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Geeky Schmidt
Personal blog · geekyschmidt.comhardwareprogramming
Geeky Schmidt is a personal blog at geekyschmidt.com about hardware and programming. Since 2011, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 15 times, most often “Revisiting SailfishOS”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-06, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link a quick OpenBSD laptop howto on configuring apm power management and a post arguing PGP is effectively dead. The comments cite them as support without evaluating the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Dad, CTO, and lover of all things 1's and 0's.
Most-linked posts?
- Revisiting SailfishOS2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-10-13
What Hacker News says?
This. People mustn't expect everything to ever work straight out of the box on anything. Much like you have to install the Lenovo PM driver on windows, you have to config apm on OpenBSD. This is also well known. Quick howto which covers the basics: http://geekyschmidt.com/2011/03/27/openbsd-laptop-mini-howto
Comment linking /2011/03/27/openbsd-laptop-mini-howto
on “OpenBSD 5.6: What will be there”Submitted Verschlimmbesserung: The Word Your Software Updates Need as a story · 178 points
HN discussionHi - I am the owner of this F-150 Lightning! Happy to answer any questions. I am blogging about it at https://geekyschmidt.com
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on “Ford’s first electric F-150 delivery”Submitted Microsoft in 2016: A Review from a Unix Geek with a Surface Book as a story · 3 points
HN discussionHi - I am the owner of this F-150 Lightning! Happy to answer any questions. I am blogging about it at https://geekyschmidt.com
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on “Ford starts customer deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck”Submitted Exploring the Jolla C2 and SailfishOS in 2024 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionExactly. Why is it so hard to implement PGP? We have turn-key servers and what not, but a simple PGP is not possible? Here are some insights why PGP is pretty much... dead. http://geekyschmidt.com/2010/08/28/netcraft-confirms-pgp-ema...
Comment linking /2010/08/28/netcraft-confirms-pgp-email-encryption-is-dead
on “Distress Call: Please make a better, easier way to use PGP”Submitted Color App and the Future of GPS Spoofing for social engineering as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ubuntu Server? Question should be: Debian Server vs. Ubuntu Server as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Artisanal Code, AI, and the Right to Repair the Future as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revisiting SailfishOS – September 2025 Thoughts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revisiting SailfishOS as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted IOS Apps for the Business Owner and Travler as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted International Phones and Plans as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Apple Thunderbolt Display Review from a MacBook Air user as a story · 1 points
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