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CrlNvlon Internet's biggest annoyance: Cookie laws should target browsers, not websites

And it would solve nothing.

GDPR already mandates that "Refuse non essential" button should be the same size and prominence than the "Accept all" button, every website around the globe does not care (apart from major players like Google, Apple or Amazon) and national data protection authorities absolutely do not care.

We already had one attempt with "Do not track" header, nobody was willing to commit to it because it impaired business. Same would go with OP proposal.

Websites are forcing this banner on us because they are greedy morons that would rather drain our data for money than incite us to pay for their work.

CrlNvlon France launches criminal probe of X over alleged algorithm ‘manipulation’

Well, in a way yes. During an election day and the day before, you are not allowed to push official communication (ie a political party can tell you "Go vote" but not "Go vote for us because we will put a stop to immigration") be it via a website, email, mail, etc. See https://presidentielle2022.conseil-constitutionnel.fr/l-elec.... So a sponsored post from a political party appearing in your timeline would be an issue due to the platform if it ignores these rules.

CrlNvlon Tell HN: Bash.org is no more

https://danstonchat.com/ (previously bashfr.org) for France/French speaking countries

CrlNvlon Brother have gotten to where they are now by not innovating

I have a Brother DCP L2530DW: black and white laster, wi-fi, with scanner. Works perfectly for my use case (scanning invoices, printing tickets and mail), no need for a specific app be it on Android, Windows or Linux.

I'm only using the Brother Windows app for scanning purposes, as the OCR works well for my needs.

It's been 2.5 years, no issues whatsoever, just needed one toner change after a while.

CrlNvlon Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows

This is their strongest point. I still remember being able to install Microsoft Money 99 on a brand new Windows 10 for my uncle, without much difficulties.

CrlNvlon Apple Music Classical

Qobuz won't be too happy about this I guess

CrlNvlon Ask HN: Meal Planning App?

Here's my workflow:

1. Plan meal using Google Sheet, one tab per week. I now have 1.5 year of meals, so I can easily find old ideas

2. Add all ingredients in a ToDo app (using Microsoft ToDo currently)

3. Look in my fridge and drawers, mark any remaining ingredients as done.

4. Go grocery shopping

CrlNvlon Long Live Software Easter Eggs

List is missing my favorite one: Cookies are delicious delicacies.

CrlNvlon There Is No CD Revival

Qobuz allows you to download High Fidelity music without any DRM

CrlNvlon How trains could replace planes in Europe

French here: I think the conclusion is flawed. Many operators won't simplify the life of the EU citizen, per the article itself:

> Then there is ticketing. Because systems are incompatible, only a few agencies sell rail tickets across the entire continent. As for refunds, operators are responsible only for the portion of the trip on their own trains.

So if your DB train to Frankfurt is late to your french TGV to Strasbourg, then your TGV won't be compensated. And you'll have to buy a new ticket.

Some guys tried their hands to be a European train ticket reseller (Captain Train, now owned by Trainline and way less effective than it was before), but it is not an easy feat.

CrlNvlon Firefox 94 advertises VPN in new private browsing tabs

> My new tab window should have no advertisements in it, because you are a nonprofit.

Well it doesn't make anysense. Nonprofit doesn't mean you don't have to make money.

While I understand having such an ad is not perfect, it is non intrusive (doesn't popup from nowhere), relevant to your context (private browsing can benefit from a VPN) and non tracking.

CrlNvlon Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore starting January 31

While this is great news for B2C users/apps, I'm not sure this is ideal for B2B users/apps. I guess you don't want an employee to be able to delete his pro account without any checks.

CrlNvlon The most underused browser feature: reader mode

On FF, is there an extension that automatically turns on reader mode when you are reading an article?

CrlNvlon Windows Explorer Through the Years

And still no tabs. I know about Clover, QTTabbar (my current choice) and Groupy, but it still blows my mind we've had tabs in web browsers for nearly 20 years and not in local explorers.

CrlNvlon CNIL imposes a financial penalty of 50M euros against Google

The simple approach is the Do Not Track option activated in my browser. Seems like nobody cared about it, so yeah, forcing opt-in is the way to go.

CrlNvlon “A Horrifically Bad Idea”: Smartphone Voting Is Coming

So this is clearly a funding problem and a date problem. I don't know what the situation is in the US, but in France it never took me (or my parents) more than 15 minutes to cast a vote. Most of the time I'm in and out within 10 minutes. Vote always happen on Sunday.

CrlNvlon The simplicity of dropping Google in 2018

Yes I'm talking on the web, and I do not own any Apple devices, so Apple Maps is not an option.

CrlNvlon The simplicity of dropping Google in 2018

As already pointed out, there's no real alternative to YouTube, and more importantly, Maps. Sure, OSM is a wonderful database, but the UX/UI is years behind GMaps. And other providers are not as fast/intuitive as GMaps. I really hope Qwant Maps is going to shake up things...

CrlNvlon Farewell, Google Maps

No, the price hike was decided several months ago, see http://geoawesomeness.com/developers-up-in-arms-over-google-...

CrlNvlon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2017)

Bentley Systems | Cloud Software Developer | Paris, Sophia Antipolis or Québec | Full time | On-site https://www.bentley.com/

Bentley Systems Inc. is seeking passionate developers to create software offering innovating solutions for planning, conception, construction and management of cities, airports, transportation systems, energy systems, mines and all other infrastructures useful to human activities.

We are seeking software developers capable of working with a variety of programming languages and technologies. We cover the complete range of Cloud products, Servers and Specialized applications on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Candidates must be comfortable with the Agile development methodology.

Under the supervision of the Software Director and Project Owner and the guidance of Product Managers of dependent products, the developer will assume the responsibilities of a Software Developer including design, implementation, testing and support of product features, core components or Microsoft Azure based Cloud services.

Further information - in French - and application: https://career4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?job...

CrlNvlon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)

Bentley Systems | Cloud Software Developer | Paris, Sophia Antipolis or Québec | Full time | On-site https://www.bentley.com/

Bentley Systems Inc. is seeking passionate developers to create software offering innovating solutions for planning, conception, construction and management of cities, airports, transportation systems, energy systems, mines and all other infrastructures useful to human activities.

We are seeking software developers capable of working with a variety of programming languages and technologies. We cover the complete range of Cloud products, Servers and Specialized applications on desktop computers, laptops, tablets and mobile phones. Candidates must be comfortable with the Agile development methodology.

Under the supervision of the Software Director and Project Owner and the guidance of Product Managers of dependent products, the developer will assume the responsibilities of a Software Developer including design, implementation, testing and support of product features, core components or Microsoft Azure based Cloud services.

Further information - in French - and application: https://career4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?job...

Bentley Systems | Software Engineer | Paris | Full time | On-site https://www.bentley.com/

Bentley Systems Inc. is seeking a new developer for its AutoPipe Vessel software. As part of the team, you will take part in the research and implementation of new algorithms relative to pressure, heat exchange in pipes and more. Further information and application: https://career4.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?job...