Hacker News: tokenizerrr

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Why You Should Build a Hackintosh"

tokenizerrr — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 18:40:05 +0000

I really don't get why I would want to run an operating system where the vendor refuses to support my hardware.

Also, the font color on this blog is absolutely horrible.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Apple rejects Valve’s Steam Link game streaming app over ‘business conflicts’"

tokenizerrr — Fri, 25 May 2018 11:34:38 +0000

This page is hosted by the verge themselves so has absolutely nothing to do with Google trying to control the web. It also does not load slower.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "The Node.js Ecosystem Is Chaotic and Insecure"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 24 May 2018 12:45:42 +0000

All of these packages are created by Jon Schlinkert (https://github.com/jonschlinkert). So if you want someone to blame...

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Web Authentication API"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 10 May 2018 16:12:25 +0000

It does not, and Google does not yet even attempt to use WebAuthn. They're still using the (now legacy) U2F authentication mechanism, which firefox does not fully support. It works in some sites if you enable it in about:config, but not all. Like google.com.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Web Authentication API"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 10 May 2018 15:01:28 +0000

Doesn't work with Firefox yet AFAIK. That page mentions requiring Google Chrome.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Web Authentication API"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 10 May 2018 14:02:38 +0000

Anyone know when the Google websites will start using this? Would love to finally be able to use my Yubikey with Firefox and Google.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "I've spent the last two years building a new email client"

tokenizerrr — Wed, 02 May 2018 13:47:13 +0000

Running it locally is fine, but a hassle if I need to access my mail on someone else's hardware (or my phone). I think this is one of the main reasons Gmail is so popular.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "I've spent the last two years building a new email client"

tokenizerrr — Wed, 02 May 2018 13:37:30 +0000

Would love to be able to self host this though and access it through the browser... That'd be awesome.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "A rundown of the new Gmail"

tokenizerrr — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 09:49:55 +0000

It seems bundling mails together isn't in Gmail yet? Too bad, it's the only reason I use Inbox.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "NirSoft Freeware (2008)"

tokenizerrr — Tue, 17 Apr 2018 08:26:13 +0000

> automated build process

> Mac

Why would anyone run a CI server on a Mac?

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Chinese police use facial recognition tech to arrest suspect at a pop concert"

tokenizerrr — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:02:18 +0000

Putting a phone in a faraday cage kind of blocks the purpose of having a phone with you.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "YouTube Face is clickbait, attaining human form"

tokenizerrr — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:46:37 +0000

Daemon by Daniel Suarez is kind of like that, except it turns out the AI is arguably good and not exactly an AI. It's an excellent book, with an excellent sequel.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Reverse Engineering WhatsApp Web"

tokenizerrr — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:27:19 +0000

Federation is a completely different story from a third-party client.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Database constraints: The last line of defense"

tokenizerrr — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 21:42:39 +0000

They're very nifty, as you can use this to easily prevent all kinds of date range overlaps.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Kubernetes Security – Best Practice Guide"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 17:06:15 +0000

Yes please! It's one thing to know what you should do because you've been told to do so, but quite another to fully understand why you're doing something.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:15:39 +0000

Well, I'm not really sure what to say other than that I don't have any of those issues. Sitting here right now with my HiDPI XPS13 screen and a regular HDMI monitor. Things look good and I have no scaling issues. Haven't messed with any of the settings, it's just an Ubuntu install with i3.

I don't know any specific macbook models as I'm not an apple user and there is like no visual distinction between them. All I know is that I have two coworkers who use macbooks, and theirs are incredibly loud & warm.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:42:40 +0000

I'm using my XPS13 for like a year now.

> - Linux applications have a lot of trouble with the HiDPI screen

Honestly haven't noticed a single thing.

> - Coil whine

None of that.

> - Shitty battery life

What's shitty? It lasts 5 hours of me working with VMs. I don't think expecting more is reasonable. It's much less laggy than my collegue's MBP, which leads me to assume that Mac just throttles the CPU down to achieve longer battery life? I don't want that.

> - Shitty touchpad

Not at all. It works nicely. Much better than most touchpads I've used.

And as an added bonus, it doesn't get burning hot to the touch when doing actual work on it. Nor does it sound like it's about to take off. And it was like 1.5K EUR vs 3K EUR for a macbook pro.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:30:04 +0000

This is what I use, and as far as I can tell it's better than a MacBook in just about every way.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 10:11:19 +0000

There are plenty of other hardware manufacturers out there. One of the practices you might not wish to support is an OS being tied to a specific hardware vendor.

If you don't like the hardware you shouldn't be buying it.

New comment by tokenizerrr in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

tokenizerrr — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 09:42:56 +0000

E. Don't buy Apple.

You'll spend much less, and won't be supporting practices you don't approve of.