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901.
by drnick1 9mo ago
> Any power users who prefer their own key management should follow the steps to enable Bitlocker without uploading keys to a connected Microsoft account. The real issue is that you can't be sure that the keys aren't uploaded e
902.
by drnick1 9mo ago
> You're thinking that because the UK left the EU it will change the main language countries use to speak to each others Yes, and that's precisely the irony. Europeans still need to subject themselves to Anglo "cultural im
903.
by drnick1 9mo ago
The irony is that European alternatives are still in English, when no European country (since the departure of the U.K. from Europe) actually uses that language.
904.
by drnick1 9mo ago
Why should a company be making money selling what is a essentially a thin layer of convenience over kernel features?
905.
by drnick1 9mo ago
Ladybird has quite a few corporate sponsors now and is progressing quite well. I built and tested the latest sources over the winter break and it sort of works already. I posted on HN from it.
906.
by drnick1 9mo ago
This. These kinds of "rules" are basically useless because they are not enforceable. It's exactly like having speed limits but no cops.
907.
by drnick1 9mo ago
This and "Ray tracing in one week-end" are HN classics that I wish I had completed long ago.
908.
by drnick1 9mo ago
That's absolutely not true, because forwarding rules don't exist by default. You can try all ports and will get no answer.
909.
by drnick1 9mo ago
This is 100% correct, something the (dim) author of the article can't seem to understand.
910.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> Green bubbles, so if your teenage child talks in the group chat at school and one of their classmates sees the green bubble, they'll be bullied for the rest of the time in school. Wth, is this even a real thing?
911.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Are launchers needed at all? I find the default GrapheneOS interface to be serviceable and I did not know what a "launcher" was until fairly recently.
912.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Then use a vendor-agnostic platform instead for group chats like Signal or Matrix.
913.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> 5. Lots of remote features tied to an app. The ability to look through cameras, auto-record videos when people get close, lock and unlock and view status of the car. Remote tracking via GPS in case it’s stolen. This is akin to spyware,
914.
by drnick1 10mo ago
iPhones default to sending plain old texts to non-Apple devices so it's hardly an issue unless you don't have a phone number.
915.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> Not only are Apple's services bad, they've becoming inescapable. As long as you decide to stay in Apple's jail. Next time you need or want a new phone, buy a Pixel 9a for $399 on sale, flash Graphene, and you can be 100%
916.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> Even GrapheneOS is hell to use. This is not my experience. GrapheneOS is great and has absolutely zero bloatware/malware. The base system is just a couple of basic apps like the phone, messages app, and a Web browser. That's
917.
by drnick1 10mo ago
It's time to move (back) to self-hosted solutions. There is nothing worse than corporate platforms that can "moderate" users for one reason or another. Not so long ago, if you had to share something with the world, you hosted
918.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> Of course, if you bypass the activation using... alternatives means, Photoshop CC 2021 does work under Wine, which is why you can find a lot of "Photoshop CC 2021 in Wine!" repositories on GitHub. It's fair game since th
919.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Just block that shit with uBlock Origin (Firefox, not the neutered Chromium version).
920.
by drnick1 10mo ago
I'll believe this when Europeans stop posturing and actually turn their backs to U.S. big tech. Europeans develop Linux distros like SUSE, there are various smartphone companies and alternatives to email/cloud services like Proton
921.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Even people with highly paid jobs living in nice areas commute to work.
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by drnick1 10mo ago
The real issue is lack of investment. The old lines with tiny trains not tall enough to stand in other than in the middle should have be rebuilt (much) larger long ago with enough space for AC and modern amenities, but the British never bot
923.
by drnick1 10mo ago
The second factor is a true annoyance, especially because in Europe it tends to be an "app" that requires iOS or Google-certified phones.
924.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Unless you want to self-host things, in which case CGNAT is a non-starter.
925.
by drnick1 10mo ago
I am not sure why you would want that however.
926.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Blocking VPNs is extremely difficult. Even if mainstream VPNs are blocked, you can set up your own on a VPS and keep giving middle finger to the Spanish government.
927.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Then you use a VPN and give them the middle finger?
928.
by drnick1 10mo ago
> We made them rich. They looted our data and poisoned our societies with fake news. They show no respect towards our systems or culture. And yet everyone and their dog in Europe has an iPhone.
929.
by drnick1 10mo ago
So, once again, Stallman is proved right?
930.
by drnick1 10mo ago
Isn't ISP-level blocking of the kind seen in Europe trivially bypassable by using a non-ISP DNS server such as 9.9.9.9 or 1.1.1.1?

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