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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 12:45:45 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year26 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2014-10-02 17:36:47 UTC to 2025-02-06 11:28:31 UTC.

02462014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20142015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments20192020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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westurner·Mar 31, 2020
An opkg (for e.g. OpenWRT) with this mesh software would make it possible to use WiFi/LTE routers with a LoRa transmitter/receiver connected over e.g. USB or Mini-PCIe. ... cc'ing from https://twitter.com/westurner/status/1238859774567026688 : OpenWRT is a Make-based embedded Linux distro w/ LuCI (Lua + JSON + UCI) web interface). #OpenWRT runs on RaspberryPis, ARM, x86, ARM, MIPS; there's a Docker image. OpenWRT Supported Devices: https://openwrt.org/supported_devices OpenWRT uses opkg packages: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/additional-software/opkg I searched for "Lora" in OpenWRT/packages: lora-gateway-hal opkg package: https://github.com/openwrt/packages/blob/master/net/lora-gat... lora-packet-forwarder opkg package (w/ UCI integration): https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/8320 https://github.com/xueliu/lora-feed : > Semtec
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h packages and ChirpStack [(LoRaserver)] Network Server stack for OpenWRT > > [In addition to providing node2node/2net connectivity, #batman-adv can bridge VLANs over a mesh (or link), such as for “trusted” client, guest, IoT, and mgmt networks. It provides an easy-to-configure alternative to other approaches to “backhaul”, […]] https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/mesh/batman > I have a few different [quad-core, MIMO] ARM devices without 4G. TIL that the @GLiNetWifi devices ship with OpenWRT firmware (and a mobile config app) and some have 1-2 (Mini-PCIe) 4G w/ SIM slots. Also, @turris_cz has OpenWRT w/ LXC in the kernel build. https://t.co/Rz0Uu5uHJQ
In LoRa+WiFi ClusterDuck Protocol by Project OWL for Disaster Relief
pkgsupplysec·Feb 2, 2020
And those package repo sha256 checksums are signed and verified with ed25519 by usign and ucert (with a key built into the firmware) usign: https://git.openwrt.org/project/usign.git ucert: https://git.openwrt.org/project/ucert.git Firmware releases are also signed with GPG: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/security/release_signatu... openwrt/openwrt: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt openwrt/packages: https://github.com/openwrt/packages openwrt/openwrt/search?q="usign" https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/search?q=usign
In OpenWRT remote code execution via MITM due to bug in package manager
ronjouch·Jan 23, 2020
Also, if you own a router able to run OpenWrt ( https://openwrt.org/supported_devices ), you have access to several packages providing the same technical solution as a pi-hole (DNS-based blocking). As far as I know, the most common and maintained is https://github.com/openwrt/packages/tree/master/net/adblock/... . It's easy to install, full-featured, ships with lots of lists to pick from, auto-updates lists, doesn't need an additional device, and you will benefit from router features shipped as part of OpenWrt and probably unavailable in your router's proprietary firmware. Much recommended. If that sounds attractive and it sounds like a good opportunity to change your crumbling unpatched router, the question "what's today's good cheap router running OpenWrt without trouble?" is frequently answered by https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/ :) .
In “This is why I use ad blockers and a pi-hole server”

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