Hacker News: dvngnt_

New comment by dvngnt_ in "My Google Workspace account suspension"

dvngnt_ — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 22:27:30 +0000

I had to disable 5G on my pixel 8 to get decent battery life

New comment by dvngnt_ in "A Love Letter to 'Girl Games'"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:44:45 +0000

Probably the reason why Nintendo made a Game Boy and not a Game Girl

New comment by dvngnt_ in "10% of Firefox crashes are caused by bitflips"

dvngnt_ — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:31:18 +0000

GW1 was my childhood. The MMO with no monthly fees appealed to my Mom and I met friends for years. The 8 skill build system was genius, as was the cut scenes featuring your player character. If there's ever a 3rd game I would love to see something allowing for more expression through build creation though I could see how that's hard to balance.

New comment by dvngnt_ in "TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe"

dvngnt_ — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:08:12 +0000

> nobody should believe for a second that WhatsApp or FB messages are truly E2EE.

Meta still tracks analytics which isn't good for privacy, but I'm not aware of any news of them or 3rd parties reading messages without consent of one of the 1st parties? Signal is probably much better though

New comment by dvngnt_ in "I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:53:41 +0000

This is really an example of "formal rights and material conditions."

You make a case that EU has better social safety nets and employee protection not that the US has weaker free speech laws. While you can't ignore the effect having wealth can insulate you from consequences, it still doesn't support your statement as written.

Is it true that someone who is retired on a pension in US can say more hateful things without government action vs a similar retiree in EU?

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok"

dvngnt_ — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 02:54:05 +0000

Is that not crypto?

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Discord Alternatives, Ranked"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:14:01 +0000

Stoat isn't working well for me. It's taken over 24 hours to try to register a new account. First I couldn't register after doing several captchas. Then I had to wait for a verification email which took over 12 hours. I signed in to one client, but attempting to reset a password results in the same waiting game and error when selecting a new password.

I wish for the best, but they're probably putting out fires from the increased load

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"

dvngnt_ — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:30:05 +0000

what is the relation?

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Disrupting the largest residential proxy network"

dvngnt_ — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 22:03:35 +0000

there are several times where I've had to disable PIA to access reddit's login page

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Show HN: Self-host Reddit – 2.38B posts, works offline, yours forever"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:47:19 +0000

I want to do the same thing for tiktok. I have 5k videos starting from the pandemic downloaded. want to find a way to use AI to tag and categorize the videos to scroll locally.

New comment by dvngnt_ in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

dvngnt_ — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:44:11 +0000

> A scam app with root can draw over the screen and tell users to transfer money

On android, I believe this can be done rootless via accessibility permissions that can display on top of apps

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"

dvngnt_ — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:01:49 +0000

you can even use extensions like vimium. it made using the galaxy xr much more usable than chrome

New comment by dvngnt_ in "GPT Image 1.5"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:59:36 +0000

maybe their version of synth-id? it at least helps me spot gpt images vs gemini's

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"

dvngnt_ — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:15:47 +0000

Wouldn't it make more sense to have them program and let a product person handle big picture ideas

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

dvngnt_ — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:56:13 +0000

there are similar mechanisms for controlling website usage. school computers do it all the time

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Writing our own cheat engine (2021)"

dvngnt_ — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:02:54 +0000

wemod?

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban"

dvngnt_ — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:56:16 +0000

you could if you just whitelisted the apps you wanted your kids to use

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros"

dvngnt_ — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:49:40 +0000

> A spokesperson for the newly formed Bank One-Chase Manhattan-MCI-WorldCom said the company plans to cut 92,000 jobs this month.

They're pretty close with the headcount though

New comment by dvngnt_ in "Is America's jobs market nearing a cliff?"

dvngnt_ — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:35:29 +0000

Those are really small percentages of people. I doubt they were referencing french immersion teachers

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/o... Computer-Related Occupations is more than half

New comment by dvngnt_ in "WhatsApp will become interoperable with other messaging apps in Europe"

dvngnt_ — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:22:31 +0000

on android telegram is optional, whatsapp is required