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by branon 6y ago
It got "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees with a 17% match, but couldn't get "Dragonaut" by Sleep. Maybe I'm a bad hummer?
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by branon 6y ago
CCC is great. I use it rarely, only because I intentionally use Amazon itself as rarely as possible. As a result, 100% of my Amazon shopping is done through CCC, which is great. Were it not for CCC, I'd imagine I'd use Amazon even
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by branon 6y ago
I understand the intent, and agree, but Tutanota's blog posts are really low quality. I'm sure there are much better and more in-depth articles we could be reading about this.
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by branon 6y ago
I am ecstatic to see Pete's QB Site on HN, it was both a large part of my childhood and responsible for my introduction to programming. Lots of very fond memories there, along with Ted Felix's QBASIC programming tutorial[0]. Pete&
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by branon 6y ago
Agreed, something is seriously wrong with this article. Some of the images almost look like they were corrupted, others are very low-quality.
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by branon 6y ago
I don't fully agree with your second point. The way iCloud on an iPhone works, users have no chance to encrypt data before uploading it. Most people are only tangentially aware of what data is siphoned automatically by the service. It
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by branon 6y ago
Apple is only focused on privacy in the barest sense. They'll refuse to unlock physical devices while happily answering thousands of requests from the US and other govermnents for users' iCloud data[0]. They also don't allow
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by branon 6y ago
What is PG? What is Jessica? If one isn't already immersed in the VC mindset that dominates (and is apparently a significant dynamic of) YC, how is one supposed to parse these articles?
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by branon 6y ago
Genuinely: how? Is your claim quantifiable at all? I don't use a VPN, and I'm not seeing gobs of money slipping through my fingers.
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by branon 6y ago
It's hard to lend any more credibility to Troy Hunt's blog post than your typical YouTube shill. The eyes are still rolling. I understand Troy's reasoning is sound, but NordVPN is _still_ the same entity who markets widely on
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by branon 6y ago
Genuinely interested -- what type of job/career involves breaking DRM for a living?
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by branon 6y ago
Wonder what Apple's rationale is for acquiescing to requests for iCloud data while staunchly refusing to unlock physical devices. Could it simply be the idea that data stored on iCloud is Apple's property and not yours, while a ph
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by branon 6y ago
> For example, apps should not encourage placing the device under a mattress or pillow while charging Is this rule referring to anything in particular? Was there an issue with a pillow-warming app that I missed out on hearing about?
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by branon 6y ago
The poll is my biggest issue with an otherwise agreeable article, the sample size and representation on Twitter doesn't make for anything close to reliable percentages. I understand its use as a demonstrative aid but especially in the
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by branon 6y ago
GNU Midnight Commander user, checking in ;)
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by branon 6y ago
Amazing, but feels like it doesn't belong in a browser. Will run very slowly on everything besides reasonable fast Intel hardware.
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by branon 6y ago
Owner of a 4K Sharp "smart" TV here. Menu is indeed incredibly sluggish. My old Zenith from the 90s has better response time, _and_ an integrated VHS player. Can't beat it. The Sharp was the first smart TV I ever purchased. H
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by branon 6y ago
SAPRKS is a huge loss. All of the groups that were named were quite prolific and released exceptionally high-quality files, but SPARKS especially. Just goes to show how utterly broken and cross-contaminated the copyright and justice systems
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by branon 6y ago
RateYourMusic and a few decent BitTorrent trackers should get you started. Listen to what you like.
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A fake blog written by AI shot to the top of Hacker News(businessinsider.com)
5 points by branon 6y ago|1 comments
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by branon 6y ago
> Cheap sunglasses Maybe OP prefers rhinestone shades? ;)
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by branon 6y ago
There was a batch of Pinebook Pro computers that went out which was badly-QA'd and had issues with the display. You may have gotten one of those. I believe the issue was pretty localized, and if you get in touch with Pine64 they'l
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by branon 6y ago
Void Linux, because it's stable. I've never had an update break my system, unlike other rolling-release distributions. The tooling is great: runit, xbps, and xtools are refreshingly simple and sane. I also like the fact that Void
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by branon 6y ago
It's not necessarily that the privileges have been given freely, moreso that they were acquired.
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by branon 6y ago
"What is UX?" <five paragraphs that don't answer the question, interspersed with unnecessary banner images> "We don't know what UX is, everyone who's asked has a different answer, and it ultimately depend
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by branon 6y ago
No, but friendly devices like Pinephone exist :)
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by branon 6y ago
Anybody have experience with Veriato? Would like to know if/when it's running and which processes to kill. Could run a script in the background that checks for and kills the bossware. Assuming the worker has local admin on a typic
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by branon 6y ago
Barely. In order with your requirements, Master Password offers: - A choice between a few different password types (numerical, short, long, complex, phrase) for picky sites. It relies on you to remember which password type you used for whic
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by branon 6y ago
Personally? https://masterpassword.app/ It's like an anti-password manager. Doesn't depend on any specific device. Essentially it's a sane implementation of what others have already discussed below, in the ot
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by branon 6y ago
Or just don't reuse passwords. Two-factor authentication is largely an annoying band-aid over an easily-solvable problem. It either relies on devices and protocols like smartphones and SMS (which are fundamentally insecure to begin wit

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