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zanedb

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zanedb··on Show HN: Hack Club Bank – A Bank for Student Hackers
I’m consistently amazed by what the Hack Club team is able to accomplish – amazing launch!
zanedb··on Riley Walz: a 16 year old maker
I love this. Amazing work, Samay & Riley!
zanedb··on Anbox – A container-based approach to boot full Android on a regular Linux
Sorry, should've clarified. I was referring to installing Android apps, which is currently listed as “TBD” [0].

[0]: https://github.com/anbox/anbox#install-and-run-android-appli...

zanedb··on Anbox – A container-based approach to boot full Android on a regular Linux
Anbox is a great idea but it needs a lot of work to become a usable project. Currently, it's only available on a few distros, and app installation instructions are nowhere to be found.
zanedb··on Refresh: concept for a new kind of web browser
Please do share his response, I'm curious (via response to this comment, or my contact info in my profile).
zanedb··on Ask HN: How did your passion for computer stuff start?
I've been coding since I was about 10, though not well. It was more messing around with computers and playing video games. I think I was mostly interested once I discovered all the things computers could do - but I didn't know how to do them.

Around the time I was looking to get serious about coding, my friend mentioned he attended a sort of code club. I was immediately curious and looked it up. It turned out to be run together with Hack Club[0], an organization helping kids run computer science clubs internationally. Unfortunately, I didn't go to his high school (and there wasn't one at mine) so I was unable to attend his coding club. However, I could still join the Hack Club Slack[1] where I've been helped by many (and have begun to help others).

I'm looking forward to starting a Hack Club at my high school this upcoming school year, and hope many more can have the experience I had, sooner. I don't work for Hack Club but can personally recommend them.

[0]: https://hackclub.com

[1]: https://slack.hackclub.com

zanedb··on Elon Musk emails employees about 'extensive and damaging sabotage' by employee
> and hoo boy wait till you learn the truth about Belgium.

Enlighten me.

zanedb··on AI at Google: our principles
Elaborate?
zanedb··on Show HN: Polltime – Polls that can be texted
Nice job! I'm consistently impressed by your work ethic
zanedb··on Salsify – A New Architecture for Real-time Internet Video
Like a true startup website.
zanedb··on Maxday: A surprise for Max Wofford
wow, can't believe we've got Sam Altman here ;)

gj yev

zanedb··on Some U.S. law enforcement agencies are using GrayKey to bypass iPhone encryption
> Malwarebytes’ post says GrayKey can unlock an iPhone in around two hours, or three days or longer for 6 digit passcodes.

So couldn't you avoid this by, say, having a longer PIN? Maybe even a password?

zanedb··on We need a new platform before we can #deleteFacebook
I would hope so too, but without _massive_ changes I sincerely doubt the general public would adopt a decentralized social network.
zanedb··on Show HN: Mindset – Self-Improvement Hypnosis
What's that?
zanedb··on TunnelBear Joins McAfee
Heads-up: Encrypt.me logs your IP address when connecting!
zanedb··on Previewing Android P
How about requesting clipboard access in the first place?
zanedb··on Facebook spamming users via their 2FA phone numbers
100%, you mean.
zanedb··on Safe injection sites in San Francisco could be first in the US
Well of course people want to eliminate it, but how?

Is this not at least a step in the right direction?

zanedb··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
> other than shits and giggles, is there any value in having it there?

Nope.

zanedb··on Ask HN: What should I do with my life?
If you need someone to talk to about _anything_, send me a Keybase message, Twitter DM, email, etc.

I don't have any general advice but would love to help.

Info in profile.

zanedb··on 2003 Request of Afghanistan for Redelegation of the .af Top-Level Domain
If you'd like to make an offer shoot me an email :)
zanedb··on 2003 Request of Afghanistan for Redelegation of the .af Top-Level Domain
Reminds me of http://hack.af
zanedb··on Paris man stabbed to death in metro as 'onlookers film, post on social media'
Welcome to White Bear Justice Park.
zanedb··on GitMask – Develop Anonymously
Out of curiosity, why only v50?
zanedb··on Show HN: HNCute, a pretty pink Hacker News theme
I think it's more intended in a mocking manner.
zanedb··on Spotify files for its IPO
Oh no.

Let's take a second here. What will happen if Spotify signs new artists and effectively becomes their own record label?

It will start off normally, but eventually (or possibly from the start) Spotify will not allow this music to be streamed anywhere else. It will be exclusive to Spotify, the same way Netflix has done with their originals.

Now what happens? Users are forced to pay for multiple music streaming services, just as happened with the video streaming industry.

This is already a huge burden on users of video sites (and makes piracy a much more appealing option), but is not even acceptable in the music industry. Users create playlists with their own songs, and will want specific songs.

Even with your 90% statistic, which may or may not be true, the other 10% is still very important. I'd imagine that hit songs are streamed more often comparatively but older songs are more important.

Hopefully this fracturing doesn't happen, but if so (as I said) piracy certainly looks more appealing. Especially with Google Play Music allowing you to upload your own music..

zanedb··on You are listening to San Francisco
Don't forget about GitHub Audio!

https://github.audio

zanedb··on Review: Copperhead OS
Yes please! I understand you can disable the notifications in Maps settings, but that likely doesn't disable the constant location tracking.

Does anyone know how to disable this?

zanedb··on No boundaries for user identities: Web trackers exploit browser login managers
But what if the user needs to login through a different provider?
zanedb··on “Username or password is incorrect” is bullshit
I have felt this same way for so long and I'm really glad someone finally wrote about it.
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