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by signal11 1y ago
The subset of photos thing was a relatively clunky addition in iOS 14. iOS 17 introduced a much better picker but devs have to opt into using it for now. Signal[1] and a bunch of other apps do use the newer iOS 17 picker. [1] https:/&
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by signal11 1y ago
“Limited access” is an older iOS feature from 2020, and different from the “private access” photo picker introduced with iOS 17[1]. [1] https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2023/10053/?time... Lim
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by signal11 1y ago
iOS has had a private photo picker for a few years now, where you can pick photos from within an app without giving access to all photos. WhatsApp doesn’t use it and Apple doesn’t hold them to account over it. So, um, yay? Apps like Signal
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by signal11 1y ago
k8s isn’t worth the time and money for many small teams, until they cross a complexity bar. Even in some very non-startup enterprises, Cloud Foundry and Open Shift get adopted for a reason: some teams don’t need the overhead. For startups t
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by signal11 1y ago
> When I sit in a bus or in a cafe, I go through it and sort the new photos into folders. This is exactly the sort of thing a lot of smartphone users (including Android users) won’t do. The point of post-PC devices is to actually be post
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by signal11 1y ago
Quiet desktop PCs with good thermals have been getting increased interest — not everyone needs a tower, for some a Mac Mini-like device would work great, but not everyone wants to get into the Apple ecosystem for various reasons. Of course
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by signal11 1y ago
Yes, mshtml was insanely powerful. As an undergrad I was surprised how easy it was to build capable UIs with powerful visual effects[1] using mshtml and JS. Even for C++ Windows apps. It took a long time for this to become a cross-platform
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by signal11 1y ago
Safari seems to have this too, now — especially with the latest iOS 18. Any workarounds would be massively appreciated.
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by signal11 1y ago
“Sign in with Google” is annoying, but at least you can turn it off with chrome://settings/content/federatedIdentityApi Does anyone know how to switch this off on Safari please, especially Mobile Safari. I’ve noticed the
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by signal11 1y ago
> Apps have to update to use new APIs that are cleaner (under threat of being removed…) WhatsApp on iOS is still not using the private photo picker* that iOS 14 introduced, and they haven’t been booted off the App Store yet. *So that you
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by signal11 1y ago
Being able to release safely during the week is super important for eg financial services, for fairly obvious reasons. In trading and market making contexts for instance, we release 100s of times a day — including Fridays. This includes bog
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by signal11 1y ago
How do we report disappointing search results to Google? (Does anyone know please?)
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by signal11 1y ago
Juggernaut is definitely one of my favourites. Also, bandicoot from Telegu’s pandikokku, literally “pig rat”.
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by signal11 1y ago
It comes from Sanskrit[1] and is fairly common in languages which use Sanskrit derived terms in large numbers eg some dialects of Bengali, but more importantly “sarkari” (government) Hindi which is way more Sanskitized vs regular Hindi. Reg
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by signal11 1y ago
This is a feature of many Indian languages. Word order doesn’t matter or doesn’t matter as much. गाय वह चऱायेगा, वह गाय चऱायेगा, चऱायेगा वह गाय all mean “he will take the cow out to graze” irrespective of word order, but of course there can
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by signal11 1y ago
It seems to be a direct translation of the word करणीय (karaniya, that which needs to be done) in many Indic languages. A more idiomatic translation might be “please get this done”; the “needful” phrase might also be a signal that the writer
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by signal11 1y ago
There are open source password managers with decent interop. The interop is very crusty csv export / import, but hey, it’s not Hotel California. With passkeys, the concern is that the platform vendor will become the password manager
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by signal11 1y ago
1Password are working with Microsoft to integrate more with Windows’ passkey APIs. The real test will be, how easy is it to move passkeys from say 1Password to Keepass XC (open source). It’s on my todo list. For now, 1P’s passkey support ap
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by signal11 1y ago
This so many times. The cryptography around passkeys is great. An operational consequence that a lot of people seem to miss is lock-in. I know passkey vendors will say they’re working to make interoperability easier in 2025, and that’s true
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by signal11 1y ago
dictionary.reference.com != dictionary.com, to be clear reference.com seems to be showing spammy content. dictionary.com itself seems to be working as usual.
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by signal11 1y ago
The chats tab has ads of a sort as well. They’re messages from businesses, as I mentioned here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44296250
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by signal11 1y ago
The key in that statement is “personal”. WhatsApp already has “ads in the chat list”, aka messages from businesses that have your details. Rolled out in Asia first, and now in Europe. WhatsApp allows you to opt out of each sender. No way to
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by signal11 1y ago
Apps are popular until they aren’t. Yahoo Messenger, MSN Messenger and Skype were all popular once. Ads are one thing, but now WhatsApp is letting businesses message you in Europe, only with opt out. This is pretty frustrating. I suspect so
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by signal11 1y ago
Conway’s Law is a bear. Alternative approach, also from a financial services world: VMs are created with a DSL on top of qemu/firecracker, containers with Dockerfiles. Cyber are part of an image review group alongside other engineers t
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by signal11 1y ago
That’s really interesting. Re medical field — by contrast surgeons in the UK are called “Mr” (Mister) or “Ms”, for historical reasons.
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by signal11 1y ago
qemu on Linux solves a bunch of these problems as well. But yeah, UX-wise WSL is pretty good at solving the problem of “provide Windows devs a POSIX environment”.
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by signal11 1y ago
They've been owned by Telefónica for a while. IIRC Telefónica acquired O2 in 2006, and launched Giffgaff as a new brand in 2009.
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by signal11 1y ago
Banks are aware that NIST and various other bodies have updated their guidance about password expiration. Even vendors like Microsoft who supply extensively to financial services, have updated their guidance about password policies. At this
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by signal11 1y ago
These days you can get PIN-capable card-readers with touchscreens. Some of these models randomize the button layout, which can be interesting to those who rely on muscle memory to type their PIN. Especially given that some shops have the
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by signal11 1y ago
IMO more than startup times, a reason to not connect your TV to the internet is ACR (automated content recognition). Note that ACR works irrespective of the video source. Old article for background but if anything it’s even more common now:

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