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whitewingjekon Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried over and over Again. It Works Every Time

That would be a correct assessment, but that would not stop people from calling it that if that does happen.

whitewingjekon Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried over and over Again. It Works Every Time

UBI may sound like a worthwhile endeavor to a great many people, but I can't help but think of what we give up with such a system.

If I politicaly dissent from the majority (whomsoever that is or whatever they believe) what stops them—the government as often described—from stopping UBI from those that are deemed "unfit."

whitewingjekon Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!

whitewingjekon Bill C-18: Google to remove news links in Canada over online news law

The eff had an interesting article[1] about this issue (and others) as well as some alternative ways solve the issue, not that I agree with all of them.

Ultimately, this is the wrong approach. The internet should be "open," and people or companies should be free to link to whatever they want without penalty.

[1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/saving-news-big-tech

whitewingjekon Ask HN: Is GitHub down?

Yes, github status says all is operational but hacker news is faster. Go figure.

whitewingjekon Apple passwords deserve an app

I agree, perhaps I should have emphasized that my point of view is that anyone should back up anything stored on the cloud.

Which I'm glad to know you can at least do with Keychain [1], although I use Bitwarden myself.

[1] https://support.apple.com/guide/keychain-access/import-and-e...

whitewingjekon Apple passwords deserve an app

Unless Apple ever starts following Google's lead to ban accounts for any infraction and you don't store backups...

Not saying Apple is doing that now, but I imagine it's not outside the realm of possibility.

whitewingjekon My Hardest Bug Ever (2013)

Previously discussed:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6654905 (81 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9738302 (29 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14394095 (7 comments)

whitewingjekon Bitwarden Supports Argon2

Only on the web version for now[1]. Will definitely switch to this when all clients are supported.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden/comments/112onwn/argon2_s...

whitewingjekon Realistic computer-generated handwriting

If you put an asterisk between two words, it really confuses it.

Really neat app! I like the differences in outcomes each time.

whitewingjekon Ask HN: Will Google ever launch a successful new product again?

There are many other products especially privacy focused, ente.io[1], PhotoPrism[2] that look interesting but as of this writing they can't touch Google Photos in many respects, which is why my wife and other family members still use it heavily. It's probably the only reason I'm still holding on to my google account.

[1] https://ente.io/

[2] https://photoprism.app/

whitewingjekon AdGuard publishes the first ad blocker built on Manifest V3

Edge will indeed migrate over to v3:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/extensions-c...

whitewingjekon HP LaserJet Tank – Refillable laser printer

> NOTE: The printer only works with original HP toner refill kits. If original HP toner is not installed in the printer, the printer will not work as expected.

Still vendor locked. Rather just stick with something you can refill yourself.

whitewingjekon Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respond, then charged €150

Wow, 1700 teammates in Ukraine vs 40 in the US (according to their site). Didn't know it was such a stark difference.

whitewingjekon Tell HN: Godaddy canceled my domain, gave me 2h to respond, then charged €150

They're American with some offices in Ukraine for support, etc..