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Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? on Monday November 02, 2026 @10:52AM (#50338555)
Oh I absolutely don't have that kind of money, that's why I had no choice but to buy a crappy JVC TV that's definetly a spying tool rather than an actual device. But as I said, it does not seem to be the case for the person asking it in the first place as they are OK to pay extra for this...
Re:Ask HN: Which TV do you recommend for privacy? on Monday November 02, 2026 @03:21AM (#50334321)
Vote with your wallet though. If the price is not an issue (like the OP seems to be saying "I don’t mind paying a premium"), then there's no point in encouraging these kind of practices, even if they're pretty common for these kind of device.

Unfortunately though I think you are right and the best thing to do is just get one that has the specs you want never connect it to the internet and just get a companion device for the connected stuff like a Shield Pro (aging device but I did not catch up to what was the cool new things for those)

This applies to any kind of malware. As son as a machine is compromised you should reinstall and not trust that you removed everything. There's so much stuff happening on a computer that a malware can hide everywhere
Re:iOS running on the Redmi Note 10 Pro on Monday October 19, 2026 @09:26AM (#50152181)
Saw it in a facebook post but this seems to be it : https://www.reddit.com/r/hackintosh/comments/1x95qq0/ios_167...
Re:DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @07:45AM (#50130216)
My code is opensource, china already has it. For my professional work we have entreprise plans with OpenAI / Anthropic
Re:DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017 on Saturday October 17, 2026 @06:54AM (#50129911)
also it's cheap, using it in opencode is great
Re:Wanted to download an ISO, ended up writing a kernel exploit on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:57AM (#50105557)
Well technically it's not it that want it, but the company behind it haha
Re:Wanted to download an ISO, ended up writing a kernel exploit on Thursday October 15, 2026 @07:03AM (#50101979)
Not sure, that's what i thought reading it but you might be right
Re:Wanted to download an ISO, ended up writing a kernel exploit on Thursday October 15, 2026 @06:00AM (#50101473)
It's literally a random word generator that want to take my job. I'm not going to treat it like a human being. That's one of the main reason I stopped my Claude subscription and went back to ChatGPT. It does not stop the conversation when I insult it (Like claude LITERALLY close the conversation, you cannot answer anymore)
Re:Wanted to download an ISO, ended up writing a kernel exploit on Thursday October 15, 2026 @05:49AM (#50101386)
> even logging into my router (with my permission)

This is exactly why I want to migrate to a OpenWRT router, companies should not just be able to hop in my network like this. And I'd love to like the Flint 3 I stayed away from it because it didn't have upstream openwrt compatibility but I just saw this repo that might fix my issue: perceival/openwrt-flint3

Re:Bitwarden Dual License Model on Saturday October 10, 2026 @01:03PM (#50034854)
On the contrary. If there's one thing you should self-host is definetly password manager.
I even wouldn't. They're missing the meta key which is a pain, especially as an i3 user
Re:The smart home graveyard is getting crowded on Tuesday September 29, 2026 @03:22AM (#49889422)
Great to know but that will result in double NAT. Tbf my ISP (Free / iliad) is quite good and pretty friendly so I probably wont have issues (i've never had to call them in like 6-8 years)
Re:The smart home graveyard is getting crowded on Monday September 28, 2026 @10:00AM (#49878092)
Even with local API I'm quite a bit hesitant, I'd rather not use anything that does not let me install an opensource firmware (e.g. wled for RGBCCT led strip controller).

I haven't made a vlan yet for IoT stuff because my ISP's router do not let me, I can't wait to have my own openwrt / opnsense router and put the ISP in bridge mode.

Re:The smart home graveyard is getting crowded on Monday September 28, 2026 @09:58AM (#49878064)
> Not making a fragile computer a single point of failure

You can set it up in a way that it does work without it but can be enhanced with it. Some zigbee switch work like that (Like the Aqara one).

Also, Home Assistant is the most rock-solid piece of software I ran in a long time, it just never breaks for me

Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Friday September 25, 2026 @03:37AM (#49841352)
Oh yeah I could absoluetly, but I just moved on gnome already lost me so I see no point to since I'm now used to another software and I won't come back
Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @08:04AM (#49829476)
oh yeah I forgot about this but I absolutely have a grip with this.

