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gbba··on Remote access giant AnyDesk resets passwords and revokes certificates after hack
Steam Link is tailored for gaming, but it works great for remote access. Performance is excellent and it has clients for all major platforms.
gbba··on Tell HN: Coinbase will not allow ACH transfers without Plaid
> create a new bank account somewhere and allow Plaid to have access to it.

This is the way. There's plenty of free online banks, and it's pretty easy to open accounts nowadays.

gbba··on The Liberty Phone
It's meant to run GNU Linux instead of Android, so maybe the 4GB RAM might be ok?

Definitely not enough if this was running Android. RAM usage on my Android right now: - 2.1 GB Android OS - 1.0 GB Google - 0.5 GB Android System - 0.5 GB Firefox - 0.4 GB Android System Intelligence - 0.4 GB System UI - 0.4 GB Google Play services ... and a bunch more < 0.1 GB services that seem necessary

gbba··on Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
I was trying to figure out why the update wasn't working on my Archlinux box. After a few attempts I barely caught a glimpse of an error message that flashed by: something along the lines of "unzip not found".

After installing unzip, the firmware updated successfully.

gbba··on iPad Pro M2
Video games are more enjoyable with the increased processing power!

Where the 2018 model struggles at high frame rates, the M1 version enables more fluid gameplay at 95-120fps. The new M2 would likely deliver more consistent 120fps performance given the advertised 15% CPU and 35% GPU uplift.

gbba··on Amazon to acquire maker of Roomba vacuum for roughly $1.7B
> focus on the basics instead of marketing gimmicks

This reminds me of what Steve Jobs said about Xerox[0]. After achieving market leadership in their industry, engineering at iRobot seems to have been pushed aside in the company's decision making process.

Is this a consequence of being a publicly traded company? After all, pushing consumables and subscription services requires less capital and makes more money compared to developing a better robot. The $1.7B exit seems like a good outcome for a stagnant (relative to its peers) company.

[0] https://youtu.be/NlBjNmXvqIM?t=56

gbba··on Highlights from Git 2.35
Still considered experimental in 2.35.0: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-init
gbba··on Ask HN: What is your home networking setup?
I use a few secondhand Netgear R7800 with OpenWrt installed to blanket the house in fast WiFi and 1Gb Ethernet. This setup has been in place for almost 4 years now and has been very reliable. Maintenance is needed to keep software up to date.

With so many radios, I've segregated IoT devices on their own frequency to maximize throughput on workstations. VLANs provide network isolation.

I think the routing performance is fine for most households. If you need a router that does QoS on a gigabit internet connection, you'll need something more powerful.

Occasionally I'll wish that I had something faster than 1GbE, so the hunt for hardware continues...

gbba··on OS X-KVM: Run macOS on QEMU/KVM
New Intel hardware supports SR-IOV, the successor to GVT-g, but unfortunately driver support is apparently missing for Linux: https://www.reddit.com/r/VFIO/comments/o7l2zr/sriov_on_intel...
gbba··on PHP is worth learning and using
Be careful as this syntax can potentially introduce SQL injections.

PHP's parameterization features in PDO can be abstracted so you can turn this into:

  $vars = array(":userid" => $userid);
  q("select name from users where id = :userid", $vars);
It's still pretty concise and is much safer.
gbba··on How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?
It'd be worth less, but not entirely worthless. I think ETC is a good example of what happens on a deprecated branch.
gbba··on Apple’s new M1 Pro and M1 Max processors
A 5950x uses ~4 times as much power.
gbba··on Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag
I really like the form factor, but my Surface Pro 7 has really let me down lately. It’s about a year old now and fully patched, but the battery barely lasts 4 hours, camera is buggy (Windows Hello stops working), and randomly shuts down.
gbba··on Six reasons the EU should force the iPhone to use USB-C
Wireless charging isn't immune to failures either. A recent example of this is Google's Pixel 4 device, introduced in Oct. 2019. Apparently if the phone chassis expands over time, the rear antennas (including wireless charging and NFC) get disconnected and stop working. People experiencing this issue, including myself, are not able to reliably use wireless charging, and using NFC (e.g. for Google Pay) requires us to put pressure on the rear of the phone.

Granted, Apple seems to have much better hardware quality control than most vendors and iPhones might not ever have this issue.

gbba··on Getting sweet patron money on the modern internet (2020)
17 more years and leave like nothing happened :P
gbba··on Getting sweet patron money on the modern internet (2020)
I had a similar plan when I started my career, where the idea was to save and self-support independent endeavors.

13 years later: I can execute the "full plan" at any time, but I find myself to have sufficient autonomy and be comfortable enough at my current position.

This plan is certainly not the highest payoff in my case, as I can't buy the toys/houses my peers have. However work/life balance is great, and I still have the option to build things without needing outside funding.

gbba··on What’s new in the Windows 10 May 2020 Update
PIN is probably not the best term they could've chosen since the term implies it should be a number.

However in this case, the Windows 10 "PIN" can actually be a longer password.

gbba··on Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height
I wouldn't say they don't care about gamers, considering that gaming makes up about half of their revenue: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15513/nvidia-releases-q4-fy20...
gbba··on Flutter: a Portable UI Framework for Mobile, Web, Embedded, and Desktop
Not everyone is so fortunate to have 1GB/s internet.

Waiting for a page to load is a terrible user experience.

gbba··on Replacing JavaScript Hot Path with WebAssembly
Yes if it provides a better product for users.
gbba··on OpenWrt 18.06: First stable version after the OpenWrt/LEDE project merger
I'd also add "general project health". DD-WRT doesn't seem to get much help. There's only one(?) person making changes to mainline: https://svn.dd-wrt.com//timeline?from=Aug+2%2C+2018&daysback...
gbba··on Itty Bitty: Sites contained within their own links
The trustworthiness of the domain name would effectively be stolen.
gbba··on Show HN: A free, lightweight static page to get stock quotes using the IEX API
In this context they mean you won't need anything more than a browser or basic HTTP server.
gbba··on LED stoplights not emitting enough heat to melt snow covering the lights
Moving parts are typically a very vulnerable point of failure. Traffic lights must have high uptime and require low maintenance.
gbba··on iPhone X Teardown
Splitting a battery into two cells might mean it can charge twice as fast in parallel.