Carlos Fenollosa

Most-linked posts?

1. After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel
   13 people · 14 mentions · first linked 2022-09-04
2. OpenBSD from a veteran Linux user perspective
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2018-10-06
3. OpenBSD from a veteran Linux user perspective
   3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-28
4. The ignorant EU cookie law
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-06-23
5. Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-01
6. Funny Papers
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-05-28
7. /blog/img/cam-se.jpg
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-06-02
8. Damn Small Linux on a Libretto 50CT
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-11-25
9. The local timeline is the key to enjoying Mastodon
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-18

What Hacker News says?

1. sedatk · 2024-02-23

   I said "nobody does" because nobody can. It's a practical impossibility to run your own email today. It doesn't even matter if you have the necessary advanced technical skills. It's just not possible. https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-... As the owner of the same cell phone number for the last 23 years, proposing hosting your own email as an alternative to SIM cards that's available at ever…

   Comment linking /blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html

   on “Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames”
2. carlesfe · 2022-09-04

   Submitted After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel as a story · 1887 points

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3. carlesfe · 2016-05-19

   That's true. The implementation differs on the country, for example in the UK it is enough to just show the annoying banner. Here in Spain you cannot set any tracking cookie (i.e. Analytics) without explicit consent. Of course, governmental websites totally break this law: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/the-ignorant-eu-cookie-law.html However, OP is right, governments spy on our webcams and analyze our traffic, and that…

   Comment linking /blog/the-ignorant-eu-cookie-law.html

   on “Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis”
4. notRobot · 2020-06-02

   Submitted Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it as a story · 479 points

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5. carlesfe · 2020-06-02

   Please don't post pictures of myself into a third party website :) Can you please remove the imgur post? Fixed the broken link: https://cfenollosa.com/blog/img/cam-se.jpg

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   on “Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it”
6. ecliptik · 2021-04-02

   Submitted Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop as a story · 478 points

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7. paulcarroty · 2020-06-02

   mbp2020 - https://cfenollosa.com/blog/img/cam-mbp.jpg air2013 - https://cfenollosa.com/blog/img/cam-mba.jpg iphonese2016 - https://cfenollosa.com/blog/img/cam-se.jpg Perfect illustration of "Apple is iphone-first company".

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   on “Seven years later, I bought a new MacBook. For the first time, I don't love it”
8. carlesfe · 2019-10-29

   Submitted Mass cellphone surveillance experiment in Spain as a story · 361 points

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9. carlesfe · 2021-04-03

   Hello, author here. I knew that if this got posted to HN I'd need to explain myself more :) To address some of the top comments: - I clarified now in the article that the "Linux Laptop" is a Dell XPS 13" Developer Edition, which is marketed indeed as a Linux laptop, and the Ubuntu is marketed as "Ubuntu Dell". However, this is missing the forest for the trees, because only a couple of the issues I mentioned were rel…

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   on “Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop”
10. dedalus · 2014-07-03

    Submitted Unix Tricks as a story · 361 points

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11. carlesfe · 2014-12-11

    I wrote a bit about this in July, when the law was passed, if you want an opinion from a Spaniard: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/spanish-media-just-shot-themselve... Let's summarize what is happening here: Big media editors AEDE, most of which pro-government, in collusion with the corrupt Spanish politicians have managed a masterstroke which they think will: 1. Get them free money 2. Destroy the discoverability of smal…

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    on “Google News to shut down in Spain”
12. carlesfe · 2021-11-22

    Submitted The reMarkable as a notebook and eBook reader as a story · 237 points

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13. carlesfe · 2016-07-25

    Funny, just a few days ago I wrote on the topic. Please allow me a self plug: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/living-in-a-disrupted-economy.htm... In summary, Luddism sells, though it's irrational and history usually proves it wrong. Technology mostly changes society for the better in the long term, even though it needs to disrupt old business models first.

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    on “Humans once opposed coffee and refrigeration: why we often hate new stuff”
14. carlesfe · 2019-04-13

    Submitted I miss Facebook as a story · 208 points

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15. yreg · 2022-11-15

    related: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won. https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32715437

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    on “Scaling Mastodon is impossible”
16. carlesfe · 2020-10-18

    Submitted The local timeline is the key to enjoying Mastodon as a story · 173 points

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17. andai · 2025-10-04

    There was a blog posted to HN years ago describing a self hosted email setup in detail, and this was indeed the main issue. Everyone he emails is on a small number of big companies, and most of them don't like his server. "After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32715437 https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-...

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    on “Self-hosting email like it's 1984”
18. carlesfe · 2019-05-28

    Submitted What are the differences between OpenBSD and Linux? as a story · 154 points

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19. andai · 2025-10-04

    There was a blog posted to HN years ago describing a self hosted email setup in detail, and this was indeed the main issue. Everyone he emails is on a small number of big companies, and most of them don't like his server. Edit: "After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32715437 https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-...

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    on “Self-hosting email like it's 1984”
20. carlesfe · 2016-05-23

    Submitted The Elixir of concurrency as a story · 116 points

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21. jefftk · 2022-11-06

    It's the same in that way, yes: both are federated protocols where you need to trust the owner of your server. But with Mastodon there are within-server interactions like the local timeline ( https://cfenollosa.com/blog/you-may-be-using-mastodon-wrong.... ) that have no equivalent in email, so if you decide to try to avoid this risk by self-hosting you're giving up something that a lot of Mastodon users really enjoy.

    Comment linking /blog/you-may-be-using-mastodon-wrong.html

    on “Mastodon Explained”
22. carlesfe · 2022-04-01

    Submitted I didn't return my Apple Studio Display as a story · 113 points

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23. telephone3 · 2025-12-16

    "I have been self-hosting my email since I got my first broadband connection at home in 1999. I absolutely loved having a personal web+email server at home, paid extra for a static IP and a real router so people could connect from the outside. I felt like a first-class citizen of the Internet and I learned so much. Over time I realized that residential IP blocks were banned on most servers. I moved my email server t…

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    on “Nature's many attempts to evolve a Nostr”
24. mulander · 2015-06-28

    Submitted OpenBSD from a veteran Linux user perspective as a story · 84 points

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25. carlesfe · 2015-06-23

    We wish. Us European webmasters REALLY wish. It is unlikely, however, since it is a EU directive and is now law in most European countries. Here's my take on why it is totally idiotic and ignorant of the underlying problem: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/the-ignorant-eu-cookie-law.html

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    on “Tell HN: I wish “we use cookies” messages could be globally turned off”
26. ilamont · 2023-12-28

    Submitted After self-hosting email for 23 years I have thrown in the towel (2022) as a story · 61 points

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27. carlesfe · 2016-05-27

    I'm not trying to convince you otherwise, but I honestly believe you're missing the point. Bots will triumph not because of technical reasons, but rather because they are what people want. If you let me a self-plug, here's a detailed explanation I wrote a few days ago, I'd love to know what you think after reading it: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/bots-lack-metaphors-and-that-is-t...

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    on “Show HN: Chatbots made easy – Build, train, and deploy bots”
28. im_dario · 2016-01-14

    Submitted A simple script to postpone your own email as a story · 57 points

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29. carlesfe · 2016-05-19

    There are many differences. Here's my take on it: http://cfenollosa.com/blog/bots-lack-metaphors-and-that-is-t... - Tech is ready for realtime natural language processing - Developers are getting bots right. - Plenty of APIs to build task-focused assistants - VC money - Popular demand

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    on “Bots Are Hot (1996)”
30. carlesfe · 2016-11-16

    Submitted On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want? as a story · 39 points

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