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inquirerGeneral··on Apple Vision Pro available for pre-order
OT: yes this is still true for “create link” on iOS though Chrome and Edge both have the option

From 2022 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33328944

inquirerGeneral··on Push notifications – What to push, what not to push, and how often
> * Apps can implement Notification Channels, a way to categorize different types of notifications so that users can enable some but not others.

This is something that is underutilized by non power users on Android, and makes it FAR better than iOS on top of the already better notification delivery system

recently got an iPhone 15 Pro and man, iOS sucks

inquirerGeneral··on Twitch rescinds its artistic nudity policy
Grow up
inquirerGeneral··on Google is embedding inaudible watermarks into its AI generated music
This is really cool. I like how the headline is clickbait so people get a negative impression from it, while it's literally a great positive thing.
inquirerGeneral··on Plex to block all servers hosted at Hetzner
"Anyone else get this Plex notice?" https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/16iqwf4/anyone_else_g...
inquirerGeneral··on RFC 9420 a.k.a. Messaging Layer Security
That's a vast oversimplification and is not really telling the whole story
inquirerGeneral··on FedNow Is Live
Plaid still uses ACH just like it has always been used for years.

It is just an easier way to connect and link accounts and data alongside it.

inquirerGeneral··on Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
You are suggesting that A/B testing is going away rather than this being simply an addition to widespread testing.
inquirerGeneral··on Twitter 2.0: Our continued commitment to the public conversation
I do not think it means A/B testing and such is going away, but that public testing is going to be more widespread about things most people will probably be interested in.
inquirerGeneral··on US economy returned to growth last quarter, expanding 2.6%
Don't worry, @vikingerik will continue to double down.
inquirerGeneral··on The rise of biodigital surveillance
I cannot disagree more.
inquirerGeneral··on Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
there is no digital record on my Google Pay, because it is a tokenized system on top of a tokenized system
inquirerGeneral··on Crazy Thin ‘Deep Insert’ ATM Skimmers
There are not many anymore without a CHIP reader, because VISA and Mastercard FINALLY stopped the delay of shifting liability for all fraud to the individual gas station in summer 2021.
inquirerGeneral··on Meta’s metaverse hype leads to real-world backlash
... So the matrix, ok
inquirerGeneral··on Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach
Yeah make up your facts better.
inquirerGeneral··on Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
These authors are a joke
inquirerGeneral··on Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
That's why the j&j actually has proven to be better
inquirerGeneral··on Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
Interesting how the Latino population in Age \ Deaths doesn't increase with age like the other populations

What you said only applies to Latinos

inquirerGeneral··on Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
Mishandle? They got the vaccine rolled out by August and September to start production.

One of the few things Trump did correctly was the early pandemic handling while the cries of "stop travel from China" was called racist and unnecessary.

There was nothing else that could have been done except fire the head of the CDC after their flip flop politics instead of science.

inquirerGeneral··on Trends in menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination
Google exists. Are you that unable to use it?

https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/aug/02/highereduc...

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1949/moniz/articl...

inquirerGeneral··on What happened to the lab-leak hypothesis?
Thank you for showing how you started with zero genuine curiosity or scientific inquiry, instead opting for a total dismissal and refusal to actually consider the possibility.

It is not that you had any reason to believe she was wrong. There is far more evidence for it than what Alina has shown.

Have you read the WSJ's constant updates on this story? They have singlehandedly pressured China and the WHO into re-looking into the situation--the only reason nothing has come of it (yet) is they are stalling for any final answers (again).

The "lableak cannot be real" proponets are the least scientific people around. I almost put you in the same group as a Flat Earther, a Young Earth Creationist, and a Scientologist. You're a little better, maybe.

inquirerGeneral··on Peter Thiel helped build big tech. Now he wants to tear it all down
ALERT ALERT!

"bad faith" used in a political thread!

All your opinions are now null and void.

inquirerGeneral··on Amazon says browser extension Honey is a security risk, now that PayPal owns it
seriously, agreed.
inquirerGeneral··on Tell HN: Outline.com is offline, domain for sale
@jer0me this is actually NYT capable as of April 2022
inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
"But given its importance and that i0S 14 already has a similar feature, it's more likely to ship than not. What could make Google's implementation better than Apple's is how easy it is to access more information requires you to head to the settings to see exactly what's going"

https://www.androidpolice.com/2021/03/22/android-12-isnt-sim...

inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
That's because you're trying to use apps that use the services of Google. Pixel phones are still the best to use to wipe and put other operating systems on
inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
Your concerns are the same that I had up until about 3 years ago when Microsoft and Google changed everything because at least at Google they do not care about your actual data because they can aggregate and anonymize it and a level that nobody else in the entire world can.

This is why it's way more dangerous to give data to even open source apps that are encrypted and secure because if they ever do change your privacy policy and you don't pay attention to it, they could say they start selling your data and you continue to agree to it.

inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
Good post.

Google has actually went even further in making it transparent where they show every bit of data they have on you. You can delete it all review it all have it auto delete, they don't need any of it

inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
Why would you not update your phone security updates? Do you even read anything about Android updates. It's extremely important for vital security flaws if you use any sort of modern apps.

It's a huge advocate of keeping all my data private but now knowing how useful it is to anonymize, encrypt and use it all on my device with things like Google Pay, I strongly advocate if you're using Google or Samsung services to update.

Plus these updates usually are Android level and not related to Samsung or Google

inquirerGeneral··on Do you really want Linux phones
Google spying on you is the least of your worries, they are the most transparent of all the big tech companies if you ever manage to dig into your Google profile these days.

If anything Google is so far ahead they are advocating more privacy and less data being sent if you choose, because they don't sell it directly to people like a local grocery store with its own app or Amazon does.

Federated learning AI is basically making it where Google can continue to have all the benefits of massive data mining without any personal information ever having to leak out

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