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.ORG Domain Price Increases June 1, 2026
8 points by ommz 6mo ago|2 comments
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FULU Bounties – Fund bounties that move digital ownership forward(bounties.fulu.org)
4 points by ommz 11mo ago|0 comments
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by ommz 1y ago
Seems like Microsoft's Modus operandi the last few years has been: Make anti-consumer move -> get backlash -> repackage same egregiousness while stalling & deflecting -> repeat cycle Steamrolling their users then getting r
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by ommz 1y ago
Perhaps manufacturers unlock bootloaders & whatnot after the 7 years so tinkerers et al can load 3rd party software to give the devices even longer lifelines?
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by ommz 1y ago
Ah... There's a pattern here. Soon enough, just like with Facebook pages eons ago, they will nerf the reach of WhatsApp channels then prod channel owners to pay for more eyeballs. It should be a law of nature that whatever Meta/Fa
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Microsoft to lay off 6k workers despite streak of profitable quarters(theguardian.com)
15 points by ommz 1y ago|2 comments
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by ommz 3y ago
Tangent, I find Instagram to be one of the most egregious battery drainers amongst mainstream apps. A former IG employee made a claim here on HN that the inefficiency was due to ghastly experiments being run on clients devices. Shame, I can
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iPhone 12 sales halted in France over too high radiation(reuters.com)
7 points by ommz 3y ago|1 comments
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by ommz 3y ago
Meanwhile, Mercedes is still charging for full rear wheel steering in Europe after electronically nerfing cars [0] despite shipping the cars with hardware fully capable. [0] https://www.thedrive.com/tech/41678/ful
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by ommz 3y ago
It would be nice if Nvidia did not enforce artificial driver and legal kneecaps to consumer Geforce cards for cloud usage to prop up their enterprise ones... but shareholder rights come before anyone.
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by ommz 3y ago
Guaranteed anti-features from Facebook's playbook: - Non-chronological home feed (to force-feed ads & gate-keep influence) - Nerf users' reach to force them into buying ads - Perpetual PII data-gobbling - Draconian account con
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Is Your Twitter Down?
23 points by ommz 3y ago|9 comments
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ROCm Docs: Beginning a New Journey(community.amd.com)
4 points by ommz 3y ago|0 comments
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by ommz 4y ago
>you've seen evidence for this, or it's your opinion? Probably alluding to the under-shipping of GPUs; stated by Lisa Su during the recent investor call[0] [0] https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts&
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by ommz 4y ago
> Apple will reportedly receive 20 billion USD for having Google as the default search engine. Presumably, this is why they are fighting so hard against having any meaningful competition on iOS. Dizzying rent-seeking fees
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by ommz 4y ago
The planet could use more thorns like Max Schrems & NOYB at large
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by ommz 4y ago
AntennaPod serves me well
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by ommz 4y ago
> Requires the HP Smart app download. > Subscription may be required; subscription may not be available in all countries > HP account required for full functionality > Get up to 5,000 pages or up to 2 years of pre-filled toner T
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Show HN: Gui4REST – no-bloat cross-platform GUI for testing REST APIs(github.com)
2 points by ommz 4y ago|0 comments
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by ommz 6y ago
Xiaomi phones and their apps especially the freaking weather app are routine offenders on my firewall. I use NoRoot Firewall (beta version), that runs a local VPN, to whitelist connections and man, it's horrifying. I've enabled th