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Re:Shift Happens Cover Stories: guess the Shift keys of retro keyboards
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:49PM (#37931329)
On mobile this page is sadly hardly anything but usable. I would have loved to play it but is a real drag.
Re:Musk to charge new X users $1 a year for basic account
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:10AM (#37925037)
From a perspective of a normal user? Awful. Now suddenly you have to pay to TWEET? I don't believe people will take this lightly, especially with the shit X pulled recently.
From a perspective of a botter? Probably also awful, but 1$ per year is not something a person in possession of a huge botnet couldn't afford to pay. Especially if X will relax in the comfort of this subscription and ban less accounts. That would make 1$ p/y really rather cheap when you also account for basic computing costs.
Re:X, Formerly Twitter, to Start Charging New Users to Use the Site
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:10AM (#37925034)
From a perspective of a normal user? Awful. Now suddenly you have to pay to TWEET? I don't believe people will take this lightly, especially with the shit X pulled recently.
From a perspective of a botter? Probably also awful, but 1$ per year is not something a person in possession of a huge botnet couldn't afford to pay. Especially if X will relax in the comfort of this subscription and ban less accounts. That would make 1$ p/y really rather cheap when you also account for basic computing costs.
Re:Is Bandcamp as We Know It Over?
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:09AM (#37925028)
I really liked Bandcamp, it was one of the easiest and most direct ways i could buy my music FROM the artists themselves. I sometimes would sit hours at my desk, listening to previews and buying what i found interesting enough. Certainly improved my taste.
Re:X traffic and monthly active users are in decline, report claims
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:07AM (#37925021)
Wonder what happens when this change rolls out globally...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-18/x-to-test...
Re:Musk's X Tests $1-a-Year Subscription to Reduce Spam, Bot Accounts
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:06AM (#37925015)
From a perspective of a normal user? Awful. Now suddenly you have to pay to TWEET? I don't believe people will take this lightly, especially with the shit X pulled recently.
From a perspective of a botter? Probably also awful, but 1$ per year is not something a person in possession of a huge botnet couldn't afford to pay. Especially if X will relax in the comfort of this subscription and ban less accounts. That would make 1$ p/y really rather cheap when you also account for basic computing costs.
Re:Xiaomi Switching to HyperOS
on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:02AM (#37925004)
I think it is a bad move for Android interoperability. Samsung has its own AirDrop. Oppo has its own AirDrop. I don't know about many others but its frustrating to not be able to use a feature, because you simply don't know other people with that brand.
Especially here in Germany the Smartphone market is dominated by Apple and Samsung, so good luck trying to successfully use Oppo Share.
I think it would be a better approach to implement these sorts of features natively and not force them into those dodgy reskins but rather incentive smartphone manufacturers into using them.
Re:Why are websites requesting access to motion sensors on my desktop?
on Thursday September 28, 2023 @09:41AM (#37689484)
Wow, what an interesting find. I think it's a really big stretch to request sensor data just for detecting if the user is a bot.
Oh, and please add [2019] for clarity, thanks.
Re:Your child’s privacy is worth more than likes (2022)
on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:59AM (#36551490)
What would be SO EMBARRASSING that you burn heirlooms from a lost relative?
Re:Don Lancaster Has Died
on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:23AM (#36547978)
Is no one questioning the Play-Doh in her hands?!
Re:YouTube is testing a more aggressive approach against ad blockers
on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:45PM (#36524910)
>> Before the reliance on ad blockers, people turned to YouTube Vanced to enjoy a Premium-like experience for free. However, the service was shuttered in March last year due to legal pressure from Google. With ad blockers now seemingly on the way out, it looks like free users may only be left with the option of sitting through ads
That is simply not true. There are numerous alternatives to YouTube Vanced, including NewPipe, LibreTube or SkyTube. Only to name a couple. And then there still is invidious. So no, you don't have to sit through ads.
Re:BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data
on Sunday June 18, 2023 @08:36AM (#36379711)
If this turns out to be true it would be crazy. Reddit is hanging off the cliff, soon to be never seen again.
Re:Ask HN: What's a good, privacy focused bookmark manager?
on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:21AM (#36289121)
+1 for shiori, I have been using it since 2~ years, and it never once did something unintended.
