Hacker News: unnervingduck

New comment by unnervingduck in "Show HN: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps"

unnervingduck — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:33:57 +0000

I was looking into Posteo a while back but was turned off by the recycling of addresses. After leaving the service it's available to anyone after a fixed time.

New comment by unnervingduck in "Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame"

unnervingduck — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:48:03 +0000

The experience varies by country, here in Finland I haven't had a single banking app complain about an unlocked bootloader or a custom OS.

Pornhub and three other adult websites face EU child safety investigation

unnervingduck — Tue, 27 May 2025 19:42:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/27/pornhub-three-other-adult-websites-eu-child-safety-investigation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44110068

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by unnervingduck in "Epic Games Store and Fortnite Arrive on EU iPhones"

unnervingduck — Sat, 17 Aug 2024 14:40:01 +0000

How can you do that? I've wanted to enable reader mode by default on Firefox but AFAIK it's not possible yet, so I just forget it's existence.

New comment by unnervingduck in "Upcoming Changes to Audio Formats"

unnervingduck — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:38:50 +0000

MQA going away is probably a good thing, I never saw the appeal. Proprietary, requires licensing fees, why would you use it over the free and lossless FLAC?

New branding, same scanning: Upload moderation undermines end-to-end encryption [pdf]

unnervingduck — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:54:04 +0000

Article URL: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/upload-moderation.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40706951

Points: 224

# Comments: 42

New comment by unnervingduck in "Qimgv – Fast, simple image viewer"

unnervingduck — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:55:20 +0000

I've settled with this one because it's really fast and preloads images, which makes looking through thousands of time-lapse photos a doable task, just holding the arrow key.I'd like a bit more editing capabilities but I understand it might be out of scope for a minimal image viewer.

The Art of the Rip

unnervingduck — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 10:25:17 +0000

Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20160528213242/https://thomas.apestaart.org/thomas/trac/wiki/DAD/Rip

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40552947

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Computer Security: The Better Generation

unnervingduck — Fri, 24 May 2024 10:32:41 +0000

Article URL: https://home.cern/news/news/computing/computer-security-better-generation

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40464729

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

ElixirOS to break and wipe your device

unnervingduck — Sun, 19 May 2024 15:30:28 +0000

Article URL: https://xdaforums.com/t/elixiros-to-break-and-wipe-your-device.4672456/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40407563

Points: 13

# Comments: 0

New comment by unnervingduck in "Write Plain Text Files (2022)"

unnervingduck — Sat, 18 May 2024 08:19:14 +0000

I use Obsidian myself, which simply stores text in Markdown files. It essentially shares all the pros of plain text: it'll be readable in the future, I'm not stuck with a single platform, I can sync and sort them into directories.

New comment by unnervingduck in "Bicycle Rolling Resistance: Tire Rolling Resistance Tests and More"

unnervingduck — Wed, 15 May 2024 08:18:03 +0000

What a coincidence, earlier this week I thought about changing the tires on my MTB to better suit my riding style, and I wondered if there are sites with extensive tire reviews.

Ask HN: Custom email domains for personal email?

unnervingduck — Sat, 27 Apr 2024 18:47:00 +0000

I've been considering getting a custom domain for my email so I wouldn't be tied to a single email provider, how have you set it up?

The registrar and the TLD have to be something trusted, I know people have gotten their cheap domains hijacked. Porkbun seems like a fair and inexpensive option, maybe with the .net TLD? Cheaper options exist but I don't want anything weird sounding that could trigger spam filters.

Also the naming scheme? I thought of firstname@lastname.tld, but many of them are taken, and if I were to set up multiple email aliases, I would be revealing my last name even if I don't want to. It should be at least a little professional sounding, something I won't regret in the long-term.

Of course many of these things are a matter of personal preference, but I want to hear how it works for everyone.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40182394

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

World Backup Day

unnervingduck — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 05:29:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.worldbackupday.com/en

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39881705

Points: 105

# Comments: 54

New comment by unnervingduck in "Flatpak builds are not reproducible and why that's a practical problem (2022)"

unnervingduck — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:22:06 +0000

Agree, I feel like there must be a better way to achieve what Flatpak does. I love it because it's the only major app platform on Linux that offers some form of sandboxing, but the download sizes get ridiculously large.

New comment by unnervingduck in "Simple ad-free emoji database to find and copy your emoji"

unnervingduck — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:51:46 +0000

Most of the time the built-in emoji search works for me. Discord, Telegram etc. can show emojis by just putting the keyword between colons, iirc KDE, Gnome, Windows all have an emoji picker with search (Win + .)

New comment by unnervingduck in "LineageOS has added internal microG support"

unnervingduck — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 06:53:01 +0000

It's nice to see that they changed their stance on MicroG and signature spoofing, IMO they were a bit too hesitant against it. It's implemented in a safe way fortunately, so that only MicroG can use the permission.

LineageOS has added internal microG support

unnervingduck — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 06:53:00 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/1b11zex/los_has_added_internal_microg_support/

Hacker News: unnervingduck

New comment by unnervingduck in "Show HN: European alternatives to Google, Apple, Dropbox and 120 US apps"

New comment by unnervingduck in "Bootloader Unlock Wall of Shame"

Pornhub and three other adult websites face EU child safety investigation

New comment by unnervingduck in "Epic Games Store and Fortnite Arrive on EU iPhones"

New comment by unnervingduck in "Upcoming Changes to Audio Formats"

New branding, same scanning: Upload moderation undermines end-to-end encryption [pdf]

New comment by unnervingduck in "Qimgv – Fast, simple image viewer"

The Art of the Rip

Computer Security: The Better Generation

ElixirOS to break and wipe your device

New comment by unnervingduck in "Write Plain Text Files (2022)"

New comment by unnervingduck in "Bicycle Rolling Resistance: Tire Rolling Resistance Tests and More"

Ask HN: Custom email domains for personal email?

World Backup Day

New comment by unnervingduck in "Flatpak builds are not reproducible and why that's a practical problem (2022)"

New comment by unnervingduck in "Simple ad-free emoji database to find and copy your emoji"

New comment by unnervingduck in "LineageOS has added internal microG support"

LineageOS has added internal microG support

New Gnome Mutter Code Prepares Fractional Scaling for XWayland

Website Backups with Apple iCloud