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3,140karma·1,202submissions·December 12, 2023
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Yup! Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra (Dec 2023) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38776591 ...…
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That's good to know - but many of their models also have soldered RAM, which is disappointing.
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It depends - soldered RAM (LPDDR) on iPads and soldered SSD on Intel Mac Minis can be repaired by replacing the chip. (But obviously it requires skills and specialised tools). So you don't necess…
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Yes, with 128GB RAM, I guess one could even ignore that it is soldered (and hence "unrepairable"), but if it can't run Linux or *BSD it is a definite no go. We definitely don't nee…
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This is a level of techno-fascist bullshit that we should all be really pissed about. The actual headline (which probably doesn't fit in HN's title is - Quote of the day by Oracle co-found…
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Sure. But 25,000 (bot hits / day) x 50kB (static webpage) = 1.25 GB / day / page x 30 (days) = 37.5 GB of data transfer / month / page. And that's assuming a static res…
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Good for him. One thing I don't get - if he won now arguing 'domain squatting', why didn't he argue the same before?
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When did Airlines start scanning Bluetooth devices?
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Just as criminal laws don't end all crimes, copyright laws and anti-scraping regulation won't end all scraping. But it will greatly reduce it and limit it to rogue actors. Two examples I can…
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True. But it still wastes your server resources, right? And it's sad that you have to accept that as part of the "cost" of hosting a site ...
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The only solution is regulation . If all content created by anyone has a copyright, how does an implicit opt-in (which is what happens if you don't create a robots.txt file for your website) for…
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I agree, but note that the article title may have been updated after OP posted here (see the Wired hyperlink).
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Apparently chinese versions of ios (specifically for China) already have this feature because the Chinese government mandates it!
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Apart from this, what is most needed in both platforms is an application firewall - not every app needs to be allowed to connect to the internet.
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That's not entirely fair to the author as the article also states that the consumer being in control is a must: > Every step subtracts a degree of sender control. Some of it passes to the user…
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Right. And in some ways, that is disappointing, and exasperating, at the same time. Strong privacy regulations would be a better way to go about it. (Note that this criticism is not specific to Nether…
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The Dutch should be aware that if Netherland has some information-sharing agreements with Five Eyes or Fourteen Eyes, all this data will still be available to the US (and other allies) (hopefully, pre…
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Maybe it's the pronunciation - ente means "mine" and ante means "yours" (in Malayalam) which is what perhaps you may be referring to? (Former South Indian kingdoms and Sou…
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It is as simple as that. They read the writing in the wall and knew that the native would take back power. They didn't trust, and want, the native blacks to have nuclear weapons. The whites in Af…
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More here: Microsoft reports are exposing AI's real cost problem: Using the tech is more expensive than paying human employees - https://fortune.com/2026/05/22/mi…
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I would say that just the old "stupid" corporate practice of overhiring - for stock manipulation, reduce the talent pool for competitors etc. - Why Do Companies Overhire Just To Lay Off? -…
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The argument over the UI in GIMP and Photoshop is actually based on the kind of "false" premise that Photoshop has a "superior" UI. It reminds of my first experience using macOS, a…
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PC's that can be upgraded form the bulk of the second-sales industry and don't end up in the landfill for a few more years because they can be upgraded / repaired and used for a few mor…
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That's the "minor" exception I mentioned. But, as you must be aware, there is also a strong political campaign in Israel to remove this exemption. This is also likely to be a major poli…
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Good effort! Did you consider using Netsurf codebase ( https://www.netsurf-browser.org/ ) or contributing to it? (The website is outdated but the development is ongoing and active).…
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Why does the controller need to be on the SoC when the market already has SSDs with built-in controllers that follow a standard and allow you to easily replace it?
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You are concerned about 2 sticks of RAM as "e-waste" (even though it can be reused), but not about a whole Mac ending up as an e-waste because it can't be repaired or run other system s…