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Re:The American Religion of Self-Storage Facilities on Thursday September 17, 2026 @04:03PM (#49745790)
I live in a small downtown condo. I don't have room to store a whole lot of extra stuff but I also have hobbies like camping, watersports, etc. I keep all of that stuff in a storage unit and I access it fairly often. Since I have it I also use it to save all the boxes for my electronics (77" OLED is impossible to move safely without original box for example), car maintenance stuff, larger tools I use less frequently, etc. It is about 3 minutes drive 10 minute walk from my house. I definitely do not use it to hoard stuff I will never touch again.
I have an LG C5 OLED and do not give it internet access. It does not nag, every non-internet feature works fine, the interface is clean, and my Apple TV works just fine.
Re:Flipper One – we need your help on Thursday May 21, 2026 @02:06PM (#48226733)

  Links
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  Flipper One Developer Portal — the entry point into every sub-project. Browse sub-projects, find tasks tagged help wanted, read the contribution guides, and subscribe to our developer-focused weekly digest.
  X.com/Flipper_RND — project updates and announcements.
Re:LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer on Thursday April 02, 2026 @12:23PM (#47616541)
I use uBlock Origin with basically every filter list enabled on Brave with their default blocker enabled. I just confirmed that this does not prevent the script from loading and scanning extensions. The browser tools network tab on LinkedIn is absolutely frightening.
"Forget the network" implies something to do with wifi though.
Oh damn I missed that detail.
Re:JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back on Monday January 26, 2026 @02:48PM (#46770572)
The issue is people that already paid lost their pro features unless they pay _again_.
From what I understand this does not prevent use of custom ROMs, it just means ROMs built before it was done will not work anymore. I assume they can re-package old versions to work with the new configuration, I am not entirely sure though. There are discussions elsewhere in this thread with more informed people.
It was because a method was discovered to bypass the lockout of stolen devices.
Re:Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke? on Thursday January 22, 2026 @10:06PM (#46727880)
You’re absolutely right!
Re:Show HN: TerabyteDeals – Compare storage prices by $/TB on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @06:10PM (#46712982)
https://pricepergig.com/ is another one. Found that on r/datahoarder
Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan on Thursday January 01, 2026 @05:19PM (#46458744)
I don't think you get how it works. When you download a browser on iOS it does not have an engine _at all_, not even a "WebKit fork". The browser is just a UI and wrapper for one of the engines bundles in iOS. No modifications can be done to the engine whatsoever, it is part of the OS.
Re:iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan on Thursday January 01, 2026 @04:21PM (#46458121)
There are many browsers on the App Store but they all have to use one of two browser engines bundled with iOS.
They’ve also paid tons to Igalia to develop features for them in open source projects.
Re:Helping Valve to power up Steam devices on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:25PM (#46008574)
Nothing to contribute other than to say that article was an awesome read and now I wish I had the specific skills needed to work at Igalia. :)
Re:Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language on Sunday November 09, 2025 @12:59AM (#45863299)
I love it.
You should consider updating your free license to allow some time period of professional use, otherwise it's not possible to evaluate it at work without violating the license.
Re:Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61.5B valuation on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:42PM (#43293666)
I use agentic tooling when programming all the time and I can say for certain that Claude feels _several times better_ than any OpenAI model, despite what the benchmarks show.
Re:Should Managers Still Code? on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @06:36PM (#43260911)
I don’t think you can answer this for all managers of all teams all at once. Most of the time the answer is probably no but sometimes it’s not. Sometimes good managers want to code and they need to in order to stay happy. Sometimes your team is fast moving and small and your manager needs to code to keep up. Sometimes your manager is so busy managing they can’t. It just depends.
Re:Will Google Search Be the Next to Join Killed by Google? on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:07PM (#43061256)
Oof where is this guy finding an LLM that is a reliable source of information? Most times when I ask an LLM a question about something or bother to look at the AI results in Google I find a lot of incorrect information and linked sources that do not contain any part of the answer they were cited for.
Re:1 in 5 Online Job Postings Are Either Fake or Never Filled on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @11:26AM (#42699398)
I think another very common scenario is just eliminating the headcount. Companies cut headcount at a small scale all the time and the first one to go is usually the unhired.
Re:Web apps built with Ruby on Rails on Friday January 10, 2025 @11:52AM (#42657352)
Canvas LMS is built on rails. It is open source, too.
I’m a full time nomad and stay in airbnbs and similar almost full time going on four years now. I used to rent my house but finally sold it so I figure I’m a net zero on the housing issue. I also like to spend a few weeks to a month in a walkable residential neighborhood and get to know it a bit. You can’t usually do that in hotels.
Re:A 10-Year Battery for AirTag on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @10:24PM (#42458116)
Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate.

> Just discard the AirTag's back plate

Re:Intel to lay off 15,000 employees on Friday August 02, 2024 @12:59AM (#41136215)
Probably plenty in Oregon. A lot of non-core software engineering happens there.
Five taps of power button on iPhone disables biometrics until you enter the passcode. I always do this before going through airport security
So does that mean they may not want to appeal it at all to avoid a ruling in a higher court?
Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:15PM (#40600601)
The Houston center is amazing as well! They have a tour where you get to sit in the guest theater/gallery of the original command room and watch a shortened version of the moon landing with all the controls, monitors, projectors, etc all automated to show what was presented during the original landing.
There was a screenshot of some tool identifying it as a finalized CD-R manufactured by TDK. Not the best evidence but something.

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