Hacker News: fhcbix

New comment by fhcbix in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

fhcbix — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:00:15 +0000

Not trying to argue against your point, but most of the Bluetooth latency comes from the codec, not from it being wireless. Bluetooth LE Audio comes with LC3 which supports a codec latency of as little as 2.5 ms.

New comment by fhcbix in "Show HN: Look Ma, No Linux: Shell, App Installer, Vi, Cc on ESP32-S3 / BreezyBox"

fhcbix — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:37:11 +0000

XTEink isn't using ESP32-S3 but C3. That S3 dev board from OP also comes with 8MB PSRAM (xteink/C3: 384kB RAM only) which IIUC makes quite the difference when it comes to building an embedded OS.

New comment by fhcbix in "Android’s desktop interface leaks"

fhcbix — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:39:00 +0000

Dex and Android desktop mode are not a single new thing, but multiple features that partially have been in Android for years, like external screens, resizable windows and the (currently rather limited) external screen drawer.

New comment by fhcbix in "When a video codec wins an Emmy"

fhcbix — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:09:24 +0000

Worth noting that web fonts are often split up across multiple files for sets of codepoints and font weights/styles, so depending on the language you're writing in a single WOFF file might be missing a few letters.

New comment by fhcbix in "Board: New game console recognizes physical pieces, with an open SDK"

fhcbix — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:45:55 +0000

> For me a board-game is offline time.

That's fair but not universal. Plenty of communities exist around playing board games online and often that's the only way to meet players of equal strength or run large tournaments.

New comment by fhcbix in "Show HN: Play abstract strategy board games online with friends or against bots"

fhcbix — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:41:03 +0000

I was just going to recommend boardspace.net here! It also somewhat recently went open source: https://github.com/ddyer0/boardspace.net

It clearly is stuck in the Java Applet era where it started but Dave eventually made an Android port and modern Java has no issues running it!

New comment by fhcbix in "Typst: A Possible LaTeX Replacement"

fhcbix — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 10:31:09 +0000

For me Tectonic[1] solved many of the issues I had with LaTeX, so that's what I'd recommend if you still depend on LaTeX as a language. Make sure to use the V2 CLI (`tectonic -X`) which comes with convenient features like watch mode. With vim and evince (or any PDF viewer that auto refreshes) open I get a similar real-time experience to popular online editors like Overleaf, but in the comfort of my own editor.

[1] https://tectonic-typesetting.github.io/

New comment by fhcbix in "FLX1s phone is launched"

fhcbix — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:02:37 +0000

"USB-C 2.0" in the specs reveals that. DisplayPort Alt Mode requires at least USB 3.0, the PinePhone Pro would be a Linux phone supporting that.

On another note, I've successfully connected to wireless displays (Miracast) on Linux using https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-network-displays

New comment by fhcbix in "StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers"

fhcbix — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:33:06 +0000

KDE connect lets you disable/configure individual plugins, just disable the "Clipboard sync". I don't think it can by itself figure out that you're copying a password, at least across UI toolkits. FWIW most toolkits and browsers don't actually copy from a password input anyway.

New comment by fhcbix in "Consider using Zstandard and/or LZ4 instead of Deflate"

fhcbix — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 05:51:44 +0000

When you talk about images over HTTP, you need to consider most web servers and browsers already support zstd compression on the transport, so the potential bandwidth win provided by zstd is already being made use of today.

New comment by fhcbix in "Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection"

fhcbix — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 03:43:22 +0000

Given how many platforms these have been ported to, this really is the DOOM of puzzle apps. I've been using this PocketBook port on my e-reader for years: https://github.com/SteffenBauer/PocketPuzzles

New comment by fhcbix in "I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022)"

fhcbix — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 11:00:38 +0000

I gave up on finding a <6" with my requirements (audio jack, microSD, USB-C display) and can use my 6.1" Xperia 5 III reasonably well with one hand using a MomoStick. Other smartphone ring attachments exist but this one acts as a stand as well.

New comment by fhcbix in "Android 16 is here"

fhcbix — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 04:42:07 +0000

Right? It would be the single most useful feature for me. Unfortunately my device doesn't have libavf which seems to be needed for this to work. I don't even need 3d acceleration, a simple debian VM with docker would make me happy already.

New comment by fhcbix in "Replacing Kubernetes with systemd (2024)"

fhcbix — Tue, 06 May 2025 20:17:46 +0000

I recently set up an arm64 VPS at netcup: https://www.netcup.com/en/server/arm-server Got it with no location fee (and 2x storage) during the easter sale but normally US is the cheapest.

New comment by fhcbix in "OpenVSX, which VSCode forks rely on for extensions, down for 24 hours"

fhcbix — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:18:49 +0000

I was gonna write this. Package management with distributed mirrors for both speed + redundancy are a solved problem in the Linux world. Ship trusted signing keys and even the shadiest mirror becomes verifiable.

New comment by fhcbix in "Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?"

fhcbix — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 09:00:09 +0000

Since I make music as a hobby, some of these are not gonna be incredibly useful for most:

- Behringer XR18 digital mixer, mounted under my desk

- DIY wooden stand for a small MIDI controller keyboard & an integrated XLR socket for a conference microphone (used for meetings)

- the MIDI controller is connected directly to the XR18 so I have convenient faders and knobs for mic volume, mute, master volume and other stuff connected to the mixer (piano, edrums etc)

- DIY shelf to have my displays & speakers at a comfortable height and distance

- dishpan under the desk for the occasional footbath

Not at all uncommon but still highly recommended: vertical mouse (cheap one), split keyboard (r-go), docking station (old thinkpad ultra dock)

Things I still want but never got around to:

- my desk lamp (cheap wifi bulb) is cold/warm white fadeable but I want that to happen automatically throughout the day based on sunset

- a better drawing tablet so I can ditch my whiteboard (current one sucks)