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Croftengea··on Tell HN: Google Cloud suspended our production projects at 1am on Saturday
Care to share more info please? Was it because card didn't go through? I've got some important stuff there.
Croftengea··on RavynOS – Finesse of macOS, freedom of FreeBSD
> given the volume of staff at Apple

Unrelated to RavynOS, but I see the size of the Apple staff more like a weakness not a strength. They became terribly inefficient in the recent years.

Croftengea··on Announcing Apache OpenOffice 4.1.13
> miserable time for whoever is stuck with the job

OpenOffice install base is 135M users with 1.2M weekly downloads. I definitely wouldn't feel miserable if I had this job, given the impact.

Croftengea··on Shottr – macOS Screenshot Utility
Are there any good open source screenshot tools for macOS?
Croftengea··on Kagi search and Orion browser enter public beta
Are the search results outsourced?
Croftengea··on Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
google.stanford.edu :)
Croftengea··on Apple M1 Ultra
Yes, it's "crap" not because GPU is slow but rather that most triple A title games are optimized for Windows. So it's difficult to expect a good performance from a game that runs with API conversion layer(s) (Windows -> Mac) and then CPU emulation (x86 -> arm).

So publishers/developers need to make more native games. Even though every Mac port will probably make 1/10th revenue of a Windows title I guess Mac users would be happy to pay more for better games. I certainly would.

Croftengea··on Akamai to Acquire Linode
From Linode blog:

  For the immediate future, we will continue to operate as we always have. Akamai has no intention of changing what has made us successful. This acquisition will propel us both forward — not take anything away. Linode will soon be able to call on the power of Akamai to offer entirely new products, services, expertise, locations, and scale, while Akamai will be able to tap into Linode’s deep expertise in compute, storage, and on-demand infrastructure-as-a-service.
https://www.linode.com/blog/linode/linode-and-akamai/

I like Linode and been with them for ~5 years. Their pricing didn't change much (if at all) during that time but hosting landscape got more competitive since then. Hetzner and OVH offer a better value I believe. I hope Akamai's resources will help them to not lose in the long run.

Croftengea··on Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would you save it?
One doesn't have to look too far. Bring Jamie back! :)
Croftengea··on Google Maps now requires WiFi scanning to use navigation
To know where you are even with GPS off.
Croftengea··on Google Drive flags file only containing “1” for copyright infringement
"Computer says No!"
Croftengea··on Plan B: All Covid restrictions to end, Boris Johnson announces
Call me Captain Obvious, but I wonder if this is a move to switch attention from the Downing st. party scandal...
Croftengea··on 1Password Has Raised $620M
No they probably didn't, because by getting almost 2B$ in funding they forced themselves to compete with MS and the likes.
Croftengea··on 1Password Has Raised $620M
They will probably go Dropbox route. Dropbox used to be an excellent file sync cloud service with a robust support on many platforms. They did just one thing and did it well. Now Dropbox is positioning themselves as business-team-collaboration-streamlining-platform for everything whose software is balancing between poorly programmed malware and useless enterprise bloatware.
Croftengea··on 1Password Has Raised $620M
Bitwarden, of course.
Croftengea··on Do svidaniya, Igor, and thank you for Nginx
"Do svidaniya" sounds more formal than "See you" though.
Croftengea··on Microsoft to Acquire Activision Blizzard
That is a really interesting thought. Now they got much more of everything both in terms of technology (cloud, mobile apps, hardware experience) and developers trust.
Croftengea··on Some ways DNS can break
Also, throw in all misconfigurations related to DNSSEC and you are in hell.
Croftengea··on FSB arrests REvil ransomware gang members
Makes sense, thanks
Croftengea··on FSB arrests REvil ransomware gang members
It's like arresting Al Capone for tax evasion.
Croftengea··on FSB arrests REvil ransomware gang members
The funniest part:

> charged with committing crimes under Part 2 of Art. 187 ‘Illegal circulation of means of payment’

Croftengea··on Ask HN: Firefox connection problems after enabling DoH?
> Agreed, income isn't a problem.

As long as the most Mozilla's money comes from Google (86% of revenue! [1]) income is a problem. Why is Mozilla and Firefox portrayed as the last bastion of free web technology if they depend on wealth of their biggest and evil-est competitor?

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/13/mozilla-expects-to-generat...

Croftengea··on Firefox 96
Yes, but the same concerns are applicable to Firefox given that Google is their major sponsor.
Croftengea··on Firefox 96
I switched to Waterfox a few months ago after infamous Proton redesign. I love Firefox in principle but hate UI redesigns for the sake of "fresh" look without improvements in usability.

Waterfox based on Firefox but with an old school compact UI and privacy features turned on by default.

Croftengea··on Cheese Making
I'd be interested too.
Croftengea··on Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 1890s (2018)
I see, thanks! :)
Croftengea··on Student photographs people with hidden spy cam in the 1890s (2018)
TFA?
Croftengea··on Intel completely disables AVX-512 on Alder Lake after all
> just long enough to win the critical initial wave of reviews and benchmarks.

Is the average set of tests by, say, LTT or THG influenced by presence of these instructions? (not being snarky, I really don't know).

Croftengea··on The Problem with Vanity TLDs (2011)
> It creates a three-tier world. The big boys who have TLDs, the cheaper boys who have .com

The prophecy didn't come true. Granted the big boys got their .googles and .amazons, but good old .coms are still a thing and not considered "cheaper".

Croftengea··on The Problem with Vanity TLDs (2011)
You can tell the writing is very old because it mentions .ibm as an example of super well-known and wealthy corporation. No mention of Google nor Amazon.
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