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Re:Brave, the false sensation of privacy on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:40AM (#27550156)
I am currently using brave on android because it is the last latest stable browser that provides stacked Tab layout like this.

https://github.com/michael-rapp/ChromeLikeTabSwitcher

Latest chrome and it's derivatives(except brave) have removed this in favour of grid layout which i dislike(they also brought in tab groups which i despise entirely)

I know that brave has shady stuff like blockchain and ads, but they can be turned off. On desktop, i use firefox and i want to use firefox on android too but i find android firefox(fenix) janky.

Please suggest me good browser and also a suggestion to chrome developers:

Please don't remove things that we like. atleast provide option to enable it

Nope, You generalize large country based on my comment. it's mistake.

First thing, I am advocate of Open Source but I don't mind Anything that is doing something ethically.

Whatsapp, I believe is biggest hypocrisy. It advocates, argues for privacy and against spying while it being itself a spyware.

I don't mind whatsapp existing, i wouldn't simply use it,right? No, like i have mentioned in comment above, my college forces us to use whatsapp. Atleast it has API? no. or some standardized protocol? No.

Since it's spyware and it is pushed down my throat, i wish it not to exist. Since, whatsapp has gone against government itself, and we know that government doesn't like itself to be criticized, well it may ban Whatsapp itself, because then, my college will more likely to move to Telegram and it has atleast open source client.

Well, your criticism comes out of air without valid claims. i never told that the government should give it free to me because i like it.

moreover, my dislike of whatsapp has valid reasons.

I don't want end to end encryption to be banned and tbh, I don't trust Whatsapp's end to end encryption.

There are better alternatives to whatsapp which are open source, you know.

and no, the government is not going to block end to end encryption.

I wish the Indian Government bans Whatsapp altogether ( I fully support Indian Government to do this).

My main grudge against Whatsapp comes from the fact that my college forces us to use it since the official group of my class is in whatsapp. I don't want to run that proprietary spyware on my phone. I feel it to be like neo-colonialism. Notes,etc. are sent there. It would be better if they switched to something better like telegram.

Another thing is that it spreads fakenews and propaganda and many people believe them.

I believe that banning Whatsapp in India gives more privacy to Indians.

P.S: I am Indian

Re:Ask HN: Which Web Front end Framework to choose? on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @08:55AM (#27276208)
>> vuex is very complicated

there is vuex alternative called pinia[0] which is much simpler than vuex

[0]: https://pinia.esm.dev/

Ask HN: Which Web Front end Framework to choose?

Web is fast changing platform. I need to choose good Frontend Framework for SPA that i want to develop. I want it to be stable and efficient.I think that these are the choices: Vuejs , ReactJS and SvelteJS .So,which one would you prefer and why? if it's other choice than the above , please tell. I am not here to start war but want to know your preference, that's it. Static rendering is not...

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As a person who is just starting to learn Kotlin for Android Development, Can you please tell me which language is better to pursue for android development?

I also recently read this https://billthefarmer.github.io/blog/android-kotlin/

adding to dilemma of choice.

Re:Ask HN: Which CSS Framework to Choose? on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:37PM (#26984765)
- Themable

- Simple

- Doesn't make HTML too verbose

- Isn't Dead

- Easy

- Modern(legacy support must not be obstacle towards adopting modern features)

Ask HN: Which CSS Framework to Choose?

I am valuating which CSS Framework to choose for my Vuejs project.Bootstrap has js components (i would like it to be js agnostic) and doesn't have dark mode feature.Bulma doesn't look good imo. Also,i feel it to be limited.Tailwind css looks good. I prototyped it for my project. But, HTML looks unnecessarily messy and verbose.Other CSS frameworks are either dead or not properly maintained.Which...

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Re:Rust 1.49.0 on Thursday December 31, 2020 @10:55AM (#25593780)
Nice.

Rust is nice language btw.

But,when will stable version of Rust be released? By stable,i mean, number of new features added must not be too much. Rust currently seem to be adding too many features every release (which is nice but also not so good at same time)

Re:India’s booming dark data economy on Friday December 25, 2020 @12:08AM (#25534357)
Yes.

In India, Privacy has lost much meaning.

1. Government mandates everyone to have Aadhaar card . In Aadhar card application form, there is option towards "sharing of data with third party" . Most People do tick that option. If they don't tick,there are chances that officers(mostly in bank where they take photo and biometric details of applicant) themselves tick that and apply for aadhar card.

2) Many colleges sell Students' Info, Phone number, Address for money. We get direct calls from coaching centre who didn't at all had our phone number.

3) When you buy something (say Domain name in Indian company),there are chances that they sell your information across many corporate interests without your consent.

Ask HN: How do you avoid Procrastination?

Hello HN ,How do you avoid Procrastination ?I am not much productive and procrastinate. I waste time on mobile and my duty has made mobile necessary. I am student and online classes have made me stay on phone.I also don't pay much attention to online classes because i skipped attention for first few classes, they have moved forward in syllabus and i don't understand much. Also i don't study...

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Re:Putting Raspberry Pi Online with Caddy and SSH Tunnel on Monday October 26, 2020 @04:46AM (#24894013)
Look at https://h2o.examp1e.net/

H2O web server seems to be faster than nginx , litespeed and supports http1/http2/http3 . It's config file is yaml file.

For HTTPS, i recommend https://acme.sh . It's very very easy and autorenews certificates using cron job.

Re:iPhone 12 and 12 Pro Teardown on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:41AM (#24893382)
Final Thoughts (copied from site) :

(+) Display and battery replacements remain a priority in the new iPhones' design.

(+) Most other important components are modular and easy to access or replace.

(-) Liberal use of screws is preferable to glue—but you'll have to keep them all organized, and bring out your special drivers (pentalobe, tri-point, and standoff) in addition to the standard Phillips.

(-) Increased waterproofing measures complicate some repairs, but make difficult water damage repairs less likely.

(×) Glass on front and back doubles the likelihood of drop damage—and if the back glass breaks, you'll be removing every component and replacing the entire chassis.

Re:Standard ML in 2020 on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:24AM (#24893297)
I want to get into ML. Which do you think is better ? Ocaml or SML ?
Re:After 14 years a new printed UK Amiga magazine on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:19AM (#24893274)
Is this for legacy Amiga computers ? Or Will Amiga computers relaunch ?
Re:Developing a CLI Music Player in C# using Terminal.Gui on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:15AM (#24893255)
There is https://cmus.github.io/ . I use it.

Regarding Terminal.GUI , the library looks very good and easy. Do you have recommendations of GUI libraries for other languages ?