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shmdeon FindMyCat – Open-Source Pet Tracker

Can your cat sue you for violation of privacy ?

shmdeon The Tyranny of the Marginal User

> Nobody uses Google because they have to, they use it because it is the best.

Oh yeah, you sure its not because its the default browser on Android ?

shmdeon Tails is a portable OS that protects against surveillance and censorship

Tails OS is my daily driver for absolutely normal day usage and do legal stuff. (No tomfoolery involved)

shmdeon How mobile apps illegally share personal data

> There is nothing that actually prevents an installed app from collecting all your data.

What if I use something like AdGuard to block reqs ?

shmdeon Amazon training video on handling unionizing activity (2018) [video]

> Living Wage is a Union Word.

Wait what ?!?

shmdeon Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel

So funny to see *unbiased HN users take up pitchfork in support of a literally Monarchy(House of Thani) + State(Qatar) owned propaganda machine news outlet which constantly writes in favour of their Middle East Masters and silently prefers not to tell the truth in their reporting.

shmdeon Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

> Can I ask you for a recommendation on where to get a license?

You have to sail the high seas. Unless you are a business you cannot possibly get an LTSC license. Such a bummer that the quintessential Windows 10 experience cannot be bought by the average public.

shmdeon Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC. Smooth as butter, I love it. No app store, none of that candy crush stuff. Its what I expected Windows to be. Its a shame that I considered myself a power user but only learnt about it 2 years back.

shmdeon Google no longer offers new domain registrations

you have a whole subreddit dunking on the artstyle. corporate memphis aka Alegria Art. The artstyle is fucking stupid and outright pathetic. Looking at it makes me want to puke on it.

https://old.reddit.com/r/fuckalegriaart/

shmdeon Google no longer offers new domain registrations

I love porkbun. Bought 2 cheap domains and the UI is super duper friendly. Love it. Had used Gandi previously and liked it too.

shmdeon The era-defining aesthetic of “In the Mood for Love”

How are those things flying around ? Lots of CSS Transitions and Transforms ?

shmdeon Show HN: HackYourNews – AI summaries of the top HN stories

> summaries should be shorter

How short till we start losing crucial information ? I think the length is good enough because you can get the absolute gist just by reading the title of the article.

shmdeon Ask HN: What are some well-designed websites?

https://steamdb.info/

I love this website so so much.

shmdeon Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting

Have installed firefox with uBlock Origin on all of my family members android phone + laptops. Always bug my friends to switch over to firefox. I am doing my part. Just make sure that you export all the bookmarks/history/passwords over to FF to make it easier for them to switch.

shmdeon GitHub was down

No its not. Cracked is a term which is usually used in gaming. The term "on crack" is used to denote someone who is on very high energy like someone on literally crack the drug.

shmdeon Google preemptively banned hundreds of millions of 'pirate' URLs last year

Also add in Phind, ChatGPT.

shmdeon I'm Being Stalked and YouTube is Ignoring it [video]

Wait so anyone on the planet can file for a dmca takedown of any youtube video without having to provide a real name but counter filing requires you to put your full legal name ?? How the fuck is this shit even legal ?

shmdeon Ask HN: What is your policy regarding smartphones for your children?

Thread is depressing af. I wonder how many people here had unrestricted access to computers and internet growing up ( I did ) and I am thankful for that. If a kid wanted to do what they wanted to, no amount of restrictions are gonna help.

shmdeon Ask HN: What is your policy regarding smartphones for your children?

Sounds draconian af. This would just... make a kid hack into the iPhone and find out ways to remove restrictions.

shmdeon Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?

No.

shmdeon Social media decline: Users are shifting to messaging apps and group chats

I loved Facebook during 2010-2014. Everyone would post their silly photos or some super inside joke that only people in our classroom could relate to. It was soo refreshing. Crush liking your photo etc. Now I don't even remember my Facebook password and the last time I logged in I remember it was just some shitty hyper local meme/news page with crass content. And I dont have an instagram account. Feels good to just connect one on one with people directly on Whatsapp nowadays.

shmdeon Frequent and infrequent users of social media respond differently to rewards

My drug dealer is limiting my meth supply to only 1 packet a day instead of letting me OD. Thank you dealer !

shmdeon Frequent and infrequent users of social media respond differently to rewards

live example of horseshoe theory.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory

shmdeon Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in US criticizes government online

I am pointing to the fact that why the persons mother was arrested. It was because he wrote a post in favour of a convicted war criminal. I have said nothing out of the subject being discussed here.

shmdeon Mother is arrested in Bangladesh after son in US criticizes government online

The guy he is in support for is a convicted war criminal[1] who raped hindu women and converted Hindus to Islam during Bangladesh Liberation war.

Edit: Added link

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delwar_Hossain_Sayeedi

shmdeon 90% of “eco-friendly” paper straws contain traces of toxic forever chemicals

Add ceramic/clay.

shmdeon UK's infrastructure is too expensive: Railways, Trams, and Roads all cost more

False. Numbers are now in the 15% of the whole population.[1]

I know its a negative stereotype meme at this point and westerners love bringing this old number up whenever India does something good but please do better next time.

[1]https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/rural-water-and-sanitati...

shmdeon Kellogg’s is going to war over Mexico’s nutrition label rules

This is a drink[1] which millions of Indian kids drink while growing up. Just see the amount of added sugar. And parents wonder why is the kid addicted to sugar growing up. Out of 100grams, added sugar = 32.2 grams. 32% of the drink is just pure sugar. People wonder why kids have rotten teeth growing up.

[1] https://www.amazon.in/Cadbury-Bournvita-Chocolate-Health-Dri...

shmdeon Electrolyzer efficiently converts CO2 into renewable propane fuel

Probably the best time to be a propane and propane accesories salesperson.

shmdeon Ask HN: How do I make Windows Pro less trashy?

Switch to Windows 10 LTSC version. You will have to sail the high seas. I have been using it for more than 1 year now and its running fantastic. None of the bloatware. No app store, no candy crush nonsense. I absolutely love using Windows now. This is what Windows experience was meant to be.