Though I'm not 100% in line with this because in i3 I have no taskbar but it's perfect for serious work because:

1. Each app / type of app I use has its own workspace 2. The indicator of workspace only shows those which have a window on it, even if they always exist

That pretty much replicates the taskbar experience but with the added benefits that I choose exactly how I "group" those windows

Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @08:00AM (#49829439)
No but I never claimed that the shell itself was the main issue (though the app drawer is definetly part of it). It's the gnome ecosystem in general that took this approach. Of course I can use a different app each time one changes the way they do stuff but that's the point I shouldn't have to learn a new app because an update broke what I used to use
Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:48AM (#49829339)
Yeah of course i've got no problem that people use it, but the devs have started to take a vert opiniated approach that is not aligned with my vision. It's just unfortunate that an update can break all my habits
Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:44AM (#49829301)
That was my point to be fair, it's not the gnome DE in itself the main issue it's the ecosystem. You wouldn't tell most windows or osx user to replace explorer or finder, and yes that can be a solution just like changing the whole DE can. Software update should not get me this passionate about it or it's clearly that something's wrong
Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @07:41AM (#49829266)
Note : I come from GNOME 2 so maybe that's why I despise it because of the complete redesign they made. The app drawer is just not made for computer they just saw windows 8 ui and decided to go with it too

GTK4 decided to drop the ability to theme any apps (or are seriously going this way if its not already in place) but that's my computer and the lack of customization is litterally one of the main reason i left windows 15 years ago.

Renaming the apps to something totally generic is also weird like i want to install eye-of-gnome now called "photos" i have no clue what the package name is, same for engrampa or the file explorer.

The new design guideline is not to my taste but that's not the point here.

But it's a lot of small stuff like you copy / extract a file then no more window just a small indicator in the corner of the file explorer which cannot stay on screen so i can track the progress easily, and what happen if I close the explorer ? Does it continue in the background or stop because everything is closed i'll never know.

I also had a grip with the picture viewer which forced me to stay on eog until I finally took the dip and went to eye-of-mate but I don't remember it, just that it was enough for me to stop using it

To be fair my experience is more or less a year old since I've not used GTK software in a while but that's just a few exemple on how it clearly isn't as good as it used to be.

Re:Ideas on modernizing the open-source desktop on Thursday September 24, 2026 @05:49AM (#49828386)
Yeah and when change do occur, its for the worse (e.g. Gnome)

> Why bother to learn a new UI, when all that does is get you back to square 1, and it might not even stick around

Exactly. That's why I gave up and stay on i3 and the common tools I use. I've been for a few month under hyprland and yeah no I'll go back to X11+i3 the pain it provides is just not worth it even if the common user would think they're pretty similar.

I'm already upset that I have to use Windows at work because I've not used it in years and I have to relearn everything again (like every time you want to change some settings it appears that Microsoft has moved them?) that I don't have the free time to spend to do the same on Linux. I just want my computer to work and to work the same unless I specifically decide to change it, not because some update thought it would be cool to move things around

That sentiment is probably what it means to growing older though

Re:Looking forward to Git 2.56 – and 3.0 on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @04:31AM (#49798153)
rerere should be on
Re:Custom home server built from spare parts on Monday September 21, 2026 @04:35AM (#49784680)
> is unable to silently alter the firewall's configuration

I'd like more informations about this as I'm not too familiar with firewall setup but every time I tried to setup iptables / nft it was indeed bypassed by docker. Recently I found out in the docs that docker adds a DOCKER-USER table, isn't it enough to put your rules in it to prevent the outside world to reach containers ?

Re:Pirate Face Rescues LLM Models from Deletion on Sunday September 20, 2026 @12:50PM (#49777531)
IIRC Mistral used to do it, not sure if that's still the case

EDIT/ Yes they did, that no longer seems to be the case though

https://x.com/MistralAI/status/1833758285167722836

Re:Backups Aren't Simple on Thursday September 17, 2026 @09:19AM (#49740365)
Ok, i do use it through their relay but i should do the same
Re:One Year of Sponsored Servo Development on Thursday September 17, 2026 @05:23AM (#49738291)
yeah in a perfect world google dictates how the standard will evolve, we kill all competition so we're sure that you have only one target to build your software against, I'm sure a monopoly will greatly improves innovation and not be used to stiffen competition. /s
Re:Backups Aren't Simple on Thursday September 17, 2026 @04:05AM (#49737797)
sync is not backup

Also why you sync through LAN only?

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