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nsuser3··on Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
You can use Stylus (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/) to add custom CSS to websites.
nsuser3··on Google adds experimental setting to hide full URLs in Chrome 85 address bar
Real example of why this is a bad idea: www.cs.usfca.edu is not cs.usfca.edu. The latter doesn't even have a DNS entry set up..

A screenshot of the browser will not show the www, making it more difficult to find the website.

nsuser3··on It’s Time to Get Back to RSS
Customizable HN feeds (inofficial): https://edavis.github.io/hnrss/

It's really easy to get posts on the frontpage only if they have more than x points:

https://hnrss.org/frontpage?points=x

Or contain certain keywords:

https://hnrss.org/newest?q=git+OR+linux

nsuser3··on Liero can be played in browser now, for those who remember
Try setting media.peerconnection.enabled to true in about:config.
nsuser3··on How to make Linux run fast again on Intel CPUs
Some mitigations also apply to AMD CPUs.
nsuser3··on Ask HN: What are your arguments in favor of end-to-end encryption?
Smarter bad actors could still do it without being detected. Hiding an encrypted message in unsuspicious messages isn't that difficult. I really don't see the point of having such a law.
nsuser3··on Look out for the second 2019 GPS week number rollover
> But then it will immediately break because 32 bit dates wrap around in 2038!

Do modern browsers still use 32 bit timestamps internally?

Regardless, it's probably not a good idea to rely on the browser saving cookies forever.

nsuser3··on I love my paper dictionary (2017)
The difference is a matter of getting used to it.
nsuser3··on How Uber Got Lost
Maybe by detecting the notification vibration?
nsuser3··on Deconstructing Google’s excuses on tracking protection
I'm not his employer (luckily).
nsuser3··on A Worrying Analysis of Recent Neural Recommendation Approaches
Isn't it all about 'engagement' (at least for companies)?

Facebook -> make the user see more ads

Amazon -> make the user buy more things

nsuser3··on Brave Improves Its Ad-Blocker Performance with New Engine in Rust
How old is your PC? Mine is ~5 years old and Chromium has worse performance for me.
nsuser3··on When it comes to privacy, default settings matter
The total amount of loaded pages in Private Browsing doesn't really have to be private?
nsuser3··on Password expiration is dead, long live passwords
> Far better entropy

> random array of everyday words

No, that's not how entropy works. Random characters still score better.

nsuser3··on Google to push new ads on its apps
It's open source and I haven't heard anything negative about it. Only downside is that using a VPN at the same time is probably (?) impossible.
nsuser3··on Google to push new ads on its apps
Try Blokada (https://blokada.org/), it blocks ads system-wide.
nsuser3··on For Better Computing, Liberate CPUs from Garbage Collection
> also allow some higher-but-not-peak intensity software to be written with GC where it might not be today (games come to mind), although that could actually encourage more energy usage than what it would save.

Just look at Minecraft for that (it's written in Java). A recent version created up to 200 MB of garbage per second!

nsuser3··on Court Says Using Chalk on Tires for Parking Enforcement Violates Constitution
Off-topic, but I really like that the website offers a text-only version without tracking.
nsuser3··on Darpa wants to make a better, more secure, version of WhatsApp
> -full desktop support for video and voice calls

Any desktop support would be nice. WhatsApp web is not a real solution.

nsuser3··on Show HN: Tree of Reddit Sex Life
> The classification also seems a bit manual and arbitrary.

That's because it was basically copied from /r/NSFW411's wiki.

nsuser3··on The Market for Lemons
> [...] Then they are only willing to pay a fixed price for a car that averages the value of a "peach" and "lemon" together (p_avg).

So every used car has the same price?

nsuser3··on Banner ads on CNN.com contain keyloggers
They are in monospace?
nsuser3··on Two Generals and Time Machines
Eve could defeat any strategy by dropping all messages.
nsuser3··on How Minecraft is helping kids fall in love with books
> is much more engaged with them

What do you mean? Isn't he just reading them?

nsuser3··on MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for pros
Let's call it the MacBook Pro Pro
nsuser3··on Growing up with AI
Openstreetmap can be very good when used with the right app. On Android I like OsmAnd, it has the best available UI imo.
nsuser3··on Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for water-splitting using sunlight
Why not 2 H20 -> 2 H2 + O2?
nsuser3··on A standards-based PDF viewer created using Electron and Pdf.js
I really dont understand why I should open a new browser instance (Electron) to view one pdf when I could just open it in my browser..
nsuser3··on 7-Zip: From Uninitialized Memory to Remote Code Execution
> Because 7zip is not a good auto update software

Updates should be handled by the OS anyway IMO

nsuser3··on Show HN: Tube – Minimalist YouTube
After it has finished processing, youtube-dl will (by default) download the best format anyway.
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