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by wtmt 7y ago
It would be nice to see a summary (if feasible) at a section level or a summary page listing key points across sections. Though there are several resources for making websites better (and faster), it would be good to have a complementary se
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by wtmt 7y ago
On the other side of this tracking, there are also URL parameters like fbclid, gclid, etc., that can tell the opened site where you came from and which post/content piece on that platform you came from. Additional extensions to remove
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by wtmt 7y ago
I’ve seen this quip before on why top posting is bad. > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? In longer threads, top posting makes it cumbersome to understand
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by wtmt 7y ago
I’m not defending top posting here. I’ve noticed a couple of practices in companies (not sure about other environments). One is doing a Reply All, adding a reply body and copying some new people into that thread after several back and forth
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by wtmt 7y ago
This sounds like a good idea — dissociating the actual content from a platform like GitHub. But I wouldn’t suggest the bitcoin blockchain. Unless the OP has a decent amount of disk storage (which is easy to get) and a good amount of network
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by wtmt 7y ago
> Also, is there something like a distributed version of GitHub pages/Netlify that might be less centralized? (e.g. perhaps a blockchain-based publishing platform that anyone can host a frontend for if one is taken out) There are, b
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by wtmt 7y ago
You have to blend in with the crowd to avoid sticking out. This means not buying a domain name (since domain registrations, even with contact information hiding, require real addresses in many cases for the registrar to process). Then you u
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by wtmt 7y ago
Somewhat similar in nature to hashing iterations, use one service to translate from X to Y, another to translate from Y to Z, and then yet another service to translate from Z to X. Then post X after making any necessary corrections. This co
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by wtmt 7y ago
Isn’t the Internet built for spoofing who/what sent something? As I understand it, when you peel the layers and look deeper, there is no stringent authentication or identity verification that really happens, which makes it easy to expl
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by wtmt 7y ago
Already discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21380227
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Alexa and Google Home abused to eavesdrop and phish passwords(arstechnica.com)
9 points by wtmt 7y ago|1 comments
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by wtmt 7y ago
> Personally, I feel Google's sluggishness to enforce update policies or change how Android works is out of fear that Samsung will break completely and launch their own app store and not have the Play Store, or rather Play Services
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by wtmt 7y ago
I hate that iOS downloads the updates in the background and uses up data quotas without warning and without consent from the user. The only solution to prevent inadvertently updating is to go to the storage settings and delete the downloade
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by wtmt 7y ago
Apple has done a lot for privacy in its products and its public statements. But I believe that if it has to have a better impact and be trusted, it needs someone dedicated to privacy who will (ensure that it will) publish details of its pro
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Apple is a hypocrite (and so are we)(zdnet.com)
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by wtmt 7y ago
> The title is misleading, or simply clickbait. Then again, it helps tricking your meat-loving friends into clicking on it... I’d rephrase the latter part as “it helps tricking your meat-loving friends into sharing it without reading or
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by wtmt 7y ago
AFAIK there is no human-grade soy vs. livestock-grade soy. But the soy grown for livestock can usually be fed in the ratio of <soy for one animal>:<soy for many humans> (this ratio varies based on which animal and farming practi
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by wtmt 7y ago
Technically, it is possible to be low or deficient in certain amino acids, but having legumes (including foods such as soy and chickpeas) and lentils regularly will cover that.
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by wtmt 7y ago
Take a look at the "for kids" books by No Starch Press. [1] I don't know how good they are, but No Starch has several options on different topics, including Python. [1]: https://nostarch.com/catalog/kids
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by wtmt 7y ago
How would you remember a random string if you cannot remember a subject line (or even body text) worded by a human? All email clients allow you to search the subject, body, presence/absence of attachments, from, to, etc. Message-ID, Re
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by wtmt 7y ago
Side loading of apps is a necessity in iOS/iPadOS/tvOS. I hope the various lawsuits on Apple's controls have some effect on this. I understand the benefits of the control Apple currently has, but it's inappropriate for o
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by wtmt 7y ago
This sounds like a template blurb, not an actual stance. I wonder why Apple didn't remove WhatsApp from the App Store in India, since it was the platform used to lynch several people in the last few years. Local law in India prohibits
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by wtmt 7y ago
Have you done this or could you do this as a video or audio that’s posted online and available to anyone? That’d help thousands of people. If you have any links to your lectures online, please share them. It could perhaps be a “Tell HN” pos
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by wtmt 7y ago
Leaving the percentages aside, lots of people use photocopiers without owning them. In countries like India, there are many photocopying shops that will make copies of anything for a very small fee. People use them to make copies of ID card
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by wtmt 7y ago
It's devastating how many platforms require a mobile number in India. Many platforms also use the mobile number as the sole user identifier (try registering on Flipkart or Bounce or any other service — there is no way to do it without
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by wtmt 7y ago
That was a criticism of the platform settings being complex to follow since the options are scattered across a few different screens. Google should be the one to make it easier for the average user, if it desires to.
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by wtmt 7y ago
> As a user, I’m glad Apple adds features to iOS without charging for updates... A minor nitpick: on the accounting side, Apple does set aside part of the price of devices to provide software updates and features (imagined and not yet im
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by wtmt 7y ago
Even with detailed screenshots for this, the number of steps would be mind boggling for an average web user. BTW, could you please create a Firefox extension for your site? I see that you only have a Chrome extension.
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by wtmt 7y ago
> It's really funny to see that yesterday, I was branded as a 'privacy nut' after the release of Android 10 as I was concerned about the privacy issues that are in Android. What are the privacy issues in Android 10? Anythi
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by wtmt 7y ago
Security policies must be changing all the time due to changes in fraud patterns. The $9 transaction getting flagged in a different country isn’t a surprise anymore since banks figure out that fraudsters “test” credit card numbers with smal

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