Hacker News: fragileone

New comment by fragileone in "Space Station 14 – Open-source remake of Space Station 13"

fragileone — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:55:39 +0000

It was rumoured to be stolen for a long time, but the original developer of SS13 (Exadv1) said in an interview that no theft took place, and he'd voluntarily given the code to fellow programmers[1].

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP5t1b1TKQg

New comment by fragileone in "Erase your darlings: immutable infrastructure for mutable systems"

fragileone — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:41:20 +0000

See spectrum-os for a combo of both

New comment by fragileone in "Linux kernel VP9 codec V4L2 control interface"

fragileone — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:28:11 +0000

HW acceleration on Linux was fixed about a year ago https://9to5linux.com/firefox-81-enters-beta-gpu-acceleratio...

New comment by fragileone in "Firefox Browser: best for a free web"

fragileone — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:22:09 +0000

HW acceleration on Linux was fixed about a year ago https://9to5linux.com/firefox-81-enters-beta-gpu-acceleratio...

New comment by fragileone in "England vaccine passport plans ditched, health secretary says"

fragileone — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:31:10 +0000

No, there's a "Think 25" rule where if the person looks above 25 you don't have to check.

New comment by fragileone in "Steam Top 50 Games: Over 70% now work on Linux"

fragileone — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:09:57 +0000

I run these games via GeForce NOW. There's no way I'm installing kernel-level proprietary monitoring software.

It is currently impossible to appeal YouTube videos

fragileone — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 19:44:11 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/HenryS584/status/1436414160422817795

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28486118

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by fragileone in "The Linux Experiments YouTube channel has been terminated"

fragileone — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 13:14:40 +0000

It's a peer-to-peer video client, with part of it's data being directly shared (similarly to torrents) and part via a blockchain. This makes it highly resistant to censorship and thus is where many people are moving their channels to.

New comment by fragileone in "Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord"

fragileone — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 12:58:13 +0000

Any reason why you think groups shouldn't be able to have private chats?

New comment by fragileone in "Media trust hits new low"

fragileone — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 04:40:20 +0000

Exploiting psychology on a mass scale like this means that the only solution will be government regulation.

New comment by fragileone in "BookWyrm is a federated Goodreads replacement"

fragileone — Sun, 05 Sep 2021 13:06:00 +0000

With PeerTube there's Sepia Search [1] which allows searching for videos across all instances. All federated networks basically need open-source, centralised search engines like Sepia Search to enable users to search across all federated instances.

[1] http://sepiasearch.org/

New comment by fragileone in "Gab.com’s Response to Congress"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:44:29 +0000

> American citizens may have freedom of speech, but they find themselves with vanishingly few public forums in which to exercise it fully.

Well put. As we've also seen from numerous leaks and incidents over the years, big business and government often works hand-in-hand, with revolving door policies and barely legal indirect bribes happening regularly.

That the government is now seeking to curtail the First Amendment by exerting pressure on these companies should be alarming to anyone.

New comment by fragileone in "NitroPhone – Pixel 4a phone with GrapheneOS"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 13:08:41 +0000

Every bank app is different. I'd advise getting a cheap phone which supports LineageOS (ROM with the widest device support) and see if it works there first. You can also try LineageOS with microG builds to see if it only needs basic verification with Play Services in order to work.

New comment by fragileone in "NitroPhone – Pixel 4a phone with GrapheneOS"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:51:55 +0000

https://grapheneos.org/build#reproducible-builds

New comment by fragileone in "NitroPhone – Pixel 4a phone with GrapheneOS"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 10:47:53 +0000

A cryptographic hardware key does not allow tracking you in the same way that Google Play Services does 24/7. GrapheneOS doesn't connect to Google servers unless you opt for it to.

New comment by fragileone in "Linux on the Framework Laptop"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:55:13 +0000

Doesn't this mean it would lose Thunderbolt support?

New comment by fragileone in "Conduit Beta – Matrix chat server"

fragileone — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:47:37 +0000

They've already stated their goal is to enable P2P Matrix in the midterm.

New comment by fragileone in "I Have Decided to Stop Supporting My Family's Non-Linux Devices"

fragileone — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:22:11 +0000

A question to those dismissing the author: would you help a family member sign up to some random app that tracked their keystrokes, sent them highly targeted ads, sold their personal data to 3rd parties, interrupted their work by forcing them to reboot their devices and constantly violated their privacy?

No? Then why is it okay to encourage it when it's Microsoft? This is how deeply ingrained brand loyalty is, to the point that like Stockholm's syndrome people will think up any excuse to enable their oppressor.

How is it in your benefit in any way to keep cheerleading the corporate behemoth, rather than plucky newcomer who only has your freedom and best interests in mind?

New comment by fragileone in "I Have Decided to Stop Supporting My Family's Non-Linux Devices"

fragileone — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 12:12:22 +0000

Numerous Android phones can run mainline Linux and many more can run a Android-based ROM. What's wrong with buying a phone with commercial Android then getting flashed with something different?

New comment by fragileone in "FB messenger silently censoring links, claims they were sent"

fragileone — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 03:44:41 +0000

You're moving goalposts. First you claimed that this wasn't censorship, now you're saying okay it is but it's fine for them to do so here. Censorship is unacceptable in private messages, there's already reporting functionality.