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nisiddharthon When did Google get so weird?

A small search engine with a tiny user base is paying another search engine enough that it is paying enough tax on received money to fund a war? How does that make any sense? I also hate the war, I'm not on any side, but this just doesn't make any sense.

nisiddharthon I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea

I don't think they even have electricity, let alone the internet.

nisiddharthon Android 17 and higher includes a Memory Limiter

Android 17 and higher includes the Memory Limiter, a system service that monitors and limits the memory usage of application processes using Linux cgroup v2. More memory consumption will be counted as a bad behaviour: https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answ...

nisiddharthon Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users

Try using the Droid-ify client: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify/

nisiddharthon AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link

I use the Droid-ify client and rarely get issues: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.looker.droidify/

nisiddharthon Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux

The website is so hard to read for me. The font weight should be more :(

nisiddharthon Casio F-B100W-1A

I have it. I sometimes hate the fake screws on it, but I love it.

nisiddharthon VLC for Unity now supported on Linux

I've 3rd party cookies blocked and it works just fine. Have you disabled all cookies?!

nisiddharthon Bonnie Tyler has died

Where have all the good men gone and where are all the gods?

nisiddharthon Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt

They're referring to the font on the T-shirt.

nisiddharthon Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network

Indian equivalent: https://railradar.in/railradar

nisiddharthon FUTO Swipe – A new swipe typing model

Tap on the language, a scrollable list of layouts comes on top.

nisiddharthon MapComplete: Maps about various topics which you can contribute to

I use this app fairly regularly to locate public toilets (I walk 15-20 km daily in random directions after getting down a random bus stop in my city) and have contributed some locations as well.

nisiddharthon Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left

I want to do the same, but how does one migrate to a different E-mail provider? The current email address is in use in uncountable places, how will all of that change?

nisiddharthon Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution

"Americans", do they own the entire American continent?

nisiddharthon Ghostty – Terminal Emulator

This is not about it being a hobby, ghostty is the sanest terminal emulator currently available for MacOS where you can just install and start using it. Customising your terminal doesn't need to be your hobby anymore.

nisiddharthon Termux

Even simpler is https://github.com/JunkFood02/Seal

nisiddharthon Termux

There's an app "Material Files", there you can add SSH servers as storage locations and then copy paste files as if the locations are mounted in your phone.

nisiddharthon Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?

If you haven't yet, find `git rerere` as well