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Re:Ha.mr – short URLs using compression on Friday August 14, 2026 @03:09AM (#49295542)
Re:I created a game to detect the browser history on Sunday November 24, 2024 @09:38AM (#42228147)
oh I only checked for very popular sites (here is the list: https://github.com/matan-h/falling-history/blob/main/docs/to...). Also news.ycombinator.com is in the list, so I expected at least that to be in the browser history.
Re:Better Adb-Shell on Monday April 15, 2024 @04:59PM (#40045496)
aka /sdcard on most phones
Re:Better Adb-Shell on Monday April 15, 2024 @11:31AM (#40041905)
Apart from the length, what advantages does `[-z $VAR ] && VAR=x` over `if [ ! $VAR ]; then VAR=x fi` ?

Btw, The color script is cool. This makes ANSI sensible.

Re:Better Adb-Shell on Monday April 15, 2024 @06:55AM (#40038857)
I use this to copy programs from termux.

in termux (you need lld [pkg i lld]):

   mkdir /sdcard/.adb
   cp `which bash` /sdcard/.adb
   cp $(ldd `which bash`|cut -d ">" -f2) /sdcard/.adb
in adb shell:

   cd /data/local/tmp
   cp /sdcard/.adb/bash
   cp /sdcard/.adb/*.so
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.
   ./bash
Re:Better Adb-Shell on Monday April 15, 2024 @06:08AM (#40038557)
I've tried it. nushell works for me only with the "-c" option, otherwise I get "Error: I/O error: Function not implemented (os error 38)". Probably the prompt function
Re:Google has another secret browser accessible by a link on Friday February 02, 2024 @08:34AM (#39228349)
yes. (It's not really the 'root' user, but it trusts blindly and can do things such as installing apps without user confirmation.). In my other blog post about gms, the JS bridges would be running in the privileged scope.

You agreed to this in Google's privacy policy when installing Android.

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