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throwaway2056on India’s government wants total control of the internet

Just like conservatives/tory/UKIP from UK, the BJP have found way of blaming everyone else for issues. Of course, it works for a decade. Pretty sure once they have exhausted all cylinders, they will end up in same current UK situation.

At the end if the majority (mostly boomers) that do not want change continue to do this it is saddening for the young. But of course, when it bites them it may be too late.

Sad but democracy in function.

throwaway2056on India’s government wants total control of the internet

> Upper caste population

Chill. I thought Upper caste population is the smallest size.

throwaway2056on India’s government wants total control of the internet

> n't buy the overly negative prognosis.

No one need to buy negative opinions or so but trying to suppress truly occurring issues is childish. One needs to be mature to accept criticism. Whether twitter or elsewhere...

Again as a OCI, pointing out any issue is treated by this govt more as unpatriotic. (This strategy was successfully used by Bush/Trump to polarize the US). It is not good in the long term to do that.

Again many of the complaints are not out of spite. It is truly from heart many have optimism and feel let down. This is even inside the Indian consulate - I once was told that visit us only if you want to give a positive vibe (when I politely asked them as they printed place of birth with typo).

Note that US citizens complain about NSA spying, abortion rights etc.

Given poor law/order people can disappear in India. Take citizens that are languishing in prison. Again US police are not perfect but there are due procedures in the DOJ-USA. And getting a driving license or registering a house in US/EU will not need bribes.

Listening to complaints is the first step.

One can politely disagree. By banning things they create a chilling effect.

and please do not all the time compare to Congress govt. This is similar to blaming British. Yes, all that happened - just move on - NOW do good to current citizens.

No point in having dirty beaches complaining about Congress or British.

throwaway2056on Reddit Confirms It Was Hacked–Recommends Users Set Up 2FA

Why use reddit's official app? There are several decent opensource apps. (BTW, you can use libredd.it to just read-only reddit)

throwaway2056on Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now

> Some really cool observations in first 30 mins of using it :

> 1. It opens websites really quickly, much faster than Chrome

This is the same thing everyone says whatever new browser they move to. Once some one hoards 100 tabs it becomes slow.

(Again,I am not against firefox or chrome - just meaning that everything is quick initially - somehow becomes slow in a few weeks)

throwaway2056on The destructive new logic that threatens globalisation

To be transparent, "free market" was never totally free. It was free in the sense of beneficial to only certain countries/establishments. Even before COVID, US/EU had certain subsidies to support (and keep local industries in safe hands). Not that it is wrong/right but crying foul only on China/others is unfair. Every one strong arms this in negotiation.

throwaway2056on Ask HN: Why do people still use Stripe?

Thank you for the response and your efforts to make things better.

My only gripe is that a friend had a similar issue with Stripe and the replies usually were just copy and paste. Like that other poster, they asked him to upload every other document but the replies were uninformative. It was all 'copy paste' legalese and not conveying information. Eventually it did get resolved.

throwaway2056on No, you can’t manufacture that like Apple does (2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZSMecf8ziM

throwaway2056on Was Salesforce's Acquisition of Slack a Bust?

This is true in the sense of people are using different chat/networks as a way of isolation from different groups. I would never want to have my (most) work colleages part of my WhatsApp (or Signal). A broad section of population has deviced

1. facebook for family

2. WhatsApp for immediate connection

3. Email (mostly Gmail) for all documentation stuff

4. TikTok for just be yourself (add discord etc for the appropriate group)

5. Instagram - for show off - display the best of your life.

6. LinkedIn for I hate but have to like this manager's posts!

7. slack or teams (as dictated by the workplace)

(In some ways I love that common people have eventually segregated and some how trying to bring some sort of privacy/isolation (the way they think is acceptable without FOMO)

throwaway2056on Ask HN: Why do people still use Stripe?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34233011

> Overall this review process was pretty bad. Very little communication and nothing I could really do directly to move things along or get any real information. It took a random Stripe employee to get an email from @dang and post on HN in order to get this issue resolved. I’m lucky because I know about HN and know that Stripe employees frequent the site, but I don’t think HN wants to become the Stripe support forum.

It may be that the errors from Stripe side are low. But communication is very vital. It did take some luck to get this resolved.

throwaway2056on No, you can’t manufacture that like Apple does (2014)

I thought it will have some information - why/how? Seems just like points from wide internet for a PR powerpoint. There was a talk from Andrew “bunnie” Huang about challenges in manufacturing which is in detail.

throwaway2056on I've got to host and serve videos on demand at my job. Any ideas?

Please see https://pixeldrain.com - May be they can build something for you.

throwaway2056on Codeberg: A GitHub alternative from Europe

Firstly I appreciate these initiatives but I think this misses a large point of why github or gitlab is popular.

Recently a large scientific (EU) institution was wanting to coordinate efforts to have data stored inside EU - they wanted a running gitlab server (as many Prof. were just using their own local or using gitlab/github SaaS.

After contacting many EU companies no one could provide a 24x7 (reasonable uptime) services like github/gitlab with just a creditcard.

Too many EU companies suggested we self host. This institute does not have people/space to do it. They wanted Just Works.

Now what happens is that all these students get used to github/gitlab. And all future students become managers/employees - they will go to github/gitlab.

throwaway2056on The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition

> locked-down

Most non ARM devices can be fully unlocked to run bare metal linux. Just https://mrchromebox.tech/

> I don't want to be too negative

You are. Though there are certain privacy issues that may be warranted, you seems to make remarks without base.

