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Neat. How can I contribute data?
Re:Adafruit USB Type C CC Resistor Fixer on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:48PM (#49422499)
Oh, I made one of these not too long ago with those 4-pin solderable aliexpress USB-c pcbs. One side has the resisters, and I just joined them with headers. A few months ago I was looking for something just like this, but couldn’t find anything. I think a pack of 10 male and 10 female ports with CC resistors cost <$10, but I suppose this is a more elegant and accessible solution (plus, may actually pass more lines through).
Neat! I sent you an email about possibly making it work on older versions of iOS.
Re:Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly on Wednesday July 15, 2026 @11:05PM (#48929911)
Indeed. This is both the best and the only actively maintained way for older versions of iOS to use modern js.
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.

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

Re:I've built an iOS app to spoof location, no PC needed on Saturday June 27, 2026 @01:28AM (#48695421)
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.
Dystopia still has API access as well
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.
Re:Driving in America Is Headlight Hell on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:25PM (#48508400)
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 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.
Re:Show HN: Facebook Marketplace MCP on Thursday April 09, 2026 @10:24PM (#47712867)
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.

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

How much does it pay on average? And how is the payment broken down/do you earn per mile or package?
Re:Our Commitment to Windows Quality on Friday March 20, 2026 @07:42PM (#47462370)
> as long as

*except HP

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.

Re:3D printing my laptop ergonomic setup on Sunday January 25, 2026 @03:37PM (#46757918)
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.
Yes, I believe I’ve used DisplayCAL with a calibration puck.
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...

Re:Morphe is an Android app modification tool on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:38PM (#46626256)
> 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.

That sounds like it could be rather nauseating
Re:The Siren Song – all about sirens on Saturday January 10, 2026 @02:51AM (#46563725)
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.

Re:Handheld PC Community Forums on Friday December 26, 2025 @03:50AM (#46390389)
There’s this[0] one that seems pretty approachable, I’ve been considering making it

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

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...

Re:PCB Edge USB C Connector Library on Sunday October 26, 2025 @04:16AM (#45709991)
Using with a little flux while tinning usually prevents the pads from bridging
Re:PCB Edge USB C Connector Library on Sunday October 26, 2025 @04:14AM (#45709983)
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).
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?

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