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bertman··on Is XMPP any good? Also, let's write a client in Tcl, maybe
Sorry, my comment probably came off way too snarky. Love Prosody and the work you do with Snikket.
bertman··on Is XMPP any good? Also, let's write a client in Tcl, maybe
And yet, after all these years, mod_cloud_notify is still a community module and not even mentioned in prosody.cfg.lua.dist.
bertman··on Psychic Signatures in Java
It's literally what the whole bug is about. From OP's article:

>This is why the very first check in the ECDSA verification algorithm is to ensure that r and s are both >= 1. Guess which check Java forgot?

bertman··on Psychic Signatures in Java
The fix for OpenJDK (authored on Jan. 4th 22):

https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/e2f8ce9c3ff4518e070960ba...

bertman··on What Chrome Has Become
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=contra+chrome
bertman··on Contra Chrome
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=contra+chrome
bertman··on Miniclip to Discontinue Desktop Site and Transition Exclusively to Mobile Games
Instead of mourning Adobe Flash, you could also head over to https://itch.io/games/html5 . Browser games aren't going anywhere.
bertman··on Chrome is experimenting with a Qt backend
See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31025052 and the discussion in the phoronix thread.
bertman··on Contra Chrome
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=contra+chrome
bertman··on An Ode to Apple’s Hide My Email
Huh, hadn't heard about Proton buying Simple Login. I'm not sure how to feel about that. I really like SimpleLogin, but Proton always felt kind of "icky" for lack of a better word. Guess we'll see.
bertman··on How Chrome treats your privacy explained with simple comics
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=contrachrome
bertman··on Show HN: URL Shortener Extension for Google Chrome (Opera, Brave, Edge)
Why not use a bookmarklet instead?

  javascript:(function()%7Bwindow.open(%22https%3A%2F%2Fapi.exi.link%2Fchrome%2F%3Fshorten%3D%22%2Bwindow.location.href)%3B%7D)()%3B
bertman··on Chrome-absolver: Absolving web pages from the sins of wretched web developers
This is funny, thanks! Looked like an April Fool's joke, but it's a tiny Chrome extension that removes all `sticky`, `absolute` and `fixed` elements on a page.
bertman··on Instructions for Steam on Chrome OS
Tl;dr:

  1. On your supported Chromebook, switch to Dev channel.
  2. After updating, navigate to chrome://flags#borealis-enabled and set the value to Enabled.
  3. After restarting, open a crosh terminal with ctrl+alt+t.
  4. Type “insert_coin volteer-JOlkth573FBLGa” and hit enter.
  5. Follow the setup flow to install Steam.
  6. Log in with your Steam account and start playing!
bertman··on Show HN: Submit to HN Chrome Extension
https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html
bertman··on Dav1d, fast AV1 decoder, version 1.0
For those that want to test decoding, here are the Netflix test clips: http://download.opencontent.netflix.com/?prefix=AV1/Chimera/
bertman··on Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer
https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/apple-is-put...
bertman··on Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes
>MAKE. THIS. PERMANENT!

I second this. (Also I wanted to see what my avatar looks like, sry)

bertman··on Firefox’s useful email forwarding service Relay is now also a Chrome extension
I'm probably getting old, but I expect a link to the extension in an article about that extension... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/firefox-relay/lknp...
bertman··on Using uBlock Origin with Chrome on Android
Misleading title. Kiwi Browser is NOT Chrome.
bertman··on Show HN: I made a web game called Almost Pong
Fun game! Also Kudos for the "Wordle"-esque share function, i.e. no stupid Twitter or Facebook.
bertman··on Google Turns Old Macs, PCs into Chromebooks with Chrome OS Flex
The installation instructions are "hidden" behind a weird company signup form (https://chromeenterprise.google/os/chromeosflex/#form-sectio...)

Here is the direct link to the installation guide: https://support.google.com/chromeosflex/answer/11552529

bertman··on Ask HN: Best hosted alternative to Google Workspace for email?
Re. 2.: https://accounts.mxroute.com/index.php?/news/view/18/don--03...

Looks like you were not the only one.

bertman··on A web app to generate valid QR codes with readable images
Note: this is all client-side. There is no "upload" to a server.
bertman··on WebAssembly techniques to speed up matrix multiplication
Very cool writeup!

Unfortunately, the bar graphs at the bottom of the article have different y-axis scaling, but even so:

It's sad how Firefox' performance pales in comparison to Chrome.

bertman··on Austria's data protection authority has found that Google Analytics is illegal
I really hope this will have consequences that shake up ad tech, but the cynic in me says: They're just going to add another disclaimer in their cookie banner and exactly nothing will happen.
bertman··on Minimal Viable Programs – Joe Armstrong – Erlang and Other Stuff
>Twitter has a no fuss 140 character tweet box. Simple, easy to understand and minimalist.

Sigh, good old times... Maybe add 2014 to the title.

bertman··on "Widevine Dump":Leaked Code Downloads HD Video from Disney+, Amazon, and Netflix
The repos: https://github.com/widevinedump?tab=repositories
bertman··on Show HN: Excalideck – Use Excalidraw to make slides
This looks very nice and useful, thanks! Bookmarked :D
bertman··on DownThemAll (2019)
Maybe have a look at these:

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/aria2-integratio...

https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/ff2mpv/

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