Hacker News: lollobomb

New comment by lollobomb in "US funding for global internet freedom 'effectively gutted'"

lollobomb — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:25:23 +0000

Exactly this. The fact that you got downvoted tells a lot about how much political propaganda has infiltrated HN.

New comment by lollobomb in "Japan Is What Late-Stage Capitalist Decline Looks Like"

lollobomb — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 12:13:10 +0000

Very relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34486824

New comment by lollobomb in "Qwen3.5: Towards Native Multimodal Agents"

lollobomb — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 22:57:30 +0000

That is not really true, or at least it's very difficult and you lose accuracy. The problem is that the definition of "Open Source AI" is bollocks since it doesn't require release of the training set. In other words, models like Qwen are already tuned to the point that removing the bias would degrade performance a lot.

Mind you, this has nothing to do with the model being Chinese, all open source models are like this, with very few niche exceptions. But we also have to stop being politically correct and saying that a model trained to rewrite history is OK.

New comment by lollobomb in "How not to answer the salary question"

lollobomb — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:05:49 +0000

Sorry, this is utter BS, or at least it doesn't apply to all situations.

I played exactly this script during my first interviews, never giving the first number, etc. It worked well for me exactly one time: the very first job I had out of academia where I did actually have to negotiate a salary. All the other times it resulted in waste of time and loss of sanity.

I am now very upfront with my expectations, or at least my non-expectations: "My current salary is X and I have Y perks, and I am in a good team; I wouldn't even consider moving for less than this, regardless of how cool your team is, and if you don't beat these numbers substantially I already know that my current employer will make me a counteroffer, and then you lose time but I win regardless." (of course not literally, but the message is this).

Less interviews, less time wasted.

New comment by lollobomb in "Firefox is the best mobile browser"

lollobomb — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 17:11:47 +0000

I use Graphene OS and I like it a lot, but 1) I have the feeling that, with Android's Decree coming, they are counting their days left to live. Unfortunately they built an amazing OS on very shaky foundations, it's not their fault, it's the mobile OS ecosystem that sucks. And 2) They (or, better, their benevolent dictator) tend to be very silly when it comes to threat modeling, as in "my way is the only one that makes sense". Personally, I prefer to use a browser like Firefox that allows me to block every annoying ads and to customize my experience as I want, rather than a super-secure fully isolated browser like Vanadium that a) does not replace Chrome anyway for many websites that require strong attestations (e.g. Wise's verification works on GOS with Chrome but not with Vanadium), and b) it's still based on Chromium, so still built on shaky Google foundations. With Mozilla's questionable choices over time, I keep my fingers crossed for Ladybird or Servo, or similar.

New comment by lollobomb in "Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place"

lollobomb — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:19:50 +0000

Because Threads is Meta's attempt at bullshitting Mastodon users in welcoming a wolf among the herd. Search for "Fedipact": Meta is de facto cut off from many Mastodon instances.

New comment by lollobomb in "Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place"

lollobomb — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:18:21 +0000

As for another data point, opening a Mastodon account for me was as trivial as choosing one random link from a webpage, choosing a username, password, and entering my email. If you get frozen on the choice of instance, that has more to do with your mental process than with an effective difficulty for the average user.

If you really cannot go beyond your inclination, and since you are a a long-time Internet user and a nerd, why not host your own instance?

New comment by lollobomb in "Scientists say X has lost its professional edge and Bluesky is taking its place"

lollobomb — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 17:15:19 +0000

This and the recent HN entry on "open social" smells to me like an astroturfing campaign from BlueSky.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45388021

Protip: BlueSky is "decentralized" only in name. Don't. With all their drawbacks, ActivityPub and Nostr are way better.

Ayfkm blog: Painful bureaucratic journeys of a multicultural family

lollobomb — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:43:27 +0000

Article URL: https://ayfkm.blog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45085799

Points: 2

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New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:40:27 +0000

Yes, 100% this. Plausible deniability for everyone does not hurt everyone, it rather protects everyone, even if you don't use it.

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:39:21 +0000

The submission is a bit old but let me try anyway since I see some user claiming to be Graphene community manager here. Let me first reiterate that GOS is an amazing project and that I am super grateful for your work. That said, I think the #1 missing feature is the lack of a robust backup solution. Las time I checked, there was an ongoing discussion about shipping an ad-hoc backup system for GOS. ANy uodate on this? Thanks!

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 09:34:22 +0000

Hey, thanks, I missed the news! Will try again!

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:47:59 +0000

Can you please clarify the Revolut part? Just to understand, you are saying that you are able to perform NFC payments via the Revolut app which you installed on your Graphene OS through the official Play Store? Where are you based? (asking because I start having the doubt that it might be geo-dependent)

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:46:46 +0000

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:45:55 +0000

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:44:22 +0000

OK, and then these HN users who report being able to pay via NFC with Revolut on Graphene OS are lying? Sorry, I am confused :|

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:01:50 +0000

Yes, I know the issue, but my question was more: is Revolut one of such banking apps?

New comment by lollobomb in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

lollobomb — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 09:17:53 +0000

I am a long time GrapheneOS user, amazing project. One thing that is not clear to me is the support for NFC payments. Las time I checked, NFC payments on Graohene didn't work at all, but I am reading on this thread that some users do manage to pay via NFC? Did Iget this right? Mind explaining how?

I do not use banking apps (I only use banks that allow me to log in via browser using a 2FA which is not a proprietary app, like a FIDO key or other physical dongle), but do I get it right that Revolut would allow me to pay via NFC in this case? Is this something geo-dependent?

New comment by lollobomb in "Mozilla blocks UAE for internet security guardian after hacking reports (2019)"

lollobomb — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:11:19 +0000

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Ayfkm blog: Painful bureaucratic journeys of a multicultural family

lollobomb — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:33:08 +0000

Article URL: https://ayfkm.blog/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42778989

Points: 1

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