therealidiot

Perhaps PDFs that have been encrypted with some pre-agreed password? I receive payslips as encrypted PDFs by email

All I want in a modern car is to have nothing smart in it that I'd _need_ (or, want) to root...

I worry about getting periodic warnings about not being connected, it's something that I'm going to have to ask them to demo to me in-store next time I need a new TV

My father wanted a license and found it incredibly difficult to get in contact with the nearby group, only to find out (when he eventually managed to get in contact) that they wouldn't be holding any exams for some significant period of time

Just seems like a clusterfuck to get the damn thing, the foundation exam is dead simple. I'm totally unsurprised by the dwindling popularity of amateur radio here. Even if the difficulty isn't the driving factor, I'm sure it deters lots of people who otherwise would be interested.

Using PayPal gives you my email address. I understand I'm probably a minority in this, but I don't tend to give that out anywhere on the web and I don't like that I can't hide it from the recipient on PayPal. No I don't care what you're "allowed" to do with it, it only takes one bad actor

That said, I don't think there are any sites I really frequent any more [though HN is one I scan often], I've not noticed PP tip jars on the small number of sites I browse.

Google Sheets kinda sucks performance-wise though

That's not stopped people around me deciding that they want to race me into the hard shoulder because my lane is closing

I've had similar experiences with them.

Had a CPU cooler fail somehow (resulting in one very toasty, unstable server) and they responded within minutes, the whole thing was probably resolved within half an hour.

I recently learned of MailDev

http://danfarrelly.nyc/MailDev/

That's true, but we still have old ICE powered cars for the moment, not really the case for EVs

Does any manufacturer make 'simple' EVs? I mean that as in fewer computers. My current car is about 18 years old and besides the ECU there's not that much going on. No touchscreen controls, no telemetry. I hope that one day I'd be able to switch to an EV but I'm disappointed by most of them (and yes I understand I'm a minority in disliking smart everything)

> I'd actually like for my ad blocker to download all ads and pretend to download the ad, and give the impression of an impression. That way someone would have made a bid for that impression.

https://adnauseam.io/

Wait, you mean receiving money from a private company that you do not have a proper contract with is not a stable source of income? Who knew.

Does Signal still require Google Play Services?

If this kind of thing became mandatory I think I'd legitimately consider ending it, however as an optional (so long as it stays this way) thing it's kinda cool I guess.

I did have a question about the type of chips available, but I was too late for the last post about this.

Perhaps someone with more knowledge could enlighten me?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14842144

How would/could this kind of stuff work with e.g. EMV / contactless payments? Or, OpenPGP over NFC?

I've seen tons of RFID implantable chips which aren't that interesting, I've also seen NFC ones but they just look to be read/write storage...

These are good but if you have any analog audio/video kit nearby (or if you listen to shortwave radio) you'll hear them.

Also, avoid TP-Link adapters as they seem to have some issue coming out of powersave mode that means I have to ping something all day to prevent them from sleeping

But, don't forget: uuuurgh, fragmentation!1!!!!111

Does anyone remember that time that they blocked any messages containing YouTube URLs in MSN Messenger?

Many years ago, using Virgin Mobile (in the UK) I remember being charged for incoming calls, however these days on all UK networks (and I assume this is the case for most of Europe) the caller gets charged but the callee does not

Google search on the desktop also has unclickable links if I change my UA to Chrome while running Firefox

> tl;dr: You can now use our searchable database (works best on Chrome)

We've really gone back to how it "used to be" :(

http://i.imgur.com/NXf6Ibz.png

There are however many people who find high-density living to be unappealing

I think most voters don't understand the issues, or feel defeated

Maybe, I mean I don't know about "most voters" to be honest. I certainly feel like we're defeated and will be walked all over for the rest of our sad existence

Even basic Google search seems to do some UA sniffing. I run Firefox but usually browse with IE or Chrome user agents, and clicking the results on a search won't actually navigate to them

Linux user here, I'll buy what makes sense (e.g. Sublime Text) and is worth it.

The problem is that "except for games," commercial support around Linux isn't exactly great. I'm just a developer so my needs are covered, but around me are others with different needs - decent CAD tools, Photoshop - they're not sold for Linux.

And now there's probably going to be the "well there aren't enough Linux users to justify it" but then there never could be if the software is unavailable anyway.

I'm aware that there used to be a Photoshop build for Solaris

Could do with adding Finch to the list under Communication

https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/Using%20Finch

It seems that keyserver.pgp.com won't accept keys with revoked subkeys

Some just hang up on you when they give up. Quite awful

Choice, to me, is important.

I like that I don't _have_ to run a specific piece of software if I don't like the way it behaves/looks.

I can pick something else that gets the job done in a way I prefer