<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: pyreko</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pyreko</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:43:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=pyreko" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>TIL, it's not a perfect solution but given how rough telecoms are here it's at least something I guess.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:45:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732993</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732993</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47732993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "Artemis computer running two instances of MS outlook; they can't figure out why"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Kinda curious what model/when you tried it. I recently picked up a dirt-cheap Surface Go 2 and everything I've tried works great ootb including pen/touch, at least with Gnome, which was very surprising. Runs way smoother than the Win11 it came with too.<p>From my limited understanding it seems like a few years ago you needed a separate kernel for at least that model but nowadays everything's upstreamed seemingly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:33:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632580</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632580</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>ublock origin lite is straight up on the app store now, should work with any moderately recent version of iOS/iPadOS. Installed this on my family's Apple devices and it works pretty well.<p>There's also been other adblock apps for a long while, though (adguard comes to mind).</p>
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<p>Flew from PEK a few months ago and yep, they easily spotted my power bank (wasn't trying to hide it to be fair but they clearly weren't half-assing it) and were very thorough in checking if it had the CCC certification (had bought one specifically with it so thankfully it was let through).</p>
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<p>Yeah like... on Windows that's the exact same steps you would need to take if you insisted on using binstall? You might have slightly different steps for installing rustup for Windows (e.g. you need to install Visual Studio).<p>The other path I can see (looking at <a href="https://docs.jj-vcs.dev/latest/install-and-setup/#windows" rel="nofollow">https://docs.jj-vcs.dev/latest/install-and-setup/#windows</a>) is that you could maybe instead use winget directly.<p>Though honestly IMO this is more of a failure on the jj devs to not provide something that can be installed straight using apt, I guess (looking at <a href="https://docs.jj-vcs.dev/latest/install-and-setup/#linux" rel="nofollow">https://docs.jj-vcs.dev/latest/install-and-setup/#linux</a>). For Arch for example you just install it from the official repos.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 07:22:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464768</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464768</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "Add age verification to accounts service"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Oh boy, it's this guy _again_.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 06:57:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464630</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464630</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47464630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "Closure of the Weatheradio service in Canada"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>First guess is that it's due to the federal government cutting some stuff... and things like this are usually the first to go.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:48:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225965</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225965</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "MuMu Player (NetEase) silently runs 17 reconnaissance commands every 30 minutes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>HKers also refer to the rest of China with 大陸 from my experience.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 23:44:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095678</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095678</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47095678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "Facebook is cooked"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have this with Twitter surprisingly.<p>I only use it for animal pictures, art, and to follow artists. I usually just use the Following page, but my FYP is always just... animal pictures and art, exactly what I want. No weird right wing shit, no weird crypto shit, no drama or ragebait shit, etc... somehow.<p>I know some day it'll break though.</p>
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<p>It's a bit longer in Canada (probably 3-4 weeks is what I usually see), but interestingly sometimes they're faster than Amazon-shipped stuff despite the former shipping from China.</p>
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<p>There was a PR for Adobe products a few weeks ago (<a href="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/wine/pull/310" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ValveSoftware/wine/pull/310</a>), though it seems like they're redirecting it to the main Wine repo now since it makes more sense there</p>
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<p>I mean the person they're replying to is saying their current choice is they're stuck to a wired connection...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:32:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076467</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076467</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47076467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "Gaming on a Receipt Printer [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Didn't expect to see Bringus on HN of all places</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:17:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468275</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468275</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46468275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've crossed a few times between the two via plane since Feb and when exiting the US, they could not care less from my experience.<p>EDIT: I do remember hearing some cases of being searched when leaving through land borders, but that's more of cars being searched for smuggling IIRC?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 21:27:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009938</link><dc:creator>pyreko</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009938</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44009938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by pyreko in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney, who does work for YC and startups. AMA"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Obviously anecdotal but I've had zero issues with preclearance at Pearson as a TN holder, both crossing and when applying for TN. They usually just ask me some combination of where I work for, what I do, and if I know when my TN expires, and that's it. My experience applying there has also been incredibly uneventful. I guess engineering is a bit easier to do though, especially if you have a strong application that's been done by lawyers.<p>I've been given hell by immigration about my TN when flying directly into US airports though.</p>
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<p>As some other people have mentioned, one area it _could_ matter is if you are ever looking to work in another country and need to apply for a work visa.</p>
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<p>Similar photo from League of Legends' world finals from 2022 (Chase Center): <a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dxb0ptf6a/image/upload/c_fill,dpr_auto,f_auto,g_auto,q_70,ar_4:3,w_986/prod/assets/insights/t1-drx-final.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://res.cloudinary.com/dxb0ptf6a/image/upload/c_fill,dpr...</a><p>If you haven't been paying attention to the eSports scene it can definitely be really surprising, but the crowd size and the production value of these things is insane to think about, especially if you aren't expecting it for just a video game.</p>
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<p>Canadian here, iPads are really common amongst (uni/college) students as well, from my experience - they make good notetaking/general course work devices. Off the top of my head I think like 40-70% of students in my classes had an iPad.<p>And as another comment said, iPads are pretty common options here for some people who aren't really power users that essentially want a phone experience, but bigger. I've set up my mom with an iPad + PiHole for home use and she's super happy with it as a video and browsing device that is generally reliable. She does have access to a PC I built as well, but an iPad is much more portable around the house for her (e.g. she needs to follow a recipe while cooking).</p>
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