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jdndbfbf··on Wish S-1
Those aren't even fake. They don't list apple as the brand. They don't use the apple logo. The only "fake" thing is using "for airpods" in the product title.
jdndbfbf··on Wish S-1
The reverse is true. Shanghai to Chicago is cheaper than Chicago to Dallas. Trump said he was going to get rid of the subsidies but he never did.
jdndbfbf··on Spot the sniper in these photos (2014)
I'm curious what countermeasures snipers employ against thermal cameras. They could hide from above under a thick tarp.
jdndbfbf··on Imgur launched 10 years ago on Reddit
Redirecting to a page full of ads is different from having a horrible javascript bloated page that takes 20 seconds to load on mobile.
jdndbfbf··on Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
What happens when your registrar shuts you off?
jdndbfbf··on Ik.me: a free email address for life developed and hosted in Switzerland
Privacy
jdndbfbf··on Google sued: Idle Android eats mobile data to send telemetry and preload ads
Iphones are so locked down. You can't access the file system. If you plug it into a computer it doesn't appear as a device you can just copy files to. You have to install some garbage software to transfer the files for you. It can't even play webm videos.
jdndbfbf··on Ask HN: Replacing Amazon Shopping
It's an illusion of choice. All those tools are made in the same factory in china.
jdndbfbf··on Durable Objects in Production
Are there any large companies that use cloudflare workers in production?
jdndbfbf··on Origins of the youtube-dl project
If I run that script in an infinite loop, downloading the same persons photos, can I make they go bankrupt?
jdndbfbf··on Army wants smaller brigades, stronger divisions and lots of robots
What is wrong with the military application of robotics?
jdndbfbf··on Face masks and gloves found on 30% of UK beaches in clean-up
Just wait until you learn how prevalent Christmas decorations are in abandoned buildings
jdndbfbf··on YouTube's Fake Animal Rescue Ring [video]
There are many channels devoted to animal abuse on youtube. Some of the worst are where store bought mice are dropped in glue traps and they struggle to death. It's disturbing.
jdndbfbf··on The $955M in Bitcoin Hackers Have Been After Just Moved
That is genius.
jdndbfbf··on App Will Help You Follow Election Results Without Triggering Your Anxiety
Why does it have to be an app? I don't want to install your garbage spyware on my phone. Just make an extremely simple webpage without any ads or other garbage.
jdndbfbf··on How to publish Git repos that cannot be republished to GitHub
https://primes.utm.edu/curios/page.php?number_id=953
jdndbfbf··on Instagram servers download any link sent in Direct Messages even if it's 2.6 GB
Yes I remember reading an article posted here before on using Facebook to ddos
jdndbfbf··on Spy agency ducks questions about 'back doors' in tech products
The director of the NSA lied while under oath to congress, and nothing happened. As far as I'm concerned, what 3 letter agencies say publically is irrelevant.
jdndbfbf··on Lawmakers Want to Protect Local Newspapers From Google, Facebook
Android itself is open source. The issue is Google play services that provides a lot of functionally that many apps rely on. You can run something like lineage os or graphene os, it works great for basic phone and browser functionality.
jdndbfbf··on Ask HN: I have 3 weeks off, what should I build?
The only thing stopping you is yourself.
jdndbfbf··on CBP Refuses to Tell Congress How It Is Tracking Americans Without a Warrant
Then CBP will just do what the CIA did when they needed to fund their operations.
jdndbfbf··on Washington crews destroy first U.S. “murder hornet” nest
The probably don't fly very far from their nest.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sX7bmNv10c

jdndbfbf··on Ad-blocker extension caught stealing user data and-accessing accounts
Yes legal action is the way to solve this problem....
jdndbfbf··on Ask HN: Is Microsoft preferable, from a privacy point of view, to Google?
Yes, the same Microsoft that offers full disk encryption where they send your private key to their servers in case law enforcement wants to decrypt your drive.