> Google adware/tracking-ware, locking people into the Google ecosystem

One will always get locked to some ecosystem. Some friends use Facebook as photo storage as REAL-WORLD-USERS do not want to run NAS, RAID, off-site backup. Others having $$$ have iCloud. People that know difference between SAS and SATA run rack-servers.

A simple browser based OS can help run 4GB devices. May be you are comfortable in 4K screen, with dwm tiling wm but others want $200 ChromeOS for just shopping, netflix etc. Oh yes, many people do not have time to download and watch ISO - and get locked into some ecosystem.

> Framework could be spending their time doing much better thin

Lets be honest, Framework knows what is IMPORTANT for themselves than you. This is a good thing. Every bit helps.

throwaway2056on Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right password, recovery email

If you are geeky/nerdy just remove phone number and add QR code based 2FA. Print that QR code and scan it on your phone (as a courtesy to your mum). Yes, victim blaming but better to do this as a help rather then hosting your email service for your mum.

throwaway2056on Android 13 requires devices to have more than 2GB RAM and 16GB storage

> scrolling is slower » what the hell is that? I spent 10 years on Android and have switched to an iPhone 2 years ago and this is just not true.

You perhaps never scrolled with ublock origin and firefox. Do it once and you will note the difference. (Unless you work in adtech).

throwaway2056on Android 13 requires devices to have more than 2GB RAM and 16GB storage

Did you install all the same apps that you have in S22+ in iPhone 13 mini? Likely not. Please do fair comparison.

If you install 100 + apps in iPhone it is also terrible.

throwaway2056on Android 13 requires devices to have more than 2GB RAM and 16GB storage

> They just let every smartphone company do what they want

I understand your point. It is like (me) linux user asking for a simple desktop - minimal GUI. Nothing flashy like winXP.

The world on the other hand (incl. many developers) want tons of features - bling etc. This is rampant in developing world (especially phones non-motorola phones).

BTW, you could have bought moto G, E editions in India. These are so close to stock pixel experience.

> er vividly since I have to code for 23 hours straight just to beat that deadline.

Lets be honest. That indicates app ecosystem matured. It is as big as OS. People that we ask to build apps charge tons of money.

> TV by plugging an Android USB.

For you it is a feature. For others it may be a security issue.

throwaway2056on Android 13 requires devices to have more than 2GB RAM and 16GB storage

Look at https://github.com/SelfAdjointOperator/better-adb-sync

forked from https://github.com/google/adb-sync

Uses a syntax like rsync via adb.

throwaway2056on Uses for an old Android device

Ideally https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27885176 but when $$$ are involved nothing happens... (Thanks to all the product managers and the coding supporters in hn that cripple OS)

throwaway2056on Unboxing a $100 Chromebook

You do not need the special cable.

Just disconnect the battery. Connect power adapter. Power ON. Follow https://mrchromebox.tech

throwaway2056on Unboxing a $100 Chromebook

All devices these days are very clear. Sure you cannot hookup 3 X 4K screens. But 1 X 4K should suffice.

throwaway2056on Unboxing a $100 Chromebook

Everything is dependent on the user. It has updates until June 2027. Assuming the author keeps it will last 5 years.

Sure there some thinkpad stalewarts or desktop (using 500W power) that are running from decades. But these devices have puny chargers, less electricity - just works.

May be less local power is OK.

throwaway2056on Ask HN: How do you guard against ransomeware? (offsite backups not possible)

> It is a design requirement not to have offline storage.

Just curious why and what kind of application or company's requirement is not to have offline?

throwaway2056on The world needs a non-profit search engine

I bet two-thirds of hn crowd is some how affiliated to the progress of search, ads, lead-generation, analytics, user-tracking (FAANG) etc. Think of their children...

throwaway2056on Replacing Cloudflare Tunnel with Tailscale SSH

> No machine passwords or SSH keys needed. Everything is replaced by your Tailscale account or SSO. I can move between laptops by just installing and logging into Tailscale.

This could be viewed also as a risk. But sure, easy is nice.

throwaway2056on Show HN: Instant.gallery pushing the 3D immersive web further

Could some one please explain how to use this? I thought it will be like https://artsandculture.google.com/project/virtual-tours

throwaway2056on How do poor countries get rich?

AS you know even in Western Europe, talented devs/students lose out - sadly -as English is paramount.

Geographically close to Europe but I bet Europeans/Americans do not feel that way. Again due to various factors.

VISA: For Asians there is one advantage - they have some established characteristics - like hardworking, reputation in IT etc. Again not to say others do not have it but when people talk about IT guy/girl they refer to Indians or Asians - NOT Tunisians.

throwaway2056on Watching an acquirer ruin your company

Geniunely asking. As I live in a part of world where we stay in longterm jobs.

Is it not stressful when switching jobs? - from paperwork, interviews, new colleagues, friendships, on-boarding, new place politics - especially for brain.

throwaway2056on Who is going to replace Google for us?

No one. Nerds/geeks do not need one.

BTW, all nerds/geeks note that Google is not exclusively for you. Just walk to a cafe (not the one near FAANG campus). See those people with smartphone? They use Google. There are 100000x more such people compared to people that use substack.

> is impossible to contact a human

TBH, no one cares. I had friend that lost google account due to 2FA. But did they regret. No. It is only geeks/nerds that want to preserve their first email, photo for ever.