naitgacem

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by naitgacem 2y ago
you can use ublock origin, it has a setting for that. It's pretty much a necessity for me to disable JavaScript and images until i manually enable them. The modern internet is a mess
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by naitgacem 2y ago
i thought that story was about 3 programs that were missing, a text editor being one of them. I'll have to check because my memory is failing me atm.
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by naitgacem 2y ago
I just experienced this as well. I had a giggle when I opened a new tab and searched "is duckduckgo down" and the default search engine is ... duckduckgo. Still no results .. strange :P
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by naitgacem 2y ago
> they'd just look it up in the first place and not waste their time with Al. Keep in mind these come from the new "AI Overview" feature, which means these appear at the TOP of search results!
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by naitgacem 2y ago
ctrl+scroll on Windows generally scales the text only. Even the built-in magnifier is extremly clunky and zooms only to 200%, 300% ...
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by naitgacem 2y ago
One great feature on laptops' trackpad which is hard to get on a mouse is the pinch-to-zoom thing. It zooms you in without changing the layout or anything.
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by naitgacem 2y ago
I currently have HN set to 150% on my laptop. It is unreadable at the default zoom level.
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by naitgacem 2y ago
In a developing country here. For people below 25, the majority are only familiar with smartphones. I think this comes down to the versatility of these devices(Camera, media consumption, browsing social media, ... ), and sadly that is most,
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by naitgacem 2y ago
I still use the Galaxy S8 with a 5.8" screen as well. It is actually quite amusing that nowadays this is considered "Small phone". I find it to be the perfect size and refuse to carry a brick around with me. Good thing in my
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by naitgacem 3y ago
This is a terrible take. Just because thieves exist we should all lose the right to repair our own stuff if we so choose? If they want to pair parts that's fine, but not providing the calibration software or whatever is NOT. regarding
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by naitgacem 3y ago
if OP is reading this, HN also exposes an Algolia search API. Perhaps they could investigate if it would give them an easier time with their analysis.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I am now realizing an app I was working on had some "vulgar" function names in tests. they've been changed, but they're still there in version control. I just hope no one looks at the history of tests...
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Compact mode is a must for me as well. When __new UI__ released for Android Studio, I didn't enable until they later rolled out the so called compact mode.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
You can switch between the old and new terminal in Settings/Preferences | Tools | Terminal | Enable New Terminal. I'm not what are you referring to?
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I have tried to use Canvas on Android to draw some custom view (chart). I still have a PTSD from that experience. I have an exceptionally great amount of respect for people who can do this sort of stuff.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Bad guesses will result in programs that subscript out of range, which is caught at run time. That is sadly not always the case.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Indeed, I was thinking of the whole new AI mess going on when I wrote that. I guess it is indeed commonplace, but so is the by continuing to use this product you agree to whatever we wrote here I believe legislature is the only way
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I wonder how much of the highlighted clause you hereby grant Spotify a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, fully paid, irrevocable, worldwide license to reproduce, make available, perform and display, translate
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by naitgacem 3y ago
In my uni there is a community project (of which I'm a maintainer right now) to collect tons of learning material. handwritten notes, previous exams, recitations, ... It's been the most important asset in my journey through unde
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I think a related, but often overlooked question is: is there really a need for remembering things off the top of one's head? Since there was no need to look it up, perhaps it's not relevant to whatever one is doing at the moment.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
This is the strategy I always use with that use-case. Especially with "assets" folders where thousands of little icons and drawables and the like.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I had a probability class and we definitely made that joke more often than we should :P
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by naitgacem 3y ago
In my country, carriers are allowed to cancel your SIM card if you don't use it for a couple of months, then give the number to some other, new customer. It's a nightmare since you can lose your accounts and even the debit card is
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Doesn't have to be all major browsers. Android itself can mediate this. we already have that for other types of data. apps can request to read SMS or your contacts, these are called `ContentProvider`s.
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Glad I usually read a few comments before the linked article :P
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by naitgacem 3y ago
Honestly, if I'm going to a restaurant especially with other people, I prefer to leave my phone behind. I try to never bring a "smart" device. This QR code thing is just another mine in the field of trying to live in society
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by naitgacem 3y ago
that's kind of my thoughts too, but in the spirit of HN wanted to leave that part out
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I'm talking about a runtime permission, something like "App_name wants to use internet" with options "allow once" , "while using the app", and reject. Same with camera microphone storage etc. Internet is t
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by naitgacem 3y ago
I think this is disingenuous. we can already import contacts and other sensitive data with no "privacy leak". they're not requiring unvetted import functionality, from the issue: Android is able to mediate access to other
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by naitgacem 3y ago
this is already the case, you can click open in browser. but I'm not sure it's in Google's best interest here. remember that it's been 9 generations of android major versions since they added runtime permissions for ca

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