Hacker News: dz0ny

Show HN: MeshCore SAR – Voice, Maps, and Messaging Without Cell Coverage

dz0ny — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:28:46 +0000

An offline-first LoRa mesh app for search and rescue with messaging, Codec2 voice clips, AVIF image sharing, live team tracking, and tactical maps without cellular coverage

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47246525

Points: 1

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New comment by dz0ny in "Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome"

dz0ny — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:55:49 +0000

True :). Although I bought a new Android tablet, it’s confusing that Gemini isn’t installed, but there is Gemini as an embedded support assistant.

New comment by dz0ny in "Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome"

dz0ny — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:46:04 +0000

Only PMs at Google need this. They still don't get how AI is used...

New comment by dz0ny in "Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux"

dz0ny — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:21:28 +0000

I just want to mention that most apps that would be laggy on Wine just work via https://flathub.org/en/apps/ru.linux_gaming.PortProton. Install PortProton double click .exe install app and off you go.

- xTool Studio - for laser engraver - ProppFrexx ONAIR - professional radio station

New comment by dz0ny in "Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn"

dz0ny — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:35:48 +0000

This is the place where AI needs to take over, no more excuses!

For example in country 400k€ was spend on executives (200 hundred people) Christmas dinner for publicly owned company.

While the scheduling and company management is similar issues as DB. I think we ned a new word for this kind of clusterfuck!! They are "rulesfull", rules that hinder the system and make the user scream in pain and agony.

New comment by dz0ny in "I just want working RCS messaging"

dz0ny — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:27:17 +0000

Btw Google also stopped providing RCS proxy or whatever that was for small mobile providers. Message in settings will just say RCS is not supported, funnily that also breaks Gemini in Messages app, with infinite spinner.

New comment by dz0ny in "iPhone Pocket"

dz0ny — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 17:22:09 +0000

Yep We need iPhone mini. Every year the phone is bigger which is worse. Android is the same.

Claude Code blocking users, removing subscriptions

dz0ny — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:59:18 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/5088

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45605428

Points: 8

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New comment by dz0ny in "iOS 26 bricking phones (battery stuck at 1%, battery health at 0%)"

dz0ny — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:33:57 +0000

This happened to my phone, original battery but it had health around 81%. Installing public beta just dropped battery health to 0% and charge to 1% instantly, and 99% usage is suddenly credited to Settings. Charging does not work at all, and you have to restore from backup in DFU mode.

iOS 26 bricking phones (battery stuck at 1%, battery health at 0%)

dz0ny — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:32:20 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/1l7s3uh/comment/n51br6t/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44688080

Points: 5

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New comment by dz0ny in "Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage"

dz0ny — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 20:32:19 +0000

https://radar.cloudflare.com/as14593?dateRange=1d shows a sharp drop in traffic, but no BGP changes before the drop. We can see BGP changes after the drop, so maybe some datacenter/control plane thing.

New comment by dz0ny in "Former NTSB IG: Boeing 787 FADEC may have caused AirIndia crash"

dz0ny — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:45:14 +0000

The https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCFfibo9uR4 has interesting discussion about how FADEC had a bug in 2019 [https://avherald.com/h?article=4c2fe53a] and only five years later in 2024 [https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-21144/p-13] quote: The NPRM was prompted by incidents related to erroneous A/T behavior during a balked landing with the A/T engaged (FADEC), potential erroneous readings from the LRRA(radar altimeter), and possible deficiencies in low airspeed protections and crew alerting systems.

The only known fact is that both engines had shut down simultaneously, as confirmed by the Civil Aviation Minister. This either means a fuel problem or a software glitch; FADEC will not allow pilots to shut down engines in flight, but it has authority to do that on it's own.

Speculation: So you have a low-flying plane with electrical issues (blinking lights were reported by the survivor); it loses power after takeoff (survivor reported “plane hung in air”). RAM deploys and FADEC gets readings that are near the ground, it commands engine shutdown.

On Jun 29th 2025 India's Civil Aviation Minister said: "It has never happened that both engines shut down together." Investigators are analyzing the black boxes from every angle including engine issues, fuel supply problem or something else including sabotage. A preliminary report is to be expected in three months.

Former NTSB IG: Boeing 787 FADEC may have caused AirIndia crash

dz0ny — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:14:00 +0000

Article URL: https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/boeing-787-software-may-have-caused-ai-crash-aviation-expert

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44420728

Points: 6

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New comment by dz0ny in "I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox"

dz0ny — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:31:23 +0000

Oh wow, this is cool. Yep this would make USB Serial work on Firefox with a simple extension.

New comment by dz0ny in "I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox"

dz0ny — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 09:56:54 +0000

USB Serial is such a great thing, finally ending those annoying Electron apps that are only used for one thing. There’s a list of tools that now use the browser to set up devices, and it’s fantastic.

ESPHome(+ hundreds projects that use it as a base), Betaflight, ELRS, Flipper just to name a few.

I understand that WebKit lacks support since it’s developed by Apple, and I would also be cautious if it granted any access to peripherals.

But Firefox? Firefox has severely lacked support for hardware "connections" and has been unfriendly for developers for a long time, so I simply stopped using it (one of the reasons). Reason they state for not adding support it is that user consent is not enough to access the device, which is just nonsense, they could have made it enabled under the developer flag or similar. Blink proved that it can be made secure.

I have a filling they are stubborn for no reason and are not seeing use cases that would make their browser usable.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Serial

https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/

New comment by dz0ny in "Smoke in the cabin of two 737 MAX caused by Load Reduction Device system [video]"

dz0ny — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 22:29:58 +0000

This is a issue that may also affect Airbus aircraft, but so far, it has only caused problems on two Boeing planes. Like MCAS, it was not disclosed to pilots, prompting the FAA to recommend design changes and notify flight crews.

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-cfm-international-update-737...