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Re:StreetComplete on iOS is now in public beta on Thursday October 01, 2026 @01:37PM (#49924676)
There's also OsmAnd for mobile.
I watched the first ~10 minutes, thought "wow this guy really knows his stuff", turns out he worked on Apple's System 7 and their Human Interface Guidelines, UX director for Symbian, Google, and a bunch more stuff.
Re:Bodily Oddities on Thursday September 10, 2026 @08:20PM (#49651922)
Fascinating, but sadly LLM-assisted writing.

edit: and apparently AI-generated site layout too. Either it doesn't bother me as much as the writing, or I haven't seen enough examples, but I didn't notice that.

Re:iPhone Duo on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:29PM (#49631356)
It looks very wide in the unfolded configuration.
Re:iPhone Duo on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @02:19PM (#49631049)
It looks very wide in the unfolded configuration.
Re:The NX bit is not just about security on Sunday September 06, 2026 @10:43PM (#49593260)
I really wish I understood this, it hits a bunch of topics that I've heard of and are/sound interesting, but I don't know enough to follow it. I don't get the link between the NX bit (which I get) and speculative access.
I know this is flagged, and I know the guidelines say not to complain about tangential annoyances, but the reason given is that "they're too common to be interesting" -- but is that true about LLM-written articles? A case could be made that it will only become more true if nobody objects.

I don't know what it is about LLM writing style, but I agree, it just triggers something in my brain and I can't get myself to read it.

Re:MiniageOS: "Dumbphone" Version of LineageOS on Saturday August 22, 2026 @03:54PM (#49403209)
android-latest-release branch (Android 16 QPR2) for lunch target aosp_cf_x86_64_phone-trunk_staging-eng (Cuttlefish emulator):

> du -hs --exclude /aosp/android-latest-release/out /aosp/android-latest-release

132G /aosp/android-latest-release

> du -hs /aosp/android-latest-release/out

127G /aosp/android-latest-release/out

So ~130GB each for the compiled artifacts and the source code. It's heavy, and at times can easily fill 64GB of RAM during the build.

Why is the original pattern (with the env var in double quotes) not vulnerable? Why can you close the single quotes early but you can't just include double quotes in your title? Is it something to do with the GitHub templating?
Re:Every fucking website: 2026 edition on Friday August 14, 2026 @05:04PM (#49304587)
This is almost exactly this website [0] which is also on the frontpage of HN. Wow.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49297469

Re:GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17 on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @06:56PM (#48563417)
Well, both, probably. GrapheneOS requires a lot of framework and device side changes.
Re:I Hacked into the Worst E-Bike and Fixed It [video] on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @09:37AM (#48555119)
I remember seeing a video where someone was talking about how from someone on the YouTube team said that their goal is for you to to replace the word “algorithm” with “audience”.

Whether they achieve that goal or not is a different story.

Re:I don't want my search engine to think for me on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @10:22PM (#48379114)
I agree I run the risk of being wrong and could at least provide some evidence, but I think at the very least it can be one additional piece of information someone could use in their consumption of this content.
Re:I don't want my search engine to think for me on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @09:31PM (#48378662)
LLM-written article.
Re:Fooling around with encrypted reasoning blobs on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @11:11AM (#48371311)
Are these reasoning blobs the reason ChatGPT always requests to “store data in persistent storage”?
Re:I made my phone slow on purpose on Monday June 01, 2026 @03:07PM (#48361201)
I love you
Re:I made my phone slow on purpose on Monday June 01, 2026 @01:15PM (#48359743)
Does that website blocking work for browsers other than Safari?
Re:Garnix (A Nix CI) is shutting down on Thursday May 28, 2026 @09:26PM (#48317845)
Back to Nix again? I remember one of their employees had a great video series on it, but then they stopped using it because it was too complicated.
I’m running the risk of just getting an AI response back, but:

How are you able to boot Debian from an SD card, and without unlocking the bootloader?

Does the bootloader look for an OS on SD card by default? SD and eMMC are basically the same thing, is it just the same lines but an SD card takes priority over the eMMC? And does it not enforce verified boot properly / at all? Maybe being a Rockchip and not MTK/QCOM has something to do with it, but it’s still an Android device and I would assume there’s something in CTS/VTS/GMS licensing that makes verified boot mandatory.

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