yule's comments

yule | 5 years ago | on: Blur Tools for Signal

Is a police office in a free, democratic country allowed to hide their badge number?

yule | 6 years ago | on: Fast – One-click sign up, login and checkout

I assume other than phishing it's also the poor UX of switching to your email inbox and then back to the browser, which can be especially bad on mobile.

That being said, I like the idea and have asked myself that question before as well.

yule | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)

We are looking for someone to join us on site, but depending on the Visa process, we are willing to help matching candidates with the process. And we have non-European team members.

yule | 7 years ago | on: Amazon Linux 2

Lots of people host on AWS and thus might want to leverage this as the underlying OS?

yule | 14 years ago | on: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite

Two things helped me a lot with my Archlinux installation:

1) I previously tried in a virtual machine 2) I had a second machine next to mine to look up stuff in the wiki and follow the installation guide.

yule | 14 years ago | on: ArchLinux, Not Just For The Elite

That is quite a normal concern. Fortunately, the Archlinux wiki has good info on how to configure fonts: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_Configuration#Ubun... (that link leads to the section about Ubuntu-patched packages, but the whole page is a good read).

If you use Archlinux, make sure you use the wiki and bbs to their full power. Most of the problems you think of have been solved in a way or another. It usually just requires installing some packages, which is a breeze.

yule | 14 years ago | on: MacBook Air vs Lenovo Thinkpad X1

The upgrade I chose for the MacBook Air still includes a power-efficient CPU, probably with the exact same TDP rating, just a slightly higher clock rating. This will most likely not increase the power drain, depending on what task your putting it to.

yule | 14 years ago | on: MacBook Air vs Lenovo Thinkpad X1

I can't keep track of all the models around, so I picked the biggest competitor to the MBA. On a glance, that Asus doesn't seem to have a particularly sturdy case and also Nvidia Optimus might make it a nightmare to run Linux on.

yule | 14 years ago | on: MacBook Air vs Lenovo Thinkpad X1

We're targeting Debian, so running that (in a VM) on a 4GB MBA is not pleasant. Borderline unusable, sometimes. That's why I'd have preferred an ultraportable with either more RAM or the ability to run Debian natively on. Turns out, I found none so far.

yule | 14 years ago | on: MacBook Air vs Lenovo Thinkpad X1

According to what I read it's a hassle to get it installed and then working. Also, I don't know how it behaves on updates. The Ubuntu help page linked in the article mentions something about a post-install script which might needed to be run more than once...

yule | 14 years ago | on: MacBook Air vs Lenovo Thinkpad X1

For what it's worth, I do use an MBA (3,2) and I sometimes have problems with the glare screen indoors (have to move it around to diminish sunlight reflection).

Of course batteries add to the weight, I just mentioned it because sometimes you just need those extra hours, just like some people specifically need 8GB of RAM.

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