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protoster··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
I don't want to use "X", I want to read updates from orgs and people who, unfortunately, don't post them elsewhere.
protoster··on Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices
FYI web extension "Old Reddit Redirect" was just updated. Restores anonymous access and old reddit. I looked under the hood and it's just setting a "redesign_optout" cookie, so I'd say our days are numbered regardless.
protoster··on Browser De-Slop
My guess for privacy and anti-tracking is that trying to resist fingerprinting is, ironically, very fingerprintable.
protoster··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
Uh oh. Should I grab an iPhone now before those prices are raised?
protoster··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
Don't get your hopes up. The industry is well underway in migrating everything possible away from native apps to Electron.
protoster··on 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
Doesn't matter that's it's a myth, it's salient and has become a layperson talking point. This is an official post on nvidia.com that can be quoted: "The NVIDIA DSX reference design for AI factories has zero water consumption"
protoster··on Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension
>Other Chromium-based browsers like Opera and Microsoft Edge could soon follow suit too. Although it is not specified, Edge began disabling uBlock Origin back in February

Cmon, it's in the article.

protoster··on Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension
I expected some kind of fallout from Google nuking uBo. I've heard pretty much nothing so far.
protoster··on Microsoft announces Scout, an autonomous AI agent built on OpenClaw
They're working on it.
protoster··on Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Thinking that Gmail thinks anything about you is giving them too much credit. The only reason for any of this is the desperation to juice their AI usage metrics.
protoster··on Valve raises Steam Deck prices
More like a global economic depression
protoster··on Valve raises Steam Deck prices
This feels like a sign of something very bad happening soon
protoster··on YouTube, your RSS feeds are broken
For real. There has to be an RSS fan high up in the company, because RSS allows users to bypass the very thing YT are pushing so hard for i.e. recommendations and shorts.
protoster··on Windows 11's second-chance setup dialogs hurt IT, drain productivity
Yes, it's very good. However, basically-every-current-multiplayer-shooter is a big missing category.
protoster··on Windows 11's second-chance setup dialogs hurt IT, drain productivity
Coverage is still partial because some VERY popular games do not run on Linux due to anti-cheat
protoster··on Microsoft isn't removing Copilot from Windows 11, it's just renaming it
> At the start of the year, Microsoft generated a lot of goodwill among Windows 11 fans when it announced its big plan to fix the operating system in 2026

The only thing generated was boatloads of incredulity and some laughs.

protoster··on Our commitment to Windows quality
So why did they make taskbar bottom only in the first place? Too difficult to implement? Branding? No room for ads when it's vertical?
protoster··on Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload
I'm in the same boat, have to use Windows at work. In addition to whatver MS is doing, every workstation is encumbered with various EDR and antivirus software.
protoster··on Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload
For sure, but 11 is on a whole new level in my experience.
protoster··on Microsoft is walking back Windows 11's AI overload
Too late, idiots. Just as Windows 10 was being retired, you ran the craziest anti-marketing campaign I've ever seen and successfully coaxed me into switching my daily driver to Linux. Until this year, I've been using windows my ENTIRE life.
protoster··on American importers and consumers bear the cost of 2025 tariffs: analysis
Many problems in the world would be solved if people actually read Economics 101.
protoster··on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
Author seems to enjoy writing posts that get lots of votes on site that I would describe as eye-rending, especially the "normal" yellow color scheme. It's aggressively unpleasant to read.
protoster··on It's hard to justify Tahoe icons
tonsky.me is a troll site that should be banned from being posted on HN
protoster··on Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo
I'm raising my hands, you got me.
protoster··on Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo
There are three browsers: FF, Chrome, Safari. I'm not on Apple so FF is the least worst option.
protoster··on Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo
I use Firefox because I don't want to use a browser provided by an advertising company e.g. Chrome.
protoster··on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change
It's simple advertising. People have a higher chance to use a product if it is advertised to them. I don't think there is a microsoft app these days that doesn't have a copilot logo visible in it at all times (even Paint).
protoster··on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change
>Windows itself is about to change in a really big way such that it already requires AI-specific hardware

The AI models that everyone wants to use are cloud based. What is the purpose of AI hardware on users' machine?

protoster··on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change
Nothing. MS decision makers are fulfilling their duty to maximize profit by utilizing Windows to funnel users towards their most profitable, revenue generating, services of Azure and Office Copilot 365.
protoster··on Gmail AI gets more intrusive
This is often the case with Google products because the A/B testing is rampant.
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