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l1ghthouseon Check out and criticise my business idea

Maybe showcase what games a user can play before signing up.

l1ghthouseon Which Macs will be officially supported by macOS 12?

What apps? Just curious

l1ghthouseon Show HN: Quiet helps you block distractions on the internet (macOS/iOS)

Hi Hacker News,

A big update of my app Quiet is released, celebrating its 5th anniversary. I am especially proud of the systemwide domain blocker on the Mac.

TL;DR Quiet is a content blocker for Safari on iPhone and iPad and a system-wide content blocker on Mac. With Quiet installed and running users can free themselves of web-based distractions like social media, specific websites, instant messaging services, and more.

I know this app is maybe not that appealing for the tech crowd because there are other solutions available, often open source. Quiet is very easy to use and is the app you can recommend to your not so tech savvy friends or family.

Check it out!

Thank you :)

- Peter

l1ghthouseon Facebook still ‘secretly’ tracks your iPhone

Is Facebook messenger not available in the browser?

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: What do you think I should do with Bro.Science domain?

I approve :D

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: What do you think I should do with Bro.Science domain?

Bust myths with science. Than people can point to bro.science/mythical-topic

l1ghthouseon Show HN: I made an app to help you track and organize your monthly bills

Not available in my country :-(

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

Maybe not clear enough normal sharing works yes.. but recommendations of persons to share with in the system share sheets are not working.

https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/iphone_...

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

Maybe not clear enough normal sharing works yes.. but recommendations of persons to share with in the system share sheets are not working.

https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/iphone_...

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

How iMessage does it: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec70e68c949/...

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

I know Telegram is less secure and Secret Chats are an opt-in. Security-wise Signal would be better... but:

Signal experience isn't that good. Alien from the platform they run on. For example, no system recommendations to send this person a message or share something with them through signal.. Telegram is more a platform native and integrated into the system.

Also there is the issue of messages arriving late (not minutes but hours late, sometimes days late)

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

Im also from The Netherlands. I don't use whatsapp at all... (for me its a bliss and removes the group chats insanity)

iMessage and Telegram covers everyone I know.

l1ghthouseon Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp Outage

That explains all the new Telegram contacts :P

l1ghthouseon How to get rid of a YouTube addiction

Block it on your network or on your device

l1ghthouseon Show HN: Hashnode - the easiest way to start a developer blog and get readership

What is your business model?

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: Why does Facebook clear my browser tab's history when I visit FB?

It used cut instead of copy... :P

l1ghthouseon Swift Control Flow with When-Then-Else

https://archive.is/ruPM4

l1ghthouseon Euclid – Scientific calculator for iOS/macOS

My vote is for Pcalc too

l1ghthouseon Two Amazon Developers Created a $24.9B Amazon Killer ( Medium)

https://archive.is/20ToV

l1ghthouseon Apple to let Facebook online events temporarily avoid 30% cut

Not only Facebook. Also other developers. Like Airbnb and classpass for example.

Source: https://9to5mac.com/2020/09/25/apple-pausing-its-30-ios-cut-...

l1ghthouseon JPMorgan to Move $230B Assets to Germany in Brexit Shift

https://archive.is/Wi9uS

l1ghthouseon Why Mozilla Matters and Won’t Switch to WebKit

(2013)

l1ghthouseon Facebook says Apple’s new iPhone update will disrupt online advertising

Finally!

l1ghthouseon Mozilla Lifeboat

"For Mozilla folks looking for a landing spot, Safari and WebKit teams have a number of openings. DM if interested in any of the below: - HTTP stack - Web dev tools - 3D/AR/VR - Mac app - iOS app - Web Extensions - Any web platform area (layout, web APIs, ...) "

https://twitter.com/othermaciej/status/1293252487021916161

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: How to nab and block a creepy user?

Let them handle account creation and detect misuse.

l1ghthouseon How to process more than 350K requests per month free using 3 free ETA services

Caching not cashing

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown?

BrandBook - a Mac app that makes it easy to share the brand identity of a company with all employees.

https://apps.apple.com/app/brandbook/id1470289369?mt=12

l1ghthouseon Show HN: Find journalists, bloggers and webmasters covering your niche

How can I delete my account?

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: What password manager do you use?

Keychain

l1ghthouseon Ask HN: SendGrid alternative for transactional email?

https://sendy.co - self hosted - one time payment for the application itself - works with AWS SES - helps dealing with the overhead you described - happy user for many years :)