Hacker News: mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mkolassaHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 21 Jun 2026 08:26:11 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "A key remapping daemon for Linux"]]>From what I can see in their readme, this is basically a key remapping utility without any of the advanced macro functionality that Input Remapper has.

For example, I can create a macro in Input Remapper that is bound to the F12 key and will press keys 1, 2, and 3 in order at a certain rate and repeat for as long as I hold down that F12 key.

This utility would just allow me to remap a key to another without that repeat or timing functionality.

]]>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 04:22:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513109mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513109https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48513109<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "NT OS Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability"]]>It’s interesting that the KB that patches this on Windows 11 (KB5063878) is the same one that was tied up in all the Phison SSD drama.

]]>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:22:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45215199mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45215199https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45215199<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "Enhancing your MIDI devices with Perl"]]>Perl is a great scripting language to stitch together high performance C binaries. Not to mention that CPAN and the built in debugger are awesome.

Write it in Perl to deploy quickly and replace pieces with optimized binaries as needed.

It’s still used for new projects in far more places than a lot of people might realize.

]]>Sun, 02 Feb 2025 05:40:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42906244mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42906244https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42906244<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "Comedian Tom Smothers has died"]]>I watched their Just Say Yo video so much as a kid. It was so much fun.

Wonderful human being, Tommy was.

https://youtu.be/Ari7Gh45Ek4

]]>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 07:25:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38802504mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38802504https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38802504<![CDATA[Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothing-phone-says-it-will-hack-into-imessage-bring-blue-bubbles-to-android/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38271775

Points: 27

# Comments: 169

]]>Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:25:49 +0000https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/nothing-phone-says-it-will-hack-into-imessage-bring-blue-bubbles-to-android/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38271775https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38271775<![CDATA[Cryptographic keys protecting SSH connections stolen in new attack – ArsTechnica]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-can-steal-ssh-cryptographic-keys-in-new-cutting-edge-attack/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38250101

Points: 61

# Comments: 4

]]>Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:52:12 +0000https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/hackers-can-steal-ssh-cryptographic-keys-in-new-cutting-edge-attack/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38250101https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38250101<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "High-level emulator for iPhone OS apps"]]>Definitely one of my all time favorites. I keep an iPad Mini 1st Gen around just for it. Sad that the sequel no longer works once their server went down.

]]>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:30:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38109010mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38109010https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38109010<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "High-level emulator for iPhone OS apps"]]>Defender Chronicles, ChainRxn, Zombie Wars 2, etc.

Maybe even all the games I purchased before they were updated to include all the IAP’s.

I am so looking forward to the possibilities.

]]>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 03:30:25 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108658mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108658https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38108658<![CDATA[New comment by mkolassa in "Ask HN: Is GitHub down?"]]>Looks like they finally updated the second status page to show the outage.

]]>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:53:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36524096mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36524096https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36524096<![CDATA[Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/dozens-of-popular-minecraft-mods-found-infected-with-fracturiser-malware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36239942

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:11:42 +0000https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/dozens-of-popular-minecraft-mods-found-infected-with-fracturiser-malware/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36239942https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36239942<![CDATA[J&J’s Covid vaccine is dead in the US; FDA revokes authorization]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/j-fda-revokes-authorization/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36220073

Points: 18

# Comments: 0

]]>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 22:39:11 +0000https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/06/j-fda-revokes-authorization/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36220073https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36220073<![CDATA[The MacBook Air gets bigger with new 15-inch model]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-macbook-air-gets-bigger-with-new-15-inch-model/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200122

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:49:20 +0000https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-macbook-air-gets-bigger-with-new-15-inch-model/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200122https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200122<![CDATA[Twitter US ad sales plunged 59%, and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/twitter-us-ad-sales-plunged-59-and-internal-forecasts-are-grim-nyt-reports/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200118

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:49:03 +0000https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/twitter-us-ad-sales-plunged-59-and-internal-forecasts-are-grim-nyt-reports/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200118https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200118<![CDATA[New DirectX 12-to-Metal translation could bring a world of Window games to macOS]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/new-directx-12-to-metal-translation-could-bring-a-world-of-windows-games-to-macos/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200115

Points: 54

# Comments: 20

]]>Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:48:47 +0000https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/new-directx-12-to-metal-translation-could-bring-a-world-of-windows-games-to-macos/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200115https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36200115<![CDATA[Air Force denies running simulation where AI drone “killed” its operator]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/air-force-denies-running-simulation-where-ai-drone-killed-its-operator/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168035

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

]]>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:19:40 +0000https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/06/air-force-denies-running-simulation-where-ai-drone-killed-its-operator/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168035https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168035<![CDATA[Hobbyist grinds down original chips by hand to make a Game Boy-sized NES]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/hobbyist-grinds-down-original-chips-by-hand-to-make-a-game-boy-sized-nes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168028

Points: 16

# Comments: 1

]]>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 17:19:23 +0000https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/hobbyist-grinds-down-original-chips-by-hand-to-make-a-game-boy-sized-nes/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168028https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36168028<![CDATA[FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-workers-illegally-spied-on-users-of-home-security-cameras/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36157253

Points: 50

# Comments: 0

]]>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:00:40 +0000https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/06/ftc-amazon-ring-workers-illegally-spied-on-users-of-home-security-cameras/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36157253https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36157253<![CDATA[Arm announces the Cortex X4 for 2024, plus a 14-core M2-fighter]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/arm-announces-the-cortex-x4-for-2024-plus-a-14-core-m2-fighter/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136719

Points: 82

# Comments: 66

]]>Wed, 31 May 2023 10:38:03 +0000https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/05/arm-announces-the-cortex-x4-for-2024-plus-a-14-core-m2-fighter/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136719https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136719<![CDATA[Critical Barracuda 0-day was used to backdoor networks for 8 months]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critical-barracuda-0-day-was-used-to-backdoor-networks-for-8-months/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136705

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

]]>Wed, 31 May 2023 10:36:25 +0000https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/critical-barracuda-0-day-was-used-to-backdoor-networks-for-8-months/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136705https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36136705<![CDATA[Covid outbreak at CDC gathering infects 181 disease detectives]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/covid-outbreak-at-cdc-gathering-infects-181-disease-detectives/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127951

Points: 41

# Comments: 11

]]>Tue, 30 May 2023 17:43:23 +0000https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/covid-outbreak-at-cdc-gathering-infects-181-disease-detectives/mkolassahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127951https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36127951