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by Zak 10mo ago
Their main revenue is sending search traffic to Google. I imagine a near-future source will be paid subscriptions to LLM products that integrate tightly with the browser. Both of those require convincing people to use the browser, which is
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by Zak 10mo ago
The PIN can be longer than four digits. Signal also guards against this with safety numbers; if someone takes over an account, every contact will see that the safety number has changed and should consider that the account may be compromised
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by Zak 10mo ago
It's an impression from my own social circle. I looked for data briefly because of this comment, but didn't find anything conclusive. It does make sense to hand write short notes in cursive if you're hand writing short notes
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by Zak 10mo ago
Most people do not hand write anything more than a short note in 2025, and paper is not usually the target medium for longer texts. A desire to write without access to some sort of machine is a bit quaint. Of course to be pedantic, modern p
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by Zak 10mo ago
I think the time limit to request compensation under EU261/2004 in Germany is 3 years. If this happened within the past 3 years, you can demand that they pay you. Their claim form is here: https://www.lufthansa.com/us&#
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by Zak 10mo ago
With a flight, an airline that cancels a flight with less than two weeks notice owes you cash compensation of 250, 400, or 600 Euros depending on the length of the flight. The airline can only avoid this obligation if the cancellation was d
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by Zak 10mo ago
Never before have I seen the message "Firefox has been terminated by the Linux kernel because the system is low on memory". Thanks for a new experience! I do like the visualization.
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by Zak 10mo ago
Most of the larger scooter companies don't do it, so it seems unlikely operating such a system requires trying to get around the first rule of network security. I feel like we (that is anyone nerdy enough to post on HN) have been far t
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by Zak 10mo ago
I think you're not asking for enough here. A scooter rental app does not need to attest phones. It doesn't even have a bad excuse for wanting to attest phones since payment information is surely stored server-side and it would b
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by Zak 10mo ago
I don't think people should post the unfiltered output of an LLM as if it has value. If a question in a comment has a single correct answer that is so easily discoverable, I might downvote the comment instead. I'm not sure making
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by Zak 10mo ago
True, but it doesn't require an account, and is free for unlimited use. Not having to sign up for anything is a plus when I'm recommending things to others.
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by Zak 10mo ago
I'm still having good results with root, Magisk, and Play Integrity Fix. That does involve some knowledge and effort though, so what I point others to is Mullvad DNS, which is free: https://mullvad.net/en/help&#x2F
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by Zak 10mo ago
It's really hard to come up with a product name as good as "iPhone". Simple does not mean easy. Unless they're writing a phone review, nobody ever says things like "I took a picture with my Galaxy", or "I
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by Zak 10mo ago
Looks like it won't. Naming it publicly would allow those who have a Google-blessed Android device to rate it though.
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by Zak 10mo ago
You can if you have a Google account; Play Store has a web version.
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by Zak 11mo ago
Be sure to leave them a one-star review, and maybe name them here so others can do the same. Anyone who does that sort of crap deserves at least that tiny bit of punishment for it.
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by Zak 11mo ago
I'm not even trying to address realities like the potential unfairness of the courts here. I'm saying it would be very reasonable to conclude that linking isn't copying and a copyright license isn't required to do it.
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by Zak 11mo ago
The market response to a labor shortage is to pay people more. It seems as if the industry has taken significant steps to do anything but that.
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by Zak 11mo ago
As far as I know, the effect of linking to GPL code hasn't actually been tested in court. The license is intended to impose obligations in the case of linking, but dynamic linking does not make a copy of the library at build time; it j
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by Zak 11mo ago
GPL v3 requires that if updates by the manufacturer are possible, the device owner is given the necessary keys and instructions to install modified versions. It is not required if the software is installed to ROM that cannot be updated by a
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by Zak 11mo ago
> Basically, if I'm reading it correctly, they have to give you the source code if you ask for it, but they don't have to tell you that you can ask. I think the bigger picture is more subtle than that. You, the buyer do not h
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by Zak 11mo ago
Nearly anything is allowed for experimental amateur-built aircraft like the one in this incident. Unapproved modifications to certified aircraft are forbidden in most parts of the world.
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by Zak 11mo ago
I used to view them with disdain - a clearly obsolete design GM kept using because they're cheap or lazy or some such. I no longer hold that view. GM's pushrod V8s are considerably smaller than their competition, and lightweight r
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by Zak 11mo ago
I think the most stringent types of Windows anti-cheat rely on remote attestation of the operating system. It's theoretically possible to design a Linux-based OS that supports such a capability, but the sort of people who choose Linux
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by Zak 11mo ago
All of the account's recent comments being [dead] imply that it's shadowbanned.
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by Zak 11mo ago
What alternative do you think is a good balance? Before you answer, substitute the UK with Iran and whatever distasteful content 4chan is hosting this week with "the dictatorship of Iran is harmful to its people, and they should rise u
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by Zak 11mo ago
I would be surprised if private defecation is not a majority preference among couples. Even if I'm alone in a hotel room, I'd prefer to contain the odor to the bathroom.
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by Zak 11mo ago
Some time ago, I used a module for Xposed on Android called XPrivacy which did exactly that. Yes, creepy app, you can have my location. It's Antarctica. It does look like Xposed has successors, but my current approach is to just be sel
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by Zak 11mo ago
> I don't see any problem with it being "locked down", in the sense that it doesn't sound any worse than Chrome OS or Android. I think the problem is that it further normalizes computers where users don't have
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I've certainly run into websites that were doing something nonstandard and my browser of choice didn't work as intended. Sometimes when I've complained to the site operator, they've told me that browser isn't suppor

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