Hacker News: semyonsh

Blackholing My Email

semyonsh — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:42:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.johnsto.co.uk/blog/blackholing-my-email/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47672318

Points: 165

# Comments: 35

New comment by semyonsh in "Delve sets the record straight on anonymous attacks"

semyonsh — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:23:23 +0000

There is an old Dutch saying which goes: "Trust comes afoot and leaves on horseback". When you're in the compliance business you cannot fumble this ball, but you have.

New comment by semyonsh in "The human.json Protocol"

semyonsh — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:21:24 +0000

Something tells me GPG would be great for this concept, but it's probably not as accessible as to get people to paste a JSON somewhere.

New comment by semyonsh in "Show HN: Baby Vault – A 100% offline, privacy-first PWA for new parents"

semyonsh — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:49:52 +0000

Looks great. I was a user of babybuddy[1] and one the pluses was that I could self-host and be in control + had an API. Now that last bit was a bit overkill.

It had one feature that's maybe essential and that I'm missing here, and that is being able to share the app and data with your partner so both are in control of monitoring, maybe I'm overlooking it but I can imagine that's hard to integrate with a PWA that does not use accounts.

One last thing: "no accounts", but filling in the email field is mandatory, i'd skip that.

Nice job!

[1] - https://github.com/babybuddy/babybuddy

New comment by semyonsh in "The Day the Telnet Died"

semyonsh — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:45:21 +0000

How else would I connect to my BBS to play L.O.R.D. and check FidoNet.

New comment by semyonsh in "Show HN: I built a universal clipboard that syncs realtime on multiple devices"

semyonsh — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:19:06 +0000

The website does not show anything on how the product is used, which is kind of important for me as a potential customer. Especially if it's going to be effectively handling my copy/pasting of sensitive information.

Does it use some client, what do I need to install on my devices (if supported) and what permissions does it need etc? Instead I'm greeted by a login page.

It's not transparent enough for me how the product is used before signing up and that's a huge turn off.

New comment by semyonsh in "Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices"

semyonsh — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:59:27 +0000

"Somewhat biased" is a gross understatement here, holy crap.

New comment by semyonsh in "The RSS feed reader landscape"

semyonsh — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 15:59:26 +0000

If you're on iOS or MacOS I can highly recommend NetNewsWire (https://netnewswire.com/).

Sony's Forgotten Computers Helped Shape the Playstation

semyonsh — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:11:32 +0000

Article URL: https://obsoletesony.substack.com/p/how-sonys-forgotten-computers-helped

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44159051

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by semyonsh in "Show HN: A gamified social network for passionate fans"

semyonsh — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:41:57 +0000

I'm not sure if i fit in the group this is meant for but as a point of feedback: I really can't make up from your description and the front page what youphenom actually _is_ or does. The descriptions and examples on the website could use a lot of improvement to deliver the context and message, it's just too vague.

The general styling of the app and website look and feel a bit outdated, maybe a bit resemblant of how apps looked like on the early iPhone. I think this could be a big limiting factor in attracting new users for your platform.

I hope this isn't too harsh or blunt, I think the combination of games and social networking could work, but only if it's executed really well in order to attract the users it needs.

I can recommend organizing some feedback sessions with testers or users that are outside of your team or company and gather first impressions in order to improve on the above.

New comment by semyonsh in "AzuraCast: A Simple, Self-Hosted Web Radio Management Suite"

semyonsh — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 13:02:23 +0000

One of the stable open source projects that is running the webradio for our foundation that promotes new bands for years now. Buster Neece truly is a legend and a saint in tirelessly developing and offering support for Azurecast as well (and putting up with all the demanding people that come along with it.).

New comment by semyonsh in "Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Still Resonates Today"

semyonsh — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:29:15 +0000

Although i liked the first bit of Zen (Which this article seems to be referencing), it quicky lost me in the second half where Pirsig goes rambling on on his quasi-filosofic subjects. Definitely gave me hard time to keep on reading.

New comment by semyonsh in "Cobol Still Powers the Global Economy"

semyonsh — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:17:08 +0000

The Dutch government is unfortunately known for having IT projects fail constantly, they've already accumulated an enormous technical debt. They outsource a lot because the current staff is either close to retirement or just can't be motivated anymore to put in the effort. Hearing this is the least surprising to be honest.

New comment by semyonsh in "Close to 735k Fraudulently Obtained IP Addresses Uncovered and Revoked"

semyonsh — Thu, 16 May 2019 10:17:33 +0000

I used to work at a company that recovered and decommissioned freon. If some tech came by with a cylinder filled with R12 it would many times mysteriously disappear from storage. Probably because it sells for an insane price and is very rare in my region.