Hacker News: hmlwilliams

New comment by hmlwilliams in "European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple"

hmlwilliams — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:41:36 +0000

As outlined here: https://grapheneos.org/articles/attestation-compatibility-gu..., GrapheneOS isn't implementing something unique, it's implementing Android Hardware Attestation: https://developer.android.com/privacy-and-security/security-...

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Pornhub says UK visitors down 77% since age checks came in"

hmlwilliams — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:14:42 +0000

UK visitors not using a VPN down 77%

New comment by hmlwilliams in "AMD could enter ARM market with Sound Wave APU built on TSMC 3nm process"

hmlwilliams — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 08:12:19 +0000

I run desktop linux via postmarketOS on a Lenovo Duet 5 (Snapdragon 7c). It isn't the most powerful device and the webcam doesn't work but other than that it works well and battery life is excellent

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: New Ensō – first public beta"

hmlwilliams — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 14:30:56 +0000

There is a PWA at https://write.sonnet.io/

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Marginalia – A search engine that prioritizes non-commercial content"

hmlwilliams — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:16:45 +0000

It's a sure fire way to get your uni submission incorrectly flagged as plagiarism. How straightforward it is to prove you're the original author varies by institution.

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: I made an open source directory of where to showoff your projects"

hmlwilliams — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:32:16 +0000

Isn't self promotion frowned upon on lobste.rs?

New comment by hmlwilliams in "The end of ChromeOS is a new dawn for cheap Android laptops"

hmlwilliams — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:39:13 +0000

I'm with you on the sunsetting of ChromeOS, but I'd like to offer a counterpoint to your experience of the Duet. I've been using the newer Lenovo Duet 5 with PostmarketOS[0] (linux for ARM) as a daily driver for more than a year and it is almost always great (minus no functioning webcam, which is abysmal anyways)!

[0] https://postmarketos.org/

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Throwing in the Towel on Mobile Linux"

hmlwilliams — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:32:02 +0000

Presumably having to carry two phones?

New comment by hmlwilliams in "A WiFi color eInk picture frame"

hmlwilliams — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 17:17:44 +0000

Don't know whether you're on Android but Gadgetbridge[0] might be the answer to your Fossil app woes

[0]https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Fossil...

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: A social platform with music in focus. Download the app"

hmlwilliams — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:26:10 +0000

This gave me a remarkably good suggestion. I will certainly be looking into more of the gnod products (https://www.gnod.com/)

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Refining the Linux Tablet Experience – Debian on Surface Go 2 with LTE"

hmlwilliams — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 14:51:35 +0000

Did you consider using sway[1] as your window manager? From what I understand wayland is better equipped to deal with modern displays and touchscreens. (although it is still more complex to do certain tasks like screensharing).

[1] https://swaywm.org

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: A better way to track and organize your job search"

hmlwilliams — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 14:27:01 +0000

This seems like a great idea (I had something similar built on a personal level using org-mode)! Luckily, I've just managed to find myself a position, but this would have seriously helped me.

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Communick. Privacy-respecting social media and messaging hosting"

hmlwilliams — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 08:21:35 +0000

Don't XMPP and Matrix somewhat overlap it functionality. What was the thought process behind implementing both?

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Simple and easy Password Manager on the terminal"

hmlwilliams — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 08:00:02 +0000

Do you have your passwords in plain text in your home folder? It seems like Pass (https://www.passwordstore.org/) would solve this problem in a more secure fashion.

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Plopdown – HTML5 Video Annotator"

hmlwilliams — Sun, 24 May 2020 09:52:24 +0000

Thanks, will keep my eyes peeled for the editor. Keep up the exciting work!

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Plopdown – HTML5 Video Annotator"

hmlwilliams — Fri, 22 May 2020 16:05:07 +0000

Is there some to inspect the introduction track file? Couldn't see an export option. Is it the docs/assets/minnie_facts.vtt file in the repo?

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Show HN: Jooseph – Playlists for Learning"

hmlwilliams — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:04:17 +0000

Why not embed the videos into the site? It is a bit of a hassle having to switch between tabs all the time.

New comment by hmlwilliams in "Kids do program – Experiences from the course"

hmlwilliams — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:39:09 +0000

Thank you for posting this, I also volunteer in a local school running a Code Club. I would be very much interested to know how you handle differences in age group. I sometimes struggle as the group ranges in age from 4/5 yo to 11 yo. Finding suitable material that can be approachable for all is nigh on impossible and being only one individual I do not have the capacity to have multiple courses running in the same hour.