Ask HN: How are you using your Raspberry Pi? 4 years agoCan you explain the first usecase in more detail to me? I don't understand what's different in it compared to normal downloading. 0ThreadHN
I miss the programmable web (2021) 4 years agoI would love to see what those UIs looked like, but I'm completely unfamiliar with it. What should I search on Google to get proper results? 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: Why was Materialistic (HN client) removed from Play Store? 4 years agoThanks! I didn't think about searching on fdroid.Why does Google do this? Now I wonder what good apps I can't find due to them not being updated. 0ThreadHN
Internet Explorer 11 has retired and is officially out of support 4 years agoWhy is IE still in use and what's stopping people from switching over to something new? 0ThreadHN
Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it 4 years agoWhat do you mean by smart bookmarks? 0ThreadHN
Is there a good “blog search” out there? 4 years agoIs the custom Google search engine same as the main one in terms of its algorithm? 0ThreadHN
Append Reddit – Chrome extension that redoes searches with Reddit appended 4 years agoYou could also just do:pancakes site:reddit.com/r/memes 0ThreadHN
Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources 4 years agoConsider using the "Minimal Twitter" browser extension. That solved for me the issue you're dealing with.Or try element picker from ublock origin. 0ThreadHN
Mozilla’s Vision for the Evolution of the Web 4 years agoGive me a way to disable the download finished popup notifier.When was this shipped? I have no idea why this is a thing now, but it's incredibly annoying. 0ThreadHN
Google Maps Hacks (2020) 4 years agoCan't access the site. I get this error:Secure Connection FailedAn error occurred during a connection to www.simonweckert.com. Peer’s certificate has an invalid signature.Error code: SEC_ERROR_BAD_SIGNATURE- The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data could not be verified.- Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. 0ThreadHN
DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation” 4 years agoWhy not provide a toggle that allows unfiltered results for those who want that?This way, they can both filter out propaganda away from those who might be vulnerable and still let those who want it have it. 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: What hobby do you enjoy that's not at all related to SWE/IT/CS? 4 years agoPlease link some. I'd like to take a look. 0ThreadHN
What features would you like to see being added to Hacker News? 4 years agoSounds like a good suggestion. Have you considered emailing @dang with this feature request on hn@ycombinator.com? 0ThreadHN
What features would you like to see being added to Hacker News? 4 years agoNot sure if this helps, but there's many userstyles you can apply to hide reputation points. 0ThreadHN
What features would you like to see being added to Hacker News? 4 years agoCan you elaborate more? I want to how you'd want them to update the API to suit your needs. 0ThreadHN
What features would you like to see being added to Hacker News? 4 years agoHave you considered emailing @dang with this feature request on hn@ycombinator.com? 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: Should HN users be incentivized to use/visit newest submissions? 4 years agoI've never noticed this.Which users have you noticed ending up on front page regularly? 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: User-script manager users, which one do you use? 4 years agoSo which one do you use? 0ThreadHN
Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account 4 years agoHave you contacted support about this? 0ThreadHN
Did spam filtering on Gmail get worse for everyone? 4 years agoIt's working as well as always for me. 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: Do you consider Hacker News to be a positive/useful use of your time? 4 years agoWhat is blind? Would you please provide a link? 0ThreadHN
Apple’s most affordable 5G iPhone could turn a billion Android users 4 years agoI have no idea why this clickbait title has been going popular for a while now. There's no way a billion Android users will leave for an iPhone over this new model. 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: Is anyone working on “downloading” knowledge to the brain? 5 years agoIs it really that good? 0ThreadHN
Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories 5 years agoI did this. Results 1 & 4 were from Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica respectively. Doesn't seem that bad to me. 0ThreadHN
Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories 5 years agouBlacklist [0] solves this. The filters in [1] let me block all those clone sites.[0] https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist[1] https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist 0ThreadHN
Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories 5 years agouBlacklist [0] solves this. The filters in [1] let me block all those clone sites.[0] https://github.com/iorate/uBlacklist[1] https://github.com/rjaus/awesome-ublacklist 0ThreadHN
Ask HN: Hypothetically, What can Nokia do now to regain its past glory? 5 years agoI had no idea they even had such a deal. Also, they do make phones right now so I don't how they're not competing. 0ThreadHN