Hacker News: n2h4

New comment by n2h4 in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

n2h4 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:48:39 +0000

the neofetch for apple logo is messed up, though. the characters rendering that don't exist.

New comment by n2h4 in "On Getting Hacked"

n2h4 — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 09:45:38 +0000

what i noticed from you and a couple other similar stories in this thread is that a same email is used at multiple places. Have you looked into email aliases like simplelogin, anonaddy, or anything of that sort?

or at the very least, the basic username+alias@domain.tld? this let's you know at least which thing was compromised.

of course, I don't recommend doing the same for important services like you banking accounts, but for the vast majority, having an alias would be enough.

and compartmentalisation always helps (different emails/accounts for personal, govt, and work domains).

New comment by n2h4 in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

n2h4 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 07:02:27 +0000

parisidau, I hope you get your account back.

you can in the meantime, and for the future, try compartmentalizing services you use. the old saying of "all eggs in one basket" applies here as well.

VPS, hard drives, etc. are cheap and keep you more in control of your own data than you're with big tech.

New comment by n2h4 in "Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help"

n2h4 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:50:05 +0000

I keep copies of any important stuff i need on my server, and in a few hard drives at my home. i don't use any "cloud".

New comment by n2h4 in "GNU Unifont"

n2h4 — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:34:48 +0000

your blog is really cool

New comment by n2h4 in "Claude Sonnet will ship in Xcode"

n2h4 — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:58:22 +0000

lynx, elinks, and w3m don't

New comment by n2h4 in "Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd"

n2h4 — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:17:52 +0000

i don't see any change other than display colours and font looking more crispy. i use computer mostly for watching and programming. some very light FOSS gaming(Luanti, STK).

New comment by n2h4 in "Introducing stronger dependencies on systemd"

n2h4 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 07:16:04 +0000

with 4.20, there is experimental wayland support for almost all xfce4 applications. I've used it and didn't even face a single crash.

So, it's not far away.

New comment by n2h4 in "Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android"

n2h4 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:40:38 +0000

if it were a small company, it'd have been dilisted from google's play store in an instant.

New comment by n2h4 in "Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android"

n2h4 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 06:38:29 +0000

it does exist in `about:config`, which could be made as a UI setting instead:

`media.peerconnectin.enabled`.

on cromite[1], a hardened chromium fork, there is such a setting, both in the settings page, as well as when you click on the lock icon in the address bar.

[1]: https://cromite.org

New comment by n2h4 in "As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook"

n2h4 — Wed, 28 May 2025 10:27:52 +0000

wow, what a website. got totally immersed in your backstory. last time i had such fun was with https://meyerweb.com/

New comment by n2h4 in "Modern Latex"

n2h4 — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:41:32 +0000

in both arXiv and LaTeX, X is greek(chi).

New comment by n2h4 in "Modern Latex"

n2h4 — Mon, 05 May 2025 10:35:40 +0000

i've used rover resume before. thank you!