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The_SamminAter··on Running Wayland, X11, Gnome, and KDE Natively on an iPad
Neat! I sent you an email about possibly making it work on older versions of iOS.
The_SamminAter··on Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly
Indeed. This is both the best and the only actively maintained way for older versions of iOS to use modern js.
The_SamminAter··on Show HN: GovAuctions.app now in US,UK,CA,AU with deal scores and bid estimates
Wonderful! I’ll check that out.

For context regarding JS, this is what the site looks like on my phone (iOS 14): https://imgur.com/a/K0OGEma . While Reynard (browser) does make it work mostly, the sort by selection doesn’t - a minor complaint to an otherwise much better experience for accessing gov auctions.

The_SamminAter··on Show HN: GovAuctions.app now in US,UK,CA,AU with deal scores and bid estimates
Thank you for adding more countries! Is there an API which can be exposed to the user? (For integrating into a personal TUI, no LLM funny business). I’ve looked into querying my local gov auction site, and it ended up being quite a pain and ultimately not successful.

On a bit of a more serious note, would it be possible to add fallback js to support older devices?

Thanks again

The_SamminAter··on I've built an iOS app to spoof location, no PC needed
Sell it on ipa and jailbreak markets. Try twickd, Telegram and Discord for jailed. Maybe look into iota - they seem to be able to successfully monetize that sort of thing. Make sure you have decent DRM - and even then that may not save you.
The_SamminAter··on Reddit now blocks all free API access besides RedReader
Dystopia still has API access as well
The_SamminAter··on Honda Civics and the Evil Valet
Hey, how did you obtain the update file? I’ve been trying to probe an Acura head unit from the same year, it’s also on Android 4.x, but have ran into a roadblock when it comes to obtaining an update file.
The_SamminAter··on Car headlights don't have to be this blinding
Then why does every Tesla in front and behind me at night blind me? Some of the Hyundai IONIQs too, but there’s less of them out there.
The_SamminAter··on DuckDuckGo displays a special logo when you search for FreeBSD or OpenBSD
Another: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=megamind&ia=web
The_SamminAter··on Rockstar Games Hacked, Hackers Threaten a Massive Data Leak If Not Paid Ransom
The actual case is that GTA Online sessions are P2P. As such, when connected to a session, your IP is exposed to the other players. This doesn’t really qualify as a ‘doxx,’ as that in and of itself is not particularly PII. Furthermore, playing without a menu is possible and has been for years. It just helps to boot yourself into a new/empty session every once in a while.
The_SamminAter··on Show HN: Facebook Marketplace MCP
Neat! Thanks for doing the legwork, I’ll reimplement this in bash for some personal projects.

I would have thought that Facebook would mind non-humans accessing marketplace. At least, that’s what previous research has lead me to believe.

The_SamminAter··on Asia's EVolution: How the Toyota Prius Comes to Die in Mongolia [video]
Linked article: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/toyota-prius-mongolia-e...
The_SamminAter··on Iguanaworks has closed and our products are no longer sold
I love learning from and building that type of thing (plus have some musician friends who can never have too many gadgets). Would you be willing to share a link?

Note: if you don’t want to create a link to yourself, you could also email me at <my username>0_AT_protonmail_._com

The_SamminAter··on Amazon is adding a fuel surcharge to fees it collects from third-party sellers
How much does it pay on average? And how is the payment broken down/do you earn per mile or package?
The_SamminAter··on Our commitment to Windows quality
> as long as

*except HP

The_SamminAter··on I'm a truck driver who built a privacy-first RSS and webcomic reader
Neat extension! Two points of feedback with it:

1. It changes my browser theme frequently. Please do not. I've only taken a quick look at how/why, but you seem to apply the stock Firefox dark themes multiple times - in sidebar/sidebar.js, sidebar/theme-init.js, background/background.js, and possibly in sidebar/manage.js and sidebar/reader-page.js. This is just from a quick grep.

2. The authentication structure is quite easy to modify/bypass. Yes, you have server-sided authentication, but modules/auth.js does all of the work - and as such can be both taken offline and be modified to set arbutrary user information and return a valid, non-expired subscription. Though, isAuthenticated returning true is even easier.

You have made quite an interesting and useful extension, which I do plan on trialing once I fix the theme-changing issue. Authentication is hard and can never be perfect, but I do believe that it is robust enough for the vast majority of users. Thank you for sharing your work, and I await to hear how compliant/polite it is on rachelbythebay's rss reader test.

