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Random09··on The curious case of the disappearing Polish S (2015)
Every little thing like that creates a new Linux user. After switching I've never looked back.

Posted from SteamOS.

Random09··on Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide
That is not even true. Most JS apps are smaller than photos on the page. High resolution media is the main culprit of web page sizes.

Anyway, what's 20mb for 2gb ram pc? Nothing. That is not an issue.

Random09··on Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide
> They are slow because Windows got heavier while the hardware stayed the same.

That is not true. They are slow, because ALL software got better and more advanced and that is not only the operating system. It always makes me mad when people say that macOS is so optimized you can do more than on windows.

No. Old hardware not having a hardware decoder for modern youtube videos won't play them.

Modern webpages full of interactive realtime features won't fit in the RAM or will be bottlecked by a cpu. Yes, the modern linux will run, but are you going to do anything more than opening a notepad or old software? No. You are not going to use modern web apps or software on it.

Is it okay? Yes. Optimizing for old hardware is EXPENSIVE. Just move on.

Random09··on AI coding at home without going broke
It seems you could use a human instead then? If you have so many apps, you could hire a junior to help you. There is additional satisfaction of bringing new person to the IT too.
Random09··on AI coding at home without going broke
What I mean is a script that can look through the logs. They are known and deterministic (if you properly handle errors) and you can analyze them statistically. If you don't know what logs your app is outputting, then you have a bigger problem in your hands tbh.
Random09··on AI coding at home without going broke
> What are people doing to burn through $3k in tokens?

The short answer is: they are doing slop. Most of the coding can be done quickly with a keyboard, intelisense and maybe some code generation templates.

But people became dependent on AI doing everything for them and tech bros now started to squeeze. Like a drug dealers.

Random09··on AI coding at home without going broke
Most of it doesn't require AI. You could generate automation scripts that do that, except of customer support. People became dependent on AI in places where it never was required and now tech bros are doing the squeeze.
Random09··on Distributing Mac software is increasing my cortisol levels
The main difference is that on Linux you can do it on gui. It's much easier to explain and convice the user to click "allow executing file as program" checkbox than a xatttr obscure cli command.
Random09··on Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) in PHP
The only small thing you forgot to mention - it requires use of AI. Open Ai to be specific. I've got baited.
Random09··on GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
That's the most delusional thing I've read all month. Sometimes you must deal with problematic people. Ever heard of Daryl Davis? Be like him 1% and world will be a better place. Don't be like a reddit moderator.
Random09··on GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
Do you research everybody you engage with? Are you a fed? He went there to refute some claims about himself, like a man, instead of crying behind organization brand on social media.

And stop moving the goal post. Now it's guilt by association, what's next?

Random09··on GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
He didn't say anything about Gos devs in there, yet they say he did. It's just not true. Do you have a Facebook account? Facebook is full of scams, are you also a scammer? Probably.
Random09··on GrapheneOS is the only Android OS providing full security patches
Rossman only ever commented on kiwi farms on a thread about himself. You are lying again, confirming the words of the parent comment.

And deserved criticism is not harassment.

Random09··on Arduino published updated terms and conditions: no longer an open commons
Looks it's time to move on. New platform and tools will emerge, I'm sure of it. The only way we can fight corpos is not giving them money and not talking about them.
Random09··on Experiment: Making TypeScript immutable-by-default
Making web pages even more slow. Normal people complain about it all the time, arguing that modern programmers are lazy.
Random09··on Experiment: Making TypeScript immutable-by-default
It's redundant in single thread environment. Everyone moved to mobile while pages are getting slower and slower, using more and more memory. This is not the way. Immutability has its uses, but it's not good for most web pages.
Random09··on A theoretical way to circumvent Android developer verification
Good luck with unsecure phone This is clearly a bad idea.
Random09··on uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store
No sideloading, forced safari, locked os apis to cripple 3rd party accessories and apps (like watches or cloud software), updates crippling performance, massive number of bugs, especially if you don't use iCloud (i lost data multiple times after the update), to mention a few.
Random09··on uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store
Why not use a phone that allows you to use the full version ublock? Ios is everything that is wrong with software today in one package.
Random09··on Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update
Don't enable smart TV mode. Dumb TV mode is still android, so you can install apps, but there are no ads.
Random09··on Ask HN: Why are Meta's Glasses being so openly promoted by popular Tech Blogs?
Money. And for the most part, tech blogs cannot just promote stuff that doesn't spy on you, because there is not much of it left to promote.
Random09··on Google's $1,800 foldable phone is first smartphone to explode in durability test
I've experienced low quality of pixel foldable myself. Few weeks after warranty, my 2000$ og pixel fold screen stopped working after a software update. Not the delicate inner screen. The outside, cover one. Some fiddling and testing and I found out that the hinge sensor failed and the phone cannot tell if it's open or not, so it defaults to the inside screen. Also, this happened to multiple people at similar time after an update.

Wanted a foldable, bought a pixel because of grapheneOS. Now I have to chose between low quality hardware vs phone bloated with Spyware. State of tech 2025.

Random09··on Google's $1,800 foldable phone is first smartphone to explode in durability test
But the problem is that is not the same test. Unless he's a robot, he can't reproduce exact movement and strength used to bend other phones. He could use less or more strength based on how well he slept, how he was feeling day before or how much money he received from a company before the "test".
Random09··on How I bypassed Amazon's Kindle web DRM
An alternative is to go a library, rent a book, scan it and read on a reader. You are getting the book for free without supporting greedy drm shops.

Btw, in Poland where I live, every ebook shop sells drm free books. Every single one. Why? Amazon don't sell polish books, yet kindles for the long time were the only readers available, so people had to use a cable to transfer the books. And kindle can't read any other drm than their own. So shops had no choice and it stayed that way.

So maybe a third option (not really but maybe?) is to buy polish version and use Ai to translate it?

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Similar advice would be to learn riding a bike by watching how others do it.
Random09··on Show HN: Cycling app designed to sync video playback with real-time cycling data
One might ask where to get a video that will work with this?