Hacker News: nar001

Has Meta ever provided Qualcomm EDL files for recovery?

nar001 — Thu, 07 May 2026 08:32:59 +0000

I thought I'd ask here, considering people here might be more knowledgeable about it. Quest VR headsets for example are notoriously lacking in recovery options. They also have an EDL mode, specifically 9008, baked in the Qualcomm SoC, but as you need a specific "Firehose" file to set it up, and Meta never provided it, many people who end up with botched updates or issues with their headsets, and can only boot in this mode seem SoL.

Would anybody here have info on what to do about it? A lot of these are out of warranty, or even completely unsupported like the Quest 1, so Meta themselves wouldn't even service them anymore. Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48046918

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New comment by nar001 in "Community firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper reader"

nar001 — Thu, 07 May 2026 07:40:09 +0000

Someone already said it, but what about TRMNL? https://trmnl.com/

New comment by nar001 in "I built my own hair electrolysis machine"

nar001 — Tue, 05 May 2026 10:09:12 +0000

I agree but HN always seemed more conservative or at least less queer than the "usual", personally I'd have assumed "hilarious" was meant more in a sardonic way, a reverse of the usual than literally hilarious

Switzerland opens Swiyu electronic ID bug bounty program to public

nar001 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:58:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.biometricupdate.com/202604/switzerland-opens-swiyu-bug-bounty-program-to-public

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47921672

Points: 3

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New comment by nar001 in "Show HN: I remade my blog into a Windows 3.1 environment"

nar001 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:37:56 +0000

I can't seem to find it, is there something you have to do to see it?

iOS update to improve redaction for the iOS notification database

nar001 — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:55:10 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/127002

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47868441

Points: 4

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New comment by nar001 in "The Last Lights of Chernobyl's Skala Computer – Computer Recreation"

nar001 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:17:15 +0000

Recreation of the actual computer alarms and terminals used at the Chernobyl power plant, with explanations of each lights and panels

The Last Lights of Chernobyl's Skala Computer – Computer Recreation

nar001 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:17:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_azCaCShy8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47773149

Points: 2

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New comment by nar001 in "X Randomly Banning Users for "Inauthentic Behavior""

nar001 — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:42:08 +0000

Isn't that just Mastodon? Why would I use Nostr instead?

New comment by nar001 in "FairPhone: Industry First Nature Report"

nar001 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:02:57 +0000

I really wish they had more community involvement, they barely seem to respond to people in the forums, and their headphones aren't open software-wise with no real feedback or way to even ask them things about them

New comment by nar001 in "Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine"

nar001 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:36:07 +0000

I'm confused, you weren't talking about what the average user would do, just about what it can? Asahi Linux is pretty good, not sure why that'd be a real issue?

New comment by nar001 in "Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine"

nar001 — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:21:16 +0000

RAM has no bearing on repairability? And yes, sure stuff is soldered to the motherboard, but everything is basically modular outside of it, you can replace every big part pretty easily, and no glue, even for the battery

New comment by nar001 in "MacBook Neo"

nar001 — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:09:10 +0000

The storage is fast enough to not be too much of an issue, and the basics would be mostly a web browser, a lot of things can be done with only it, and if you need to do more than web browser, text editors, you probably should want more than the Neo in the first place

Swiyu Swiss e-ID app: security and freedom of choice for Android users

nar001 — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 11:54:17 +0000

Article URL: https://www.eid.admin.ch/en/swiyu-wallet-security-and-freedom-of-choice-for-android-users

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47013827

Points: 4

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New comment by nar001 in "France's homegrown open source online office suite"

nar001 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:49:20 +0000

Exactly what it says on the tin, France's gov made an office suite, online based, and video calling as an alternative/sovereign version of GSuite/Office 365

France's homegrown open source online office suite

nar001 — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:34:34 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/suitenumerique

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46923736

Points: 818

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New comment by nar001 in "Recreating the Chernobyl Reactor 4 control panel"

nar001 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:49:07 +0000

Someone spent years documenting and talking to the engineers who worked at, and on the reactor at Chernobyl, and spent a LOT of time recreating it, and the care put in it is incredible, in my opinion.

Recreating the Chernobyl Reactor 4 control panel

nar001 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 18:49:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDlrnJIbkds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46848315

Points: 3

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New comment by nar001 in "JPEG XL Test Page"

nar001 — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:02:54 +0000

Do you have any proof/more about this? I've never heard this claim and I'd like to know more

New comment by nar001 in "Starlink users must opt out of all browsing data being used to train xAI models"

nar001 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:29:17 +0000

They sold it for a lot more than it was actually worth, got actual cash from it and got a return on their investment, why wouldn't they have sold? Twitter was barely profitable when he bought it, not selling would've been crazy.