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didacusc··on Proton Global Outage
Still down
didacusc··on Proton Global Outage
Is it this? https://www.namecheap.com/status-updates/ongoing-temporary-t...
didacusc··on Project Nomad – Knowledge That Never Goes Offline
Vibe-coded crap, again
didacusc··on I love email (2023)
The best thing to come out of the internet!
didacusc··on Show HN: Rust compiler in PHP emitting x86-64 executables
well there is a context to this of people doing ridiculous projects just because they can through LLMs, of which Claude excels at for code-writing, so it makes sense that two users would have a similar reaction to this. also copying jokes from other people is as old as time (just check youtube comments from 2008)
didacusc··on Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
And Criterion :(
didacusc··on Tell HN: Bending Spoons laid off almost everybody at Vimeo yesterday
They did the same thing with Komoot and other apps. I don't understand where the money comes from and how they are planning to keep this portfolio growing.
didacusc··on Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids
Why not just burn DVDs with whatever content one wants to fetch and re-encode to SD MPEG2? It's not like kids are super critical about picture quality anyway.
didacusc··on Quill OS: An open-source OS for Kobo's eReaders
If they ever make a Kobo like the Kindle Oasis, I'll switch. Until then, I'm holding onto the best e-reader experience I've ever had.
didacusc··on It’s been a very hard year
Isn't this a bit of an ad?
didacusc··on Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026
No chance of it ever being hit by anything?
didacusc··on The Early Days of AI
Thank you for saving me many minutes. It has happened more and more recently that 'interesting' headlines lead to AI slop blog posts and it just all feels like such a waste of time. Sad that content has degenerated in this way.
didacusc··on Keep Android Open
That is simply not true. I have tried to get so many people on Linux, just for it to fail when they try to do something simple, enough times in a row for them to want to go back to Windows.

I really wish it was seamless and good, but it just isn't (and frankly it's a bit embarrassing it isn't given desktop environments for GNU Linux have been in development for 20+ years).

didacusc··on Keep Android Open
It's finally the time for Sailfish OS / Linux Smartphone OSes!
didacusc··on Roc Camera
Couldn't agree more!
didacusc··on Roc Camera
What a silly idea, a whole Raspberry Pi for basic photography! Just the boot-up alone would drive someone nuts, you'd miss the moment every time and I'd drain your battery if you left it on. So silly.
didacusc··on Matrix Conference 2025 Highlights
Is this an appropriate course ahead? I found the split of Element Pro and Element much more interesting to achieve a nice app for normal users and a power app for professionals. I don't think I'd like my WhatsApp replacement to look/feel like a Slack replacement.

And most importantly, is there a completely new approach that Element / Matrix can bring to messaging that doesn't feel like it's replacing something?

didacusc··on The cost of turning down wind turbines in Britain
Is there a list of supported thermostats? Would be very interested in implementing this ahead of the winter.
didacusc··on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework
Saying that the macOS desktop is vastly inferior to Linux desktops is absolutely nuts. I've tried to get my relatives on Linux desktops so many times, just for it to go completely wrong a couple of weeks after and having to reinstall Windows. It's just not made for average (or below-average) users, so I don't see how it can be VASTLY inferior to something as easy and polished as macOS.
didacusc··on FFmpeg 8.0 adds Whisper support
what would it make of this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyvZUxnIC3k
didacusc··on Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December
You can choose between a locked down system, iOS, and a free one, Android. No-one is forcing you to buy an Apple device.
didacusc··on Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December
Most people on desktops / laptops interact with these services via a web browser, which has very limited permissions on the system. Not sure how you could control that tightly on a fully open iOS.
didacusc··on Japan: Apple Must Lift Browser Engine Ban by December
On iOS, I can trust that pretty much everyone in my family won't download something silly that then creates a security hole in their devices. Not sure how you could guarantee that if you could load code post-review. What would be the point of the review, then? Wouldn't the App Store be littered with trojan horses in waiting?
didacusc··on Ligeti – Musica ricercata No.7 – Cantabile – ARR. for theremin and analog synths [video]
I found a fascinating arrangement of a funky Ligeti work. I had listened to it on the piano, but the sound of the theremin mixed with the programmed analogue synths really elevates the piece for me.
didacusc··on Google has most of my email because it has all of yours (2014)
More annoying than that is the email monopoly operators deciding any non-monopoly email is spam, effectively driving businesses into their corporate packages. As a business, you have no guarantee that if you run your email server or have a hosting company run it, you'll actually be reaching customers.
didacusc··on Show HN: Jelly – A simpler shared inbox for small teams
29 dollars a month is a bit of an insane starter price, especially for smaller teams.
didacusc··on Amazon reveals first color Kindle, new Kindle Scribe, and more
Hmmm... I was wondering why my Kindle Oasis had suddenly become slow and unreliable after the latest update. Now I understand