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by blfr 1y ago
That's great for your use but meanwhile my phone has now better eyesight than I do (and I'm 20/20), carries all my notes and photos, answers random questions about prions, and offers fully e2e encrypted instant communication
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by blfr 1y ago
Most things are still available at the same quality your parents remember, thanks to ecommerce much more avilable, but sadly also at a similar real price your parents remember which we find extortionary by comparison to all the cheap crap f
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by blfr 1y ago
Yeah, you prioritized price and availability over sheer product quality. Millions upon millions of people made the same choice.
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by blfr 1y ago
I find Signal just unbeatable on all fronts: security, UX, ease of use, general thoughtfulness put into the product. It has the best simple media editor (for video clipping, blurring faces, compressing) I have ever seen casually built into
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by blfr 2y ago
I don't pay for Netflix and a rival good (like ISP infra) is completely different from some compiled computer code (like a browser).
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by blfr 2y ago
Legality is another victim of politicization because now it's determined less by rules and more by your side's dedication to venue shopping and pushing judicial appointments. You need your own judges just as much as you need your
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by blfr 2y ago
Why not? Signal was willing to run all kinds crazy setups to evade foreign laws, like domain fronting. https://signal.org/blog/doodles-stickers-censorship/
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by blfr 2y ago
They're cutting their opponents' access to federal funds.
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by blfr 2y ago
I have been using Ubuntu on a Asus Zenbooks for almost a decade now. Guess it's a recommendation. GNOME on the latest LTS Ubuntu (24.04) has a pretty cool Android-like panel for basic settings (wifi/bluetooth/vpn/brightn
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by blfr 2y ago
There's a great CCC presentation by Moxie (Signal originator) on that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdM-XTRyC9c ~summarized in text form https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
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by blfr 2y ago
Fairly sure I remember pg's(?) longer post where he explores that Twitter is not only a new protocol, not only popular, not only private but also it completes the matrix: there's one to ~one long-form communication (smtp), one to
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by blfr 2y ago
Biden administration are the very same people who pressured social media companies into censorship[1]. Tens of seemingly serious people swearing that Hunter's laptop story is misinformation. Who cares if your traffic gets a little more
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by blfr 2y ago
People will accept low quality shockingly often (to me at least) but even when they have little experience, complete laymen will be able to tell well-written software, solid ux, nice suit, good skiing form, etc from their lower quality vers
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by blfr 2y ago
> the AMS were unwilling to publish a paper by an author whose real-world identity they did not know Frankly, shameful. Editors, especially in mathematics, should be able to judge the work on its merits.
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by blfr 2y ago
Great service. I particularly like that you can connect to their network without redirecting all traffic and only selectively use different SOCKS5[1] endpoints[2] for different browser profiles. Ad-blocking adblock.dns.mullvad.net DNS[2] is
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by blfr 2y ago
QQBrowser users from Dallas are more likely to be Chinese using a VPN than bots, I would guess.
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by blfr 2y ago
What did the EU do this time?
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by blfr 2y ago
It seems to me that the blogosphere was not a ZIRP but rather a young Internet phenomenon. Which could exists, like usenet before it, when mere access to it was a filtering mechanism. Once you have seven billion people with virtually no acc
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by blfr 2y ago
TikTok shows you exactly what you like. Which seems like the reason it's both heavily watched and reviled. My FYP feed is full of golden retrievers, lifting tips, and popsci with some news and comedy/couples sketches thrown in. Th
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by blfr 2y ago
I only have a Samsung tablet and I could either disable or uninstall all of their apps. Also, I think you can remove them effectively with `adb`, without root, but haven't tested.
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by blfr 2y ago
I'm not posh enough to routinely pour my drinks into a glass so an attached cap either drips, scratches, or gets in my way and I have to tear it off and then usually remove the plastic ring since it now comes with prongs that only some
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by blfr 2y ago
Maybe, although I'm skeptical, but regardless: if a regulation backfires or becomes unenforceable and the regulator cannot correct course, then I'm gonna blame the regulator. You wouldn't accept blaming the user if a UI cause
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by blfr 2y ago
Samsung and Pixel are trying but Apple has the advantage of the integrated ecosystem. Samsung is supposedly approaching it from the angle of their home devices but I don't know how valuable a seamless integration between my phone and a
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by blfr 2y ago
It's not popular because the costs usually outweigh the benefits and when they do, there's rarely a correction. The EU will do something great (roam like at home) or minor but positive (like OP, however we've had USB-C, Firef
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by blfr 2y ago
I have YouTube ReVanced, which is better than premium, which is still not as good as mpv. Other services are strictly premium, paid affairs. Still not as good as mpv.
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by blfr 2y ago
The best media player in existence: superb minimalist UI, makes use of hardware accelaration, and just plays videos. Its continued excellence is one of the reasons why I will probably remain a pirate for life. Streaming services spend milli
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by blfr 2y ago
How does that work? I keep hearing this objection but how is the app supposedly stopping you from forming a happy relationship? Operator would need to know who is a good matchup for you and then not present you that person but present you e
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by blfr 2y ago
How much of a limitation is that Tensor processor? Seems like the last of its line and below the performance of other flaghship phones.
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by blfr 2y ago
If you're on HN, you obviously want an OpenWRT router or better but most people are probably better off with equipment managed by their provider so they have someone to whom they can complain about wifi issues, etc. Also, funny to see
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by blfr 2y ago
Americans were richer than even Brits back when they were still Brits The American colonies led Great Britain in purchasing power per capita from 1700, and possibly from 1650, until 1774, even counting slaves in the population The common

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