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In libgen, you can search for stuff and find books/docs that match the query, but unfortunately that appears to not be possible on sci-hub, which is inconvenient.
That said, both are incredible resources for academics, researchers, students or even folks just wanting to read up on a subject in more depth than Wikipedia has.
I don't know, what I will say is: most (tech) folks would (rightly, in my opinion) trust Facebook/WhatsApp more than they would Tencent.
A mute person can write. Or sign. A corporate entity doesn't communicate in any way. Because... It obviously cannot.
iOS built-in adult content filter blocks all searches with the keyword "Asian,” assuming it's porn-related. Which means a 12 y/o Chinese-American girl might Google "Asian hairstyles" and find out that her culture is blocked as "adult content."
Searches like "teen mental health resources" are also blocked, because "teen" is on the blacklist. Which is so dumb for a feature that's probably being used BY TEENS!
Wow. One of the biggest tech companies in the world, people.
It's used to pay respect to a recently deceased tech person. In this case, Larry Tesler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282
In the past, we've had it for Steve Jobs and Aaron Swartz, among others.
All good :)
Yes.
Yikes, please don't do or encourage using these in public - there are many accessibility devices (hearing aids, cochlear implants, etc.) which depend on MEMS microphones to function.
You could inadvertently make the world much worse for people who already have a difficult time of things. Imagine carting a cellular and WiFi and bluetooth jammer around outside of a Faraday cage - it's insanely irresponsible and inconsiderate.
From the top comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22339548
All NASA images and videos are in the public domain, but the same is not true for any technologies that they develop.
My bad, didn't realize that it's been out for a while.
I wish all websites were as lightweight and fast as HN.
I sorta want to use New Reddit (because I like having smaller windows for multitasking and responsiveness makes that much more convenient) but boy is it painfully slow even on a 100+ mbps connection
Links formatted as code sorta defeat the point, right?
Just checked, I'm on latest regular FF, non-nightly. I don't recall seeing it in the past couple days so maaaaybe it's resolved now? I'll keep an eye out for it in case I see it again.
I've been experiencing this too! On only one of my machines. I did a complete Windows reinstall but the problem persisted.
It doesn't happen too often, but iirc I saw a text glitch sometime in the past few days. Moving my mouse over the glitched area or a small scroll solves it for me too.
A project by Avaaz: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaaz
Please listen to this podcast episode where they explain the concept of "correct the record" and why social media platforms should implement it to battle disinformation: https://radiopublic.com/function-with-anil-dash-GEvN2g/s1!df...
Browsing Reddit is so much easier in a mobile browser - at least for me. Allows me to open multiple pages in new tabs and browse them when convenient. Also makes sharing articles or pages to other places easier.
I've tried the apps - but nothing beats the browser for me. If they kill the mobile website, I'll just stop using Reddit.
- much harder to block ads in apps than in browsers.
I have friends who say marijuana has helped them a lot with chronic pain, might be worth a shot.
I cannot fathom the proliferation of phone-only messaging apps.
Matrix/riot is the solution. Works wonderfully across platforms. https://riot.im/
How can you say that? It's definitely a significant barrier.
"Open source" is often used to appear more "friendly" to outsiders. Something can be open source and still be used to lock people into a particular environment. Case in point: Chromium, Android, etc.
Law #1: If a bad guy can persuade you to run his program on your computer, it's not your computer anymore
Law #2: If a bad guy can alter the operating system on your computer, it's not your computer anymore
From: https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/a/988
If the firmware/software on these devices isn't open sourced and can be remotely updated/flashed, then of course the manufacturer can access every bit of data the device handles.
It's important that we audit all telecom equipment carefully before deploying it, because they deal with lots of very sensitive data.
Hacker Factor has a series of articles about various attacks on Tor: https://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/868-De...
The tor daemon really needs to be re-written and audited. Apparently the codebase right now is a huge mess.
Yeah, except Spotify exclusives. They're forcing us to use a proprietary platform that's not accessible on all devices and operating systems (music players, non-smart phones, etc). That goes against the very open spirit of podcasting technology.
You missed my point. I was referring to this: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2019-03-13/consumers-and-innova...
Spotify is doing with podcasts the same thing that they complain about Apple doing with apps.
Article is definitely worth a read.
From 2014 to 2020, Spotify bought 15 companies, companies that build everything from data analytics to music and audio production tools to audio ad tools to licensing platforms, and podcasting networks.
Spotify is directly mimicking Google and Facebook, and attempting to roll up power over digital audio markets the way Google and Facebook did over the internet. It has already done so in music.
As it exists today, the podcasting ecosystem is a very open system, with publicly accessible feeds and the ability to use any app/player.
I'm very afraid that if Spotify keeps this up, it's going to lead to a very fragmented system similar to the film/TV streaming industry (Netflix, Prime, Apple TV, et al.) which would require you to install proprietary apps and pay for multiple subscriptions to listen to stuff. Likely several different apps for different shows and companies.
Unfortunately, it appears that Spotify is motivated by increased profits and getting a market monopoly to completely destroy the open system that we have today, which will also make it undoubtedly harder for newcomers to enter the industry.
Right now Spotify complains about how Apple apps have an unfair advantage on Apple's platform, but they're doing the same thing. Spotify podcasts have an unfair advantage on Spotify's platform. I don't believe the platform should also be a content creator. This is really shitty of Spotify to do.
That's hardly a developer blog though. It's mostly commentary on Apple's business practices and products.
Personally I love mhtml. It allows you to easily store a webpage as a single file without having to resort to PDFs - which have lots of accessibility and rendering issues.
Again, those are headphones. OP was talking about earphones, I think.
Did you watch the video? The claimant lost the copyright to the melody in the court case. Furthermore, the section of the video they flagged wasn't from their song in the first place.
Those are headphones. I think OP was talking about wireless earphones.