Hacker News: puffybuf

New comment by puffybuf in "GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust"

puffybuf — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:50:46 +0000

I would just pirate at that point. You're paying for the streaming service anyways. Use mullvad to download the torrent :). I'm pretty sure they ignore dmca requests. Not that they even know their customer's names if you pay with Mullvad amazon card.

New comment by puffybuf in "Pass: Unix Password Manager"

puffybuf — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 05:21:20 +0000

I store my passwords on an encrypted file partition sqlite database. My script grabs the pass and immediately closes the partition afterwards.

You can also just encrypt your passwords into individual encrypted files (one for each password) and have your script clear the gpg agent after a passfile is decrypted.

New comment by puffybuf in "Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?"

puffybuf — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 20:32:00 +0000

I like mullvad. You can buy a prepaid card off amazon. I figured out how to setup wireguard on various unixes Mac/linux/openbsd

New comment by puffybuf in "Please Don't Promote Wayland"

puffybuf — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 03:19:25 +0000

i3 has pretty much been replaced by sway for me. Works great I have no problems with wayland as a regular user

New comment by puffybuf in "BorgBackup 2 has no server-side append-only anymore"

puffybuf — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 20:42:33 +0000

I've been using device mapper+encryption to backup my files to encrypted filesystem on regular files. (cryptsetup on linux, vnconfig+bioctl on openbsd). Is there a reason for me to use borgbackup? Maybe to save space?

I even wrote python scripts to automatically cleanup and unmount if something goes wrong (not enough space etc). On openbsd I can even Double encrypt with blowfish(vnconfig -K) and then a diff alg for bioctl.

New comment by puffybuf in "Xenon is an open source universal game cheating framework C++"

puffybuf — Thu, 08 May 2025 14:56:04 +0000

I use x64dbg to make cheats. It is a binary debugger for x64/32. Check it out and learn assembly/winapi.. For serious debugging of binaries you'll want a DMA device to inject into memory without a debugger attaching.

New comment by puffybuf in "fd: A simple, fast and user-friendly alternative to 'find'"

puffybuf — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:35:07 +0000

fzf, ripgrep are some command line tools I like. Check them out. Being able to quickly search your history with fuzzy finder is so useful.

New comment by puffybuf in "Tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Compromised – used by over 23K repos"

puffybuf — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:10:07 +0000

Stealing crypto is so lucrative. So there is a huge 'market' for this stuff now that wasn't there before. Security is more important now than ever. I started sandboxing Emacs and python because I can't trust all the packages.

New comment by puffybuf in "OpenBSD Innovations"

puffybuf — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 18:03:58 +0000

I use it, and even run wayland (sway) on my dell laptop. No bluetooth support. Encrypted disk. Takes a lot of time to setup. Generally similar to linux, but less hardware support.

New comment by puffybuf in "Johnny.Decimal – A system to organise your life"

puffybuf — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:12:04 +0000

I love org-mode with emacs. I use it to organize my notes / game hacks / todo / pretty much anything using a tree structure. You can use drawers to hide things like sample code.

New comment by puffybuf in "Securing edge device systems, including firewalls, routers, and VPN gateways"

puffybuf — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 02:20:25 +0000

I highly recommend OpenBSD for firewalls, vpn (wireguard), and other edge servers. It has served me well. I love how everything is organized.

New comment by puffybuf in "F-strings for C++26 proposal [pdf]"

puffybuf — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:59:33 +0000

how would this work with internationalized strings? especially if you have to change the order of things? You'd still need a string version with object ordering I would think

New comment by puffybuf in "F-strings for C++26 proposal [pdf]"

puffybuf — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:42:27 +0000

I'm pretty sure boost::format can do this, though not inline in the string. Do we really need more complexity in cpp? isn't it complex enough?

New comment by puffybuf in "OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB"

puffybuf — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 09:33:41 +0000

I think of evolution as unassisted learning where agents compete with the each other for limited resources. Over time they get better and better at surviving by passing on genes. It never ends of course.

New comment by puffybuf in "Review of Mullvad VPN"

puffybuf — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:51:04 +0000

I should point out getting bitcoin anonymously requires some work too (if you buy BTC it is tied to your CC, and many exchanges require your ssn). Mullvad does allow you to send them cash anonymously in the mail as well.

New comment by puffybuf in "Review of Mullvad VPN"

puffybuf — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:27:45 +0000

No they have tor onion links

New comment by puffybuf in "Review of Mullvad VPN"

puffybuf — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:06:17 +0000

I use mullvad VPN with wireguard on OpenBSD (man wg). Works great. You can buy months with bitcoin for anonymity.

New comment by puffybuf in "Exploring Typst, a new typesetting system similar to LaTeX"

puffybuf — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 14:59:51 +0000

Latex already has massive amounts of libraries. Simple things like chemistry or physics typesetting for example. That's hard to just switch away from. can it do freetype fonts? I use XeLatex to change the fonts since the default gets boring. I've been doing all my math in latex for so long I feel like I can't just switch to something else.

New comment by puffybuf in "Psilocybin bests SSRI for major depression in first long-term comparison"

puffybuf — Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:25:10 +0000

I'm want to try them. I figure growing them myself is the safest way to go. Got 10 bags of Uncle Ben's brown rice growing mycelium right now.

New comment by puffybuf in "Cannabis use linked to epigenetic changes, study reveals"

puffybuf — Sat, 25 May 2024 20:53:51 +0000

My biggest concern with weed is that it stays in your system for a long time, much longer than the actual high. THC is fat soluble, getting stored in the body's fatty tissue, and can slowly enter the blood days after using. This means it can affect you for days. I usually feel off for 24 hours after vaping cannabis.

My other concern for legal states: I think a lot of people using weed are doing it every single day. This is because it gives a relaxing 'weight off your shoulders' feeling at lower doses. At higher doses you get 'faded' and it can be scary. Using daily means the high becomes your new normal, affecting memory and reasoning.

It definitely helps with exercise (much less boring) and sleep for me, but at what cost?