Hacker News: usuallymatt

New comment by usuallymatt in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

usuallymatt — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:05:34 +0000

I was tempted to use this but when I looked into the team behind it there seemed to be some issues as exposed by Louis Rossman here: https://youtu.be/Dl1x1Dy-ej4.

Instead, I installed CalyxOS and have been using it over a year now and I'm very happy with it. Check it out.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying"

usuallymatt — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:17:25 +0000

Not sure if anyone has seen this but if I login as @gmail.com with my @ password it logs me into my Domain account. I wonder if they are preparing to roll out a tool where you can convert your Domain account over to a gmail account.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says"

usuallymatt — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:30:37 +0000

Why would hundreds of thousands of flats be vacant? 1M+ infections won't translate to hundreds and thousands of deaths.

New comment by usuallymatt in "What Happened with Lego"

usuallymatt — Sun, 23 Feb 2020 08:03:08 +0000

I've never learned to solder and I bet my 10 year old would love to learn with me. I'm gonna get those kits. Thanks!

New comment by usuallymatt in "How to Find New Music"

usuallymatt — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:19:33 +0000

Cheers!

New comment by usuallymatt in "How to Find New Music"

usuallymatt — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 19:49:30 +0000

Came here to say 6Music too. It's an absolute goldmine and I've discovered some great stuff on there (Nils Frahm, Hannah Peel, Anna Meridith, Erland Cooper, Big Thief). I'm more into contemporary instrumental stuff these days but enjoy other genres, too.

I usually listen to Mary-Anne Hobbs, Tom Ravenscroft, Guy Garvey, Cillian Murphy whenever he's on. Which DJs do you recommend on there?

New comment by usuallymatt in "When will Google shut down Stadia?"

usuallymatt — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:17:19 +0000

Another Fastmail user here. Switched just over a year ago and haven't looked back.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launches Twitter and Facebook rival"

usuallymatt — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 00:28:55 +0000

To avoid the FT paywall http://archive.is/qJrfr

New comment by usuallymatt in "The Elite Club That Rules the Diamond World Is Starting to Crack"

usuallymatt — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 21:47:09 +0000

Agreed and anyway the 3 months pay thing was part of DeBeers advertising campaign way back when.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Raspberry Pi 4 Review"

usuallymatt — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:46:15 +0000

Have you tried buyapi.ca You can buy the individual pieces that you need without being forced into buying extra crap.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp"

usuallymatt — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:06:12 +0000

Not sure if it's because I run the beta version but I have the search feature in individual conversations and use it often. There is a desktop app and I agree it's not the best. The desktop app is the only place I've had the retrieving messages issue. So really the only gripe I see you having is no decent non-phone client. For me that's not a show stopper at this point in exchange for a secure, easy to use application.

New comment by usuallymatt in "Reddit Transparency Report 2018"

usuallymatt — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:55:28 +0000

https://snoopsnoo.com/

New comment by usuallymatt in "Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin"

usuallymatt — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 23:04:41 +0000

The nice thing about the mobile version is that you can add uBlock there too. I switched to Firefox a couple years ago and haven't looked back. Also have been DuckDuckGo for about a year and last year I switched my email over to Fastmail. Funny because I used to be the biggest Google Fanboy a few years back.

New comment by usuallymatt in "How I Finally Hit 2000 on Lichess and Improved My Rating"

usuallymatt — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:39:40 +0000

I recently discovered lichess in the past couple of weeks and LOVE it. I've even gone as far as to donate to them. I played a lot of chess as a kid and I've been getting back into it. Hit me up for a game - usuallymatt

Jellyfin, an Emby fork keeps the project going open source

usuallymatt — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 17:18:11 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18682501

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by usuallymatt in "Google transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo"

usuallymatt — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:54:17 +0000

I'd suggest not mailing the same mistake again. Go elsewhere for your email. I switched my domain to a paid provider recently and really like it. As much as an @duck.com address would be cool and I'd use it as a 2nd email, I wouldn't want it as my primary.

New comment by usuallymatt in "The Growth of Reddit"

usuallymatt — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:47:55 +0000

Can't you just use old.reddit.com ?

New comment by usuallymatt in "Ask HN: YouTube down?"

usuallymatt — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:40:18 +0000

Nah, $28k - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=15%2C000%2C000%2C000+divided+by+52...

New comment by usuallymatt in "Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public"

usuallymatt — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:29:28 +0000

I've been considering a switch to Fastmail myself and I have a domain on their free trial right now. I'm going to be pulling the trigger end of this month. Only thing that sucks is going and changing my email address everywhere. Like you I'm doing it for piece of mind knowing I can switch providers elsewhere if I need to down the line. I'd rather pay $50US each year then be as tangled up in Google's services as I was.

New comment by usuallymatt in "How Facebook, Apple and Microsoft Are Contributing to OpenStreetMap"

usuallymatt — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:37:00 +0000

Mileage varies depending on where you live. I really like the idea of OSM and have tried it on and off for years but it's abysmal for my city. Post code searches come up wrong and my own home address places the map marker the other side of town from my house. Google Maps has been accurate every time I've used it and I've never had any issues. I can't really trust OSM as an accurate source over Google Maps right now but hopefully it improves as time goes on. I really hope it does. I have tried to use open source solutions a lot in my life but I can't with Maps right now.