Hacker News: venamresm__

New comment by venamresm__ in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

venamresm__ — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 06:38:48 +0000

New comment by venamresm__ in "The input stack on Linux: An end-to-end architecture overview"

venamresm__ — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:14:39 +0000

> How is how inputs gets routed to the right window

It is covered for both X11 and Wayland. I just don't get into the particular decisions and details of how each WM/DE picks what they deem the current focused window, since it varies widely and it's more part of window management than of input management (I've written a WM and it's a bit messy). An article on WM/Compositor development would be more appropriate for that, I have a few already on my blog.

The input stack on Linux: An end-to-end architecture overview

venamresm__ — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 16:55:30 +0000

Article URL: https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/11/27/input_devices_linux.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46071030

Points: 127

# Comments: 10

New comment by venamresm__ in "Building my own solar power system"

venamresm__ — Wed, 21 May 2025 09:10:37 +0000

We also setup our own off-grid solar system, almost 4 years ago now. The cost was much lower due to lower import fees and lack of regulations where I live, it was altogether somewhere between $3-4k total, for 16 panels, mounting rack, inverter (with backup inverter), mptt, 12 acid-lead batteries, etc.. We saved so much money, and fewer headaches, since state electricity only came around 5-6h a day and people relied on scammy-mafia generator providers that ask for insane prices.

New comment by venamresm__ in "A New ASN.1 API for Python"

venamresm__ — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 09:11:34 +0000

Most of the open source tools need patching to properly support certain scenarios (been there done that). They also lack support for parsing ASN.1 Value Notation format (textual), which is used everywhere in specifications, OSS Nokalva offers the full set of tools to handle this even with a playground and ASN.1 editor, this is non-existent in open source right now. For now the open source tools only focus on the crypto aspect, and doesn't really dive into telco, banking, biometric, and others.

New comment by venamresm__ in "A New ASN.1 API for Python"

venamresm__ — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:34:14 +0000

In the ASN.1 space everyone hopes that someone can dethrone OSS Nokalva's proprietary solutions

Software crying to have better interfaces

venamresm__ — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:11:53 +0000

Article URL: https://venam.net/blog/unix/2025/04/18/mechanism_policy.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43726331

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

Cultural Ambiguities and Insecurities

venamresm__ — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:36:47 +0000

Article URL: https://venam.net/blog/psychology/2021/04/14/internet_communication_narrative_control_part3_section2_cultural_malaise.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43171644

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by venamresm__ in "FreeBSD for hi-fi audio: real-time processing, equalizer, MPD and FFmpeg"

venamresm__ — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:41:24 +0000

Relevant? https://medium.com/@skikirkwood/truth-lies-and-fraud-in-the-...

Playing with Fontconfig (2020)

venamresm__ — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 09:20:43 +0000

Article URL: https://venam.net/blog/unix/2020/09/14/playing_with_fonts.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38839724

Points: 55

# Comments: 3

New comment by venamresm__ in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

venamresm__ — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 08:53:07 +0000

https://venam.nixers.net and nixers.net I have two main feeds, one is about Unix, really deep articles. And I got usual life stuff and philosophy-related articles. I always try to take new perspectives when I write. The second link is to the nixers community.

New comment by venamresm__ in "What Is Textmode?"

venamresm__ — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:25:43 +0000

Got to mention https://16colo.rs/

New comment by venamresm__ in "Wargames can help you to learn and practice security concepts through games"

venamresm__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 17:22:23 +0000

This website regroups most of the other wargames and their points: https://www.wechall.net/

New comment by venamresm__ in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

venamresm__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:50:29 +0000

People missed the first device that was eSIM only back in 2019: https://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-razr-esim-only-105...

New comment by venamresm__ in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

venamresm__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 07:18:53 +0000

Disclaimer: I've been working in the eSIM ecosystem for the past 3 years.

The integration in the device doesn't really mean the device manufacturer has more control on the sim, far from it. The integration is limited to the interface needed to download/enable/disable profiles, what's referred to as an LPA (local profile assistant). Still OP is misinterpreting that this somehow gives the ability to device manufacturer, which are not network providers, to somehow be able to now step into the telco space. The reality is far from it and Apple cannot provide such service. What they do on the field though, is market devices are easier to use and follow up with mobile operators so that the integration is seamless.

New comment by venamresm__ in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

venamresm__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 06:41:19 +0000

You're misinterpreting what eSIMs are if you think they provide a new way to connect to the network, they don't. They are simply a new sim form factor, so step two in your analysis is unrealistic as the mobile equipment is still owned by mobile operators. There's literally no difference with current sim other than the sim being embedded in the device and the users being allowed to install multiple profiles on it.

New comment by venamresm__ in "Apple said to be preparing for iPhones without SIM card slot in 2022"

venamresm__ — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 06:36:51 +0000

This was discussed in the specs of the latest version (v3), and actually Apple and other GSMA members stood in the way of this. AT&T and Verizon wanted to include lock as part of the specs but it didn't pass and they were accused of collusion: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/04/20/apple-verizon-att-switc... So in summary, it's the opposite of a carrier lock.

New comment by venamresm__ in "Show HN: Glitch Image Generator"

venamresm__ — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:18:27 +0000

I dived into glitching once, but from a file format perspective instead of a generative art perspective: https://venam.nixers.net/blog/programming/2020/10/05/corrupt...

New comment by venamresm__ in "The Surreal Horror of Pam"

venamresm__ — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 06:42:46 +0000

I tried to demystify it once: https://venam.nixers.net/blog/unix/2020/07/06/dbus-polkit.ht... Maybe it can help someone else understand it too.

New comment by venamresm__ in "Networking I/O with Virtual Threads – Under the hood"

venamresm__ — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 07:15:20 +0000

Very well written.