whyagaindavid

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1. 31.▲
   by whyagaindavid 7mo ago

   Many Unis have stopped doing this - due to the current RAM/SSD price hikes.
2. 32.▲
   by whyagaindavid 7mo ago

   This. Especially lots of i5-6300U based corporate laptops like latitude are on eBay etc for < 100$
3. 33.▲
   by whyagaindavid 8mo ago

   > Matthew Forsyth, Director of Product Management, Google Play Developer Experience & Chief Product Explainer, said the system isn’t a sideloading restriction, but an “Accountability Layer.” And... What about accountability for hosti
4. 34.▲
   by whyagaindavid 8mo ago

   https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/google-has-most-of-my-email-be... Sure. Google Has Most of My Email Because It Has All of Yours
5. 35.▲
   by whyagaindavid 8mo ago

   Account creation needs phone number?
6. 36.▲
   by whyagaindavid 9mo ago

   Wow.. you are the one loving thunderbird. The ridiculous idea of removing menubar and if you enable that - it wastes valuable screenspace.
7. 37.▲
   by whyagaindavid 9mo ago

   This is definitely an edge case. Most UI/UX from Google is very consistent and just works. Otherwise they won't be in this market. Only UI/UX issue is that most experienced users want to not adapt to change. It is like people
8. 38.▲
   by whyagaindavid 6y ago

   This depends on the CDN. Lets say you are using google or cloudflare CDN. They have more engineers and better security processes – and work 24X7 -365 days – continuous monitoring – than you remembering to download jquery update. What about
9. 39.▲
   by whyagaindavid 6y ago

   This is not strictly 'Bypassing' MDM. Sure you get a device that you can flash/root/reinstall - but will it be authenticated/allow login by Google/Your company? > Here our objective was not to break the cryp
10. 40.▲
    by whyagaindavid 7y ago

    if anyone from mozilla is reading hn, the link on the pop-up box 'Get the Lockbox app' go to 'apple appstore' even if I click on the Google Play icon.
11. 41.▲
    Digi.me does not touch, see or hold your data(digi.me)

    1 points by whyagaindavid 8y ago|0 comments
12. 42.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    > in the UK, you can open an account in minutes on your mobile phone with any photo ID, even if you're not a UK resident. But u need a house contract/utility bill. I was in this situation recently. Arrived from non EU.
13. 43.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    May be switch off your devices. Restart router to get a new ip. - get a new phone and try. Perhaps one device is having malware.
14. 44.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Well overall Cook is right but... apple needs to provide alternatives to the common people! 1. There is no equivalent for Facebook and apple cannot build a one with privacy 2. There is none from Google-Search and apple has not built one 3.
15. 45.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Can u recommend me one? Very much interested in itx with 12V power. Thanks
16. 46.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    https://outline.com/nWt5uF
17. 47.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    If you are on linux please see: https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/ChromeWalkingAw...
18. 48.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Not that I am supporting Chromium (never used Chrome) or google but you could create a /etc/chromium-browser/policies/managed/test_policy.json with contents { "DownloadDirectory": "&#
19. 49.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Remember all of GAFA is building tools for the next billion. (i.e) China/India/Indonesia/{Africa}. There you have this very issue - people sharing one computer with one another. Same with AMP. HN is prominently Europe/US
20. 50.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Sadly, I do know that some HN-hackers may have qualms about money and comparison but the title could be extended to have "... for the rich". It is increasingly a bubble for the rich to super-elite not necessarily for the average c
21. 51.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    To dump this privacy setting json https://gist.github.com/meets2tarun/2161e544f4c458c2f07641ca... to your system. https://www.chromium.org/administrators All solved. It survives updates/reinstalls
22. 52.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Are u worried about your country's security services or Google? Not sure of the question. If it is (1) then stop using anything from big 5 tech. It is likely changing ips and locations possibly makes google feel suspicious that your lo
23. 53.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    for Virtualbox please see https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm
24. 54.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    >On the one hand Google's Nexus was released 3 years ago and is now obsolete; on >the other hand Apple's iPhone 5s was released 5 years ago and gets to run iOS 12. Which nexus u mean? Nexus 5x got oreo. Reg iPhone 5s, though
25. 55.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Any change requires some hardship. Look here for how to effect that change from a designer/social activist to use linux. https://ar.al/2018/07/16/changes/
26. 56.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    If u do not need 3D, I strongly suggest moving to lxd. Using in kernel security and it is very light. Couple it to zfs and it runs 100 containers for a measily 15 GB RAM.
27. 57.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Router supplied by my ISP has no upgrade option. Just displays info - no updates found. This is from largest ISP in European - telephonica
28. 58.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    any news of EU datacenters? Thx
29. 59.▲
    DIY Modular Smartphone Platform(kiteboard.io)

    1 points by whyagaindavid 8y ago|0 comments
30. 60.▲
    by whyagaindavid 8y ago

    Sad to know such events. Can anyone comment on what would be the number of events (%) lead to tipping point- move people to avoid any SaaS? Anyone experienced such tipping points that led to overall change in trend especially in other indus