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by tech234a 11mo ago
They have a video on their YC page: https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OgV-chad-ide-the-first-...
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by tech234a 11mo ago
I can confirm that Microsoft used a similar tactic in the US. I was only aware of it because I had seen some news articles at the beginning of the year, I doubt most people who don’t read tech news would have been aware of this.
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by tech234a 11mo ago
IIRC SketchUp 8 (released in 2010) was the last version released by Google, which had licensing allowing commercial use of the free version. After the sale to Trimble, later versions of SketchUp 8 and all future free versions become for non
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by tech234a 11mo ago
I appreciated how the author emphasized the procedural/interpersonal, rather than the technical, aspects of contributing to Chromium and participating in GSoC. Definitely something you wouldn't get by just reading code.
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My GSoC Journey: Contributing to Chrome Extensions(developer.chrome.com)
3 points by tech234a 11mo ago|1 comments
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by tech234a 11mo ago
Adblock Plus did so on iOS in version 3.0.0. I haven’t used ABP on other platforms in years but for awhile it was only of the few decent free options I knew of on Safari.
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by tech234a 11mo ago
I’ve been using uBlock Origin Lite on iOS for several months now, but one shortcoming I see with the newer WebExtensions implementation in Safari is that WebExtensions can’t be used with the in-app Safari views, meaning extensions such as t
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by tech234a 1y ago
This reminds me of the S4 storage service: http://www.supersimplestorageservice.com/ Discussed on HN a few times, but apparently not for a few years now: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supersimpl
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by tech234a 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suppress_display_of_...
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Until ~2015, GitHub Pages used 2 servers with a multi-million-line nginx.conf(twitter.com)
5 points by tech234a 1y ago|1 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
See also: the last paragraph of https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tech234a 1y ago
Someone has been experimenting with running macOS on iPhone: https://x.com/khanhduytran0/status/1956681961126183186
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Use a JS debug console to bypass Windows 11 OOBE Microsoft Account requirement(github.com)
8 points by tech234a 1y ago|0 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
Cooperative Linux (coLinux) seemed like a cool concept. It let you run the Linux kernel alongside the Windows kernel while allowing both full access to the hardware. Unfortunately it hasn't fully made the jump from 32-bit to 64-bit. [1
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Rank web features for inclusion for Interop 2026(interop-rank.jakearchibald.com)
3 points by tech234a 1y ago|1 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
“The Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is primarily optimized for web browsers, but also demonstrates strong promise for mobile UI control tasks. It is not yet optimized for desktop OS-level control.”
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T-Mobile Will Soon Begin LTE Phase-Out(tmo.report)
22 points by tech234a 1y ago|5 comments
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TiVo Stops Selling DVRs, Accessories, Lifetime/Annual Guide Data Subscriptions(tivocommunity.com)
3 points by tech234a 1y ago|0 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
A similar jump is not shown in the Firefox telemetry reports (which are limited to telemetry-enabled Firefox users): https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/hardware
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by tech234a 1y ago
This is Australia
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by tech234a 1y ago
There's fsearch which has a similar UI but isn't as fast.
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by tech234a 1y ago
Here is the same statement posted on Microsoft's website: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/11/a-joint-statemen...
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Free developer registration for individual developers on Microsoft Store(blogs.windows.com)
3 points by tech234a 1y ago|0 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
I found the Copilot-generated commit message suggestions distracting when editing files from the web, so I made a uBlock Origin filter to block this feature: ||api.individual.githubcopilot.com/agents/github-commit-message-gene
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Firefox ESR 115 for Windows 7/8.1, macOS 10.12-10.14 extended to March 2026(whattrainisitnow.com)
3 points by tech234a 1y ago|0 comments
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by tech234a 1y ago
Technically Edge can also be installed on macOS/Linux/iOS/Android.
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by tech234a 1y ago
I always liked https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/ but that's not the primary consumer page.
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by tech234a 1y ago
Maybe not the oldest version any more: https://x.com/fcbunn/status/1565036107049336832
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by tech234a 1y ago
Maybe Sumatra PDF?
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by tech234a 1y ago
Ads and many online features can be removed before installation of Adobe Reader by customizing the installer using the Adobe Reader Customization Wizard for Windows [1], where there is an optional labeled "Disable Upsell" [2]. The

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