Re:Pirate Party
on Saturday June 10, 2023 @04:01PM (#36274480)
In Germany we also have a party called "Die Piraten", literally translated as "The Pirates". They fight for a free and open Internet but sadly we don't get that many votes. A couple of years ago they were in the Bundestag, but sadly they didn't have that much of an influence... I hope that someday we get there again, and maybe even collaborate in a coalition, but honestly, even I don't believe that.
Re:Lung cancer pill cuts risk of death by half
on Sunday June 04, 2023 @10:57AM (#36186085)
To late for Whalter White, sorry, I mean Heisenberg. :(
Re:Ask HN: How does archive.is bypass paywalls?
on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @02:50PM (#36062441)
The user helps free the Internet by using archive.is as an openly accessible backup platform.
Re:Vanilla OS 2.0 Orchid base is changing from Ubuntu to Debian
on Tuesday May 23, 2023 @05:51AM (#36042020)
This is great news! I just yesterday installed VanillaOS, and I did kinda miss the "Vanilla" aspect. I have that when I install Gnome on Arch. But you can really feel the Ubuntu under the hood.
Re:The Backbone: A History of the Internet
on Thursday May 11, 2023 @02:13AM (#35898325)
> Twenty five years ago, it didn't exist. Today, twenty million people worldwide are surfing the Net.
As someone who didn't get to experience the early days of the Internet, this seemed to me as if the book was published sometime around 2000-2005. 1996! I didn't expect that many people using and enjoying the Internet so early on.
Re:Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network
on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:06AM (#35341311)
I'm excited to see Amazon open up its Sidewalk network to developers, allowing them to build connected gadgets that can access free low-speed data. This could be a great way to bridge the gap between the smart home and the smart city, and I'm looking forward to seeing what new products come out of this!
Re:Escalation of Commitment
on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:08PM (#35234826)
Wow, sometimes I do feel like this happens to me, but I assure myself the fact that I always (nearly and if I have time) weigh my decisions accurately. And if something goes to shit I can blame it on, well, still on me :(
Re:Ask HN: What are some of the most interesting YouTube channels to f...
on Sunday March 12, 2023 @01:55PM (#35123589)
Jeff Geerling, he has everything that your inner Geek deserves!
Re:Brave – copy clean link feature
on Friday March 10, 2023 @01:14AM (#35091022)
SimpleWall?
https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall
Re:Show HN: Bloc.host – Dirt Cheap, Dead Simple static site hosting
on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @03:38PM (#35074421)
Good to hear that. Did you create this out of a personal need or why? I am really interested to hear more about this, as it seems interesting as a concept.
Re:Show HN: Bloc.host – Dirt Cheap, Dead Simple static site hosting
on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:50PM (#35073139)
I dont know if its just me, but those typos throw me off. Seems like it was created in a rush/hurry or something. Also "with https and everything". What exactly is everything? If you are gonna spend money on some service you want to be informed well enough about it to trust it.
Re:All Paid Google One Subscribers Now Get VPN Access
on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:07PM (#35072502)
Well yeah, a Google VPN. Throw your privacy through the windows and route ALL your traffic through Googles Servers. Consider Mullvad[0] as a privacy-friendly alternative, you can even pay in cash by sending them a letter. They also don't cooperate with LE (Law Enforcement). But dont take my word for it, look for yourself:
Boot Alpine Linux/Windows/FreeDOS from the Browser
Re:Google Groups has been left to die
on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @11:54AM (#35071421)
https://killedbygoogle.com/
Nice Addition...
Re:Initial support for guided disk encryption in OpenBSD installer
on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:26AM (#35066938)
Yes! This is awesome! OpenBSD's Installer was already superb, much better than those calamares installers on your typical manjaro or whatever distro. It was plain easy. Many friends of me didn't switch to openBSD because they didnt fully understand the partitioning system but wanted their disk encrypted (like any sane person should do). I hope this will convince some of them.
Re:Show HN: Historical HN Hiring Data
on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:09PM (#35061254)
If you filter for "Remote" in both looking and hiring, you can see a decline in people looking for those Remote Jobs, whilst the Hiring front skyrocketed. Overcompensation/adaptation at its best.