<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: portmanteaufu</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=portmanteaufu</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 18:12:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=portmanteaufu" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Vivaldi 8.0"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'd like to try Vivaldi, but the combination of being (partially) closed-source [1] and free-as-in-beer makes me feel like I must be the product.<p>Do they do any sort of third-party auditing of the closed parts?<p>[1] <a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser-open-source/" rel="nofollow">https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/why-isnt-vivaldi-browser...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 08:06:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219369</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219369</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Security issues discovered in sudo-rs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To save everyone a click, the text is:<p>"""
Two security issues were discovered in sudo-rs, a Rust-based implemention
of sudo (and su), which could result in the local disclosure of partially
typed passwords or an authentication bypass in some targetpw/rootpw
configurations.<p>For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.2.5-5+deb13u1.<p>We recommend that you upgrade your rust-sudo-rs packages.
"""</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 10:21:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898471</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898471</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45898471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Netflix Hammers the Last Nail into Linear TV's Coffin"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://archive.is/XUlbC" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/XUlbC</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 22:12:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39149359</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39149359</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39149359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>EDIT: The parent post originally said "$1,500 for 8GB". I'll leave this anyway.<p>>  The Lemur Pro *starts at $1,150 for an Intel i5 machine with 8 GB of RAM* and a 256-GB SSD.<p>For $179[1], you can upgrade it to 40GB of RAM for a total of $1,329.<p>[1] <a href="https://system76.com/laptops/lemp12/configure" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://system76.com/laptops/lemp12/configure</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:46:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38205635</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38205635</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38205635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Confessions of a Tableside Flambéur"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They were joking--"aigu" (é) is "not grave" (è).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 09:10:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38082038</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38082038</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38082038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "System76 Teases Their “Virgo” In-House Manufactured Laptop"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I frequently see folks complain that System76 are just "resellers," or that their machines are "just Clevo rebrands." Here's a rebuttal to that sentiment from one of the S76 developers:<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5umefi/system76_refreshes_ubuntu_linux_laptops_with/ddvcx45/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/5umefi/system76_refr...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:59:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35452600</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35452600</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35452600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Paid Search Engines Are Dead on Arrival"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What a peculiar screed. I don't see anything in the post that validates the title. The author used Kagi for four months before the open beta and seemed to like it.<p>> A survey was put out a couple months before this announcement, asking users
what they'd pay. I said 7$/month considering the current proficiency of the
service. To read they went with 10$/month with no justification or reveal of the
results just makes me feel completely ignored...<p>The author understands that it was a survey, but is upset that their personal input wasn't taken as the final decision?<p>It's fine to disagree with the tone of the beta announcement. It's reasonable to think that $10/month is too expensive. But "paid search engines are dead on arrival" is a big swing and there's nothing here to back it up. I'm trying out Kagi as part of the open beta, and so far I'm liking the experience.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:22:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31596858</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31596858</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31596858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Return to Monkey Island, Coming 2022"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I couldn't agree more. I loved the first two thirds, but was so disappointed by the ending that I haven't recommended it to anyone since. I was very invested in a number of character development threads that never lead anywhere.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2022 19:02:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30961174</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30961174</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30961174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Rocky Linux releases its first release candidate"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The home page[1] bends over backwards not to use the name "Red Hat", which renders the FAQ weirdly obtuse.<p>CentOS, which used to be downstream of Red Hat, has changed its strategy. Rocky Linux is looking to replace CentOS.<p>[1] <a href="https://rockylinux.org/" rel="nofollow">https://rockylinux.org/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 16:11:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27304709</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27304709</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27304709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Ask HN: I think I hate the software development industry? Am I crazy?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It won't be easy but France24 had some good stories about people who had done just that.<p>Do you live in France/the EU? If so, I suspect moving to a lower paying position offering greater job satisfaction will be much more feasible than if you live in the US.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2021 13:04:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27182927</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27182927</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27182927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "The US electric power sector is halfway to zero carbon emissions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One of the big incentives for installing rooftop solar panels is that you can sell any surplus electricity generated back to the power company, shrinking the time required for the panels to pay for themselves. However, I'd be really interested to know if it would be feasible for a home solar kit to use surplus electricity to drive a carbon capture rig instead. (Of course, then I'd need to know what to do with the collected carbon...)