Eequei3i

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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   But that's the wrong direction. Instead it should map to a file tree that you can explore with your native file explorer and text editor. The browser becomes a silo for your data, inaccessible by every other application.
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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   > Well, to be blunt, you don't have a story without a protagonist and a problem. What if the protagonist is an object? I find the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs is quite a mover of things! And that evolution guy has many fant
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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   > add a bit of flourish to what might otherwise be a very short article Brevity would save time and be easier on everyone's scarce attention.
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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   > The security model of allowing apps access to your full filesystem (assuming your user has access) is flawed. Your are neglecting the option of exposing a limited subview of the filesystem like containers do. > But people are workin
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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   > Does no one else get sick of this? I roll my eyes every time I see such stories and look for a more technical coverage of the topic somewhere else. I suspect that's a difference between thing- vs. people-oriented readers. I assume
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   by Eequei3i 8y ago

   > decrease our reliance on particular operating systems By replacing it with a poor simulacrum of an operating system. Browser APIs are an inefficient subset of libc and bsd sockets offer. And they provide near-zero interoperability with