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Not at all to defend Meta but "a feature that allows software developers to test applications" is a dubious definition of localhost. I also can't come up with a
by Retr0id 5mo ago
Not at all to defend Meta but "a feature that allows software developers to test applications" is a dubious definition of localhost. I also can't come up with a better one.
- istumbler 5mo ago“A network interface which allows processes on the same internet host to communicate without the need for a network connection”
- Retr0id 5mo agoThere's a lot of layperson-unfriendly words in there! Iterating on that: "A feature that allows multiple programs on the same device to communicate without the need for an internet connection"
- FergusArgyll 5mo agoa pty fits that definition though
- thewebguyd 5mo agoSome concepts just can't (or shouldn't) be broken down to the level of lay person friendly though. There are just some technical concepts that have a complexity floor that if you drop below you are no longer explaining the actual concept but a fantasy. For a judge trying to rule on a technical case, a poor layperson analogy and lead to a confidently wrong legal conclusion that has serious negative consequences. Thats why court appointed neutral experts are important.
- dnnddidiej 5mo agoIt is like having a pool room at home instead of playing at the bar. Facebook want to snoop around your pool room.
- furyofantares 5mo agoIt's not a definition, but it is an accurate statement.
- Retr0id 5mo agoIt's a true statement but I'm not sure it gives a good impression of what localhost actually is.
- rambojohnson 5mo agoIf the biggest issue you found in the article is the localhost gloss, Meta probably got off easy.
- Retr0id 5mo agoI never said that.
- Velocifyer 5mo ago“A loopback network interface” or “A interface that refers to the same host”.
- austin-cheney 5mo agoHere is the explicit definition of localhost. The term "localhost" refers to the default entry in all modern operating system host files. By default modern operating systems provide a hosts file that provides domain name resolution without reliance upon the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol. By default these host files typically ship with one entry, a domain named "localhost" that points to IPv4 loopback interface 127.0.0.1.
- FuckButtons 5mo agoSure, but you lost the non technical audience by the end of the first sentence.
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- cwmoore 5mo agoThe only audience qualified to make technical decisions.
- austin-cheney 5mo agoThen what are we talking about? If this is only about comfort of people who don't give a shit anyways then just relate it to money or cartoons or whatever and walk away. It just doesn't matter.
- HNgarbagesite 5mo ago[flagged]
- iririririr 5mo agospecially for this case, the localhost part is misleading. what should have been the focus was "starting a shadow server on the use device, wide open for any application or webpage"
- SturgeonsLaw 5mo ago"on the device itself"
- thephyber 5mo agoLocalhost is “on the device itself”, but so is an installed App and files and user settings. This is also missing a lot of what localhost means in this context (networking, violation of the usually way similar apps and websites work on an Android device, etc).
- ChrisRR 5mo agoYes I was totally confused as that's not what I understood by localhost