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New comment by kuon in "StarFighter 16-Inch"

kuon — Wed, 06 May 2026 08:44:22 +0000

I recently switched from Linux to freebsd on my work computer and things have been mostly working. With linux chroot I can use the few apps missing BSD port.

I did this because I manage a fleet of BSD based server (BSD runs zfs and bhyve with VM on it) and I wanted the same base system for me.

I wonder how BSD friendly those laptop are.

In any case I am so happy to see some open hardware solution.

SMS blaster rising in Switzerland (French)

kuon — Sun, 03 May 2026 10:09:01 +0000

Article URL: https://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/2026/article/sms-blaster-l-arnaque-aux-fausses-amendes-se-repand-dans-toute-la-suisse-29225256.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995384

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by kuon in "France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins"

kuon — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:43:23 +0000

I am very happy that Linux is becoming main stream but I share your sentiment. FreeBSD is a nice alternative if you want to stay on the edge.

New comment by kuon in "Migrating to the EU"

kuon — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:17:09 +0000

For domains, spread them across multiple registrars.

New comment by kuon in "Unsloth Studio"

kuon — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:22:37 +0000

I hope you will support AMD. This looks Nice but I went the complicated route with AMD GPUs.

New comment by kuon in "Can I run AI locally?"

kuon — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:38:22 +0000

I have amd 9700 and it is not listed while it is great llm hardware because it has 32Gb for a reasonable price. I tried doing "custom" but it didn't seem to work.

The tool is very nice though.

New comment by kuon in "What does " 2>&1 " mean?"

kuon — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 10:07:27 +0000

It was never fully clear to me why the ordre mattered.

New comment by kuon in "The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection"

kuon — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 17:09:39 +0000

Even if you design the perfect system, kids will just ask parents for an unlocked account, many parents will accept, myself included. My kids have full access to the internet and I never used parental control, I talk to them. Of course, I don't want to give parenting advice, that would be presumptuous. But, my point is that a motivated kid will find a way, you have to "work" on that motivation.

Many of the worst present on the internet is not age gated at all, you have millions of porn websites without even a "are you over 18" popup. There are plethora of toxic forums...

Of course it's a complex problem, but the current approach sacrifice a lot of what made the internet possible and I don't like it.

New comment by kuon in "Running My Own XMPP Server"

kuon — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:35:21 +0000

I was never able to connect to mobile client from dino. mobile->mobile works fine. I saw a new dino fork that might changes that.

New comment by kuon in "Running My Own XMPP Server"

kuon — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:02:07 +0000

Give me linux-> mobile voice call and linux-> Linux screen share and I would be happy.

Also plugin for gif selector.

But other than that, my ejabberd instance has been running for years with no effort.

New comment by kuon in "Discord Alternatives, Ranked"

kuon — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:09:25 +0000

I know people frown upon it but I think XMPP is the way to go. It "just" require a good discord like client with voice and screen share.

New comment by kuon in "xAI joins SpaceX"

kuon — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:23:26 +0000

In Switzerland infomaniak built a data center under apartments and DC heat is used for heating. There are some videos about it.

New comment by kuon in "France Aiming to Replace Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, etc."

kuon — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:00:56 +0000

As a FOSS advocate, I am quite astonished that this space has no FOSS "product." I mean PBX has things like asterix. We have good servers like ejabberd and prosody for XMPP. There are excellent voice chats like mumble.

Basically, Discord, but based on an open protocol to enable better interoperability. With a meeting functionality where you can send links that works directly in browser with no account. Also the discord video chat UI is garbage.

I know there are things like revolt chat. But my point is, I'm surprised that this is not more "filled".

New comment by kuon in "European Alternatives"

kuon — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:53:13 +0000

I really don't see money as an incentive. Political and economic stability of the whole country is much more important. Of course you need enough to afford food and roof, but after that, I'm not chasing it.

I'm a freelance, and I take fun jobs, not jobs that pay well.

New comment by kuon in "European Alternatives"

kuon — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:21:09 +0000

I might get lower salary, but if I break my leg I pay nothing and I am paid during my leave.

New comment by kuon in "Scaling PostgreSQL to power 800M ChatGPT users"

kuon — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 10:57:09 +0000

The article is basically "we use PostgreSQL, it works, but we had to do some optimization to make it scale".

I don't really get the point here. What is novel and great? It feels they followed the first " how to scale pg" article.

New comment by kuon in "I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?"

kuon — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:16:18 +0000

Claude started to get "wonky" about a month ago. It refused to use instructions files I generated using a tool I wrote. My account was not banned but many of the things I usually asked would just not produce any real result. Claude was working but ignoring some commands. I finally canceled my subscription and I am trying other providers.

New comment by kuon in "I set all 376 Vim options and I'm still a fool"

kuon — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 11:07:19 +0000

I love neovim but I always forget the keybind I did set myself, "which key" helps a lot here. There are many very nice addons like this that can help!

New comment by kuon in "If you put Apple icons in reverse it looks like someone getting good at design"

kuon — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:10:19 +0000

I'm sure design theory says the new ones are better, but the very first one was much clearer for users. Also on the phone I could say "click on the ink with the pen".

New comment by kuon in "Why some clothes shrink in the wash and how to unshrink them"

kuon — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:50:34 +0000

I just buy bigger and wash at 95° once, then no problem.