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New comment by helij in "Ask HN: What happened to the movie "Pirates of the Silicon Valley""

helij — Fri, 15 May 2026 19:09:28 +0000

One Google search away. The full movie is on Daily Motion.

New comment by helij in "Ask HN: Is it still worth it to try to get a job in IT"

helij — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:11:13 +0000

And sometimes that's enough for a good and fulfilling life.

New comment by helij in "Using the internet like it's 1999"

helij — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:17:56 +0000

FTP?

New comment by helij in "Germany Mandates ODF for Public Administration"

helij — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:56:40 +0000

I've been using ODF professionally and privately for years now without any issues. What's the problem your side?

New comment by helij in "GIMP 3.2 released"

helij — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 22:17:00 +0000

One of the first things I install on any new computer is Gimp. Thank you to all involved in the Gimp project.

Ask HN: Which wireless router in 2026?

helij — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:16:50 +0000

Looking for wireless router. Mid to high end range I guess. I like Mikrotik offerings. Anything else out there that is good? Some good open source combination?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46725219

Points: 2

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New comment by helij in "Ask HN: What open source projects are you grateful for?"

helij — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:59:21 +0000

Linux & LibreOffice. At the end of the day I'm grateful to all people who work on open source and free software.

New comment by helij in "Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans"

helij — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 17:30:26 +0000

People mix common cold with flu all the time. If you have the flu you usually can't even go out of bed, even with medication.

New comment by helij in "Ask HN: Would you rather have 20% more money or 20% more time"

helij — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:23:42 +0000

I already made that choice. Have had 3-day weekends for more than 4 years now.

New comment by helij in "TSMC says employees tried to steal trade secrets on iPhone 18 chip process"

helij — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 20:13:35 +0000

Sorry, but I find that hard to believe. Part certainly wasn't very basic.

New comment by helij in "How to Firefox"

helij — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:14:02 +0000

A lot of hate and bashing of Firefox here. On my Linux machine (relatively modern desktop) there's no difference in speed between Chrome(Chromium) and Firefox. A lot of people talk about goodies and extensions. I get it, life is easier with some of those but I just don't care. I use it barebones with enhanced tracking protection and it works flawlessly. Don't see many ads, the ones I see are not intrusive.

New comment by helij in "How to Firefox"

helij — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:06:55 +0000

In two decades of using it (yep) I never had an issue. I used it on Linux, MacOS and Windows and I don't remember any issues whatsoever.

New comment by helij in "Nintendo Switch 2 account bans continue: warning after buying old copy of Bayo 3"

helij — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 20:36:24 +0000

Switch 2 is amazing.

New comment by helij in "UK to buy F-35As that can't be refueled from RAF tankers"

helij — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:10:17 +0000

This is simply not true. Did you walk any US, UK and other first-world countries factories? A lot of them have separate machinist shops with tens or hundreds of machinists who can make pretty much anything given materials and time. Even every other small factory has a machinist shop where all kinds of things are made including whole machines, parts, improvements for existing machines, etc. In my small town there are two small modern machinist shops that can make anything you want. Look around and see if there are any factories or small shops and ask if you can take a look. You would be amazed by locally made high tech you see and what can be done.

I'm not really sure when and where the "we've lost the ability to make things" came from?

I agree that other countries caught up though.

New comment by helij in "Just how many $10 /MOS subscriptions do startups expect us to sign up for?"

helij — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:53:53 +0000

It's perfectly fine to ignore 99.999% of those. Whip out a script or an app that does exactly what you need without the bloat if viable.

I subscribe to many newsletters and get loads of offers. I pretty much ignore all of them. Most of those $10/month tools are just clones of something or not useful at all in the trenches so to speak.

New comment by helij in "GNOME and Red Hat Linux eleven years ago (2009)"

helij — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:50:19 +0000

I miss the era of "startx"!

New comment by helij in "Ask HN: Moving to London from California"

helij — Mon, 19 May 2025 19:20:41 +0000

I never understood and would like to know more on why people from London or other areas that are not Liverpool and have no connections to Liverpool whatsoever cheer for Liverpool team. I'm kind of local patriot and always cheer for my local club.

New comment by helij in "Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war"

helij — Sun, 11 May 2025 23:30:25 +0000

New and a little older, maybe up to 5 years old Hondas are like that.

New comment by helij in "High tariffs become 'real' with our first $36K bill"

helij — Fri, 09 May 2025 11:40:47 +0000

Same as you I'm in defense mode. I exited the market in early February since something was not right. All I have (not much) sits in money market fund now at 5%.

New comment by helij in "Ask HN: Favourite Pen"

helij — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:41:02 +0000

Thanks all for suggestions!