethos in "Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis"

dethos — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:20:35 +0000

I'm impressed with the score. This is a model that runs on a good, but still regular, desktop PC.

New comment by dethos in "Docker Sandboxes – Disposable, isolated sandboxes for AI agents"

dethos — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:25:11 +0000

The other day I saw this: https://nono.sh/

Haven't tested it yet, but it seems to address the same issue as Docker Sandboxes, but in a different way.

New comment by dethos in "I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux"

dethos — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:54:28 +0000

I'm not completely switching yet, but I'm also exploring SailfishOS and Ubuntu Touch to see how far they will allow me to go. We really need at least a third viable option; it is clear that only having Google's Android and Apple's iOS is not benefiting the individual user.

New comment by dethos in "I'd not buy a LG monitor"

dethos — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:58:12 +0000

I'm in the same boat. Given many of the other brands do this as well, what options do we have for monitors and TVs?

In fact, what I really want is just a display. They can keep their “smart” stuff; I'm not interested.

New comment by dethos in "Ask HN: Is it just me, or is software buggier across the board?"

dethos — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:37:32 +0000

That would be a nice one.

New comment by dethos in "Winamp Skin Museum"

dethos — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 19:12:13 +0000

So many memories. We definitely lost something along the way.

New comment by dethos in "Ford rehires 350 engineers after AI fails to preserve expertise or train juniors"

dethos — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 16:10:56 +0000

That's the interesting question. Are expert engineers willing to go back after being treated that way or knowing what happened to others?

New comment by dethos in "Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers"

dethos — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:09:04 +0000

> they're doing this in the name of security

It is always in the name of security and good intentions.

New comment by dethos in "Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites"

dethos — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:30:18 +0000

Interesting. I will definitely add it to my list of services to experiment with.

I like the account/payment system, where you top up a random account number for a period. Instead of having to go with the whole process of creating and verifying an account with your data and then managing yet another recurring subscription.

Congrats on the release, wish you the best.

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

dethos — Wed, 20 May 2026 15:01:35 +0000

I really want this initiative to succeed. MBway a participant in it, is perhaps one of the most useful apps I ever had on my phone. Extending its functionality to all of Europe would be outstanding. Especially if I can then use it online on international websites.

New comment by dethos in "I moved my digital stack to Europe"

dethos — Wed, 13 May 2026 14:05:45 +0000

Nice and succinct article, and the choices seem reasonable and well thought out.

My only question is, what are the selling points that made you choose Lettermint over Scaleway TEM?

Using TEM seemed obvious at first sight, given the fact that you already use Scaleway for object storage and compute.

New comment by dethos in "Operation: Epic Furious"

dethos — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:16:42 +0000

This is genuinely funny. Spot on.

New comment by dethos in "Kids bypass age verification with fake moustaches"

dethos — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:29:16 +0000

We all knew this wouldn't work (at least anyone who grew up during and after the 80s). These "rules", in the best-case scenario, are just useless bureaucracy or bloat in the name of good intentions. In the worst case, they have nothing to do with protecting kids and are just paving the way for what comes next.

New comment by dethos in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

dethos — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:44:16 +0000

To be sincere, they were never truly ours. A proof of that is they were able to come up with this, and you don't have a way to reject it.

What we actually need are (open) alternatives, not to double down on Google's ecosystem and Google-controlled OS. We need to control the device we bought and be able to run whatever we wish on it. Just like we do on PCs.

New comment by dethos in "Dutch central bank ditches AWS and chooses Lidl for European Cloud"

dethos — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:24:36 +0000

Makes sense. I never worked with this particular provider, but I must say that for many (many) use cases, Europe has very capable providers, and the big US players are not necessarily the best choices.