Hacker News: saltamimi

New comment by saltamimi in "Claude Desktop spawns 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, even for chat-only use"

saltamimi — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:53:18 +0000

The Pixel series outside of security (to which their own flavor of Android doesn't even take advantage of like we see with GrapheneOS) doesn't have any particular outliers that would make it any more or less enticing than another company's phone.

Their ChromeOS hardware was nice but had lackluster software and by the time it was EoL'd, never got the love of ChromeOS-present.

Google TV generally gets outpaced by onn (Walmart's brand) on cost and value proposition.

And also the fact they have shown time and time again that they just kill products over and over again.

New comment by saltamimi in "macOS Container Machines"

saltamimi — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:55:10 +0000

I know this is off topic, but I do thank you for your Android work, the idea and elegance of fastboot.js and that SafetyNet workaround trick was truly really cool.

New comment by saltamimi in "In-Browser Container Builds"

saltamimi — Wed, 27 May 2026 19:43:05 +0000

One of the neat things about something like this is that you could, in theory, do OS builds (think stuff like bootable containers) where you can, deterministically, configure an operating system to boot into all within the confines of your web browser.

We already have image builders for stuff like Talos Linux and Incus OS. This is not out of the realm of possibility.

New comment by saltamimi in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

saltamimi — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:34:11 +0000

1. That's awesome! I assume RDP or VNC would be the same then, I use that for work primarily.

2. Huh. Well, I feel like an idiot! I always use two hands when opening the lid, muscle memory, I guess.

ps. one question you don't have to answer: for the wireless keyboard, did you guys consider something like a fingerprint sensor? I like the idea of having something like that akin to Mac's Wireless Keyboard but I don't know how much integration something like that would need.

New comment by saltamimi in "Framework Laptop 13 Pro"

saltamimi — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:20:27 +0000

Hey Nirav, congrats on the newest release and I'm really eyeing the 13 Pro.

A couple of questions:

1. How are the thermals? I've had mixed experiences with my 11th gen FW 13 throttling under load with the fan sounding noisy. It's fine if I'm alone but if I'm at a team gathering, it's noticeably loud.

2. Does the lid open with one hand?

New comment by saltamimi in "Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates"

saltamimi — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:25:50 +0000

Then you can publish the public Code Signing certificate for download/import or publish it through WinGet.

Using Azure Trusted Signing or any other certificate vendor does not guarantee that a binary is 100% trustworthy, it just means someone put their name on it.

New comment by saltamimi in "Microsoft terminates VeraCrypt account, halting Windows updates"

saltamimi — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:23:41 +0000

I'm confused why they can't just generate their own signing key and deploy it alongside the installer.

Using arbiter platforms like this sounds like a great way to footgun yourself.

New comment by saltamimi in "Meow.camera"

saltamimi — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:01:19 +0000

I'm actually kind of surprised that most of these images are just advertising and shock imagery. I never expected adverts to be done through shodan, though I guess it makes sense.

New comment by saltamimi in "Pocketblue – Fedora Atomic for mobile devices"

saltamimi — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 14:20:05 +0000

For the record, bootc supports and has workflows for verity images.