sandov

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   by sandov 10y ago

   It certainly is, but I think it's a nice contrast to have in comparison with your day to day friends that are not hackers and wouldn't understand why you left facebook. You just should have in mind that the average HN user is pret
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   by sandov 10y ago

   When I use facebook, I get angry at the stupidity of people. On HN I feel humbled because of how smart people are here.
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   by sandov 10y ago

   you can deactivate your profile (i.e. You can't log on facebook) without deactivating your messenger account. I did this and chat normally from messenger.com, but can't log on facebook.com
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   by sandov 10y ago

   Could we "fork the web" or something?. Someone could create a parallel stack of web standards that is fully free/open. For the most part it would be the same as the conventional web standard, but open source browser developer
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   by sandov 10y ago

   Sorry for my ignorance, but isn't SHA-1 in git supposed to protect only against data corruption and not against someone maliciously replacing the entire repo?
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   by sandov 10y ago

   Abandoning principles?. Why is it unethical to trade with neo-Nazis?
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   by sandov 10y ago

   I use it because I don't want google to snoop on my browsing habits, and Firefox is the less shitty FOSS browser to my knowledge.