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   by j_s 9y ago

   Also: the most invasive parts of the analytics / tracking / privacy-invading aspects of Google Chrome are closed source.
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   by j_s 9y ago

   As posted elsewhere in this discussion, a request for professional courtesy similar to the more common "NSFW" tag. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15292325 ) > fnord123: That post has text of the patents
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   by j_s 9y ago

   Is anyone using a non-big-3 (Chrome/Firefox/Safari) browser enough to call it their default? I haven't tried Vivaldi yet but see this non-update hitting the front page as a heads-up that it might be worth checking out; how do
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   by j_s 9y ago

   Thank you for taking the time to respond. Do you know why the project is released under a custom license, rather than something familiar? If this could be summarized in a few simple sentences I'd appreciate it. Ain't nobody got ti
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   by j_s 9y ago

   It has happened in the past (chosen example: 2014). Not sure if any current vulnerability is public. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-earl... https://blog.torproject.org/did-fbi-pay-un
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   by j_s 9y ago

   What purpose does the custom license serve? Of all the hills to die on for a project with source available on Github... > This project is licensed under the NANOME VR PRODUCT SUITE https://github.com/matryx/calcflo
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   by j_s 9y ago

   First-class source control / versioning.
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   by j_s 9y ago

   Nice; added to my wishlist. Thanks! "The El Principito / The Little Prince Spanish/English Bilingual Edition with Audio Download (English and Spanish Edition)" https://amzn.com/dp/1999706110/ $
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   by j_s 9y ago

   Depends on your definition of "friend", for sure!
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Can anyone comment on whether or not Nix is 100% reproducible? To the best of my limited understanding, it is not.
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Which carrier is this? Verizon has promised to kick anyone going over 200GB/month off completely. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/01/11... I am being pressured by my sign
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    by j_s 9y ago

    OP said discussion though, not past submissions. And they are correct, linking the only other submission with any comments.
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    by j_s 9y ago

    https://elsyms.com/the-art-of-over-engineering-your-side-pro... | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15147660 (Sep 2017, 257 comments)
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Oops, my bad -- the first link to the dupe should have been: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15246659 Thanks for double-checking. Serves me right for trying to be helpful on my phone!
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    by j_s 9y ago

    I think it's reasonable to classify it as "don't ask, don't tell". https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14927517 I've never seen anything more effective at enabling content that is routinely c
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    by j_s 9y ago

    dupe-ish: LoRa Backscatter [pdf] | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15201692 (1 day ago) > ac29: 900MHz is heavily used in the US and describing the noise as "background" or "random" is dising
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    by j_s 9y ago

    This is how I use the Qupzilla browser, always in private browsing mode - each window/process is a separate session shared across all contained tabs. https://qupzilla.com/download
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Devil's advocate / counterpoint: https://twitter.com/mcclure111/status/908675882587484160 My complaint here is that Google is making things worse for media/game pages by making life good for people
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    Microsoft's Multiplatform Command Line SSMS Generate Scripts Wizard(github.com)

    1 points by j_s 9y ago|0 comments
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    A WiFi Controlled USB Rubber Ducky for $15(blog.tindie.com)

    1 points by j_s 9y ago|0 comments
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    by j_s 9y ago

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Call_Saul
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    Typosquatting programming language package managers(incolumitas.com)

    3 points by j_s 9y ago|0 comments
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    A Thought for Your Pennies: Micropayment and the Liberation of Content (2009)(transcopyright.org)

    42 points by j_s 9y ago|14 comments
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    by j_s 9y ago

    http://www.soundlazer.com/what-is-a-parametric-speaker/
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Anyone willing to list the rest of the currently maintained alternative web UIs for HN? http://hackernewsgrid.com | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15078605 (2017) https://vue-hn.now.sh/ &a
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Coinbase is still using MongoDB ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14902743 ) but seems to have worked through the growing pains they had getting started. Ask HN: Does anyone know what's going on at Coinbase? | htt
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    by j_s 9y ago

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11693631 (May 2016) > droffel: Hardware wallets use the BIP32[1] spec to implement "Hierarchical Deterministic" (HD) addresses. Using a single seed phrase (stored internall
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Trezor - https://amzn.com/dp/B00R6MKDDE/ $99.93 | referral: http://amzn.to/2wsH6WM Ledger Nano S - https://amzn.com/dp/B01J66NF46/ $146.50 | referral: http://
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Front page answers: Why I Fell in Love with Arch Linux (2015) | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15245954
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    by j_s 9y ago

    Ask HN: Good hacker backpack? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14721746 36 points, 68 days ago, 42 comments source: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=timbuk2&sort=byDate&type=comme...