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bighoss97··on The browser's biggest TLS mistake
This is a good behavior, since it means less bytes to transfer per connection. Worst case scenario, the browser doesn't have/can't get the intermediate certs required and the connection fails.
bighoss97··on Headerless C
Works on every major compiler. I don't see how that's non-portable.
bighoss97··on Deletionpedia: Rescuing articles from Wikipedia's deletionism
Hell yeah man!
bighoss97··on CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
If there is no right to life then there are no rights whatsoever. Last I checked most countries uphold a right to life for their citizens.
bighoss97··on Show HN: Typeracer but with Random Copypasta
If you make a new room, you can share the url and have people join. Players in a room can vote for new posts and to start the race.
bighoss97··on Google Search Is Dying
This is facts. Appending reddit to any google search gives much better results.
bighoss97··on Ask HN: If not Medium, then what?
I bought a year of Medium subscription but I don't think I'll renew it because their suggestion algorithms are bad. If you click on one programming-related article you will be forcefed exclusively the most boring programming crap ever until the end of time. There's like a million articles on there about "programming habits" and "genius daily routines" and "productivity hacks" and "programming career advice" ... all very boring content.

A major issue I see with online blogging is the glut of tech and computing content drowning out everything else. The barrier to entry for self-hosted content also means most self-hosted content is tech oriented.

bighoss97··on How I spend less time on YouTube
I'm 19 and I agree with you. For most things, text content is the best way to learn.
bighoss97··on Dracula Theme – A dark theme for many different apps
I think a big factor with color themes is actually the monitor settings. I have my monitor tuned for dark mode everywhere. If I put a light theme on, the contrast doesn't look right and I go back to dark themes. Maybe it's a result of my fine-tuning, but the default "Visual Studio Dark" theme in VS Code is my favorite. It's a great minimalist theme. And I've even tried a lot of the minimalist themes suggested in this thread.
bighoss97··on Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Wikipedia
This solves my biggest problem with Wikipedia, which is the index being placed in a box at the top of the page. You moved the index to the side. Nice work!
bighoss97··on Class-action suit filed against Meta for facilitating Rohingya Genocide [pdf]
There's this WP article https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/26/faceboo...

where they bend the truth. The headline is "5 points for an angry emoji, one for a like", but in reality it's 5 points for any emoji at all, and one for a like. Which I think makes sense, hitting like is something that's automatic for a lot of people, whereas taking the time to select an emoji that most closely matches your reaction to a post is a much more "engaged" interaction.