Hacker News: solnyshok

New comment by solnyshok in "Becoming a father shrinks your cerebrum (2022)"

solnyshok — Sat, 02 May 2026 14:52:30 +0000

as father of seven...

New comment by solnyshok in "Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores"

solnyshok — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:29:33 +0000

or you will ask bids for your shopping list, and get replies from several retail chains (or, rather their AI agents).

New comment by solnyshok in "Samsung Upcycle Promise"

solnyshok — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:48:33 +0000

it is very difficult to find good (as in "good condition") battery for a 5+ old gadget. even if you find original one - it could be expired and DoA. but more often you get "compatibles" which die in 3-6 months.

New comment by solnyshok in "Maybe the default settings are too high"

solnyshok — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:48:40 +0000

¡Buen Camino! I walked it 10 years ago and hope to repeat it soon.

New comment by solnyshok in "Windows 11 25H2 October Update Bug Renders Recovery Environment Unusable"

solnyshok — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:07:26 +0000

taskbar is very much related, it is an instance of explorer exe with some parameters, that makes it show as taskbar. Try killing explorer.exe in the task manager, when no other explorer windows is running.

New comment by solnyshok in "EU kills Android bootloader unlock starting August 1"

solnyshok — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:53:41 +0000

Isn't there a feature phone in the market that is 5G, good battery and capable of sharing its internet via wifi hotspot?

New comment by solnyshok in "Denmark to raise retirement age to 70"

solnyshok — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:54:09 +0000

I'm 48 now, in Latvia, and expect that my retirement age will be 73+.

New comment by solnyshok in "Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells"

solnyshok — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:55:29 +0000

hopefully, they did find some traces of tea in those tea-bags

New comment by solnyshok in "D-Link says it won't patch 60k older modems"

solnyshok — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:02 +0000

N150 is on the way already. https://liliputing.com/at-least-four-mini-pcs-with-intel-n15...

New comment by solnyshok in "A Review of Linux on Surface Pro 4"

solnyshok — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 05:35:32 +0000

old? 6.9.x as of today https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/releases

New comment by solnyshok in "Firefox for Android no longer shows full URL"

solnyshok — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 13:42:36 +0000

I use Fennec on Android, which is privacy focused build of Firefox.

New comment by solnyshok in "Asus' first Snapdragon X Elite laptop (mostly) blows away the MacBook Air M3"

solnyshok — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 13:41:58 +0000

the fan

New comment by solnyshok in "Firefox 125"

solnyshok — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:00:41 +0000

you can "open all tabs from other device here" to bring all tabs from your mobile to your PC

New comment by solnyshok in "Linux on Snapdragon X Elite Laptop [video]"

solnyshok — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 16:03:16 +0000

me. want. Thinkpad X1 on X Elite...

New comment by solnyshok in "Show HN: GPU Prices on eBay"

solnyshok — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 13:59:53 +0000

same resolution as 10 years ago?

New comment by solnyshok in "LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5M Android devices"

solnyshok — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 10:31:07 +0000

and make it rubberized, please. so that I for once can use a phone without case

New comment by solnyshok in "Framework 12th gen laptop review"

solnyshok — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 20:14:19 +0000

ddr5 in ddr3 slots?

New comment by solnyshok in "PC wakes from sleep when changing clothes"

solnyshok — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 06:01:27 +0000

did it work for Bluetooth mouse? I thought that wakeup from sleep works only for wired mice

New comment by solnyshok in "Uses for an old Android device"

solnyshok — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 10:58:16 +0000

old, scratched phone "requiring repair" is something you can inconspicuously keep on your table, with recording app, if you want to learn what people discuss in your absence.

New comment by solnyshok in "Germany has three months to save itself from a winter gas crisis"

solnyshok — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 23:40:43 +0000

well. hmm. I wonder if shareholders of large German industrial groups think the same.