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simon1573··on Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage
Oh! I didn’t now there was support for Proton Drive in rclone. I’m on a Visionary plan since they re-opened that for a while so now I get the use the storage too. Thanks :)
simon1573··on Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
One of them is what Arrival (2016) is based on.
simon1573··on Passkeys are generally available
Yubikey advise you to buy two keys and keep one with you and one in a safe space, only used for recovery. That requires the service you use it on to allow multiple keys though, and that’s unfortunately not always the case.
simon1573··on The boiling frog of digital freedom
Safari is WebKit based too since a few years back
simon1573··on The Mullvad Browser
In Sweden (where Mullvad has its origin) IPSs are forced to keep data on its users, see Datalagringsdirektivet. It does not apply to VPN providers.
simon1573··on Time to end the speed limit in US airspace?
Last summer was crazy for popular airports in Europe, with queues lasting for multiple hours just to get _to_ security. It was said that it was due to staff shortages due to layoffs during the pandemic though.
simon1573··on Microsoft bakes a VPN into Edge and turns it on
To add to that: in Sweden (which is generally pretty ok in regards to privacy and rights) ISPs are required to store traffic for 6 months, while VPN providers are not.
simon1573··on Shimano 105 Di2: Delivers 12-Speed Shifting, Wireless Performance to More Riders
It feels really nice though. They are always exact and all you do is press a button, no lever action needed.
simon1573··on Fit Pics: The history of athletic fashion for women
“Fit pics” and then there’s one picture…
simon1573··on Building an iPod for 2022
Nice! It's one of things I really wish I had a use case for just to excuse myself to own one.

How much did you spend on replacement parts?

simon1573··on 1Password Has Raised $620M
Bitwarden is a really nice password manager. It can import from 1Password: https://bitwarden.com/help/article/import-from-1password/
simon1573··on India's richest man pouring $80B into green energy, including new ventures
We have that in Sweden. The problem is distributing it. Most energy in Sweden is produced up north, but the infrastructure to transfer it south is lacking which (especially this winter) is resulting in ridiculously uneven kW/h prices in our country.
simon1573··on USBefuddled: Untangling the Rat’s Nest of USB-C Standards and Cables
Between the proprietary plugs and USB-C, we had the dark ages of micro-USB which somehow always came loose after a few weeks of use
simon1573··on Djinn Split Keyboard
I'm typing on an UHK v1 right now. I've been using it for a year or so and I love it. As the other commenter said is just a really high quality split keyboard with great software.

I would really recommend anyone who looks into buying one to also buy the palm rest since it's a pretty thick keyboard. I use a tenting setup and I don't think I would be able to do it comfortably without the palm rests.

A few months ago the key cluster arrived as well - it feels kind of gimmicky though since all I use it for is play/pause/next song and to switch to my chat workspace. Others might have better use for it though. The scroll wheel is nice but I'm already used to the mouse layer on the keyboard, so I seldom use it.

My only gripe is the USB-connection. The v1 uses a mini-USB connection that I felt would be the first thing to break on the keyboard (since the rest of the keyboard feels like it would outlive me), so I soldered one of those magnetic cable heads to the keyboard and bought a few cables that I have lying at every desktop I use, "mag-safe".

simon1573··on What Norwegians are learning as they pioneer autonomous ships
Can't wait for the aband0n_sship 0day
simon1573··on New USB-C logos make picking USB cables, chargers less confusing
"Back in the days" you would either buy an original charger, which the store probably wouldn't have in stock, or buy one of those universal charger with a dozen plugs in which case you would have to be careful to pick a powerful enough charger anyway. You would also have to be very careful to pick a charger with the correct voltage.
simon1573··on Climate activist arrested after ProtonMail provided his IP address
In Sweden we got the "datalagringsdirektivet" that says that every operator must keep their traffic for 6 months. VPN-providers are not bound to this law so that's my reason.
simon1573··on Klarna users are being signed in to random accounts
Qliro has that too, which I know since somebody bought shoes with my SSN. I don't know if it's a general feature or if you have to contact them, but the functionality is implemented at least.
simon1573··on Why should I put my website to sleep?
Up until recently the Swedish tax office only permitted you to login during extended office hours.
simon1573··on Upptime – GitHub actions powered uptime monitor
This has already been submitted here a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25553445
simon1573··on US passes anti-corruption law that effectively bans anonymous shell companies
The cab company?
simon1573··on Upptime – GitHub-powered open-source uptime monitor and status page
I've been using updown.io for my side-projects the last 18 months and I'm very happy with the service. One comment pointed out that status monitoring is expensive - I think I've payed a grand total of $5 for these 18 months, so I don't agree at all.
simon1573··on Post Mortem of Google Outage on 14 December 2020
Do you blog? I really enjoyed reading that.
simon1573··on The Ampere Altra Review: 2x 80 Cores Arm Server Performance Monster
I'm excited as well. But as an earlier discussion pointed out I'm worried that the transition might impact the openness in PCs, e.g. locked bootloaders etc
simon1573··on bspwm: tiling window manager that represents windows as leaves of a binary tree
I stuck with bspwm due to the way config is handled. You just but bash commands in bspwmrc, which runs the bspc commands that does the actual configuration on start. bspwm+sxhkd+polybar is my prefered setup.
simon1573··on bspwm: tiling window manager that represents windows as leaves of a binary tree
I use bspwm daily and the benefit is that you get a predictable behavior when you launch a new terminal or w/e, which is especially nice when you navigate almost entirely by keyboard; you know where the window will spawn.
simon1573··on Show HN: Polotno Studio – Canva-like design editor, without signups or ads
Really nice! It looks like there is a typo in the title of the site: "fee" instead of "free"
simon1573··on Teddit: a free and open-source Reddit front end focused on privacy
I just submitted a tiny Firefox addon for redirecting old.reddit.com and reddit.com to teddit.net. Seems like you were faster :-)

EDIT: Oh, I just realized you just added a rule to an existing addon. Here's a link to the addon I made, though it's not gonna be visible until it has been blessed by Mozilla: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-to-ted...

simon1573··on An Introduction to ZFS
Isn't Purple for things like camera feeds? Good on writes, bad on reads.
simon1573··on Pine64 November Update: KDE PinePhone CE and a Peek into the Future
That also have 3GB RAM and eMMC, or am I missing something?
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