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n1000on Why Did ProtonMail Vanish from Google Search Results? (2016)

This article is from 2016. Maybe this should be mentioned in the headline.

n1000on A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done

Maybe. But I think the method is not supposed to be applied word by word. Reading the book taught me some very important lessons nevertheless. What is an actionable item. Tasks must be clear. Small task should taken care of right away. etc.

n1000on Ask HN: Does your Amazon Echo talk to you without being asked?

your wait is over: https://youtu.be/J9gUIhkzNDk

@OP: Better don‘t watch ;)

n1000on New iOS 11.1 update fixes KRACK only for iPhone 7, early 2016 iPad Pro and later

Is it possible to deactivate wifi in the control center? most annoying feature in years...

n1000on Purism Librem Laptops Completely Disable Intel’s Management Engine

https://decentraleyes.org/

> Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.

n1000on Purism Librem Laptops Completely Disable Intel’s Management Engine

Could you provide sources for this? I have never heard of such a Dell machine... My understanding was that there are currently no real options to run an Intel CPU laptop without ME.

n1000on [dead]

...and arstechica has its doubts: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/09/lg-is-releasing-a-mo...

n1000on Changes to Google Scholar

Scholar is by far the most powerful search site for academic literature. They not only find new publications weeks before other platforms do, but also find far more literature from all sources.

Nevertheless, I feel like this is one of these half-hearted Google projects and doesn't fully live up to its potential. This relatively subtle UI change is a good example that they don't seem to care too much about taking it further. I just pray Google doesn't shut it down one day.

n1000on Deep neural networks more accurate than humans at detecting sexual orientation

I love the fact that the authors also see that implication and include a warning.

> Additionally, given that companies and governments are increasingly using computer vision algorithms to detect people’s intimate traits, our findings expose a threat to the privacy and safety of gay men and women.

n1000on PhD Productivity Strategy: Do Deep Work in Less Hours

Just got myself a nice pair of noise-cancelling headphones last week. I had some extremely productive hours like I've hardly known before.

n1000on UK launches program to explore removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere

Well, photosynthesis has been deployed some million years ago and works rather well. Stop deforestation, manage forest wisely and start using wood again. 1 m3 wood = 1 ton of CO2 sequestered.

n1000on Apple’s new APFS file system

As far as I understand it, this will verify checksums within the time machine backup by comparing hashes with the ones that were created during backup. However, it will not compare the files against the ones on the system. So it protecte against bitrot on the backup disk only.

n1000on Apple’s new APFS file system

Since there seem to be experts here in the discussion: I keep thinking about a little toy open-source project to adress bitrot in TimeMachine backups. A utility that compares chekcksums of the original file against its backup. Apparently Apple started using hashes internally in Time Machine and it would probably be simplest to use those. However, I cannot find any documentation on the internals of Time Machine. Does anyone know where to start looking? Would such a tool make sense at all?

n1000on iPad 9.7‑inch

Apparently Apple doubled the storage.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/03/21/apple-iphone-se-in-32gb...

n1000on NASA proposes a magnetic shield to protect Mars' atmosphere

> The current scientific consensus is that, like Earth, Mars once had a magnetic field that protected its atmosphere. Roughly 4.2 billion years ago, this planet's magnetic field suddenly disappeared, which caused Mars' atmosphere to slowly be lost to space.

What kind of event could cause the loss of a planet's magnetic field?

n1000on Little Snitch 3 – Protect your privacy

Its a volume license of our university.

n1000on Little Snitch 3 – Protect your privacy

I do it even though I have legal copies of Microsoft Office and Adobe software. It is incredible how often these apps send around data even while I am not using them and have no live.com account.

n1000on If you don’t finish then you’re just busy, not productive

I also learned this the hard way recently. I have always been extremely busy. But finishing a large project, such as a PhD, forced me to learn that one needs to check at least 1 or 2 of these boxes on the todo list in the evening. Otherwise there has been no progress and, even worse, I will go home frustrated and have burned a lot of energy. Oh yeah, and ask a doctor about ADD.

n1000on Wi-Fi TimeSync

...or Airplay.

n1000on ThinkPad X1 Carbon

and move away from the annual major release cycle again...

n1000on Postgres has special date/time input value called 'allballs'

:D For anyone who missed it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12949114

n1000on My search for a MacBook Pro alternative

Plus: Not having one single de facto standard USB port, no more MagSafe, no more optical audio out, apparently poor battery life, and an insane price tag.

n1000on Ask HN: New Macbook pro late 2016, good tips to setup, try new features, etc?

https://github.com/drduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide

n1000on A Week with the New Macbook Pro with Touch Pad

The ventilation system also seems buggy at this point.

http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/261604/45492

n1000on Why the MacBook Pro Is Limited to 16GB of RAM

The weird thing is that Apple did not use all the space they possibly could for the battery. Have a look at the teardowns. There is room to put ca. 5% more battery. Supposedly they wanted to stay below 3 pounds.

That is the amount the other RAM type would have used... So this was likely more about weight than battery life.

n1000on MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar Teardown

I can see the marketing storyline: 3.0 pounds sounds cooler than 10+h battery life. Because: 10 hours = 1 working day = enough

n1000on MacBook Pro 13" Touch Bar Teardown

can anybody tell me why Apple didn't try harder to max out the battery?? apparently the 15" version has even more unused space:

https://9to5mac.com/2016/11/15/2016-macbook-pro-non-removabl...

if this is really a compromise to hit some weight target I will have to join the "Apple don't care about the Pros anymore" camp...

n1000on Review: Touch Bar MacBook Pros give an expensive glimpse at the Mac’s future

I found this review to be written with half the enthusiasm as his 13" model review. Maybe this is the reason :)

n1000on Codehash.db – A public database for software and firmware hashes

Sorry, I am new to this, but my understanding is that homebrew will verify the hash before installing, right?

n1000on Why did ProtonMail vanish from Google search results for months?

Thanks for the insight. Makes me understand what is going on "on the other side". Although the message is a bit sad. If you don't scream loud enough it doesn't get fixed.

Steve Jobs seemed to have an ear or the 0.1% :) I am pretty certain one (rare) OSX bug got fixed because I emailed him.