Hacker News: nickorlow

New comment by nickorlow in "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information"

nickorlow — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:11:47 +0000

I feel like Graphene wouldn't stand for that

New comment by nickorlow in "GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone without requiring personal information"

nickorlow — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:01:51 +0000

I'd think they just can't sell the phones preloaded with graphene in regions where these laws exist.

New comment by nickorlow in "Our commitment to Windows quality"

nickorlow — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:57:36 +0000

It cracks me up that the toggle for this advises you that it will cause your battery to die faster

New comment by nickorlow in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

nickorlow — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:49:08 +0000

I'd think it'd be useful to opt-in to a 24-hr app installation blackout for scenarios like this.

But also, Google would definitely give 5-eyes a tool to bypass this for whatever they wanted to do to your phone.

New comment by nickorlow in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

nickorlow — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:47:53 +0000

It'll be interesting to see how the timing is enforced. Can you just set up your own NTP server to fool your phone into thinking it's really the future (and not just you adjusting your phone's clock manually). Will Google run a clock that you have to get a timestamp from (would it be easy to setup your own MITM proxy to get around this?). If the time somehow jumped backwards, would you lose the ability to install apps? Can google remotely disable this after it's already enabled (I think yes)?

New comment by nickorlow in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

nickorlow — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:37:27 +0000

They're treating users like toddlers. Having to wait 24 hours to use my phone how I want to?

New comment by nickorlow in "Suburban school district uses license plate readers to verify student residency"

nickorlow — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:50:45 +0000

Assuming she pays taxes on the house, who cares if she lives there?

New comment by nickorlow in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."

nickorlow — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:00:30 +0000

This isn't just a good idea -- it's a forward-thinking policy to ensure Hacker News remains a collaborative place to have meaningful discussions for years to come.

New comment by nickorlow in "My Homelab Setup"

nickorlow — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:51:29 +0000

Yeah, etcd was the main culprit, but latency was 150-300ms in my case. At 3 nodes, it was relatively stable (had an issue every week or so that lasted < 5 min), but at 4 the camel's back broke.

New comment by nickorlow in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"

nickorlow — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:43:56 +0000

A case like this is still theoretically winnable, different courts have different opinions, and higher level courts have yet to weigh in

New comment by nickorlow in "US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]"

nickorlow — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:42:03 +0000

My new ToS I sent them allows me to appoint anyone (including my self) as the arbiter.

New comment by nickorlow in "My Homelab Setup"

nickorlow — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:35:21 +0000

Have had issues w/ doing k8s over residential wan once I had enough hosts in my cluster

(though they were halfway across the US from each other, and not town)

New comment by nickorlow in "Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability"

nickorlow — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 01:29:07 +0000

Lenovo (and their subsidiary Motorola) seem to be on a consumer friendliness streak

New comment by nickorlow in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

nickorlow — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:39:05 +0000

Makes sense the thinkpad of phones would be the partner for this

https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/phones/motorola-smartphones/t...

New comment by nickorlow in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

nickorlow — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:35:36 +0000

Technically Motorola isn't releasing a running fork of android, they're just making their handsets to GOS' spec.

New comment by nickorlow in "Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS"

nickorlow — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:34:49 +0000

I would imagine China's goal (if any with this, which I really doubt) is to harm google by eroding their monopoly on mobile operating systems.

New comment by nickorlow in "Judge finalizes order for Greenpeace to pay $345M in ND oil pipeline case"

nickorlow — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:54:28 +0000

Can't make a tomelette...

New comment by nickorlow in "Long Range E-Bike (2021)"

nickorlow — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:30:29 +0000

I'd be worried about getting into a crash on this bike. (still an awesome project)

New comment by nickorlow in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

nickorlow — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:37:48 +0000

I think the main idea behind it is that it allows buses to queue up if many arrive at once without blocking the intersection

New comment by nickorlow in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

nickorlow — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:36:11 +0000

People complain to their local governments + sue transit authorities that try to do this because they like having a stop right outside their house