Hacker News: k4rnaj1k

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Windows quality update: Progress we've made since March"

k4rnaj1k — Sun, 03 May 2026 11:22:10 +0000

There are ways of changing a lot of the shortcuts on Linux to be the same. And a lot of the default KDE shortcuts are similar to windows' ones iirc.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "LittleSnitch for Linux"

k4rnaj1k — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:41:01 +0000

Problem with updates is that without automatic ones, users could stay on outdated systems and possibly get hacked through some vulnerability(of which there are many). While on the other hand, having explicit confirmations for each network request would be crazy annoying.

Maybe some middleground of having the tool OP sent built-in would be a good option.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "UMD Scientists Create 'Smart Underwear' to Measure Human Flatulence"

k4rnaj1k — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:52:36 +0000

This can potenitally help people actually tell if their microbiome is okay. Seems like an actually useful study and will be very helpful for doctors.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Show HN: Awesome J2ME"

k4rnaj1k — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 13:51:04 +0000

Still remember installing those j2me games on my classmate's phones. It was a bit hard to figure out and find the right resolutions versions for each phones.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Do not put your site behind Cloudflare if you don't need to"

k4rnaj1k — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:25:08 +0000

This strategy requires you to be "on-call" for personal stuff. Honestly, I don't want to spend more time on pet projects than I already do. Or cutting some of it away on support instead of spending more on things I would actually be interested in.

And resulting downtime might be even bigger than that with cloudflare.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "We cut our Mongo DB costs by 90% by moving to Hetzner"

k4rnaj1k — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:32:57 +0000

Pretty sure hetzner is still a lot less in terms of provided features. There are reasons people get "amazon certified". So, aws alternatives are few and require a lot more resources to create and maintain, while alternatives to hetzner would be a lot easier to create, keeping original Hetzner prices in-check with the market.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Denmark's government aims to ban access to social media for children under 15"

k4rnaj1k — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 17:58:29 +0000

This sounds like a good idea, as most mainstream social media is in an awful state that damages mental health.

But at the same time, I am against governmental invasions in personal things, so mixed feelings about the initiative overall.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"

k4rnaj1k — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 15:50:02 +0000

Using a pirated OS does not sound like a good idea lol. Who knows what could be added during "cracking" of the license.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Cloudflare is sponsoring Ladybird and Omarchy"

k4rnaj1k — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:00:43 +0000

I am pretty sure all the stuff is optional and the main point is having everything like drivers working right away instead of looking for solutions yourself

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "ICEBlock handled my vulnerability report in the worst possible way"

k4rnaj1k — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:34:57 +0000

I tend to agree with the comment on the blog that this version might be patched, and there's no proof of the server being actually vulnerable.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Pixel 10 Phones"

k4rnaj1k — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:01:52 +0000

Isn't battery life worse on it?

I did consider it at some point but not having google wallet(apparently nfc payments are only available via banks' apps there) was too big of a downside for me.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Journaling using Nix, Vim and coreutils"

k4rnaj1k — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:25:43 +0000

You could theoretically reply to a previously sent letter from either your main or "journal" email to "update" an entry.

New comment by k4rnaj1k in "Show HN: Kitten TTS – 25MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model"

k4rnaj1k — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:50:48 +0000

Oh wow, really impressive. How long did this take you to make?