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Re:Kagi releases alpha version of Orion for Linux on Friday January 09, 2026 @09:47AM (#46554412)
Don't let this hold you back. Use a mobile browser that lets you use Kagi; it's worth it.
At $3.99 this was an instant buy for me until the App Store told me I couldn't. I think the venn diagram between HN users and those holding off on Tahoe is probably a pretty big overlap. ;-)
Hence why I'm asking why it requires it. Trying to hold off as long as I can!
Is there a reason it requires macOS 26?
I was in Las Vegas when this happened, though we had no idea that day that this is what was happening. My wife and I went to get tickets to the Titanic exhibit at the Luxor and they said "our computers systems are down, we can only take cash". I had cash, and they sold us the tickets for extremely cheap.

Long story short, I've always felt like I stole from the casino that day too! :-)

Re:Relive the 90s: Weather Channel Simulator on Thursday May 29, 2025 @12:50PM (#44127844)
It seems if you left click "Copy Permalink" that the site will generate a massive URL with all of your options. One of them is "settings-kiosk-checkbox". Change it to "true" in your copied URL and that should work.
Re:Attention K-Mart Shoppers on Wednesday April 16, 2025 @12:20PM (#43707228)
How did you find this?
Re:Privacy Pass Authentication for Kagi Search on Thursday February 13, 2025 @05:26PM (#43042243)
This is so true. I've been on Kagi since March 2024. On the occasion that I find myself on Google on someone else's computer, I find it completely unusable from a search result perspective. It's all just junk. Kagi has me as a paying customer forever.
Re:Macrodata Refinement on Saturday February 01, 2025 @05:27PM (#42903093)
You get a nice screen of dancing Milchick gifs when you get done.
"Do you actually think there are meaningful numbers of people who have believed that WPEngine is actually wordpress itself?"

Yes.

"Wordpress.com leads to much more confusion on a regular basis."

Wordpress.com has a license to use the Wordpress trademark. I don't believe we should be comparing Wordpress.com to WP Engine here.

I'm not a lawyer, but WP Engine is selling products on their website literally named "Core Wordpress". That seems like it might be a violation.
It's not about WP in the company name. It's about loosely using the words "Wordpress" and "WooCommerce" all over their website in ways that violate trademarks.
Re:WP Engine sent "cease and desist" letter to Automattic on Tuesday September 24, 2024 @11:14AM (#41637412)
Where does it say that the money he is asking them to contribute would go to Automattic?
Re:macOS Sequoia is available today on Monday September 16, 2024 @03:54PM (#41559986)
I'm not taking the bait on that one. ;-)
Re:macOS Sequoia is available today on Monday September 16, 2024 @03:49PM (#41559912)
I am usually slow to upgrade but I jumped on this and iOS 18 immediately because of "iPhone Mirroring".

I've only had it for a few minutes, but it's really nice!

No, you can set up a Mac with a local account without any weird hacks during setup.
Re:Hello IPv6: a minimal tutorial for IPv4 users on Saturday January 27, 2024 @06:36PM (#39160974)
Can you expand on the "All modern clients randomise the host part of the address" statement. Do they randomize this host part for every session or just once per network?

I've always been under the impression that it is actually easier to track an individual user on IPv6 because each device now has a unique address. Example Company could now tell the difference between 2 users in a home, for example, instead of just a single NAT'd IPv4 address. Is that not true?

Re:Brother Printers Sending Ink Data to Amazon? on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:27PM (#37826234)
You could also try changing the "SNMP Community String" on your Brother printer and see if your "consumption history" stops.

https://help.brother-usa.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/164663/...

Re:Brother Printers Sending Ink Data to Amazon? on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:25PM (#37826213)
What model(s) of Alexa devices do you have, if you don't mind sharing?
Re:Brother Printers Sending Ink Data to Amazon? on Monday October 09, 2023 @06:21PM (#37826175)
This reddit post from 3 years ago suggests that Amazon is using SNMP to monitor your local network printers.

Put your Amazon devices in an isolated "IOT" network if possible.

https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/comments/ip5i1c/alexa_no...

Re:Painting the Eiffel Tower on Friday August 04, 2023 @09:08AM (#36999449)
They also appear to be stripping the old paint during this re-painting process.
Re:RIP Nitter on Friday June 30, 2023 @09:11PM (#36545121)
Oh the irony of linking to a tweet…
Re:ChatGPT Hardware a Look at 8x Nvidia A100 Powering the Tool on Tuesday February 14, 2023 @11:57AM (#34792224)
>> Home was the /home/ directory in Linux.

I have never (until reading this) thought of it in that context. Was that the original meaning for the name, or did it shift over time?

Re:Premium .dev domain with Google costs $850 on Friday December 09, 2022 @10:59PM (#33929733)
Because they are embarrassed about the renewal price, of course. ;-)
Re:Premium .dev domain with Google costs $850 on Friday December 09, 2022 @10:57PM (#33929725)
If the idea is to prevent cybersquatting, why wouldn't one be able to renew a domain they already paid $850 at a price much closer to $12 than $850?

$850/year is insane, full stop. You are comparing $850 to a 5-figure cybersquatter, but they only steal your money once. ;-)

Re:DNS Toys on Saturday June 11, 2022 @10:57PM (#31710872)
For years now I have published DNS TXT records for my domain that include my twitter handle, email address, and a Google Voice number. I always thought it would be a fun "protocol" for people to adopt, but never knew how to advance it.

  dig TXT trevormanternach.com
Tom's Hardware. ;-)

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