Hacker News: simonmales

New comment by simonmales in "The largest electric aircraft just flew [video]"

simonmales — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:37:41 +0000

The default question in my mind is jettison batteries in case of an emergency?

New comment by simonmales in "Recover a Bitcoin private key from its public key, in the browser"

simonmales — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:28:52 +0000

Author here. I built this once learning about front running the Bitcoin puzzles.

Recover a Bitcoin private key from its public key, in the browser

simonmales — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:28:08 +0000

Article URL: https://krackpot.io/kangaroo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49436662

Points: 1

# Comments: 3

New comment by simonmales in "How Krackpot works: secp256k1, SHA-256 and RIPEMD-160 in WebGPU"

simonmales — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:40:52 +0000

The app is simple (read: dumb). No pooling, because it computes everything offline.

New comment by simonmales in "ReFrame – The EPaper Camera"

simonmales — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:02:08 +0000

I'm not a printer... What does that mean?

New comment by simonmales in "OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor"

simonmales — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:19:50 +0000

I have zero experience with C# and it all lives inside a docker container and just works.

Naturally, I would prefer a non-windows language, but it is literally a black box that works.

New comment by simonmales in "OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor"

simonmales — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:12:52 +0000

Lightning ain't slow though.

New comment by simonmales in "OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor"

simonmales — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:11:32 +0000

TIL DAI cannot be frozen. Perhaps the first stablecoins I might be a little interested in.

The merchant should send the funds (sweep the UTXO) back to you if the funds are flagged. So you should not be out of pocket.

New comment by simonmales in "OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor"

simonmales — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:06:52 +0000

You mean payment processing? BTCPay Server is the defacto standard I would argue.

Have used it for accepting LN transactions for years.

New comment by simonmales in "Tesla Balance Bike"

simonmales — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:13:41 +0000

Thanks for the tip!

New comment by simonmales in "Pine64 launch $50 smart speaker for Home Assistant tinkerers"

simonmales — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:10:00 +0000

Would love for Pine64 to thrive.

I don't own any of their products, but I am glad they exist.

New comment by simonmales in "Asahi Linux 7.1 Progress Report"

simonmales — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:55:58 +0000

Will this forever exist as a Fedora "remix". Or will we find the support in upstream so I can one day run Debian-based distro?

I think the last time I used an RPM-based distro was almost 2 decades ago.

New comment by simonmales in "Show HN: Files.md – Open-source alternative to Obsidian"

simonmales — Mon, 18 May 2026 15:22:14 +0000

It's a personal bias for me.

Perception of quality, because the author is under constant review.

New comment by simonmales in "Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop"

simonmales — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:54:49 +0000

I think nowadays on Android it's called QuickShare, and it works. But I believe the fragmentation and awareness is a part of the problem for Android.

New comment by simonmales in "Tin Can, a 'landline' for kids"

simonmales — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:39:08 +0000

Thanks for sharing the "fixed wireless terminal" tip. A HN post a while ago describe hacking a landline to a wireless terminal. But this tip removes the hacking :)

New comment by simonmales in "Czech Man's Stone in Barn's Foundations Is Rare Bronze Age Spearhead Mold"

simonmales — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:51:36 +0000

What's the risk?

Personally, I only see benefits.

New comment by simonmales in "Machine Payments Protocol (MPP)"

simonmales — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:59:34 +0000

I guess competition with the Bitcoin equivalent https://www.l402.org/

New comment by simonmales in "Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable"

simonmales — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:17:59 +0000

Here is my recent history of phones: https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=8972&idPhone2...

The Nokia 6.1 now feels like a monster in my hand at 75mm.

I agree that 70mm is sweet spot.

New comment by simonmales in "Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable"

simonmales — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:10:56 +0000

The Pixel 8 might be my next "upgrade" (sidegrade?)

New comment by simonmales in "Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable"

simonmales — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 08:25:03 +0000

The small form factor phones simply do not sell. Some great thoughts on the topic:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR9zBsKELVs * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZdbbN3FCzE Not about small form factor, rather enthusiast phones don't last

Currently running a Sony Xperia 5 V which farm factor is acceptable, and still will get a number of months of updates. And the winning point is that the bootloader can be unlocked and is supported by LineageOS.