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Thomas' Random Hackery
Personal blog · blog.tho.mshardwaresystems
Thomas' Random Hackery is a personal blog at blog.tho.ms about hardware and systems. Since 2015, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 7 times, most often “IP6.name – A DNS record for any IPv6 address”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (4) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog's posts on hacking Onyx Boox e-ink devices, such as rooting them and blocking their phone-home traffic, and an announcement for the ip6.name IPv6 DNS service. No comment praises or criticises the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Web, hardware and other random hackery
Most-linked posts?
- /hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-air.html3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2021-06-15
- IP6.name – A DNS record for any IPv6 address3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-02-25
What Hacker News says?
I bought the Onyx Boox Note Air some months ago, and I must say that I'm really happy with it. Screen refresh is good, there's almost no ghosting in default mode, and refresh rates are acceptable. There are only two downsides about it: The vendor does not respect FOSS and does not publish the sources for their modified Linux kernel, and the device constantly phones home to China. However, the device can be rooted ea…
Comment linking /hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-air.html
on “The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 vs Onyx Boox Note Air”Submitted IP6.name – A DNS record for any IPv6 address as a story · 4 points
HN discussionI have a Boox Nova 2 and can mostly recommend it. It's true that Onyx violates the GPL and has some privacy concerns around it, but on the upside the bootloader is unlocked by default and you can root the system fairly easily, allowing you to install a firewall restricting some of the phoning home ( https://blog.tho.ms/hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-... ). I'm beginning to use it as a general purpose Androi…
Comment linking /hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-air.html
on “How E Ink developed full-color e-paper”Submitted Ip6.name – A DNS record for any IPv6 address as a story · 3 points
HN discussionDon't buy one of these devices! They include spyware, and constant phones home to Chinese servers. They also have a number of GPL violations which makes the company not worth dealing with. https://blog.tho.ms/hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-...
Comment linking /hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-air.html
on “reMarkable 2”Submitted IPv6 at home: three practical benefits as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAnnouncement: https://blog.tho.ms/network/2017/02/25/ip6-name-dns-record-a... I had the idea when I needed a TLS certificate for a system without a global DNS record. I recalled that http://xip.io/ exists for IPv4, but didn't find something similar for IPv6. So I had to do it myself :-)
Comment linking /network/2017/02/25/ip6-name-dns-record-any-ipv6-address.html
on “Show HN: Ip6.name – A DNS record for any IPv6 address”
