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by simjnd 4y ago
You're right my bad
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> Uses Git to store your data I think you meant "Uses GitHub to store your data"? Git is not a data store but a version control system, it can't store data. Data is stored on your disk or on your Git server . In the case
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The problem is that OP used Chromium as an example of a project "focused on user control" when in fact it is actively trying to remove control from the users's hands. I was citing extensions and Manifest v3 as an example of t
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Taking this chance to say thank you for Safing Portmaster it is awesome!
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So you're assuming they cannot possibly have succeeded simply because you failed?
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The OS of the web crippling extensions and plugins because it hurts its ad-business is not what I would call "being focused on user-control". They're focused on control, yes, but not in our favour.
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Maybe it's juste me but I get the feeling he is approaching this from a purely technical / technological standpoint, implying Twitter only needs people that develop/maintain the software or keep the servers running.
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Hoppscotch [1][2] (previously Postwoman) is also a very nice free and open-source Postman alternative. [1]: https://hoppscotch.io/ [2]: https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch
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This is amazing! I'd love the ability to reorder and resize search results (e.g. having Wikipedia always be on the left, then two columns of Google, etc. you get the idea. Very inspiring to see something as old as search engine UX bein
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I don't know if any marketing could have helped Firefox not lose to the shitty dark practices from the three other browsers you mentioned: - Chrome: Spam ads for Chrome on all Google services (incl. YouTube and Google Search which prob
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I didn't know these "awards" were still a thing, feels like meaningless stuff to guilt-trap you into not leaving because "you're appreciated here"
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s/not desperately needed/desperately needed in the world's 2nd biggest carbon emitter
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This is awesome! Your hardware looks fantastic, so pleased to see it had a Noctua fan. This is typically the kind of thing hardware manufacturers would try to save money on. Will definitely consider and spread the word about PiBox!
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This is awesome. Seeing the mention of an App Store made me think of Umbrel [1] which is still in alpha but is a very approachable GUI for managing services running on your Raspberry. [1]: https://umbrel.com/
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by simjnd 4y ago
Came here to say this Discourse [1] seems to be everywhere but I like Flarum [2] a lot, seems to be a little bit closer to the phpBB spirit. Both are OSS and self-hostable. [1]: https://meta.discourse.org/ [2]: https:&#x2F
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Tabnine CEO compares Copilot to its own Tabnine AI product(twitter.com)
1 points by simjnd 4y ago|1 comments
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> So you'd be ecstatic if they installed a software update on your old laptop that intentionally degraded performance? Where did he ever say that? The point is as overpriced as Apple is (or may have been, before people point out t
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by simjnd 4y ago
This is a great post, petitSeb is doing an outstanding job on Box86/64. I'm also keeping an eye on FEX which is evolving very rapidly. There has been 4 releases since the linked blog post which was written in late March, introduci
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This is how I have been using them, and the recent "star lists" feature makes it very convenient too
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Looks promising but the landing page barely showcases anything > Twidere X has perfect Twitter browsing experience. Supports platform crossing, viewing tweets and replies by timeline, sending tweets with locations and searching for tweet
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by simjnd 4y ago
Algolia's Hacker News [1] search is IMO really good, I always manage to find back what I was looking for. [1]: https://hn.algolia.com/
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I really enjoy Alain's work, but your comment made me think it might be because I'm really unfamiliar with old philosophers. Would you mind pointing me to the ones you're referring to and whose work is approachable for a newc
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No, what most people mean when they say "in production" is "in a real project" in the sense that it is or will be published and used. It means something that is more than a demo / PoC / etc. You're being s
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by simjnd 4y ago
HoloISO [1] is as close as you can get to SteamOS 3 until Steam ships the official version. From the README : "Is this official? No, but it may as well be 99% of the way there. The code and packages, are straight from Valve, with zero
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Terrible landing page indeed, when their "Why" page [1] has most of the answers new users would be looking for. [1]: https://main.vitejs.dev/guide/why.html
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- boomers are on Facebook - mid to late 20s are on Instagram - late teenagers to mid 20s are on Snapchat - younger than that they're on TikTok - everyone is on YouTube - nerds are on Twitter
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Similar project that is also pretty nice and made it to the top HN fairly recently: https://mataroa.blog/
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Huawei’s MateBooks are really good: great hardware, good specs, and good Linux support (doesn’t ship with it but you can install it)
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Not sure if you're familiar with or heard about AssemblyScript [1]. It sounds like the goal you are trying to achieve, but with a saner approach: create a TypeScript-like language that compiles to WebAssembly. This means it gives you n
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Figurative: A Figma client for your iPad (Pro)(figurative.design)
2 points by simjnd 6y ago|0 comments

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