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brokkr.net
Personal blog · brokkr.netsystemsprogramming
brokkr.net is a personal blog at brokkr.net about systems and programming. Since 2022, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link brokkr.net for posts on Linux and Windows technical topics, such as a 2015 post on sharing Bluetooth pairing keys between Windows and Linux dual-boot setups. The comment only cites it.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What Hacker News says?
While I haven't personally tried it (and have since given up on BT audio in my setup), there seems to be a way to extract the pairing key from Windows and have the Linux Bluetooth stack use it (see e.g. [0]), effectively making the Windows and Linux host appear identical to the paired device. [0]: https://brokkr.net/2015/09/26/bluetooth-dual-booting-sharing...
Comment linking /2015/09/26/bluetooth-dual-booting-sharing-a-bluetooth-device-between-linux-and-windows/
on “Origin of the Bluetooth Name”Submitted Down the drain: The elusive ‘default’ PulseAudio sink (2018) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Let's Do Postfix Again as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Privacy Policy as a story · 1 points
HN discussion