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:52:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26902715</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26902715</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26902715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "How does your programming language handle “minus zero” (-0.0)?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sometimes the sign is used to indicate which "direction" the temperature is moving. If it was -10° overnight and it's -0° now, the puddles outside will still be frozen. If it was 10° overnight and it's 0° now, the puddles will still be liquid.<p>(Edit: no idea whether this applies to the Apple watch, it's just a use case for -0 with regards to temperature.)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 12:28:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26356073</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26356073</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26356073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "When did generic grocery brands get so good looking?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Inspect element" shows that the eye belongs to:<p><pre><code>    <div class="loader"></div>
</code></pre>
I think it's meant to be a placeholder animation that goes away when the content is available rather than a cryptic visual for users with an ad blocker. It's definitely a weird net effect.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:23:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26250065</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26250065</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26250065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Ask HN: Can I trust brokers with my stocks?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Disclaimer: IANAL or a financial expert. This information is relevant in the US, but Swedish brokerages may do something similar.<p>In the US, brokers cannot lend out your shares without your knowledge. Brokerage customers can opt into a program called Fully Paid [Securities] Lending, in which the broker pays you a monthly fee to lend your shares out to short sellers. The fee you're paid is higher for securities that are harder to come by; shares of an up and coming marijuana company will be much more rare than large-cap stocks in the S&P 500. (Brokerages often own their own shares of popular stocks that they can lend out, so there's no need to pay customers for access to them.) You can recall the shares at any time, so they're still considered liquid. The only "catch" is that you can't vote as a shareholder without first recalling them.<p>Here are some product pages for FPL programs run by Schwab[1] and Fidelity[2]. Most (all?) large US-based brokerages seem to offer this in some form.<p>[1] <a href="https://client.schwab.com/secure/file/P-5182696/MKT33373-05.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://client.schwab.com/secure/file/P-5182696/MKT33373-05....</a>
[2] <a href="https://www.fidelity.com/trading/fully-paid-lending" rel="nofollow">https://www.fidelity.com/trading/fully-paid-lending</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26203952</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26203952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26203952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "A Secret Vice (1931) [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It takes a couple of pages to get there, so for the lazy: the vice is constructing languages.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:50:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25173897</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25173897</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25173897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Beam Manifesto – A Tool for Thoughts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Tweet: "Now is the time."<p>Blog post: "Several months from now is the time."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:30:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24840109</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24840109</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24840109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Walmart Plus takes on Amazon Prime"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Even at the slightly lower price point ($98/yr for WalMart Plus vs $119/yr for Prime), this new offering feels rather anemic. It gets you fast (sometimes same day) delivery of a popular subset of their catalog. Prime has music, video, reading, twitch, grocery delivery, etc in addition to fast delivery.<p>> "We're not launching Walmart Plus with the intent to compete with anything else," Whiteside [Walmart's chief customer officer,] said when asked about Prime. "We're launching it to meet the needs of our customers."<p>Sure.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:12:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24344873</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24344873</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24344873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Ask HN: Why Reddit's New Website Is So Slow?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For the uninitiated, you can do by changing the URL you're visiting from reddit.com to old.reddit.com. If you have an account, you can also set this as a preference.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 13:03:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24270873</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24270873</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24270873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Launch HN: Plum Mail (YC S20) – Email alternative for group conversations"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Some feedback for you:<p>* The features you're advertising are compelling! Pinning and conclusions are very interesting.<p>* As I read through this announcement, perused the website, and watched the demo on YouTube I was nearly driven to madness trying to understand how Plum Mail relates to email. It's not email, but it uses email addresses, has an inbox, and lets me email people. The cognitive dissonance I experienced reminded me of the old SNL sketch <i>That's Not Yogurt</i>[1]. If this truly isn't email, I suggest trying to be crisper about what why that's the case.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/thats-not-yogurt/n10291" rel="nofollow">https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/thats-not-yogu...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:19:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24238499</link><dc:creator>portmanteaufu</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24238499</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24238499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by portmanteaufu in "Apple becomes first U.S. company to reach a $2T market cap"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They hit $1T on August 2nd, 2018.<p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-is-the-first-1-trillion-company-in-history/2018/08/02/ea3e7a02-9599-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/apple-is-the...</a></p>
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