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Sayrus commented on From M1 MacBook to Arch Linux: A month-long experiment that became permanenent   ssp.sh/blog/macbook-to-ar... · Posted by u/articsputnik
pjerem · 15 hours ago
I’d say it’s barely 3 things :

- The trackpad (but other manufacturers now have tolerable alternatives and anyway you can work without it)

- The screen : at an equivalent price point (and even more), nothing comes close to Apple screens. The cheapest MacBook have a better screen than most high end PCs.

- The audio : Apple truly did some sorcery to get such an awesome sound from machines that are flat as sheet. It’s so good that you can watch a movie on your MacBook without earbuds and don’t be bothered.

Everything else like build quality is overall better than most other alternatives but a few other manufacturers are also good at it.

I say this as someone who uses a MacBook for work despite loving Linux and who hates what macOS have become. The hardware is really that good.

Sayrus · 11 hours ago
As a mostly Dell user I'd add the camera and microphone: the difference in quality on a standalone laptop is just mind blowing. Audio output can be tuned with the right equalizer profile but microphone filtering and camera quality just doesn't come anywhere close to a Macbook.
Sayrus commented on Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org   giuliomagnifico.blog/post... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
NomDePlum · a day ago
How's that different from any other provider?
Sayrus · a day ago
Most prevent your username/email from being reused but restrict access or storage. From what I've seen, the delay often ranges from 30 days to years (but not guaranteed).
Sayrus commented on How Not to Buy a SSD   andrei.xyz/post/how-not-t... · Posted by u/speckx
runjake · a day ago
I've bought two counterfeit drives on Amazon -- one in 2024, and one in 2025. One sold by Amazon. Another I thought I was buying from Amazon directly but came from a seller.

They looked completely, COMPLETELY legit. Enough that I initially doubted OEM support when the drives failed and I contacted them and they pointed out my drive's serial number doesn't even match the legit's format. They weren't even relabeled from a lower tier model.

The saving grace is that I have Prime, so getting refunds was relatively easy after a couple quick back and forths.

Sayrus · a day ago
What's crazy to me is that a small retailer selling counterfeit goods would be sued hard if not investigated for fraud. But Amazon can keep doing it without worries.
Sayrus commented on FBI's undercover $250 Bitcoin payment helps take down alleged corporate hacker   theblock.co/post/359837/f... · Posted by u/OutOfHere
chistev · 7 days ago
If I try withdrawing my Monero, I need to convert it to usd, and then withdraw. Can't that process be tracked to me?
Sayrus · 7 days ago
Trade it directly for USD in cash. I'm not sure what the laws are in the US but I don't remember seeing that owning or selling was illegal in any way.
Sayrus commented on "Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit   pluralistic.net/2025/08/1... · Posted by u/Refreeze5224
danaris · 9 days ago
...Unless the government is specifically looking out for this, that's easy to game by just submitting a bunch of requests for age validation with incrementing ages.

Is that worth it? No idea—but I'm willing to bet some surveillance advertisers think it's worth it.

Sayrus · 9 days ago
I haven't read the spec so I'm not sure if you can request that or only 18+.

However doing dozens of requests requires the user's approval each time which may raise red flags and I can imagine your certificate revoked.

Sayrus commented on Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network   techno-fandom.org/~hobbit... · Posted by u/pilingual
immibis · 12 days ago
Airplane mode usually turns off the power to that chip.
Sayrus · 12 days ago
I found this for GrapheneOS / Pixel devices which seems to support this claim: https://grapheneos.org/faq

> Activating airplane mode will fully disable the cellular radio transmit and receive capabilities

I am very interested if you have more information on this or specification on whether airplane mode has to disable power to the chip.

Sayrus commented on Vanishing from Hyundai’s data network   techno-fandom.org/~hobbit... · Posted by u/pilingual
01HNNWZ0MV43FF · 13 days ago
It can all be fought. https://deflock.me/

I keep my phone in Airplane Mode. Can't do a ton about private ALPRs except put peanut butter on them or whatever when you see em

Sayrus · 13 days ago
I remember reading that (some?) phones in airplane mode can still be pinged by the network to request their location and the call is answered directly by the blackbox modem rather than by Android/iOS bypassing most privacy features.

Airplane mode also usually keeps Bluetooth and WiFi enabled so that's one thing to look for.

Sayrus commented on Show HN: Stasher – Burn-after-read secrets from the CLI, no server, no trust   github.com/stasher-dev/st... · Posted by u/stasher-dev
kbbgl87 · 16 days ago
whats preventing setting up a proxy (like mitmproxy, burpsuite interceptor) in the browser? pretty easy
Sayrus · 16 days ago
That requires a dedicated instance of your browser as (AFAIK) most browsers don't support per-tab proxy configuration. If I understood correctly, parent wants tabs to work normally but offline tabs (like the secret generator) to be airgapped.
Sayrus commented on Show HN: FFlags – Feature flags as code, served from the edge   fflags.com... · Posted by u/tushr
ecshafer · 17 days ago
That seems like code which should check customer account information, not a feature flag thats turned on or off.
Sayrus · 17 days ago
Activating only for beta users or opted-in users is a supported use-case on OpenFeature using the dynamic context (https://openfeature.dev/specification/glossary#dynamic-conte...).

If your goal is to end up with the flag enabled on all requests, the only difference is the rollout strategy. You can prioritize accounts, manually enable things with one customer that you know likes to test your alpha features, and so on.

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