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by skoskie 5y ago
What contradiction? I think you’re reading more into my comment than is there.
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by skoskie 5y ago
Wasn’t there an issue with that plugin getting bought out and then used for really intrusive analytics? I could definitely be wrong. It might have been a different plugin.
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by skoskie 5y ago
> But in terms of open source, Linux, webdev, the broader world of development & making things happen, Microsoft has completely reversed course, embracing Embracing is the first step in dominating. Don’t fall for it.
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by skoskie 5y ago
I agree with all of your points yet come to the opposite conclusion. Choosing the web means everything I make goes through Google’s hands in one way or another, which irks me. Plus it evolves so quickly that you can’t just make a good produ
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by skoskie 5y ago
Add MacOS to the list. The continued crippling of the OS for power users keeps pushing us toward the iOS experience, and it’s killing me. I can’t see details of my own log files for privacy reasons. The new Finder design is just awful and
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by skoskie 5y ago
But it’s linux, so one obscure setting in a config file or slightly different hardware can make all the difference. I say this as a linux user since WinXP. The whole OS market is pretty rough right now.
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by skoskie 5y ago
Unfortunately, any attempt to give unrestricted <anything> to people results in abuse. See: - Services that offered unlimited cloud storage. - Social communication tools used to plan crimes. - OnlyFans How does one allow NSFW "
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by skoskie 5y ago
> but still caring about the direction that it takes since they are a media and devices company, and the decisions made there impact them. Agreed, but with a sinister connotation. While I am absolutely not accusing Apple of it, let'
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by skoskie 5y ago
On behalf of one of those countries, I’m sorry.
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by skoskie 5y ago
Opera has Chinese interests and that’s enough for me not to use it. From Wikipedia: > Opera is a Chinese-Norwegian multinational technology company[9] that specializes in web browser development, fintech, as well as services such as Oper
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by skoskie 5y ago
That’s what I’ve been looking for. They make “deformable garbage” lights that rotate, but I can’t find any that actually confirm you can point it at the ceiling. Random example of such a light: https://smile.amazon.com/dp&#
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by skoskie 5y ago
IMO, Google has continually trashed products that could have provided fantastic, human-curated signals for site quality. Reader, Bookmarks, several SERP experiments, and even FeedBurner could have given insight into sites that have high qua
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by skoskie 5y ago
Like … email?
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by skoskie 5y ago
Vivaldi is my daily driver. I don’t know why it isn’t more popular.
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by skoskie 5y ago
If they are targeting enterprise users you’d think they already know how it would be helpful.
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by skoskie 5y ago
USAA (bank) as of a few seconds ago.
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by skoskie 5y ago
No. We’re deciding as individuals not to give business to entities that profit by promoting baseless conspiracy theories which pose a threat to public health. It just so happens enough people are doing so to create some market pressure. Spo
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by skoskie 5y ago
Free speech is about GOVERNMENT interference. You seem to have that confused with the free market, or perhaps just confused by social consequences of anti-social behavior. Nobody is silencing JRE.
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by skoskie 5y ago
If a company sold me a device with a keylogger installed on I would never buy anything from that company again. I would also not let that device on my network, ever.
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by skoskie 5y ago
I’ve been doing the same, primarily for the unlimited storage, which I have long used as an offsite backup. But just this month they have taken that away. It’s just another thing in a very long list that they kill with little warning. So ad
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by skoskie 5y ago
Funny, I do the opposite. I pass email through Gmail just for the spam filtering and then to my real inbox.
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by skoskie 5y ago
That’s what I heard. They have billions therefore they can pay billions. Purposefully complicating that logic so that they somehow end up keeping more money is an instant red flag.
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by skoskie 5y ago
This is why I love HN.
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by skoskie 5y ago
I don’t think Apple has much choice in the matter, and I really wish more people understood why they did this in the first place. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/12/senate-judiciary-commi...
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by skoskie 5y ago
Ha. We’ve all done that a time or two.
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by skoskie 5y ago
I just read it and the word “cause” DOES appear as originally stated. First bullet under point #3
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by skoskie 5y ago
Mac keeps a list of (hashes of) apps that are not allowed to run. It’s updated constantly and synced to your computer, so in effect they can remotely disable malicious software for all users all at once. This was a big deal a few years ago
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by skoskie 5y ago
Jetbrains is also just $5/mo for the one app I use, and I get a lot of functionality for that.
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by skoskie 5y ago
Navigation! It’s a mess. I would very much like to see separation of “get the job done” navigation (and fields) from “upsell” navigation (and fields). Also, could you unhide the login so it’s easier for password managers to autofill and for
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by skoskie 5y ago
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-field-guide-to-understan...

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