Hacker News: idolofdust

New comment by idolofdust in "Microsoft terminated the account VeraCrypt used to sign Windows drivers"

idolofdust — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:29:36 +0000

Get off Windows right now.

The newest frontier AI models can easily find 0-days in all major software stacks, while the two biggest open source security tools on Windows can’t even ship patches.

New comment by idolofdust in "Your phone is an entire computer"

idolofdust — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:14:28 +0000

I had a similar experience where I tried out a Z Fold 7 with a kickstand and foldable bluetooth keyboard. I was curious about the feasibility of an all-in-one computing experience; it was clunky but surprisingly somewhat productive.

Then when confronted with scenarios where I had no stable surfaces I realized why the LAPtop form factor reigns supreme.

Peripheral add-ons like the NexDock are very nifty, but at that point you are suffering from the same physical constraints of a phone + laptop lifestyle. All with zero of the benefits of a locally accessible, more mature, and capable OS.

New comment by idolofdust in "Iran summons families of exiled journalists to halt their activities"

idolofdust — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:28:13 +0000

Clicked on the podcast portion and its Google Notebook LM AI Slop

New comment by idolofdust in "iPhone dumbphone"

idolofdust — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:51:45 +0000

As of iOS 18 you can add any app you want into assistive access now! It has been going pretty well with Beeper on my end.

New comment by idolofdust in "DiffRhythm: Fast End-to-End Full-Length Song Generation with Latent Diffusion"

idolofdust — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:00:10 +0000

The stage has been set with the mass proliferation "lofi" and "chill" music that has been all but AI automated.

New comment by idolofdust in "iOS indie app development looks like"

idolofdust — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:17:40 +0000

Some people hide their porn from their partner / significant other; I don’t know why people rationalize that, but it’s common enough.

New comment by idolofdust in "5G networks meet consumer needs as mobile data growth slows"

idolofdust — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:09:35 +0000

We need the freedom to do more on our mainstream pocketable devices, my hotspot for my laptop will be always throttled down to 3G, as if to say

“Hey, this isn’t actually supposed to be used to get work done. Keep doing simple phone stuff!“

New comment by idolofdust in "Windows 365 Link is a $349 mini PC that streams Windows from the cloud"

idolofdust — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:55:30 +0000

Is the value proposition of this just the implied simplicity of setup? This doesn't look like the best value.

New comment by idolofdust in "Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe"

idolofdust — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:40:49 +0000

and greedy

New comment by idolofdust in "Google no longer offers new domain registrations"

idolofdust — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 16:36:36 +0000

most likely Google Podcasts next