Hacker News: vlod

New comment by vlod in "AI slop is killing online communities"

vlod — Thu, 07 May 2026 21:53:57 +0000

> without either proof of identity or attestation through a web of trust.

Let's put aside the idea whether it will be the end of all privacy as we know it (I'm not sure if I personally think it's a good idea), but isn't Sam Altman's World eye ID thing supposed to do that? (https://world.org).

How does it work (like OpenId)? Do I have an orb on my desk, or some sort of phone app? I still want to use my desktop to login to HN.

Would it stop this sort of "get human id", past it into .env, so agents can use it?

New comment by vlod in "The More Young People Use AI, the More They Hate It"

vlod — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:28:07 +0000

https://archive.is/F3T8k

New comment by vlod in "I bought Friendster for $30k – Here's what I'm doing with it"

vlod — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 15:41:17 +0000

I'm probably being dim here, but can you elaborate a bit more. Where's the rest of the non-ad revenue coming from?

New comment by vlod in "PopOS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption"

vlod — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:47:04 +0000

If anyone is reading this after my comment, please try firefox 150.0. It seems to have resolved it for me.

New comment by vlod in "Low-Dose Aspirin Usage for Primary Prevention Has Fallen by >50% Since 2018"

vlod — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:42:42 +0000

Regarding bleeding risks.

Is this due to the stomach being empty? Does taking it at the end of a large meal better?

New comment by vlod in "PopOS Linux: Creating a Bootable Backup USB With Encryption"

vlod — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:30:04 +0000

https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-epoch/issues/2851

I was a big fan of popos (for a long time) and upgraded to the latest rust based one. However my firefox stopped working (no response for toolbar menu items and buttons).

The work around is to reset your display. After having to do this 5+ times a day (for months), I said sod it and went to ubuntu 22. Sad.

note: failed only my intel nuc, but not on thinkpad x1 carbon.

New comment by vlod in "Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want"

vlod — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:51:43 +0000

https://archive.is/zpLpP

New comment by vlod in "Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th"

vlod — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:53:59 +0000

Would you mind elaborating on the problems you have with the Kobo? I'm thinking of getting one of these once my kindle dies.

New comment by vlod in "Cloudflare Email Service"

vlod — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 22:46:33 +0000

It is a major pita dealing with the SES team. I originally wanted to send email from my web app (simply notification flow. i.e. you have a new request from user-123) and it is (IMHO) impossible to get past them. They won't tell you any reasons why. (Because they don't want devs gaming the system).

Nothing I could do could convince them that I wasn't trying to do 'bad' stuff. Just gave up and decided not to use any AWS tech.

Just used GMail api to send email.

New comment by vlod in "Ask HN: What dev tools do you rely on that nobody talks about?"

vlod — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:56:07 +0000

on linux:

alias pbcopy='xclip -selection clipboard'

alias pbpaste='xclip -selection clipboard -o'

New comment by vlod in "Qite.js – Frontend framework for people who hate React and love HTML"

vlod — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:43:00 +0000

> React is the worst thing to happen to the Javascript ecosystem. The idea is good, but the execution is just piss poor. I mean look at Vue and Svelte, they managed to do it right.

As a previously big React dev I agree 100%. If anyone feels this way please spend some time on doing Sveltekit project (e.g. rewrite a personal React project).

It's a breath of fresh air.

New comment by vlod in "Is it a pint?"

vlod — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:43:26 +0000

Also in the US (probably due to lack of training and the customer too embarrassed to complaining) tend not to fill it the brim (and so not even 16''). I've seen 2-3 inch heads and asked them to top it up. They look at me as if I've just insulted George Washington.

New comment by vlod in "Silicon Valley's New Obsession: Watching Bots Do Their Grunt Work"

vlod — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:30:15 +0000

https://archive.is/oqir0

New comment by vlod in "ArcaOS 5.1.2 (based on OS/2 Warp 4.52) now available"

vlod — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:31:44 +0000

First thing I always look for is screenshots.

https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/arcaos-screenshots/

New comment by vlod in "SSH Secret Menu"

vlod — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:23:09 +0000

I still struggle with the fact that I was (or delusional) an effective C programmer "back in the day" (before google etc) and all we had was "man" to look up std/x11 system calls.

Now I am dismayed with juniors who can't even be bothered to use google (or llms) to look up stuff on their first hiccup.

#include

New comment by vlod in "US economy sheds 92,000 jobs in February in sharp slide"

vlod — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:55:11 +0000

https://archive.is/RP83s

New comment by vlod in "JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals"

vlod — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:08:52 +0000

Wouldn't tree-shaking take care of this? i.e. If I only use 'Button' (from the UI library), nothing else should be included in the (production) bundle.

New comment by vlod in "Flameshot"

vlod — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:35:34 +0000

Try: XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb flameshot

New comment by vlod in "Flameshot"

vlod — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:30:28 +0000

This works for me on PopOS Cosmic (Wayland). Please lmk if my flags are incorrect.

XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=sway QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb flameshot

New comment by vlod in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

vlod — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:54:52 +0000

I believe what you're saying is the benefit of Bitcoin (or other crypto) to get around gatekeepers.

I don't believe Patreon at this time supports any crypto. If they wanted they could open this up. Not sure if Apple would allow this (on an store app) without their 'slice' of the pie.