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Barbing··on DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017
Faithful to the original theme. Apropos. +1 on adding the prompt as long as it’s affordable and easy enough Simon, and not too distracting/noisy/time consuming all considered!
Barbing··on DeepSeek: DeepSeek v4.1 Flash 1017
Makes sense in short term & for personal queries. A German or Norwegian model provider shouldn’t tattle on US Southerners seeking reproductive care.

Long-term & software engineering fronts: I hear occasional railing against “US hegemony”. Anyone concerned that if a new tech gives rise to a different country, they’ll become the source of ire instead? (This isn’t my field, at all.)

Barbing··on Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites: experts
HN title now matches article. Previously:

  Business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites Starting Oct. 30
Barbing··on Apple routed a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to dissipate heat
> Apple has so much money that they can actually afford to be world class in both

This is what gets me. Think about only bugs, not a single wishlist feature, just bugs. Limit to obvious-to-normies defects: so, UI bugs (ultra-low contrast oddity with certain backgrounds while scrolling lock screen notification center) or popular-feature bugs (AirDrop demands “everyone“ to receive from people in contacts, apparently in at least a couple cases).

At least in the case of UI bugs, no secret sauce seems to be required to resolve them. No particularly special feats of engineering. It seems simply dollars can fix them: QA & engineering. When I discover these obvious defects, update iOS multiple times over the course of months, and continue to experience them, I can only assume Apple prioritized having cash on hand over investing in my (our) experience.

Barbing··on Zero-Click Spyware Delivered via Targeted Ads: AdFection
Seems like the title was too spicy / people couldn’t behave, post rank obliterated https://news.social-protocols.org/stats?id=50103000

Hope we follow guidelines under this link or “then nobody gets it!”

Barbing··on AdFection: Targeted ads turned into a pipeline for zero-click mercenary spyware
> I think the only technical solution available to individuals is to boycott non-verifiably e2ee services

If the world moved that way overnight, I wonder where digital spy budgets would go. Into traditional techniques, cracking encryption, banning encryption, or a more educated guess?

Barbing··on An Apology
>The same one actual stalkers would use?

Right, like “cut your dinner with a knife, the one actual murderers would use.”

They had to balance needs of us owners of things and needs of abused partners and the general public. Other trackers have been available long long before AirTags and haven’t gone away since Apple’s introduction.

As it stands, plenty are still very upset about the existence of AirTags. Especially given the ease of disabling the speaker and the lack of Android notifications at launch.

Barbing··on Passkeys are not a trap
Interesting. I still want to be able to login if all my devices are stolen/destroyed. Guessing people will be in pickles after natural disasters.

Good tip!

Barbing··on An Apology
Photo of the device on MacRumors (who intentionally didn’t publicize its release): https://macrumors.com/2026/10/13/elevation-lab-airtag-silenc...
Barbing··on An Apology
They always talk about lost items in their marketing. They don’t talk about theft prevention or finding pets or anything. Gotta go for a mini GPS tracker or something for protecting $$$$(+) bikes (which should never leave one’s sight anyway).
Barbing··on Passkeys Are Not a Trap
> Many sites have e-mailed my password in the open when I registered, as well.

A phpBB forum era classic!

Barbing··on Passkeys are not a trap
> no one can attest with certainty that I won’t wake up in a painful situation because I decided to adopt passkeys

Seems that way. Better luck next year, passkey standards(?) people. Hope it’ll be ironed out at some point.

Barbing··on Apple HomeView
That’s part of the agreement too. Ternus or next guy/gal messes up one huge thing in any significant way, trust is burned and they’re just another Google.

(They are on watchlist for Apple Maps & other ads…)

Barbing··on Apple HomeView
Vouched for your dead comment - I’m still thinking about it, don’t agree nor disagree, but prob worth engaging with instead of killin’
Barbing··on Phreak.ing – Internet Phone Switch
Do this^
Barbing··on Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe
Wonder the max price a company would be charged to ship a trailer of the largest boxes of Cheerios from say Maine to San Diego. Maybe fifty cents a box? You got me curious about the breakdown of the $9.
Barbing··on Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe
All fancier than a camera pointed at the thermostat readout I’m sure but is the laser & photocell anywhere close to similar in concept?
Barbing··on Hackers activate automatic defrosting in supermarket fridges across Europe
Wonder the margins on those $9 boxes of Cheerios at major California grocers.

They did promise to increase the cost of breakfast a couple years ago.

Barbing··on Ask HN: Do you want a router that has DD-WRT pre-installed?
Janky version though? My comment a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49494259
Barbing··on Google Data Centers around the world
Edge node map didn’t get archived I see: https://web.archive.org/web/20170106184020/https://peering.g...

But “…Google has placed more than 7,500 edge nodes, which are Google servers installed in the networks of Internet service and network providers.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250722030821/https://spectrum....

Barbing··on Fingerprints are the new cookies
Couple different results than that across three refreshes on iOS w/iCloud Private Relay. Apple does work to do some randomization.

But at least the moment we start using websites the largest players will know it’s us. Nobody else swipes and types exactly like me on my screen size of iOS over the relay.

Barbing··on WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement
> If you just had one account it should be able to get the content on sites with hard paywalls.

Might have to strip articles down to just text and perhaps even use a few accounts to prevent watermarking that detects you.

Barbing··on Show HN: WallHop – 12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement
Apple News is the one I know of there.
Barbing··on 2D Vehicles
StopTheMadness Pro users on iOS: exempt website, so you won’t keep selecting the text on the controls. May still highlight the “Speed Zoom on” line though.
Barbing··on Talorys – A self-hosted personal AI agent on Cloudflare's free tier
Agreed, in my mind it’s where the developer can’t unilaterally change your installation.
Barbing··on Scam American companies are using to manipulate ingredient lists
Choosy developers choose https://jif.com

Homepage advertising Simply Jif (simply palm oil), for your & orangoutang’s health

Barbing··on Scam American companies are using to manipulate ingredient lists
Might find peanuts and a grinder to grind your own, which is nice.
Barbing··on Our $445M Series D
Thank you for caring about us.
Barbing··on I'm in a Meeting
Thanks, British scoping meeting worked on iOS. Probably would pass muster with family. Even a little laugh in there I heard after a joke.
Barbing··on Sorry, I'm in a meeting
One of the best products ever created, and they deserve the dough for serving me all the gigabytes. Fast, reliable, and one product not headed for KilledByGoogle. (Did I jinx it? “We’re transitioning to a vertical-video only platform to meet our billion users where they are…”)
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