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That's a separate issue. The US is an exception where evidence that is collected illegally (see 'fruit of the poisonous tree' - https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fr…

Nothing but bookmarks and archive.org and PDFs. Every time I update the browser, I make sure to take a manual backup of the bookmarks.

Different anti-trust cases - you are talking about search engine monopoly, the others are talking about browser monopoly.

Check out Organic Maps - https://organicmaps.app/ - it runs on OpenStreetMaps, is privacy focused (no data collection, no ads, no tracking), is open source, runs offline, is multi-p…

They aren't selling a product (open-source software). They are selling a service - the effort to customise the distro and package it with free, useful softwares. Hopefully, they also donate some …

Browser-plugins are a better idea than web assembly. They should have just improved on that than introducing this crap into the core browser engine.

Do you have any more doubts who run the US and makes laws there?

I didn't understand what Cloudflare is saying, so perhaps somebody else could clarify - Google already crawls sites to index them for its search. So why would Google need a separate AI crawler? C…

I partly agree with you - but then you as a consumer should also be willing to expect variable pricing in such cases. If I as a developer offer a subscription for $10, and Apple demands $3 from it, …

All I can say is be sure that you actually do have ADHD before medicating. Why you feel you can't concentrate on some things, but on others, can also be explained id you are an obsessive compulsi…

Ofcourse it is. Reddit to start working with “various third-party services” to verify a user’s humanity - https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/reddit-will-tighten-verifi.…

Exactly. Many are missing the big picture - while Ukraine has managed to hurt the Russsians with drone warfare, how much has all that really helped Ukraine to drive back the Russians or re-take the te…

Thank you for sharing this. I have often been very cynical here, and elsewhere online, about ADHD, especially amongst adults. Most of the cynicism stems from the capitalistic nature of modern pharmace…

Just when I was thinking about getting an Android phone (ofcourse, I'd degoogle it - but then this is like playing whack a mole). Guess I'll just get an old OnePlus 6t or Sony Xperia and ins…

Most of the gulf states still feel "indian" in many ways - we have the largest expat community there. And it's not just the gulf. One of my relative recently went to Canada as a tourist…

Is it one of those suicide / kamikaze drones? Boeing planes already crash, so it should be easy to make those ...

It doesn't need to be - on macOS, it could even just as well have been a simple Xbar Plug-In! ( https://xbarapp.com/ ).…

There is something called the "WebView" in all the major platforms. The idea is that it allows you to use the browser engine only for creating the UI. But people complain its not "enoug…

I've upvoted to encourage your initiative, but I personally will not support any "AI" software unless it 100% runs locally and supports old platforms and hardware. Otherwise it is nothi…

> How in the world do people store images / photos nowadays? I had some high resolution graphic works in TIFF (BMP + LZW). To save space, I archived them using JPEG-2000 (lossless mode), usi…

There's also IINA - another MPV frontend for macOS.

Your writing is good - I especially liked the intro about the "game loop" and the flow state.

Meego morphed into Sailfish OS ( https://sailfishos.org/info/ ). Jolla sells it as a subscription service on mobile devices for €59.88 / year :( https://commerce.…

It's the only thing he can use it for because of planned obsolescence.

I've not been following the soap opera that is the current US government for sometime - Does Musk need it? Is he in any real danger from the Trump-MAGA crowd?