AnonC

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by AnonC 9mo ago
There was a rebuttal to a recent news or rumor that emails in Gmail are being used for training. Google claimed that it’s not doing that. But these things can change any moment with enough marketing and subterfuge.
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by AnonC 9mo ago
Light travels at about 0.69c in fiber optic cables (c being the speed of light in vacuum, which, as you stated, is about 300,000 km/s).
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by AnonC 10mo ago
I agree. Apart from having to use npm (and its package repository being susceptible to security issues), I’d prefer something a lot simpler. Could’ve been a Rust program or a Go program (a single executable) that could be built locally or i
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Anecdotally, I’ve found Lightning to be a nice fit when plugged in (it’s got a nice “click”) and USB-C a bit flimsy and loose in comparison. YMMV.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Seems like you’d just need to set WhatsApp as the default calling app on iOS and make sure to install WhatsApp on the watch too. The ability to set another app as the default for calls has been around since early this year. Doesn’t this wor
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> It's interesting that most people on Windows PCs switch to Chrome when Edge is the default This is primarily because most people on Windows use Gmail and other Google services, and any time you visit a Google web property from a n
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> If they clutter the browser with AI which inherently requires data processing, often in the cloud Where are you getting the “often in the cloud” from? So far Firefox has some local models for certain features. Using a specific cloud ba
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> This really feels like the beginning of the end for Mozilla, sadly. This has been said numerous times over the decades anytime Mozilla has done something. Thankfully (at least for me), it hasn’t come true so far.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Technically, a browser is a “user agent”, and it could be argued that some AI features (with privacy) can help in being a better user agent.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
As I mentioned in a comment below ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46297617 ), Firefox does not rely only on sponsors. There are a few ways to pay money that goes directly towards Firefox.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
That link is for Mozilla Foundation, which is a non-profit and donations to it do not go to the development of Firefox. Mozilla Corporation, the for-profit entity, owns and manages Firefox. The way to support Firefox monetarily is by buyi
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by AnonC 10mo ago
GP here. I agree. I should’ve stated that I don’t like losing chat history and have seen that as a problem with Signal. I have edited my previous comment to reflect that I don’t like losing chat history.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> I have lost chat histories more times than I can remember, and I have to be extra diligent about this these days. As per Signal’s diehard proponents, losing chat history is a feature, not a bug (I’m not being facetious when saying this
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by AnonC 10mo ago
The statement that Cloudflare uses HTTP to connect to your website can be false depending on how you configure it. For years, I have had personal websites with Cloudflare as the CDN and with Let’s Encrypt providing certificates on the web s
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Are you a new HN mod (with authority over the guidelines) and are asking for opinions from readers (that’d be new)? Or are you just another normal user and are loudly wondering about this so that mods get inputs (as opposed to writing a nic
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by AnonC 10mo ago
I wish Apple would split software and bring back Scott Forstall (soon after Tim Cook leaves) and give him a big chunk, like iOS and iPadOS. Craig Federighi needs to reduce the scope of his work and get competent people in to handle the soft
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Yes, it does NAT traversal. If you don’t trust Tailscale servers, you can host the open source equivalent, Headscale (headscale.net) and use the open source Tailscale clients.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> I would like to support Daring Fireball (a publication I read a lot) but the only way is to buy an ad slot for $11K which seems like a scam to both the viewer and the advertiser. AFAIK, Daring Fireball never runs these tracking ad netw
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Not GP. My guess is that they’re self hosting this at home (not on a server that’s on the internet), and Tailscale easily and securely allows them to access this when they’re elsewhere.
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by AnonC 10mo ago
I actually have a simple shortcut created just to turn off Bluetooth entirely (helps speed up watchOS updates by forcing it to download directly over WiFi). I also have shortcuts to turn off WiFi completely and to turn off both WiFi and cel
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by AnonC 10mo ago
Edit: The only way to even see this page without the popup is to try to print it. Previously posted comment: I’m not sure if this is due to any content blocker on my phone (though I tried disabling Safari’s content blockers too) or if it’s
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by AnonC 10mo ago
I wish that could happen, but sadly Tim Cook’s ego wouldn’t allow that and I don’t think Craig Federighi would want his kingdom to be torn apart (I presume he had a big role in getting John Giannandrea to be pushed out of Siri and retire).
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by AnonC 10mo ago
> It started with the macOS that brought the iOS settings panel. We went from a logical structure of easily findable stuff to a complete mess. It’s difficult to pinpoint when exactly the decline started. But one key event before the Sett
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by AnonC 11mo ago
> Are you primary using electron-based apps, or true native macOS apps? Maybe I’m lucky but I run macOS daily without any problems. There’s an in-between abomination — Catalyst based apps from/by Apple (quickly migrated from iOS to
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by AnonC 11mo ago
I personally wouldn’t put much value on this event. I’ve never been impressed by SoftBank’s investment decisions. Of course, it has a good amount of money. But its decisions on ARM, WeWork, etc., have made it seem like it’s just (uninformed
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by AnonC 11mo ago
I don’t know if this will be useful for me (on a phone right now and need to see the details on a Mac). I was intrigued as well as surprised by a “one day trial” offer. I’ve usually seen seven day trials, 30 day trials, etc. One day seems t
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by AnonC 11mo ago
DuckDuckGo has always been bad or just adequate for some specific purposes. Though it’s been my default search engine for a long time, I do use the “!g” bang command on the search query to switch to Google when I find that DDG’s results are
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by AnonC 11mo ago
I love this. It’s good to see Mozilla trying different revenue generating approaches (edit: the merch with Kit), even if they may seem too small compared to what it gets from the default search engine arrangement with Google.
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by AnonC 1y ago
The lack of support for JMAP in common mail clients has been my concern for years. And recently Fastmail went ahead with releasing its own Electron-based desktop app that uses JMAP for its mail service. Mozilla Thunderbird could do with som
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by AnonC 1y ago
I skimmed through the article. It talks a lot about sodium ion batteries and how major vehicle and transportation companies are getting into making and using these batteries. It also talks about the cost aspect, with sodium ion being cheape

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