<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: hellcow</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=hellcow</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:41:55 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=hellcow" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "Chuwi Minibook X"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sure, I _could_ carry more weight, but I'm not sure why I'd _want_ to. Why should I sacrifice for example an extra pair of socks or a shirt, when I don't need to? Having a bigger screen or a faster PC doesn't matter more to me in light of that space and weight trade-off. I use a code editor from 1992, a programming language from 1989, and a tiling window manager with no frills. An N100 is more than enough.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:18:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361342</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361342</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "Chuwi Minibook X"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I travel with strict luggage limits  (both size and weight) and hike all day. Removing weight absolutely helps.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:05:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352814</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352814</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48352814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "CAPTCHAs can still detect AI agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Meanwhile the moment I (a human, of which I'm reasonably confident) see a Cloudflare captcha I nope immediately out of the site and block it forevermore in Kagi. It's not worth the waiting game. "Verifying..." lasts ages.<p>The anime girl captcha works fine and provides no such annoyance.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 17:36:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326494</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326494</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48326494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "People Can Record Your iPhone Calls Without You Knowing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Another clanker comment...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:02:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196856</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196856</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48196856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "Bun's experimental Rust rewrite hits 99.8% test compatibility on Linux x64 glibc"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I care that runtime developers know and understand their codebase deeply. 1M LOC written by 1 dev in a short time does not inspire confidence in such an important dependency.<p>There's no way this code is understood fully by the original author, let alone anyone else. I wouldn't accept this from an intern, let alone in code that's fundamental to my business.</p>
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<p>> WhatsApp claims to be end-to-end-encrypted, but it's not open-source<p>And explicitly does not encrypt metadata.<p>Meanwhile NSA top brass publicly stated, "We kill people based on metadata."</p>
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<p>It's trivial to set up WAL-based streaming backups. Same thing as you'd have with Postgres on GCP. Restore from your latest backup.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 18:07:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052715</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052715</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48052715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "StarFighter 16-Inch"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The MNT Reform has a trackball option.<p><a href="https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform" rel="nofollow">https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-reform</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 04:01:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032009</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032009</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48032009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "This Month in Ladybird – April 2026"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When these mega-companies block new competitors it really ought to be seen as collusion. Google, Facebook, and Microsoft certainly have the resources to test and approve the occasional new browser.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 11:35:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995925</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995925</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I used an immigration service to help me through the process. Alongside that I spent several months learning the language then weeks traveling through PT before making the decision.<p>You can do the immigration process yourself, but it's a long process with a lot of i's to dot and t's to cross. It was helpful to have experts guiding me through the process. Learning the language also helped a ton. The Portuguese in cities all speak English extremely well, but they really embrace you when they see you putting in some effort to speak Portuguese. I learned with Pimsleur for native pronunciation and Anki frequency vocabulary decks. I had some background with Spanish, so it was easier for me to learn Portuguese than starting from zero.<p>I also considered Uruguay and Malta but preferred the safety of Portugal and its bigger size.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:46:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965135</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965135</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47965135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My family has been in America for... I dunno, 8 generations? A long time. I'm moving.<p>I don't have any connection to Europe. I just don't want to live under America's increasing fascism and would rather contribute to a just society.</p>
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<p>NHR (the tax scheme that the parent is discussing) ended. If you didn't already move to Portugal under it, it's no longer available to you, so your question should really be in the past tense.<p>NHR 2.0 offers much reduced benefits and in a much narrower scope.</p>
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<p>I'm not moving to Lisbon, but my experience in that city aligns with your friends'.<p>Other cities offer much better value for money and hold a lot more of the Portuguese culture intact. There are beautiful cities and towns all throughout the country.</p>
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<p>I'm retiring alongside the move, so neither. I'll still be working on projects and companies but money doesn't factor into what I choose to work on.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:29:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964001</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964001</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47964001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "For the first time in history, more Americans are moving to EU than vice versa"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm moving from California to Portugal this week. I get to retire much earlier with low-cost healthcare and a cost of living lower relative to CA, and the Portuguese people I've met have all been wonderful. The food is great too!<p>I'd rather be on the side that supports Ukraine, clean energy, and stable trade agreements. I don't feel safe in the US anymore.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:03:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962686</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962686</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47962686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://furilabs.com/" rel="nofollow">https://furilabs.com/</a><p>It runs a modified Debian and can run Android apps in containers. To my knowledge this is the closest we come to "open-source phone that actually works as a phone" today.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:00:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944034</link><dc:creator>hellcow</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944034</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47944034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by hellcow in "United Wizards of the Coast"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>D&D had a massive player revolt a while back in response to WOTC (at the requirement of Hasbro) trying to take ownership over everything players create in the D&D universe, breaking their long-standing promise to all of those creators and players.<p>Several of the top D&D people who were advocating for players resigned around this time.<p>WOTC/Hasbro since relented under this pressure, but the bridge was already burned. My group hasn't played a D&D campaign since. We switched to Pathfinder 2e and found that it was a better system altogether.</p>
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<p>Presumably employees were unhappy. It's rare that unions spring up when everyone is treated well and paid fairly.<p>I can't speak to this particular group, but Hasbro (parent company of WOTC) has been a horribly short-sighted steward of Magic and DND, so perhaps this will encourage other WOTC divisions to unionize as well.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/">https://drewdevault.com/blog/Addressing-harassment/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47867692">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47867692</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>Exactly right. There's no issue more important to me than safety for the most vulnerable minority populations. This is a deal-breaker issue.<p>I won't touch their laptops again.</p>
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