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0df8dkdfon Ad block and you don't stop

>The phone company isn't allowed to block you because you said something politically incorrect to my friends and tech companies should be no different.

AT&T does block their customer's email content without informing their paying customer. At this point I trust NSA more than these private companies. At least NSA has some government oversight and subject to FOIL request with these private companies it is basically the East India company all over again, wild wild west. They can do pretty much what they want. And like the Federal Reserve has their own private armies.

Vote with your money and internet usage.

0df8dkdfon Another free CA as an alternative to Let's Encrypt

well when you are service that has to rely on them to renew your site every 90 days, the data alone from different site is worth money.

“ The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.” ~The Economist, May 6, 2017

0df8dkdfon The Tech Stack of a One-Man SaaS

> There are too many dependencies

Agree. Blindly recommend this to anyone is not a good idea! It comes down to author's skill sets, and if the author is truly interested in tech, or just some guy want to implement an idea. Personally I am full stack and know how to make server scale without using Kubernetes. Since I've being using commonJS since it's inception, it is pretty easy to write web apps that scales using a light weight server layer like v8.

0df8dkdfon The Tyranny of Merit

Ivy league are a bunch of investment syndicates through their endowment funds created as educational institution for tax advantages.

Not saying there aren't great scholars coming out them.

The question is how good can educational institution get, when it is design to be a investment vehicle for the wealthy?

0df8dkdfon Linus Torvalds on the new MacBook Air

I have dual boated mac and linux for some time.

They main thing about running linux on mac are the drivers. All the touch pad are design to use with macOS.

Using mac is a also new way of using user interface with multi-touch and scroll.

0df8dkdfon Maddy: Composable all-in-one mail server in Go

there is also http://haraka.github.io

0df8dkdfon Mozilla DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period

Not to mention DNSEC is not available for every TLD. I urge operation system maker, Apple, MS, Linux to implement something like handshake.org

Stop with this stop political stuff in tech like root level zone server type of stuff.

0df8dkdfon Funkwhale is looking for new maintainers

Thanks. Very nice project. how can I find more about the paid the work?

0df8dkdfon US Government Continues Encryption War

> I think rigid hierarchy is more advantageous for overall survival

I can see how one can see it that way, it is probably what those who rigging the game were thinking when they first started, and like the saying goes "those who play a rigged game gets stupid over a long period of time". That's probably why empires collapse, too much corruption and too many people playing the rigged game. A rigged game kinda corrupt workability of the whole system. The short term advantage may not be so good in the long run.

0df8dkdfon Pimp My Microwave

>Mechanical keyboards are all the rage these days! People love the satisfying tactile sensation, and some go on great lengths to customise them to their exact liking.

Totally agree. it is one of reason why I hate 'smart phone', try using iphone of android when it is wet/rainy outside. It is a total disaster. Hope we switch back to tactile buttons very soon.

0df8dkdfon What Is a Particle?

well, physics can be viewed as branch of ontology, I guess everything is a branch of ontology.

0df8dkdfon Open Source does not mean “Includes Free Support”

Exactly! Developers publish code because they interest them. The market rate for developer are expensive. If people are too lazy to learn them self then pay the developer to do more work.

Mostly open source are code that interest developer period.

If you want some code that cater to your business or person need then pay for it!

0df8dkdfon No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This

I'm a big promoter of open source software. However, I do see a fine line between getting open source and charging. In general if something is generic enough like Kernel of an OS or MVC framework for web dev, then yes open sources it.

However, it if it becomes specific and company clearly are benefiting and/profiting from it, then yeah charge for it!!

0df8dkdfon Improving Postgres Connection Scalability: Snapshots

there is a reason why MSSQL is called tedious in npm moudle.

0df8dkdfon Slack stores browser cookies without user consent

no you don't unless authentication is needed. How is post request and cookie even related? It is simple web dev 101.

0df8dkdfon Slack stores browser cookies without user consent

No cookies are 'necessary' for site functionality, unless there is a login needed.

No cookies are 'necessary' to just display information, pics and videos.

0df8dkdfon Show HN: Baller ToDo – a no-list todo app

Na, PMs who do that should all be beaten senselessly with a baseball bat, metaphorically of course? ;-)

0df8dkdfon Why not use GraphQL?

beacuse deep structure query sucks! And next thing you know you are installing abunch of npm package to prevent that. And I don't trust anything from FB including React!!

0df8dkdfon ReCAPTCHA and the Anonymous Experience

interesting project. However, couldn't what they are doing be simply solved by applying bcrypt or scrypt in JS?

0df8dkdfon ReCAPTCHA and the Anonymous Experience

but yeah. rCaptcha is horrible. And you know google is making money of you when you use it, and some times it takes 10 - 15 minutes to finish one thing. I hope the site owner are getting paid for my work, not just google.

0df8dkdfon ReCAPTCHA and the Anonymous Experience

what about hCaptcha https://www.hcaptcha.com?

0df8dkdfon Ask HN: As a person, what can I do to improve a city?

support local farmers and food supplies! The ones that practice organic farming (but don't need to be certified by USDA)

Guerrilla Gardening are awesome!!! If you growing stuff, why not grow food!! Check out this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzZzZ_qpZ4w

Get to know your local and state politicians, sheriff. That is way more important than the election that just happened.

0df8dkdfon What Happened to XPath?

Hahah, that just really got carried away. Ok, any idea if there is replacement? I found version 1 useful for scrapping web sites. Or should I just stick with 1.0 ?

0df8dkdfon Precursor, a mobile open-source electronics platform for developing secure apps

What OS can this run? Linux?

0df8dkdfon Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results

> Now if they just get rid of Touch Bar they’ll make up the rest.

thanks you for mentioning that it is one of most annoying thing about the new mac!

0df8dkdfon Mailing lists are resistant to censorship

git over i2p seems a good option as well to go outside RIAA proof.

0df8dkdfon Show HN: Tara – A free Jira alternative, now with Gitlab

The fact that it is .ai means that they are doing data collection. And you are the product.

I already don't trust jira too much. Unless it is self-hosted and you want to be a test data collection set for them. Then it is not worth it.

0df8dkdfon Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like?

nice it is like pure data for mechanics. thumbs up!!!

0df8dkdfon Ask HN: Jack-of-all-trades of HN, how do you approach job search?

> How do you find a good recruiter? By asking people in your network.

Yeah I am a bit weak in the area. I have stopped LinkedIn after MS bought them, a concern about my data privacy. One friend recommended a recruiter, wasn't very helpful. Would be open for other recommendation someone who is NOT just looking at buzzwords.

0df8dkdfon Ask HN: Jack-of-all-trades of HN, how do you approach job search?

or just say full stack. I hate buzz word, but sometimes it helps the manager to understand.