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by bmarquez 5y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/science/russian-astronaut... > ...they were wearing flight suits of striking colors — yellow and blue, similar to the colors of Ukraine’s flag. > The Russian astr
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by bmarquez 5y ago
Vivaldi is also a good alternative, without the cryptocurrency stuff some people complain about. They don't have an iOS app though (Brave does).
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> This is a weird stance to take about a search engine which is "tell me what to read as a service." If users don't like the change in the search engine algorithm (for whatever reason), they'll stop using the search e
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I clicked on that link for "drudge", the search results vary every time I reload the page. I always get the iOS app, the retort parody, and the dictionary definition as the top 3. But the position of all 3 links vary every time I
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by bmarquez 5y ago
Frequently mentioned email providers on HN: Fastmail, Protonmail, Zoho, iCloud+, MS 365. Search for the HN submissions reporting on G Suite for even more ideas.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
It's likely a throwaway account and I understand the reasoning behind creating one. Apple has a very secretive, almost paranoid, workplace culture. If I were in the parent poster's shoes I'd make one too to avoid blowback.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
It definitely wasn't the sole reason, but a sign that G Suite wouldn't maintain feature parity with consumer Gmail accounts. There are other features like Google Play library sharing which won't be added. Yeah, people who use
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> It would be a royal pain to switch now. I know it's tough (migrated off G Suite Legacy myself) but it's probably best for the long run since G Suite accounts have less consumer features (in my case, lack of play store reviews
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I don't think it's an either/or thing; I think it's possible to have empathy for both anti-war Russian citizens, and Ukrainian citizens.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> minimal price that we all have to pay, that includes those of us in the western world I was talking to a Russian friend recently who also mentioned trying to stockpile some food while it was affordable, just like the parent commenter.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> I'm sorry, but there are tons of young people from religious or conservative families who wait until marriage to have sex and marry young The parent poster implied that people were highly bound by their religion; I simply offered
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by bmarquez 5y ago
The Bloomberg story linked from the article is probably more impartial and offers a bit more perspective. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-03-15/the-st... In a nutshell, the Amazon employee in
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by bmarquez 5y ago
Having gone to private Christian schools when I was younger (in suburban America but not quite rural), I'm going to offer the anecdote that religious people are just as sexual as non-religious people. They just won't admit to it o
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by bmarquez 5y ago
They try to upsell VPN services in addition to the free tracker-blocking. They charge $59/year for iOS and $99/year for all Apple devices (according to my app settings). Unfortunately the VPN doesn't support Android or Window
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I use Lockdown for iOS, and Blokada or TrackerControl on Android (they're all very similar, on-device vpn + block list). Even with tracking disabled, apps will still contact third party ad/tracking servers. Just this morning on iO
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> And then the story invariably will say that the actual number of people doing this thing is not really known, or is pretty low. I think some people are also using the wrong types of visas and not wanting to make their identities public
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> Why did you suddenly decide to make an account and post your first comment here? Do you work in technology? I wasn't aware that only people who work in the tech industry were allowed to post on Hacker News. If you think someone i
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> Try finding a doctor while on Medicare; depending on region and specialty, only 2/5 to 2/3 doctors will take patients on Medicare. One thing that I've noticed is that there are private practice doctors that will take Med
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> Mark Cuban's pharmacy, however, refuses to deal with your insurance I don't see a problem with this. Some insurance plans are can be hard to deal with. My personal experiences involve requiring step therapy (trying a cheaper,
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I can confirm this too. Sometimes I'd quickly scan through comments, then go back to the top and upvote good ones (usually faster than 1/second). Since a child comment sometimes gives greater clarity to a parent comment. When refr
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by bmarquez 5y ago
BTW you can change your username by emailing hn@ycombinator.com
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I looked at that site, simplelogin is more expensive than iCloud+ and even Fastmail. They should probably rethink their pricing or feature set.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I'd like to know what these Chrome extensions are to ensure they'll never be installed on any computer I use. Unfortunately I can't find a list anywhere, which seems really scammy.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
Same here, but I feel like Forbes' reputation is at the point where it might actually be improved by Binance's influence.
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by bmarquez 5y ago
I like the security of Protonmail, but realized that its best use is when both sender and receiver are both using Protonmail, so messages can be fully end-to-end encrypted. I moved my domain from G Suite Legacy to iCloud+ but kept a separat
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by bmarquez 5y ago
The point that other cultures have different standards on disturbing and traumatic content is interesting in light of the fact that social network moderation is frequently outsourced[1] to poorly-paid workers in other countries. I wonder if
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by bmarquez 5y ago
The same article you mentioned says that 56% of US/Canada users and 70% of Japanese users have iPhones. I'd argue that monopolies should be judged on country and not worldwide. As each country has different iMessage popularity, ap
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by bmarquez 5y ago
Not even a joke, I had a younger friend comment on the sticker cuteness and it never even crossed my mind that people would prefer messaging apps based on that. The Telegram client/feature set is great, and I hope Signal and competitor
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> what ultimately matters is how people actually use it, and that is probably in an unencrypted manner I've heard criticisms about Telegram's MTProto encryption on HN, but in my usage of Telegram nobody has ever turned on the s
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by bmarquez 5y ago
> All too often, that path leads to abusing veterinary supplies... and telling the world how awesome it is to do so. The grandparent poster listed an example of election day incorrect information, the person you responded to listed an ex

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