Hacker News: geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=geraldhhHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 18 Apr 2026 10:26:06 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"]]>no

]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:59:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096290geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096290https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096290<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"]]>the underlying tech seems to be based upon awdl principles contributed by apple

]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:58:55 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096284geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096284https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096284<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"]]>> send files over Bluetooth

kind of worked with flip-phone resolutions, but tiresome with multi-megabyte pictures of today

]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:57:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096273geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096273https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096273<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "CachyOS: Fast and Customizable Linux Distribution"]]>sounds like an issue with bluetooth audio profiles having a hard time with bidirectional usage

]]>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 12:21:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096059geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096059https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46096059<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Start your own Internet Resiliency Club"]]>absurdities not withstanding, this might actually be a good idea.

]]>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:30:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44289333geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44289333https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44289333<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Self-Host and Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own"]]>> Most laptops cannot do parity of any sort because of a lack of SATA/M.2 ports

raid is NOT media or connection dependent and will happily do parity over mixed media and even remote blockdevs

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:20:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215767geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215767https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215767<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)"]]>yes it is.

it does not do the e2e hat-trick thou

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:15:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215751geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215751https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215751<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Washington Post's Privacy Tip: Stop Using Chrome, Delete Meta Apps (and Yandex)"]]>unformatted html with sugar is not really helpful to humans, is it?

]]>Sun, 08 Jun 2025 09:14:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215746geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215746https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44215746<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life"]]>not to dispute, but the fact that most of our stuff is 'made in china' might play into the public perception of this dynamic more than the political labels attached.

]]>Sat, 15 Mar 2025 14:42:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43372849geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43372849https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43372849<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "What does "supports DRM and may not be fully accessible" mean for SATA SDDs?"]]>> the troubles with VGA ports in meeting rooms

please elaborate

fwiw vga is plug and play, but multi-monitor support in operating systems was indeed a pia

]]>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:24:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766677geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766677https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766677<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "UK's hardware talent is being wasted"]]>humanism

]]>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 08:27:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766254geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766254https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42766254<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Sonos CEO steps down after app update debacle"]]>amen

home screen icon theming hit like an empty bus

]]>Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:39:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695785geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695785https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42695785<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Right to root access"]]>basically a hardwired authenticator dongle that the user cannot touch

]]>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:42:52 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683890geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683890https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683890<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "I deleted my social media accounts"]]>surely annoying, probably illegal

]]>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 14:09:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683558geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683558https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42683558<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Four causes for 'Zoom fatigue' (2021)"]]>vr will do nothing for the latency, which is killing natural conversations

]]>Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:42:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42644289geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42644289https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42644289<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Portspoof: Emulate a valid service on all 65535 TCP ports"]]>nat-redirection

]]>Wed, 25 Dec 2024 21:30:51 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42511296geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42511296https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42511296<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Internet Archive: Security breach alert"]]>iirc opera browser tried that

]]>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 17:12:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41800979geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41800979https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41800979<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Priced out of home ownership"]]>squatting solves the problem of individuals in civilizations being grossly uncivilized

]]>Tue, 28 May 2024 17:13:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502970geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502970https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502970<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "Priced out of home ownership"]]>> It doesn't matter if the demand for homes is "artificial" or not - the easiest solution is to build more.

crafting a "i owe you a house" and giving it to the investor while squatting the real estate seems much more efficient

]]>Tue, 28 May 2024 16:51:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502756geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502756https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502756<![CDATA[New comment by geraldhh in "VW to Build €20k EVs on Its Own, Forgoing Partnerships"]]>presumably you don't get to be 'legacy' if you are big on selling cheap products

]]>Tue, 28 May 2024 16:40:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502643geraldhhhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502643https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40502643