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New comment by therealmarv in "245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping"

therealmarv — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:18:18 +0000

There was once a 2.5" SSD Mushkin Source 16TB SATA drive. At its cheapest it was ~1700 USD (or 1500 EUR). That was mid 2023 (like 3 years ago!).

Nowadays it feels like that this time and price region is like decades away in the future. I was hoping I can store more data in future on modern tech like SSDs and not less.

New comment by therealmarv in "245TB Micron 6600 ION Data Center SSD Now Shipping"

therealmarv — Wed, 06 May 2026 10:09:34 +0000

Meanwhile I'm still dreaming about any consumer and affordable 32TB or even 16TB portable SSD. Innovation and market for consumers are going backwards.

Funny thing is that one of the best you can get is the Crucial (Micron) 8TB one but even that one gets more expensive. I have the feeling it will be gone completely soon.

New comment by therealmarv in "Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner"

therealmarv — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 14:57:46 +0000

That's a trend which is more and more common nowadays.

I wish the industry would adopt more zero knowledge methods in this regards. They are existing and mathematically proven but it seems there is no real adoption.

- OpenAI wants my passport when topping up 100 USD

- Bolt wanted recently my passport number to use their service

- Anthropic seems wants to have passports for new users too

- Soon age restriction in OS or on websites

I wished there would be a law (in Europe and/or US) to minify or forbid this kind of identity verification.

I want to support the companies to not allow misuse of their platforms, at the same time my full passport photo is not their concern, especially in B2B business in my opinion.

New comment by therealmarv in "Is anyone actually using OpenClaw?"

therealmarv — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:50:46 +0000

I saw some non-technical people automating or creating small great tools with it which they need for their profession. These people are not programmers.

I think everybody who has basic understanding of programming and deployment better should stick to some AI coding agent like Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode etc etc.

I don't think I'm missing out by not using OpenClaw & Co.

New comment by therealmarv in "Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out"

therealmarv — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:17:39 +0000

And in modern times: everybody, including big companies trust the AI APIs from

Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic etc. etc.

sure... the contracts saying often there is no saving or learning from the AI API usage. But it's at the end like a "trust me bro" promise.

There is a saying on the internet:

The generation that refused cookies is now giving AI permission to read their emails, scan their local files, and manage their bank accounts.

It seems many have given up...

New comment by therealmarv in "I Just Want Simple S3"

therealmarv — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:19:35 +0000

Settled with SeaweedFS for replacing minio and getting a good chunk of S3 feature parity. I wonder about the problems OP is posting about. Never seen that behaviour but usually only having a bunch of smaller files.

New comment by therealmarv in "Apple discontinues the Mac Pro"

therealmarv — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:49:56 +0000

but even that one looks kinda outdated when looking at latest M5 Max laptops.

New comment by therealmarv in "Debunking Zswap and Zram Myths"

therealmarv — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:27:05 +0000

The better distros have it (ZRAM) enabled by default for desktops (I think PopOS and Fedora). In my personal experience every desktop Linux should use memory compression (except you have an absurd amount of RAM) because it helps so much, especially with everything related to browser and/or electron usage!

Windows and macOS have it enabled by default for many years (even if it works a little different there).

Bypassing Play Integrity: Bringing NFC Payments to Custom ROMs

therealmarv — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:34:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Paying-without-Google-New-consortium-wants-to-remove-custom-ROM-hurdles-11204037.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47316653

Points: 3

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New comment by therealmarv in "Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules"

therealmarv — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:20:26 +0000

reminds me: Ever used Gemini API on Google Vertex Cloud API? The usage will show up like 24-48 hours later in the dashboard. So when you use Gemini's API on their Cloud me as Workspace admin cannot even track my own usage in near realtime there. Which makes me think that even Google cannot track it in realtime.

New comment by therealmarv in "Claude Code Remote Control"

therealmarv — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:59:08 +0000

that's actually a good idea. Thanks, was not thinking about such a workaround!

New comment by therealmarv in "Claude Code Remote Control"

therealmarv — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:09:40 +0000

On Android app it needs Claude GitHub connection with scope to act on my behalf! Otherwise it won't work in the app. Really do NOT like that!

Why does the remote control needs that? For what?

I rather use the common developer tools like termux or mosh etc. on a phone if I need that functionality.

New comment by therealmarv in "Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw"

therealmarv — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 01:10:31 +0000

How about giving the user a big warning to not do that and then block the account if the user continues. This total blocks are crazy. Especially for people who use their Google account for 20+ years or something.

New comment by therealmarv in "DialUp95 – A 90s inspired nostalgia hit"

therealmarv — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:34:55 +0000

it felt suddenly expensive to be online again...

New comment by therealmarv in "Terminals should generate the 256-color palette"

therealmarv — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:08:05 +0000

seems this is implemented in latest iTerm2 commit https://github.com/gnachman/iTerm2/commit/39bafa8d6651865951...

New comment by therealmarv in "MiniMax M2.5 released: 80.2% in SWE-bench Verified"

therealmarv — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:58:58 +0000

yes it's good. But you should also look at GLM 5 and Kimi K2.5 when looking at M2.5. It's amazing we have so many good and cheap open weight models now which are really not far behind the top models from the big US AI companies.

Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex plans are subsidised.

The Chinese open weight models hosted in US or Europe make more sense to use when you want to stay model agnostic and less dependent on a single AI company with relative expensive APIs.

New comment by therealmarv in "Show HN: I built an iOS app with all 5 major AI models for $13/mo"

therealmarv — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:56:47 +0000

t3 chat, perplexity etc.

New comment by therealmarv in "Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)"

therealmarv — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 22:25:27 +0000

I've researched a little deeper. Apparently it depends on the mixture and on the model of your laptop.

I've written that because I remember of "staingate" of Apple Laptops. Apparently the 2012–2017 Retina models were really not okay with alcohol solutions.

So depending on the manufacturing year and alcohol solution percentage you can be fine with alcohol on glossy displays.

New comment by therealmarv in "Notes on Apple's Nano Texture (2025)"

therealmarv — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:15:50 +0000

Alcohol? After research on Apple they allow:

    For infrequent cleaning of hard-to-remove smudges, you can moisten the cloth with a 70-percent isopropyl alcohol (IPA) solution.

source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/104948

But never apply it directly on screen. I think it's important to mention you just do not use "some alcohol" but it should be 70% isopropyl alcohol solution.

Btw. alcohol is a very good way to destroy the old glossy screens (non nano texture).

New comment by therealmarv in "The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app"

therealmarv — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:23:33 +0000

the funny thing is... you can go around that with root if you know how.