Hacker News: nullify88

New comment by nullify88 in "Removing Next.js Got My Blog to 100 on Every Lighthouse Category"

nullify88 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:17:27 +0000

Hugo is great. I had Claude make the framework for my wifes site using Hugo, Netlify free tier, and Decap CMS. And I forced Claude to avoid any Javascript for the non CMS parts.

New comment by nullify88 in "Battlezone Online: BZFlag in the Browser"

nullify88 — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:38:15 +0000

Eagles nest 1.

New comment by nullify88 in "An ad-free Android TV"

nullify88 — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:28:01 +0000

For those with more capable routers, local dns adblocking, or NextDNS; you can add a static DNS entry for "androidtvwatsonfe-pa.googleapis.com" and direct that to 127.0.0.1, you will also get no ads on the stock launcher. At least on Android 11 (For the Nvidia Shield). You might have to restart the device or empty the cache for it to take effect.

New comment by nullify88 in "AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary"

nullify88 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:34:09 +0000

I think the large studios who have the willingness and resources to do that are also willing to contribute to the ongoing enshittification of our digital experiences. I think small indie studios will continue to flourish.

New comment by nullify88 in "AI is mass decompiling games. That's both awesome and scary"

nullify88 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:24:33 +0000

I wonder how AI handles stuff like Denuvo DRM? I've been building alternative clients for some software I regularly use, and AI is a master in using gdb to find keys, understanding how to construct signatures, hashes, etc.

New comment by nullify88 in "God of War on PSP, recompiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser"

nullify88 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:12:54 +0000

Have you not seen the mass layoffs from Microsoft and other major publishers? And the toxic work environment they are often associated with? AI has nothing to do with that. I hope we see a resurgence in Indie studios and studios that care about their community and customers and not pulling rug pulls like Ubisoft do. Or the union busting Rockstar did.

The industry needs a shake up.

New comment by nullify88 in "God of War on PSP, recompiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser"

nullify88 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:38:15 +0000

> AI is kinda motivating everyone to do everything on their own instead of gathering up and contributing to one (or two) projects, which is something I'm worried about in Open Source software as a whole.

I think the people who are relying upon AI the most, might not contribute to OSS anyway. I can certainly say I am in that boat because I do not have software development skills and I do not want to learn how to do it. However I am very much using AI to write alternatives to some software I use like Kodi, because I can have something bespoke to my needs and perform "better" in terms of metrics that I care about, which may not align with metrics the contributors care about.

Have you tried making a skin for Kodi? Awful experience, poorly documented, and something only a handful of the community can do. They tend to perform poorly because of an over dependence on python plugins, have many foot guns, and can feel sluggish and unresponsive. But I can say make me a media player that looks like Netfix and pulls trending from trakt, and in one shot have something working on Android TV that performs far better for me.

There maybe arguments that AI couldn't have done that without OSS like Kodi to train on but I dont think thats accurate.

New comment by nullify88 in "US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS"

nullify88 — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:28:01 +0000

Hopefully this will cause Denmark and its banks to issue more Dankort cards

New comment by nullify88 in "Show HN: Koi.rest – watch some fish and regain your balance"

nullify88 — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 08:30:06 +0000

I think you are being too harsh. Even before AI, software and games would often work great on one computer and poor on other computers. I believe that isn't because they understood the programming less or their standards were low, but because there is so much variance between computer hardware, the firmware inside, and the software running on it that you can't guarantee software to run identically across many combinations.

Similarly it's not unusual for one website to behave differently across browsers.

New comment by nullify88 in "Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits"

nullify88 — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:02:31 +0000

Eh. Kodi, Torrserver, and Jacktook, Jacktor if you rather stream torrents and not have to deal with storage. Fairly easy to keep track of your shows and view on demand within Kodi.

New comment by nullify88 in "ReBarUEFI: Resizable BAR for almost any UEFI system"

nullify88 — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:32:09 +0000

Since I don't want to tinker with my HP Firmware, a brief investigation led me to OpenCore's ability to enable Resizable BAR in the bootloader before Windows boots. Not sure how reliable it is. https://github.com/xCuri0/ReBarUEFI/discussions/118

New comment by nullify88 in "Uber ordered to pay $40M over death of woman left on Southern California freeway"

nullify88 — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 16:10:30 +0000

How reliable is this information considering the trump administration hates California and other blue states?

New comment by nullify88 in "Show HN: Snapdrop: Instantly share files between devices. No setup, no signup"

nullify88 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 05:36:01 +0000

I've used a bunch of similar tooling like airdrop and localsend. I don't have alot faith in them a little since they usually choke on large files or many files. I'm still looking for something that works well in those cases without resorting to a cable / MTP which isn't fantastic either.

New comment by nullify88 in "Show HN: I made a flight simulator, except you're just a passenger"

nullify88 — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:20:54 +0000

The Boeing extension pack and watch how the plane deteriorates in the air in real time! Door plugs, MCAS, the works!

New comment by nullify88 in "Linux from Scratch"

nullify88 — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 06:24:41 +0000

I learned a lot doing Gentoo stage 1. I was also following the guide like a recipe, but at the time I hadn't been exposed to the underlying machinery that is often automated, abstracted away, or done for me already. It was also a good test on how well I could follow instructions and later on apply my own customisations. Like lego.

New comment by nullify88 in "LG Says We're Fake News [video]"

nullify88 — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 04:56:27 +0000

I have a Sony A95K and have kept it in basic mode because I have a shield I like to game and stream from. The sony is very minimal and out the way, and after many software updates hasn't offered me any ads, or programs to run even while connected to WiFi.

However if you run Android, you have to accept some level of snooping.

New comment by nullify88 in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nullify88 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 06:02:12 +0000

We are able to make do with Software Encoding for now, more so with the unlocked cores but it is limiting its potential. There seems to be something called PyroWave making waves for being a low latency encoder/ decoder but nothing supports it yet except for a now pulled Steam Beta.

Otherwise I'll have to investigate capturing video via the DP port or switch it out altogether.

New comment by nullify88 in "The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025)"

nullify88 — Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:16:22 +0000

I have a bunch of these as headless gaming PCs in a rack running sunshine and Steam on Linux. The kids stream from them using moonlight on whatever smart device they want to play on.

Had the idea from LTT but he went a bit bonkers and bought expensive hardware to transmit video and input over cables. Gigabit Ethernet is more than enough.

New comment by nullify88 in "Scientists stunned by children's lung recovery in ultra low emission zone"

nullify88 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:05:14 +0000

I lived on Upper Street in Angel, London by some traffic lights and there was always a layer of black dust inside. I assumed it was brake particulate.

New comment by nullify88 in "Claude writing a macOS driver for my obscure HP printer built only for Windows"

nullify88 — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:25:39 +0000

I suppose you can still be proud you did it during pre AI times and the gained knowledge by doing it yourself.

I don't expect Claude and other hosted AI's to be available so freely and thats when it'll get harder for me to do stuff like that.