The_SamminAter··on 3D printing my laptop ergonomic setup
Tinkercad is what “clicked” for me. I found that it’s very easy to start making simple functional designs, but when you are trying to make something more advanced (pain point: triangles with rounded edges) it’s a bit lacking. Plasticity seems to be the next step in this direction, but it’s pricey.
The_SamminAter··on Adobe Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working on Linux with Patched Wine
Yes, I believe I’ve used DisplayCAL with a calibration puck.
The_SamminAter··on Adobe Photoshop 2025 Installer Now Working on Linux with Patched Wine
Neat. Up to this point you’ve had to install it on a windows device, and copy it along with a handful of dlls over[0][1]. Notably, I’ve only gotten Photoshop to work via this method, other products (InDesign and one other) will not run.

[0]: https://forum.mattkc.com/viewtopic.php?t=336 [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20251203093202/https://forum.mat...

The_SamminAter··on Morphe is an Android app modification tool
> What apps can Morphe patch?

> You can patch any app you want. As long as you want YouTube or YouTube Music. We're constantly working on expanding support to more apps.

The_SamminAter··on Smart Glasses Would Adjust Focus on the Fly Based on Your Eye Movements
That sounds like it could be rather nauseating
The_SamminAter··on The Siren Song – all about sirens
Some related reading: https://www.airraidsirens.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=26999 Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=46155475

I was planning on making a miniature model of the Yamaha sirens, so am interested to see that people have already made models. However I think that until/unless I get stumped I will ignore these and make my own, just for fun.

The_SamminAter··on Handheld PC Community Forums
There’s this[0] one that seems pretty approachable, I’ve been considering making it

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46265015

The_SamminAter··on Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm
There is this[0], but even with re-creating this patch on the latest wine-staging tree, I was unable to get Rekordbox (6, don’t try 7) to communicate with the board. That said, I was also unable to interact with Mixxx with the board, and that wasn’t running through wine. As a sanity check, I verified that the board runs fine on Rekordbox 6 on Windows. I was able to read the midi inputs from the board just fine from other programs on Linux, so I’m honestly not sure where the issue lies.

[0]: https://erhan.es/blog/using-pioneer-controller-with-rekordbo...

The_SamminAter··on PCB Edge USB C Connector Library
Using with a little flux while tinning usually prevents the pads from bridging
The_SamminAter··on PCB Edge USB C Connector Library
What do you do if the structural through-holes already have solder in them, that wick doesn’t seem to get? I’ve been trying to put a new USB C port onto my switch for quite a while now. (Now that I think about it, I can probably just shorten the prongs on the port and add solder after for structural strength).
The_SamminAter··on A 15yo autistic boy's tinkering triggered WA's biggest ever data breach
His tinkering did not trigger a data breach, it was already taking place, unencrypted, over the air. Anyone with a cheap SDR could do this, and indeed, hospitals in my area are doing the very same thing (despite previously being investigated for it and ‘stopping’). Having reached out to seemingly eager administration at these and being subsequently ghosted, I am at a loss of what to do. I know enough that hosting it will probably go extremely poorly for me. The data broadcasted right now has PII, but during covid had an exceptional amount of information. It’s not clear where this data is coming from, as the local hospital pagers are the old phone-type, but maybe Cerner is broadcasting it all for some reason?
The_SamminAter··on Show HN: I built a local-first podcast app
Thanks for taking the time to respond! I’ve tried refreshing a couple of times and I’m afraid it made no difference. Chrome and Firefox all use the same embedded WebKit, so I’m afraid it still happens on them. I have XCode with an iOS 14 (as well as some similarly-old) Simulators if you’d like me to see if I can isolate and upload that, but according to Apple documentation[0] you should be able to download older simulators from Settings->Components->Add Platforms.

[0]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/downloading-...

The_SamminAter··on Show HN: I built a local-first podcast app
I noticed that this doesn’t work on iOS 14 due to new/unsupported JS (just shows a blank page), would this be possible to workaround/fix? I quite like the idea, and would love to switch to it as my way to consume podcasts.
The_SamminAter··on The Camera-Shy Hoodie
I’ve been wondering about the effectiveness of something similar as an anti-ALPR measure. Most ALPRs seem to have infrared, but I wonder if this the presence of this would affect the non-IR cameras in regular light? I’m not quite certain how IR vs non-IR cameras are implemented in such systems, or if there even is a separation (are there two separate cameras, or is it just one).
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