<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: usr1106</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=usr1106</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 00:58:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=usr1106" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "Exit IP VPN servers mitigation rollout"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nice. But unfortunately these addresses are hard to remember and "nobody" recognizes them when reading examples. One of those "standards" that have been a great idea, but lack practical relevance.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:20:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275312</link><dc:creator>usr1106</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275312</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "Mounting git commits as folders with NFS (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We used Clearcase around year 2000 on HP-UX. I found it nice and powerful, but 90% of the developers did not understand it. Well, probably a similar statement holds for git.</p>
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<p>Yes, Cloudflare. It says: Your browser is not supported. Use another browser or upgrade. I would upgrade if the vendor of this weaker embedded device provided something...<p>I know Cloudflare works fine on Firefox desktops and probably also on Android.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 06:08:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48176076</link><dc:creator>usr1106</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48176076</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48176076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>User to Mozilla: Cannot read your statement with a variant of your own browser because you have it "protected" by an internet gatekeeper.</p>
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<p>Sorry, I should proof-read my comments... Can't edit it anymore<p>It is not necessary to use cash anywhere because cards can be used really everywhere.<p>But if you don't want to use cards, it's still possible to avoid it for weeks in row. You can pay cash at most brick and mortar places and by bank transfer at most online sites.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:11:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164962</link><dc:creator>usr1106</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164962</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am from Nordic country. I did not use any cash, had no wallet for several years. It's not needed. After the US government acting like it does I mostly stopped using cards. Like with phone OSes a US-controlled duopoly.<p>Cash does not to need to be used anywere, but cards can be avoided for weeks until I need to use it again. Most can be handled by cash or bank transfer without problems.<p>For phones I have not any Google Android or iOS until a year ago. Nowdays I have a Google work phone, but it's always in flight mode except when a pay my lunch subsidized by employer. I type this comment on my Sailfish device and I use a degoogled Android. Can cause minor inconvenienance occasionally, but rarely enough to turn on my work phone.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 20:37:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163573</link><dc:creator>usr1106</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163573</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "The Zulip Foundation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We used zulip at work 7 years until I had to leave when the startup had to cut down development. We didn't pay a cent (which is not good for the project...) It was truly enjoyable software. Nowadays I am forced to use Microsoft Teams, which is largely non-functional bullshit. We pay real money to the disgusting company.<p>Where do I find a list of employers using zulip?</p>
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<p>On delay-day you won't be travelling on the train you booked. So the reservation will only help if things go reasonably well. Which depending on your itenary might be less frequently than desired. Yes, a reservation helps if you happen to be on the correct train, but many others are not. It all remains a big gamble, you never know...</p>
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<p>Not very familiar with Vercel. Discovered them only recently when a business my brother is a customer of fell victim of a phishing attack. The "Login to Microsoft" page hosted on Vercel was still online many days later when I heard of the case.</p>
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<p>I often hear the argument of savings in printing and postage.<p>Having seen all the over budget, years delayed or completely failed IT projects in the public sector, I wonder whether there are any savings at all in the end.<p>(Perspective from a couple of EU countries at different degrees of digitalization)</p>
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<p>While composing a reply to recipient B leaking some details that it "learned" when reading a mail from sender A, which you did not want to share with B. I have no idea how they organize sessions, indexes and whatever they use. But if no "side-channels" existed, I would be extremely surprised.<p>Of course reading generated text remains the sole responsibility of the user before clicking "Send". We all know that reading drafts can happen more or less carefully, especially when being in a hurry.</p>
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<p>Works just fine in powershell. Avoid using command prompt and life is already a bit better</p>
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<p>There is no reason kids should use so called smart devices, except making certain companies richer. Kids have had a healthy development without such crap for thousands of years. We don't discuss what percentage of alcohol should be allowed in beer and wine for kids.</p>
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<p>So how will LLMs be trained when SO has no longer any up to date, relevant information? From all the LLM-generated phony crap pages you hit nowadays?</p>
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<p>Except from being cool, we can do it, are there any benefits? Benefits for me would be avoiding interactions with the oligarchies and generally executing code on my machine that I don't need to consume Web content.</p>
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<p>Sure, I like Arch. Did not consider it for completely non-technical users, though.</p>
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<p>I know Fedora, although haven't used it recently anymore because it's not approved at my current job.<p>But is that something to use by non-geeks on really low end machines?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:18:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449074</link><dc:creator>usr1106</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449074</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by usr1106 in "Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>According to <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-adding-a-free-vpn" rel="nofollow">https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/firefox-adding-a-free-vp...</a> Mullvad might not be used for the free service. Whether that's correct or incorrect extrapolation we will see...</p>
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<p>I don't like snap and have always uninstalled it in the past. However, that gets more difficult in newer releases, so probably not a sustainable path. Still searching for the distro I could install instead of Xubuntu for friends and family who don't want or need the latest and greatest.<p>The main reason for my dislike is the closed source nature of snap distribution.
App isolation is important and not easy. That bugs will happen and be fixed there is natural. Happens with every other system that was supposed to increase security, too.</p>
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<p>I worked in a company where reviews took days. The CTO complained a lot about the speed, but we had decent code quality.<p>Now I work at a company where reviews take minutes. We have 5 lines of technical debt per 3 lines of code written. We spend months to work on complicated bugs that have made it to production.</p>
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