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bsandro.tech
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bsandro.tech is a personal blog at bsandro.tech about systems and hardware. Since 2022, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “Simple NetBSD Webserver”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-24, 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 this post for its monochrome terminal setup on an E-ink monitor, per the thread title. The one comment is a general point about blur and eye strain on e-ink screens and does not assess the post.
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.
Thoughts and notes on tech stuff
Most-linked posts?
- Simple NetBSD Webserver2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-10-26
What Hacker News says?
One of the main parts of computer usage that causes eye strain is blur. CRTs only started solving this problem around the early 2000s and got discontinued shortly after. LCDs solve it for static images but not moving. E-ink will naturally have the same problem. Any moving image will appear blurry and your eye will try to focus on it and repeatedly fail, causing muscle fatigue. Digression - This is of course less of…
Comment linking /epaper/dasung_photo_3.jpg
on “Monochrome terminal setup for an E-ink monitor”Submitted OpenBSD 7.1 on PINE64 RockPro64 as a story · 73 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simple NetBSD Webserver as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Simple NetBSD Webserver as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Monochrome terminal setup for an E-ink monitor as a story · 2 points
HN discussion
