<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: mcsniff</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mcsniff</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:48:45 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mcsniff" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "How Mark Klein told the EFF about Room 641A [book excerpt]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If a shop won't accept cash, I just leave.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:35:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47966515</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47966515</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47966515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Android Developer Verification"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What you're describing is not "broken", it's the process and it appears it hasn't even failed for you.<p>My experience with getting a verified "business" developer account from Google mirrors the experience as getting one from Apple, except it's a one-time fee and much less than Apple.<p>Yes there are hoops to jump through, identification usually requires some hoops, but pretty it's straightforward. I am not commenting on the requirements of these hoops, yes, it's BS that they exist but it's their platform so it's their rules.<p>What type of "experience" are you expecting to have anyway?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:41:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581042</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581042</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47581042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you want to absolve yourself of personal responsibility, go ahead and blame "them" and "we".<p>You were free to drink lead-free water the entire time, you just didn't care enough to do so.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:42:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47531059</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47531059</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47531059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "1Password pricing increasing up to 33% in March"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>100+ times a day? Explain yourself.<p>I login/unlock my password manager maybe...a dozen times a week and that would be a high count when I'm doing "business" and logging in for financial things.</p>
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<p>OctoPi Launcher is a solid replacement for Nova, it has swipe up/down functionality.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:41:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935245</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935245</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46935245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Ask HN: European alternative to Vercel/Cloudflare for hosting"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And what exactly stops this from happening to any company or organization, regardless of being US-based?<p>If 90% of customers are in the US, they're probably going to comply.</p>
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<p>Your demo video could be better. As a whole, this looks extremely rushed.<p>Zooming in and out makes it hard to focus and see what is actually happening.<p>The cursor moves around very erratically. Difficult to follow.<p>You really couldn't spend a few minutes to re-record it without the "in action" typo in SAMPLE_VALUE?<p>Why are you moving between Logs, Compute, Storage, etc. so quickly with no time for the viewer to see what's in there and nothing to highlight?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:53:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810979</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810979</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46810979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Microsoft will give the FBI a Windows PC data encryption key if ordered"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No, not "only". E2EE is now used as a dog whistle.<p>Who holds/controls the keys on both ends?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:24:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744331</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744331</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46744331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Show HN: An iOS budget app I've been maintaining since 2011"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just some constructive feedback. Your site needs a little bit of work on design and copy.<p>"test your personal user account one month free for." and other (translation?) mistakes.<p>Your use of capitalisation and spelling is not consistent throughout each page.<p>FAQ page is empty?<p>Quick Manual page is empty?<p>iOS download link doesn't work.<p>Your security posture boils down to "we're German, trust us"?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:00:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601845</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601845</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46601845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Android Tablet as Mac Display"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Clickable link:<p><a href="https://www.jefferyabbott.com/caboose" rel="nofollow">https://www.jefferyabbott.com/caboose</a><p>For those interested it would be nice to include that the Mac app costs $24.99 and the Android app isn't available in the Play Store (yet?).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:21:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489424</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489424</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "TP-Link only works with a permanent internet connection"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a pretty interesting claim...I have a few C110 and C200 that work just fine offline after null routing them.<p>You may need to enable RTSP (<a href="https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2680/" rel="nofollow">https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/2680/</a>) to get a feed off them directly, it works fine in Frigate and any other viewer that can consume RTSP.<p>I am not defending TP-Link, but it's a pretty big claim for you to say their devices don't work offline and will immediately power down, without any supporting technical evidence.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:34:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445029</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445029</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46445029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "A faster heart for F-Droid"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ugh. This 100% shows how janky and unmaintained their setup is.<p>All the hand waving and excuses around global supply chains, quotes, etc...it took pretty long for them to acquire <i>commodity</i> hardware and shove it in a special someone's basement and they're trying to make it seem like a good thing?<p>F-Droid is often discussed in the GrapheneOS community, the concerns around centralization and signing are valid.<p>I understand this is a volunteer effort, but it's not a good look.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437990</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437990</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Still using Firefox – but not because of its vision"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's right on their support page. They also have a search function, just type in "Sync" and you'll get there.<p><a href="https://www.waterfox.com/support/how-do-i-set-sync-my-computer/" rel="nofollow">https://www.waterfox.com/support/how-do-i-set-sync-my-comput...</a><p>Also, no, the page is not "sparse" on how it differs from Firefox, it's clearly explained <a href="https://www.waterfox.com/#why-waterfox" rel="nofollow">https://www.waterfox.com/#why-waterfox</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:53:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433864</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433864</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46433864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Ask HN: What's the most open/hacker friendly Android phone for 2026?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It can be annoying to get it to work with your carrier, but I would hardly call it effectively unusable.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 04:43:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382118</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382118</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46382118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Google Cloud Run cost me $4,676 in 6 weeks with zero traff"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I know, right? I solo a small business (6 figures revenue) off a static site and backend on $1/month VPS.<p>$0 revenue, 0 customers, and thinks $5/day is acceptable. LOL.</p>
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<p>It seems like it defaults to Business, which is paid. If you tap "Personal" you'll see the free plan.<p>Sorry, but try a little harder. Tailscale isn't hostile, but it seems you are -- you claim to think you need it, but don't know what it does and can't put in the effort to determine and foist those inabilities on Tailscale?<p>I've been using Tailscale for many years now and they have a terrific product.</p>
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<p>This is cool and would make a great tool for lots of creators, solo / small business people, etc.<p>If I can make a suggestion, work on the design. At the very least, the emojis don't work for describing what they are trying to, IMO.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:42:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333674</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333674</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46333674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Ask HN: Please suggest a smart watch that can be customized"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Pebble. There is brand new Pebble hardware coming soon, the Pebble Time 2.<p>The hardware is well described, the watch firmware is open source @ <a href="https://github.com/coredevices/PebbleOS" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/coredevices/PebbleOS</a>, the companion mobile app is also now open source @ <a href="https://github.com/coredevices/mobileapp" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/coredevices/mobileapp</a>. It works with GadgetBridge and microPebble.<p>I've been using a Pebble since the original one, currently with a Pebble 2 Duo on my wrist and Pebble has yet to be dethroned for me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 20:51:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305344</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305344</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46305344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "Freeing a Xiaomi humidifier from the cloud"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a good thing personal choice exists and you don't make the rules for everyone.<p>> I don't see any reason someone would want to turn it on and off based on presence.<p>Maybe someone doesn't want the noise when they are present? Some people like white noise, some don't.<p>> The amount of electricity these take to run isn't worth even mentioning.<p>Not everyone lives where you do and pays the electricity rates you do. What about people who generate their own electricity, live off a grid, or just plain want to conserve energy for a myriad a reasons? Turning off specific loads based on XYZ is useful.<p>> So you can refill it remotely? You have to be present to fill it anyway - just look at the thing and you'll know its water level<p>Maybe the humidifier is in a low visible or less-trafficked area, and getting a reminder to fill it up would be useful.<p>What a terrible take you have on people's use case not exactly matching yours.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:24:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263694</link><dc:creator>mcsniff</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263694</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46263694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcsniff in "GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you care about security above all else and you have a Pixel, GrapheneOS should really be your only consideration.<p>LineageOS has a place for those who care less about security and more about features, "freedom", compatibility, community etc...<p>I was a LOS user and maintained my own forks for devices, but switching to GrapheneOS was a good decision and I don't really miss anything.</p>
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