Hacker News: solidrake

New comment by solidrake in "Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone"

solidrake — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:17:06 +0000

How long should they provide software updates for? 3-years? 5-years? 10-years? What would be an acceptable cut off date for providing updates? I wouldn't expect companies to provide updates for their old hardware forever, but what would be an acceptable date that will benefit both consumers and the company itself.

New comment by solidrake in "New YouTube TOS says that it can terminate anyone “not commercially viable”"

solidrake — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 02:10:58 +0000

What does "not commercially viable" means? Sounds vague.

New comment by solidrake in "PureOS is convergent"

solidrake — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 15:43:49 +0000

I wish this don't turn out like the Ubuntu Phone Convergence dream.

New comment by solidrake in "Game dev: Linux users were only 0.1% of sales but 20% of crashes and tickets"

solidrake — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 17:39:09 +0000

I'm aware that if you buy a game on Windows and play it on Linux, it might be tagged as a Windows game purchase. Wonder if this 0.1% truly tells the whole story.

New comment by solidrake in "Costs of using Google Maps"

solidrake — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:35:28 +0000

Not at all, and going with what the article talks about, Apple Maps is a viable option. Although a lot of the users out there don't have Apple products.

New comment by solidrake in "Costs of using Google Maps"

solidrake — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:36:47 +0000

Not using Google Maps is difficult, but it can be done. I'm currently using OsmAnd from F-Droid and it works awesome. I would recommend it to anyone trying to live without Google services.

New comment by solidrake in "Intermittent fasting: No advantage over conventional weight loss diets"

solidrake — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 02:41:11 +0000

I've tried IF before and was very similar to caloric restriction. Many people point out the point that a diet has to be followed and when you fall thru, you will gain the weight back all over again. Imho, IF is easier to do than conventional diets.

New comment by solidrake in "Apple Used to Be an Inventor. Now It’s Mainly a Landlord"

solidrake — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 18:21:48 +0000

What has Apple invented? As far as I'm aware, they have patents of re-purposing other inventions, or design patents. But cannot think of anything they "invented" that didn't already exist before.

New comment by solidrake in "Volkswagen – detects when your tests are run in a CI server, and makes them pass"

solidrake — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 17:10:57 +0000

OMG, this is hilarious!!!

New comment by solidrake in "Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager"

solidrake — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:21:49 +0000

I love the Linux app, and the integration on browser extensions and Android app, but the Android app is very limited on features. I love projects like this, and support them as a paid member, just like ProtonMail.

New comment by solidrake in "The Purism Librem 5 phone is a step closer to reality"

solidrake — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:12:42 +0000

I'm truly hoping that this phone won't suffer the same fate as the Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition. I'm also concern about security updates where most phone makers stop providing them after a certain (& short) period.