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aniviacat··on Devices with GrapheneOS support should be available in 2027
Isn't that the point of Google Play Services? To keep their proprietary code separate, in a super-app that doesn't obey the GPL?
aniviacat··on Firefox Containers Preview
Partly they're just exposing existing features. Containers were part of the browser already, the UI just didn't show them by default.

I'm still waiting for them to add a UI option to enable the `privacy.resistFingerprinting` setting.

aniviacat··on Codeberg bans vibe coded projects
I think that's a bad move. I've recently started to move my repos to Codeberg, and fortunately none of them fall under this ban.

But in the future, I will at some point experiment more with vibe coding projects. Apparently I'll have to host those projects on Github.

Maintaining two accounts is needlessly tedious, and might result in me fully moving back to Github.

Perhaps the same will hold true for many others.

aniviacat··on InviZible Pro – Android application for online privacy and security
I checked out this app a while ago and it seems quite interesting. However I'm somewhat concerned about routing all my traffic through an app whose trustworthiness I cannot confirm.
aniviacat··on ChatGPT Work
There's actually something interesting about the Work tab on the ChatGPT website:

As a ChatGPT Plus user, the maximum effort level I can set in the Chat tab is "High", but in the Work tab I can set it to "Extra High" and even "Max".

aniviacat··on Wordgard: The new in-browser rich-text editor from the creator of ProseMirror
I ran into some issues on Firefox Android.

I wanted to clear the text box, so I marked the entire text and hit backspace. It only removes the last letter.

So then I marked the entire text and pressed a letter. That successfully replaced all the text with the one letter.

But then the editor broke completely. I cannot put newlines anymore, backspace is inconsistent, and the text cursor isn't shown.

(The editor breaking after marking all the text and pressing a letter is reproducible.)

At least on mobile the editor seems to still be unstable.

aniviacat··on ZCode – Harness for GLM-5.2
Didn't Claude Code pioneer this style of agent?
aniviacat··on U.S. government will decide who gets to use GPT-5.6
> [Washington] piles pressure on The Hague to halt ASML’s remaining exports and servicing of its DUVi machines.

> The Commission backs the Dutch [...]. The European position fragments before it has properly formed.

That the EU would, after recognizing AI's value, freely give up control of its few advantages to the US, despite of this being a conventional trade issue which the EU has experience with, seems like a very pessimistic assumption.

(I stopped reading after that part.)

aniviacat··on Temporary Cloudflare Accounts for AI Agents
Wouldn't it make more sense to merge the temporary account into an existing one, instead of claiming it as a new account?

This could lead to people having a large amount of separate accounts.

aniviacat··on Anthropic, please ship an official Claude Desktop for Linux
> There's a reason Dash to Dock and AppIndicator are packaged by default on most Gnome distros

Back when I still had a need for it it was solely because some apps do not have proper support for missing tray icons (you can only fully close them via the tray icon), not because I actually like the feature.

I appreciate that GNOME tries to move on from this. Unfortunately it doesn't have the market control that Windows has, so not all app developers follow suit.

aniviacat··on Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
I showed Codex CLI to my brother who is not a tech person at all; he's never before touched code. He successfully built a somewhat complex app with it that works well.

Before, I was certain that a non-techy person would get stuck somewhere along the process. But I was proven wrong.

I watched him a bit while he was working on it. He interacted with Codex in a very different manner than how I would. Since he knew none of the technical details, he would use very vague and shallow wording. But that was not an issue. Codex also allowed him to make use of git, despite of him having no idea what git is.

This has changed my view of Codex' abilities significantly. I often hear people comment that AI seems intelligent in domains you don't know much about, but turns out to be stupid when you actually know the domain. This was not the case here at all. Despite of my brother completely ignoring the technical details, the AI built good code that fulfilled the requirements well.

aniviacat··on Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites
Sounds good, thanks for the clarification.
aniviacat··on Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites
You may want to clarify that in your FAQ, which states this in the very first entry:

> Unfortunately, due to the fact it's too costly to properly avoid bots and other automated tools from abusing our service, we don't offer a free trial.

aniviacat··on Show HN: Uruky (EU-based Kagi alternative) now has Image Search and URL Rewrites
> EU search providers (Marginalia, Mojeek, EUSP, etc.).

Does this mean this is just a meta search engine without its own index?

If so, the comparison to Kagi seems misleading.

The question would turn from "why not Kagi" to "why not SearxNG".

aniviacat··on Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd
The way it's structured (combining many previously separate utilities into one) hinders competition. That's tolerable while it's still one of the best solutions for the things it does, but will become an issue in the future.
aniviacat··on Haiku OS runs on M1 Macs now
I've tried a few distros in the past and have now settled (on NixOS for servers and tinkering, and Fedora for just-working). But I've never tried a BSD and would also be curious how using one would turn out.

Maybe getting into FreeBSD for a bit would be a fun little project.

aniviacat··on The Fil-C Optimized Calling Convention
> Fil-C is a personal passion project by Filip Pizlo.

Do I understand correctly that this project is based on the work of just one person, Filip Pizlo? If so, that's amazing.

aniviacat··on Elon Musk has lost his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI
If shareholders have to pay the debt, then the shares will be less valuable, and Musk (whose wealth is measured in shares) will be less wealthy, no?
aniviacat··on RISC-V Router
Presumably ideology, striving to use devices as open as (reasonably) possible.

I personally would accept a light downgrade in order to have a RISC-V system. But not a downgrade this steep.

aniviacat··on Mozilla to UK regulators: VPNs are essential privacy and security tools
Times would be tough if we could only express thoughts noone thought before.
aniviacat··on The main thing about P2P meth is that there's so much of it (2021)
They probably didn't ask all the wedding guests for their medical history.

Missing teeth may not be the worst, but in this case perhaps the most immediately recognizable.

aniviacat··on Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone
I suppose that's region dependent. I have never used (or seen someone use) a QR code to pay.
aniviacat··on Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid
The car probably doesn't have perfect knowledge of speed limits across Europe.
aniviacat··on Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
I thought that's what NTSync was all about?

https://docs.kernel.org/next/userspace-api/ntsync.html

aniviacat··on Agents can now create Cloudflare accounts, buy domains, and deploy
I assume the constructive use case is some non-techy person asking ChatGPT.

> Hey, please make me a website about my dog woofy. Give it the link myfluffywoofy.dog ;) Thank you!

aniviacat··on Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
> If a special tool is required for replacement, the manufacturer must provide it free of charge.
aniviacat··on A beginner's guide to Sourcehut (2025)
The author appears to highly appreciate being able to contribute without an account, just an email.

I didn't quite get why that is. Isn't an account effectively just an email, with an additional password?

aniviacat··on We need a federation of forges
Github ranks higher on Google search.
aniviacat··on We need a federation of forges
If you consider people's worries of centralization happening with AT, that's not necessarily a good sign.

Of course VC funding and startup mindsets prefer a protocol that is easier to rugpull.

aniviacat··on AGPLv3§74 Empowers Users to Thwart Badgeware Like OnlyOffice
First time I hear about Euro-Office. I wonder if that's a serious project or just fishing for EU funding.
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