Hacker News: quaa55

New comment by quaa55 in "iSH Shell"

quaa55 — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:42:07 +0000

a-shell uses ios_system https://github.com/holzschu/ios_system/ and can install WASM packages (if they exist?)

iSH emulates 32-bit alpine x86 and can install things from apk

New comment by quaa55 in "U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly"

quaa55 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:26:13 +0000

in terms of privacy. i'll say it, google search is a problem.

watch the social dilemma on netflix. many others have this view too.

New comment by quaa55 in "Netflix is creating a problem by cancelling TV shows too soon"

quaa55 — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:17:16 +0000

Ugh. The OA was great, thanks for reminding me.

New comment by quaa55 in "Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test packages now ready"

quaa55 — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:03:33 +0000

i believe chromeos uses a custom kernel with their own stack.

New comment by quaa55 in "I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There"

quaa55 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:42:12 +0000

i see how that came off a bit direct. i agree the 24 hour news cycle is way way too much. and one issue after another is totally depressing. but we can't ignore problems as general advice, that's not how things get solved.

New comment by quaa55 in "I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There"

quaa55 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 23:01:03 +0000

so the best advice is to look the other way?

New comment by quaa55 in "Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads"

quaa55 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:19:21 +0000

oh and don't plug the network jack in on the tv.

New comment by quaa55 in "Samsung TV owners complain about increasingly obtrusive ads"

quaa55 — Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:18:38 +0000

he's not saying don't buy that fancy tv. just use a roku/appleTV/etc.

although those devices might also have their own privacy issues. :/ best of the bunch i guess?

New comment by quaa55 in "VS Code in the Browser"

quaa55 — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:07:55 +0000

is it that sensitive on wifi ?

New comment by quaa55 in "Facebook says it may quit Europe over ban on sharing data with US"

quaa55 — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 19:03:46 +0000

New comment by quaa55 in "Indoor CO2 may reach levels harmful to cognition by the end of this century"

quaa55 — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 01:21:19 +0000

came here for this.

New comment by quaa55 in "Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras"

quaa55 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 12:19:53 +0000

iOS 14 shows a green or amber dot in the top right if the camera or microphone is active. But yes i generally agree that more robust monitor tools are still needed. iPad is "a computer", right apple?

New comment by quaa55 in "Oregon’s air quality is so hazardous that no one knows what it means for health"

quaa55 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:32:31 +0000

also a cheap box fan and 20x20x1 merv 11+ rating filter should work wonders.

New comment by quaa55 in "Oregon’s air quality is so hazardous that no one knows what it means for health"

quaa55 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:31:10 +0000

PMS5003

New comment by quaa55 in "Nikola: How to Parlay an Ocean of Lies into a Partnership with GM"

quaa55 — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:40:11 +0000

and unfortunately they don't really want to.

New comment by quaa55 in "Players are fixing Microsoft Flight Simulator’s monuments with Google Maps"

quaa55 — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 03:04:46 +0000

i noticed my logitech quadrants mixture at 100%~=50% actual mixture which gave me a hellaciously slow c152.

seemed about 70% mixture gave me best performance.

New comment by quaa55 in "Fast proxy to expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet"

quaa55 — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 05:04:12 +0000

maybe they didn't want yaml? /shrug

New comment by quaa55 in "Ask HN: 5K 27“ computer monitor recommendation?"

quaa55 — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:15:59 +0000

Time to Upgrade Your Monitor https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23551983

New comment by quaa55 in "Pinebook Pro longer term usage report"

quaa55 — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:32:04 +0000

In addition to what I mentioned, the pbp is faster than a pi4, so there's that too.

New comment by quaa55 in "Pinebook Pro longer term usage report"

quaa55 — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:29:09 +0000

While I do enjoy using my Pinebook Pro I usually grab the iPad or Thinkpad, but the pinebook does get a good amount of use. The pinebook is faster than i figured, but it is slow although not annoying slow. Storage is slow and they have m.2 adapters if you are cool with more power usage.

The ultimate number one thing to do with this device is turn off tap to click. With that off the trackpad is okayish but still crap. i actually enjoy tap to click on Apple and Thinkpad trackpads. The keyboard is good enough and better than most laptops. not mechanical keyboard good but good in a 50g sponge-ish way. Display is a typical 1080p matte IPS screen (aka a minimum requirement for display specs for some but still within the range although at the low end.)

I will say it is valuable to have as a developer. I find it helpful to work off of a slow device sometimes to test how your widget will work as you might run into issues with timers or other weirdness, and aarch64 is somewhat becoming more common - so it might be good to test on that platform too.