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aAaaArrRgHon Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels

The ad placements aren't tailored to you. They're tailored to the advertiser's wishes.

aAaaArrRgHon Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal

> but possibly could lead the old, cool, hobbiest & un-monetized web being reinvented?

It still exists. It just isn't that popular.

aAaaArrRgHon CrowdStrike broke Debian and Rocky Linux months ago

Not when it comes to video/image/vector editing. DaVinci Resolve, Adobe and Affinity are still miles ahead of FOSS creativity tools like The GIMP.

aAaaArrRgHon For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default

Or just don't access any content that is funded by advertising. The nonprofit web still exists. But for all content that's not someone's spare time passion project, someone's gotta foot the bill.

aAaaArrRgHon Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M from GitHub Founder

Hard disagree. If you're a fan of the strictly functional "what's CSS?" look, you might as well stick to viewing README.md on GitHub and call it a day.

aAaaArrRgHon Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees

I tried to delete my ChatGPT account but the confirmation button remained locked. Anyone else have the same issue?

aAaaArrRgHon We need to rewild the internet

You could bring back web directories.

aAaaArrRgHon 96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers

Good, thank you for fighting the good fight.

I do wonder whether it's possible to inject harmless stubs for these trackers so you don't have to deal with the bureaucracy of filing a complaint though. Then again, stubbing helps a few techy people, filing a formal complaint helps everyone.

aAaaArrRgHon Mental health in software engineering

Americans need that extra money to cover higher out-of-pocket healthcare costs. That's not necessarily a reliable indicator of wealth.

aAaaArrRgHon Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest? (2020)

And it officially registers your opt-out, if you care about that sort of thing.

aAaaArrRgHon NotepadNext – a cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++

VSCode and Sublime Text do that too. And recently Microsoft even added it to Notepad.

aAaaArrRgHon TinySSH is a small SSH server using NaCl, TweetNaCl

Given that it's a small SSH server, I wonder how feasible it would be to rewrite it in a memory-safe language. C doesn't feel like the most security-conscious (and, quite frankly, legible) language in this day and age.

aAaaArrRgHon In 2024, please switch to Firefox

Still based on Chromium though, so the Manifest v3 drama about Google trying to sabotage adblockers still applies.

aAaaArrRgHon First look at Microsoft 365 Copilot

There is some precedent: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23853517/microsoft-teams-...

aAaaArrRgHon The bash book to rule them all

Just so everyone's aware: the author receives a commission for each book sold through their Amazon link, so take that into account when reading their review.