Hacker News: dingensundso

New comment by dingensundso in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

dingensundso — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:30:01 +0000

Calling this "hijacking the Amazon app" is hyperbolic in my opinion. They replaced the shortcut in the app drawer. To me this looks like normal scummy OEM behaviour, like pre-installing spyware, "anti-" malware, adware etc. which sadly pretty much every mobile/computer manufacturer does.

Replacing the OS is one of the first things I do with every laptop, PC and mobile device to get rid of (most) crap that was installed without my consent.

New comment by dingensundso in "Ask HN: What is your dev set up like?"

dingensundso — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:50:09 +0000

vim

New comment by dingensundso in "My first patch to the Linux kernel"

dingensundso — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:24:19 +0000

Nice blogpost. Was an really interesting read. Would be interesting to read about the experience of getting the patch accepted and merged.

One thing I noticed: The last footnote is missing.

New comment by dingensundso in "How to Build a Smartwatch: Picking a Chip"

dingensundso — Thu, 15 May 2025 05:04:09 +0000

They sell existing hardware with their firmware. You're right, the bangle.js 2 is a SMA Q3 (https://hackaday.io/project/175577-hackable-nrf52840-smart-w...)

New comment by dingensundso in "Presentation Slides with Markdown"

dingensundso — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:29:56 +0000

I usw pandoc to create slides from markdown: ```pandoc -t beamer slides.md -o slides.pdf``` And if you prefer HTML+JS slides, pandoc can do that too: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#slide-shows

New comment by dingensundso in "Her dad, the 10k records he left behind and a viral lesson in grief"

dingensundso — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 07:06:49 +0000

I hope the CD player is connected to the cloud so he can get important security updates for his CDs. Then there might be a way to add some personalized product recommendations between tracks...

New comment by dingensundso in "Streets GL – 3D OpenStreetMap"

dingensundso — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 07:01:49 +0000

> How does stuff like that happen?

Simple: nobody entered the height of your condo building into OSM yet. You can change that. Be the change you want to see in the world!

New comment by dingensundso in "38th Chaos Communication Congress"

dingensundso — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 10:16:38 +0000

And then some of the talks they are selected.

New comment by dingensundso in "HAM radio operators receive signals from Voyager 1 on Dwingeloo telescope"

dingensundso — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 05:42:13 +0000

And Macintosh Apple Comouter

New comment by dingensundso in "Instant macOS install on Proxmox including AMD patches"

dingensundso — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:05:47 +0000

Or change the file extension to anything else than .list

New comment by dingensundso in "Airline informant received thousands from passenger cash seizures"

dingensundso — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 19:23:55 +0000

I was once asked whether I was carrying large sums of cash at Oslo airport. I think the only reason they asked me was because there was literally nobody else in sight. I was in my early twenties and broke af. I was wearing jeans with huge holes in them and shoes that were more duct tape than shoe. I showed them all the cash I had on me: 3 coins. 2 of them had holes in them.

New comment by dingensundso in "Advent of Code 2024"

dingensundso — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 13:11:13 +0000

I think most people don't participate for the competition. I did it several times to increase my coding skills, have fun or get more practice in a new programming language.

New comment by dingensundso in "Ask HN: In 2024 what's the best way to manage contacts?"

dingensundso — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:22:18 +0000

I use my Nextcloud and sync via CardDAV (DAVx5 on mobile, Thunderbird on desktop).

New comment by dingensundso in "Why targeting an ICP brings 10x more customers than you expected"

dingensundso — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:16:28 +0000

Magic and fairy dust

New comment by dingensundso in "Python client for the $20 Colmi R02 smart ring"

dingensundso — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 03:57:59 +0000

Looks like gadgetbridge already supports it (in nightly): https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/pulls/3896 https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/colmi/

New comment by dingensundso in "Germany's 49-euro ticket resulted in significant shift from road to rail"

dingensundso — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 15:58:17 +0000

Mismanagement. Years of cutting maintenance and personell to make profits.

New comment by dingensundso in "The science behind on-the-wrist blood pressure tracking"

dingensundso — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:09:00 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out. I would love to have regular automatic BP measurements but not with closed source software that demands an internet connection.

New comment by dingensundso in "Switzerland and Italy redraw border due to melting glaciers"

dingensundso — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 13:34:54 +0000

I hope the mapmen will cover this.

New comment by dingensundso in "A Collection of Free Public APIs That Is Tested Daily"

dingensundso — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:24:31 +0000

On February 3, 2023 Mulesoft announced that after 17 years in operation, it had shut down Programmable Web.

New comment by dingensundso in "Switzerland offers cash prize to get munitions out of lakes"

dingensundso — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 18:15:41 +0000

The prize is for an idea how to do it. Actually doing it will cost billions. You could enter your plan into the contest :)