techntoke

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by techntoke 6y ago
I was under the impression you were trying to indicate that just because Telegram is free, that it's users are paying one way or another. However, agreed that Telegram does end up paying for backend costs but the app could be modified
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by techntoke 6y ago
Almost every kid at my daughter's elementary school has TikTok installed and they are all under 13. If you have an Android phone, they do basically no verification to register and then if you go to your Google Account you can see that
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by techntoke 6y ago
I've had no issues with F-Droid. What issues have you had?
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by techntoke 6y ago
Can you please tell me what app stores you're referring to, and which apps on F-Droid currently contain malware?
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by techntoke 6y ago
Telegram is also open source.
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by techntoke 6y ago
This isn't really a problem on Android, which already allows you to install apps outside the app store.
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by techntoke 6y ago
So they want people to pay for the crap that is UFC? You couldn't pay me to watch it. Watching people bleed all over each other and getting hit in the head until they lose consciousness is sick and takes some sickos to enjoy watching i
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by techntoke 6y ago
The last update they added: - Use Auto-Night Mode to make Telegram night mode match the system Dark Mode settings. - Also added an option to switch to system window frame in Windows and Linux. - System notifications for Linux Nice and seaml
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by techntoke 6y ago
It is packaged separately on my Linux distro.
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by techntoke 6y ago
It is supposed to be a virtual assistant like Siri or Google Assistant.
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by techntoke 6y ago
Telegram has shown the enormous potential of Qt with the latest update. Not that I have a horrible time with GTK, but Qt just feels better and lighter overall. qutebrowser is another example of the amazing potential of Qt.
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by techntoke 6y ago
Which would likely be encrypted
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by techntoke 6y ago
Didn't make sense. I guess if you pay lobbyist enough you can get away with anything.
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by techntoke 6y ago
TikTok has been caught violating COPPA. One of my kids recently signed up for TikTok without any age verification using their Android Google account, which then shares their email address with TikTok which is clear violation of COPPA. Nothi
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by techntoke 6y ago
If the warez community, you'd actually be surprised to find that most of Microsoft internal leaks and hacks come from Russia. Russian groups like WZorNET produce unreleased internal builds of Microsoft solutions all the time.
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by techntoke 6y ago
There are lot of things they do that I'm not happy with, but it is still very valuable for the price point. No where else can you get unlimited storage that is fast for so cheap, and they are the only cloud provider that doesn't c
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by techntoke 6y ago
Can I submit a proposal?
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by techntoke 6y ago
I don't use Google Drive per say, since I run Linux. I primarily use rclone and previously had issues with Dropbox throttling uploads as well. Currently I pay $12 a month and get unlimited storage with G Suite. In addition to all the o
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by techntoke 6y ago
They don't compete though. Google offers 17+GB free with email, office suite, unlimited photos, drive and Voice with a free number for unlimited calling and texting. Dropbox has much stricter bandwidth limits as well. For $9.99 you get
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by techntoke 6y ago
Who does Dropbox compete with these days? They have pretty much the highest prices for the least amount of value. The only reason I see them mentioned here frequently is their connection with Y Combinator.
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by techntoke 6y ago
So you're paying roughly 72,000 per year? Or are you using SSDs?
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by techntoke 6y ago
I like the idea of PipeWire where you can create your own feed without logging in. If I like someone I will send them a donation directly. I don't want want them to be telling me to like and subscribe every 5 seconds and then telling m
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by techntoke 6y ago
This is a great question and something I've often wondered. Most of what I see after deleting recommendations, likes/dislikes, and subscriptions is just click bait. If I put something on that is educational for my kids, next thing
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by techntoke 6y ago
The only times I see embrace extend extinguish get brought up on HN is when there is legitimate concern. Obviously, on something like this if someone is bringing it up it would appear inauthentic. However, I frequently see inauthentic artic
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by techntoke 6y ago
Why public education continues to use Zoom is beyond me. Not only do they use Zoom, they spend upwards of $10/mo per student for it. For that price you get the entire G Suite platform.
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by techntoke 6y ago
There are a lot of room for open source improvements when it comes to bookmark management. I envision a CLI and web server that uses TOML, YAML and JSON like Hugo.
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by techntoke 6y ago
I asked for a day off my first week to celebrate my religious holiday of the flying spaghetti monster and got fired too. Couldn't believe it. Everyone on Twitter agreed it was illegal and my religious holidays and celebrations are prot
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by techntoke 6y ago
Ctrl+a is the keyboard shortcut.
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by techntoke 6y ago
Now imagine making the software open source
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by techntoke 6y ago
The browser enables advertisers and malicious users to exploit your privacy.

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