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by Flimm 16d ago
Google is making it increasingly difficult to freely install software from app stores that they don't control and tax. Quoting https://keepandroidopen.org : > Starting in 2027*, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by
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by Flimm 4mo ago
In practise, Flatpak packages have many more permissions than you might expect, and the sandbox feature gives a false sense of security. For example, the Obsidian Flatpak package [0] is given all of the following abilities without explicit
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by Flimm 4mo ago
I disagree that this kind of scheme is inevitable. We can "evit" it through thoughtful discussion, foresight, alternative mitigations, and even regulation. Certainly, Google can choose to avoid it. On the other hand, the AI bubble
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by Flimm 5mo ago
> On GNOME we already have a global shortcut for some emoji picker, I think it's Super + , or something Actually, on most distros, the default keyboard shortcut for the emoji picker on GNOME/GTK is ctrl-. (same as the Firefox s
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by Flimm 5mo ago
The GPL would not have prevented the scenario that the top-level comment complained about. Nothing in the GPL requires rich downstream projects to send money to poor upstream projects. That's by design. The four freedoms that Stallman
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by Flimm 5mo ago
Secrets tend to be randomly-generated tokens, chosen by the server, whereas passwords tend to be chosen by humans, easier to guess, and reused across different services and vendors.
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by Flimm 5mo ago
To clear up any confusion, Git runs pre-commit hooks, and they can be written in any programming language. There's a completely separate and independent project that gave itself the confusing "pre-commit" name, and it is writ
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by Flimm 8mo ago
Uppercase "B" stands for byte, and lowercase "b" stands for bit. But it's very common for people to miss the distinction, sadly, even professionals are sloppy.
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by Flimm 9mo ago
> "why did you close my question as a duplicate of how to do X with a list? I clearly asked how to do it with a tuple!" (for values of X where you do it the same way.) This is a great example of a question that should not be cl
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by Flimm 9mo ago
It's less meaningful than you think. Widespread prejudice does give you signal on public sentiment, but it doesn't give you much signal on whether the prejudice happens to coincide with reality or not, compared to other methods. P
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by Flimm 9mo ago
Google doesn't allow you to recover a Google account using only your recovery email address. Despite its name, the recovery email address is not used to recover Google accounts AFAICT, it's only used to receive notifications abou
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by Flimm 9mo ago
The eBooks in Kobo's store are also locked down with DRM.
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by Flimm 9mo ago
Can anyone find even one DRM-free ebook on Amazon Kindle?
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by Flimm 10mo ago
Amazon made $56 billion just in advertising revenue in 2024.
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by Flimm 11mo ago
I strongly disagree. Python 2 had no bytes type to get rid of. It had a string type that could not handle code points above U+00FF at all, and could not handle code points above U+007F very well. In addition, Python 2 had a Unicode type, an
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by Flimm 11mo ago
If you're talking about free-as-in-freedom software, promoted by Richard Stallman and the FSF, then they have always been clear that Free software must not forbid commercial usage or require payment. Vendors are perfectly free to sell
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by Flimm 11mo ago
Does the library handle arguments that begin with a dash? Does this code print out the contents of the file named `--help`, or does it print the documentation for the `cat` command? filename = "--help" await sh(t"cat {f
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by Flimm 11mo ago
If you have uv installed, trying out Python 3.14 is as simple as running this command: $ uvx python@3.14 Python 3.14.0 (main, Oct 7 2025, 15:35:21) [Clang 20.1.4 ] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credit
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by Flimm 1y ago
Even personalised advertising can be done without sharing personal data with 100+ third parties. For example, ask the user to fill out a survey about their interests, and then serve them more personalised ads based on their survey answers,
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by Flimm 1y ago
There are many ways to monetize free online websites. The most obvious way is advertising. Advertising can be privacy-respecting. The Guardian in particular is funded by a trust fund, by donations, by advertising, and maybe by other sources
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by Flimm 1y ago
This article is on theguardian.com , and it has started to require a paid subscription for all readers who don't want to share their data with 131 third parties. There is no privacy-respecting free option. The paid subscription is £5 p
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by Flimm 1y ago
The Winnie the Pooh books by A. A. Milne are no longer under copyright, that copyright expired. However, the Disney animations of Winnie the Pooh are still under copyright, and they have a distinctive style compared to the illustrations in
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by Flimm 1y ago
Thank you for the explanation. And thank you for your important work making the ecosystem more secure, for the benefit of 5.5 billion Internet users.
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by Flimm 1y ago
How is the age of a package calculated? If the publishing date of a package is obtained from the package's metadata defined by the package author, (just like Git commit dates are defined by the Git committer), then that would defeat th
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by Flimm 1y ago
I can understand it. Ordinary users were getting locked out of their accounts when losing their phones. Some of those stories hit HN. Don't disable cloud sync unless you have a backup of all your TPTP secret keys. It's dangerous t
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by Flimm 1y ago
I agree. I wonder if there is a good compromise between convenience and security, though. For example, before allowing Google Authenticator to sync for the first time on a new device, maybe notify the user on all devices and enforce a 72-ho
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by Flimm 1y ago
I've received a phishing email from an @paypal.com email address. (The From: header showed an @paypal.com email address.) Fortunately, the text of the email itself was fishy enough to make me realise it wasn't legitimate. I have n
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by Flimm 1y ago
Gaza Sky Geeks [0] is/was a startup accelerator or tech hub in Gaza, with backing from people from Mercy Corps, Google and Microsoft. Needless to say, their activities have been severely interrupted by the violence since October 7th, 2
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by Flimm 1y ago
I use https://song.link (or Odesli). It finds the link to the song on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, Pandora, Deezer, SoundCloud, Tidal, Amazon Music, AudioMack, Anghami, Napster, Yandex and BoomPlay, maybe more.
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by Flimm 1y ago
If I buy something, not only should I be allowed to keep it until I die, but I should also be allowed to pass it on to someone else after I die. I should also be allowed to give it or to sell it even before I die. That's currently impo

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