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by weikju 2y ago
At this point I'm assuming this is the case when I read any article online, until proven otherwise.
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by weikju 2y ago
What's not clear to me is, who's listening? Like if I install this app and I get buried under a crumbled building and send out the SOS signal... Are there any receivers???
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by weikju 2y ago
Wow indeed! It loaded stinking fast
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by weikju 2y ago
Linux version is in the works [0] > You'll be happy to hear that Orion for Linux development is starting soon. > This was announced by Vlad in the Kagi end-of-year community event a few weeks ago [0] https://orionfeedb
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by weikju 2y ago
> Brave has sync which does not rely on a centralized server Didn't they change that to some more centralized solution in the past couple of years, citing difficulties with peer-to-peer syncing? > Sync v1 was a completely custom
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by weikju 2y ago
> Yes, it's just a downstream fork of chromium. It can run any extension that runs on the equivalent upstream build of chromium. Therefore, no, it cannot run uBlock Origin, or soon will be unable to run it.
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by weikju 2y ago
> I am beyond thankful every day for apple keeping both desktop safari and ios running to prevent the internet being even more monoculture than in the IE6 days Don't worry, EU regulators (and other countries soon I suppose) are doin
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by weikju 2y ago
I was going to comment that one of them (WaterFox) has a shady sponsor (System1, an advertising company) but it seems WaterFox has been an independent project again since 2023 [0] [0] https://avoidthehack.com/review-waterfox
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by weikju 2y ago
It is, but people/corporations aren’t.
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by weikju 2y ago
They should directly buy Firefox and let Mozilla perish
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by weikju 2y ago
That’s only possible because some people are hoarders who save this data or software and put it out there..
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by weikju 2y ago
The chilling effect is real, and whether you are loyal or just afraid to be thought disloyal, you fall in line so the ones in power don’t care.
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by weikju 2y ago
> Tijuana and Guadalajara for Tianjin and Guangzhou Off-topic kindof but it tickles my brain that the names are similar (Ti~, Gua~)
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by weikju 2y ago
> I thought summarization was a task AI was considered good at. I found this article was a good explanation why this isn’t the case: https://ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/when-chatgpt-summarises-it-actu... TLDR: it
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by weikju 2y ago
Too many security breaches, cash out before the next one!!
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by weikju 2y ago
I miss fun software. Great read!
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by weikju 2y ago
One can only wish
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by weikju 2y ago
Nice story, but… > Years ago a friend working in security told me that every telco operator in Elbonia See info about the fictional country of Elbonia here, from the Dilbert comics: [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by weikju 2y ago
for some, s/despite/due to the/ perhaps
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by weikju 2y ago
> People who don't learn how to use the tools that are an intrinsic part of their job? EXACTLY! The amount of times I run into people who aren't willing to even put 1 iota of effort into learning tools they use daily... astound
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by weikju 2y ago
Not until their outputs become predictable and reproducible. Then a form of English or whatever other language becomes your programming language with its quirks and special syntax to get the right result.
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by weikju 2y ago
Shellcheck is another useful one (linter for shell scripts) https://www.shellcheck.net/
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by weikju 2y ago
Yeah but, cynically, in todays age people put questions in a search or LLM instead of reading docs/manuals let alone reading what’s in their screen… so this article will be useful for them till they can out-SEO’d by Link farms. Let alo
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by weikju 2y ago
Probably had to be a Lisp, considering the OP was coming from Clojure. Rust and Go fail that (unwritten) requirement.
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by weikju 2y ago
> I'll open source it tonight and post back. Would be interested in seeing this
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by weikju 2y ago
UTM's backend is qemu, isn't it? so one could check what they're doing
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by weikju 2y ago
3D acceleration is pretty well supported in VMware and sorta works well in UTM
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by weikju 2y ago
I have, and it's honestly none of my business and of no consequence to me [0]. [0] e.g. https://text.tchncs.de/latenightblog/ladybird-browser-and-dr...
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by weikju 2y ago
> Can’t a non-crazy nonprofit make a browser? Here’s to hoping LadyBird remains non crazy and can be relevant by the time of their planned alpha release in 2026.
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by weikju 2y ago
Better bring out the pitchforks earlier while we still have access to them!!

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