Hacker News: jibcage

Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer

jibcage — Tue, 12 May 2026 20:39:04 +0000

Article URL: https://ploopy.co/shop/bean-pointing-stick/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48114208

Points: 74

# Comments: 30

New comment by jibcage in "Charles Proxy"

jibcage — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 07:19:02 +0000

I used Charles for a while and also jumped on the Proxyman bandwagon. It’s a slick tool and even works for remote debugging (i.e., an iPhone attached to your computer with a cable).

Family's Home Has Stood for a Century – In Four Different Countries

jibcage — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 17:35:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/realestate/slovenia-italy-portoroz-history.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45541574

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jibcage in "Who owns Express VPN, Nord, Surfshark? VPN relationships explained (2024)"

jibcage — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:44:40 +0000

It’s not Tesonet, Proton is wholly self-owned and managed. Proton VPN was briefly sharing employees with Tesonet during initial app bringup, and that partnership is long over. Naturally due to competition and the huge importance of privacy in this space, people still bring this up, but Proton VPN does not and never will sell or share your data with anyone.

Source: I am a Proton VPN employee.

Scientists claim they've made 'pivotal step' in bringing back the dodo

jibcage — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:25:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/sep/17/dodo-birds-gene-editing-advance

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45276217

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jibcage in "Two Slice, a font that's only 2px tall"

jibcage — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 07:06:03 +0000

I think most of what makes this font readable is the user using context to sort of guess at what the word could be.

If you start writing things that aren’t sentences normal people would use (or especially if you start mixing case) it doesn’t hold up. Still interesting for a “normal” use case though.

New comment by jibcage in "The Zen of Quakerism (2016)"

jibcage — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:14:59 +0000

I think the author is speaking about a specific tradition of Buddhism, Zen, and is drawing parallels between that tradition and Quakerism. The “picking and choosing” point doesn’t make sense to me from that angle. Are you picking and choosing from Christianity when you talk about Protestantism, for example? His thoughts on Zen are pretty on point.

Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city

jibcage — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:16:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/19/raccoons-german-city-kassel-wild-population-europe-aoe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44316287

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

Photo Albums for Proton Drive

jibcage — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:55:30 +0000

Article URL: https://proton.me/blog/proton-drive-photo-albums

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44297028

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jibcage in "USAF cargo rocket could land anywhere on Earth in under 90 minutes"

jibcage — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:07:11 +0000

The way this was phrased made me briefly wonder if something could come crashing through my roof in the next hour.

New comment by jibcage in "Judge rules Apple executive lied under oath, makes criminal contempt referral"

jibcage — Fri, 02 May 2025 07:28:48 +0000

I agree with disincentivizing white collar crime with more severe punitive measures, but if you throw capital punishment into the mix you’re just trading one ethical dilemma for another.

Crux: Cross-platform App Development in Rust

jibcage — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 07:29:44 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/redbadger/crux

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43287960

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jibcage in "DHS removes all members of cyber security advisory boards, halts investigations"

jibcage — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:08:49 +0000

Yes, alright, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what has the federal government ever done for us?

New comment by jibcage in "What Is the "MFFAM" Policy?"

jibcage — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:23:58 +0000

Nearly free speech for me is one of those services still (excellently) run by nerds.

Its no-frills, functional UI reminds me of the old internet before services and sites began coalescing into bigger, faceless, soulless monoliths. I didn’t know about this policy before today, but now I love them even more.

If you’re looking for a place to host your next project or domain, I can’t recommend them enough!

New comment by jibcage in "Shadow Boxing (2016)"

jibcage — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 23:10:55 +0000

A very poignant and well-written piece, which only gets sadder as you realize the scale and extent of these systemic issues landing people in such places, and it’s only getting worse.

New comment by jibcage in "How to Train Yourself to Go to Sleep Earlier"

jibcage — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:19:34 +0000

The article, for all of its other faults, also manages to breeze over another crucial point:

“Research shows that blue light suppresses the body’s production of melatonin, the sleep hormone. This can be helpful in the morning, when you want to wake up…”

I find this to be a much easier habit to maintain, at least during summer: as close as possible after waking up, get as much light as you can, and at a regular time if possible. Sun lamps are an expensive but effective option during darker months, but they generally aren’t covered by insurance.

The first I heard of this was when I spoke to a sleep doctor, and it has worked much better for me than melatonin ever did.

Autofilth: Test Site For Your Autofill Implementation

jibcage — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:27:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.autofilth.lol

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39394929

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jibcage in "High-altitude heist – 500 dollars stolen"

jibcage — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 18:03:14 +0000

Switzerland has a national payment network called Twint, created by the Post, that’s based on QR codes. I think the bigger challenge is getting cell coverage to all of these remote peaks.

TunnelCrack: Leaking VPN Client Traffic by Abusing Routing Tables [pdf]

jibcage — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 16:24:21 +0000

Article URL: https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/usenix2023-tunnelcrack.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37051497

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by jibcage in "Apple dives into display-making to cut reliance on Samsung"

jibcage — Fri, 19 May 2023 10:14:40 +0000

I think they know this and may already be working on it, but if not, it’s likely they’ve done the math that the engineering investment to flesh out the iPad experience wouldn’t be worth the potential payout - people can always get a MacBook, as you rightly point out.