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adib··on The Framework Desktop is a beast
My experience is on the contrary. Employer-lent laptop only needs to be _not lost_, especially in MNCs. Replacing an MNC laptop is relatively easy and free for the user - as long as it is not lost, by the way.
adib··on New Mac Mini with M4
A missed opportunity though. If it’s USB-C powered, it could be even smaller and Apple could simplify its BOM by including a MacBook Pro charger with it.
adib··on New Mac Mini with M4
Docker on Mac works fine on external drive. I moved the storage volume on a rotating USB 3 drive.
adib··on The state of external retina displays
Fwiw, Eyoyo offers 4K 15” monitors, which qualify as _retina displays_. Those are usually around $150, depending on reseller and exact model.
adib··on RFC-0082: Runnning unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia
Except that Android apps tend to ask for just about all entitlements available. Translation: effectively back to square 1.
adib··on RFC-0082: Runnning unmodified Linux programs on Fuchsia
... caveat to Google's track record of rapid launch and subsequent deprecation of platforms...
adib··on Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view
Technically it's "front door" since it _publicly exists_.
adib··on Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view
Or Mechanical Turked.
adib··on Apple’s new abuse prevention system: an antritust/competition point of view
Say that you're an official with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). You have huge stacks of brochures of anti-CCP materials. You've got them scanned and hashed. Next you call Apple and say, "Please alert us if similar imageries appears in your customers' devices. My assistants will send you weekly updates of the required hashes." Apple would say, "Sure, we're just following your law..."

Hence when a Chinese photographs such brochure "in the wild" using an iPhone, someone from "the government" will knock the next day and "strongly enquire" about yesterday's photo. Likewise when a Chinese minor receives an iMessage containing such brochure.

This is just _one_ example case of "extension" of the CSAM database as seen fit by some regulatory body.

adib··on Cloudflare's inaccessible browser contradicts the company's mission
... Technically for us at least the _gas_ company is different. In fact there are a number of companies providing gas.
adib··on Bypassing macOS TCC user privacy protections by accident and design
I haven’t tested the Finder case though. Nevertheless there is the `tell ‘Finder’ ... do shell script ... end tell` construct that _may_ be able to get the Finder to launch an arbitrary subprocess (and may inherit full disk access) just like how Terminal would.

However I’ve tested mounting a local snapshot using the Terminal having full disk access and found out that it is possible to mount a local snapshot and make the mounted copy ignore Unix file permissions.

adib··on Bypassing macOS TCC user privacy protections by accident and design
... by manipulating the Finder to:

(1) Create a snapshot of the entire file system; (2) or find a recent Time Machine local snapshot; then (3) mount the snapshot obtained in [1] or [2] without owners enabled, effectively granting Alice read-only access to other people's files without having administrative privileges.

adib··on Bypassing macOS TCC user privacy protections by accident and design
... in this case it _does_, albeit in a roundabout way via Time Machine local snapshots. In short, the attacker can bypass Unix file permissions by mounting a local backup with owners disabled.
adib··on Bypassing macOS TCC user privacy protections by accident and design
Alice finds a recent Time Machine local snapshot and mount that elsewhere with owners disabled. Then Alice can browse everyone else's (recent) files – without needing sudo access.
adib··on Free Unix (1983)
... fair enough, at one point he wrote most of the user-space utilities in Linux. Although he hasn't gotten around to the kernel, but half is better than nothing, and a free kernel is nothing without _free_ (as in _speech_) user-space utilities to accompany it.
adib··on macOS unable to open any non-Apple application
PSA to developers: Notarization alone won't be sufficient. You'll need to staple that notarization ticket as well so that your users' Macs doesn't need to go online to validate whether your app has been tampered (among other things).

How? Have a look here: https://cutecoder.org/programming/notarize-disk-image-develo...

adib··on Introducing the next generation of Mac
At least for Slack there's would be the iOS version available.
adib··on I Went from Sales to Front End Developer in 16 Months
Why... why...
adib··on How much does it cost to create an app?
This is yet another "so heavily animated, it hinders the user experience" application.
adib··on Show HN: calcl – Programmatic Calculator
Yet another bc? https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/
adib··on Medical ethicist argues life after 75 is not worth living
Sir Patrick Stewart would disagree, having started a new project at 79 years of age.

https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-picard/news/1009254/sir-...

adib··on Ask HN: What to do with side projects that don't make money?
1. Nighongo.io Turn this into an offline app, should be a lot less in running costs. Otherwise use advertisements. Initially use Google Ads but try to arrange direct-placement advertisements from related businesses (e.g. Japanese language schools, travel agencies to Japan, etc).

2. Try to sell this to enterprises that uses Go and position it as a lint tool for their Go code base.

But if the above failed, move it to a free tier cloud platform (e.g. Heroku's free tier) and just use it as a portfolio to add in your résumé.

adib··on How to get traction/usage for your product
Yep, agreed on the last slide that lean startup only works 1 out of 10 times - http://bit.ly/178ZPrb
adib··on Ask HN: Restrict users to log in to my site with LinkedIn credentials only?
You shouldn't ask HN for these kind of questions as this isn't your primary target demographic. Ask MBA students whether they have LinkedIn profiles (and actively using it) and whether they find it easier to use their LinkedIn credentials to log in.
adib··on Microsoft: Hey, Apple Maps haters, Use Bing for iPhone instead
Bing app not available in Singapore store.
adib··on Tell HN: Google Plus doesn't like my name
Maybe you can just key-in your name with hebrew characters? That'll teach them.
adib··on Tell HN: You said not to. So I quit my job and started. 5 mos later: OpenPhoto
Wow, that and a stay-at-home wife, and two kids... I hope you really know what you're doing.
adib··on Tell HN: You said not to. So I quit my job and started. 5 mos later: OpenPhoto
Do you make more (as in the money that you keep for yourself) from OpenPhoto than what Yahoo paid you?
adib··on Chrome 11 is such a hog
It won't be a problem if Chrome is the _only_ app that you run.

In my case, its not.

adib··on Chrome 11 is such a hog
You're right. Although there isn't a way to remove it from the screen.
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