Hacker News: vachina

New comment by vachina in "What I self-host"

vachina — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:50:10 +0000

There is, it was an Android app called Popcorn Time.

Quite a feat considering it was developed without AI help.

New comment by vachina in "Apple HomeView"

vachina — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:17:06 +0000

A product needs to fulfill the needs of the lowest common denominator to become a hit. This does not seem to address or solve any problems of the lowest common denominator.

It is like the Apple XDR display. Cool to have, but useless in the grand scheme of things.

New comment by vachina in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

vachina — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:59:30 +0000

You don’t have to show ID to participate in X.

New comment by vachina in "New Apple TV 4K"

vachina — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:54:30 +0000

Yes, a vanilla Android TV with a semi powerful SoC.

I have the 4K and MiBox next to each other, the Apple TV is cool for a UI showcase, but beyond the oohs and aahs the MiBox is a more useful entertainment device.

New comment by vachina in "New Apple TV 4K"

vachina — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:48:05 +0000

Any vanilla android TV box with an Amlogic chip will not have ads, and will run circles around this overpriced headless iPhone.

New comment by vachina in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

vachina — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:01:43 +0000

I still can use the browser. Mobile and desktop. In fact I prefer using the browser.

New comment by vachina in "Nitter: Update Oct 10th seeking funding and legal help"

vachina — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 15:47:46 +0000

It is a public square in the sense that you can speak freely and not get stoned to death.

Also in a public square you’re not supposed to masquerade as another person, which what all these services are trying to do.

New comment by vachina in "Deno Is Joining Cloudflare"

vachina — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:28:24 +0000

Honestly with AI just build it yourself.

I took the plunge and ripped out all my (“open source”) Magento shopfronts and reimplemented them from the ground in…… 2 hours. And it is so much more performant to boot.

New comment by vachina in "US man given prison sentence for bot-farming music streams"

vachina — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:16:55 +0000

Have you read the article.

He’s indicted for mass streaming his own songs to pump up the play count. It’s outright fraud.

New comment by vachina in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

vachina — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:38:42 +0000

If you build anything worth building you’ll know contractors are a net drag in the long run. It’s a mistake most rookie middle management make and learn the hard way.

New comment by vachina in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

vachina — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:22:25 +0000

Nothing wrong with saying that.

New comment by vachina in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

vachina — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:21:23 +0000

How many critical job functions can you offshore. The world isn’t like it used to be, everyone is woke and will not work for less.

New comment by vachina in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

vachina — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:18:19 +0000

You’re simply outcompeted by other employers. Get good.

New comment by vachina in "Trump administration is suspending Microsoft from a green card program"

vachina — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 17:14:18 +0000

The village head typically prefers people from his own village. Not rocket science.

New comment by vachina in "Couple was swatted 55 times in 2 years over a post about Norm Macdonald"

vachina — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:21:46 +0000

I said high trust not high intelligence. Your law enforcement gives blanket trust to reports, because in a high trust society false report is rare.

New comment by vachina in "Couple was swatted 55 times in 2 years over a post about Norm Macdonald"

vachina — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:20:16 +0000

High trust society and high HDI.

Act now (to reduce potential loss of life) and verify later

New comment by vachina in "JetBrains reported a net financial loss first time in its tracked history"

vachina — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:36:05 +0000

The truth is there is no money to be made from (good) offline software.

New comment by vachina in "ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers"

vachina — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:31:42 +0000

Why do you have an app installed just to buy clothes

New comment by vachina in "Huawei and Qualcomm Announce Broad Patent License Agreement"

vachina — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:40:44 +0000

Huawei has been leading in 5G deployments until US decides him and his allies cannot be friends with Huawei.

Qualcomm will benefit greatly from this arrangement.

New comment by vachina in "Nearly 200 people under observation after Irkutsk lab worker dies from plague"

vachina — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 03:59:56 +0000

Source? Your account is no better hearsay.