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Croftengea··on We've built the first VPN protocol that breaks all speed barriers
> Did surfshark just rewrite or vibe code wireguard with a new encryption algorithm?

Then it would be outright lie to say "We started with a clean slate."

Croftengea··on Tell HN: MitID, Denmark's digital ID, was down
How ironic to see "MitID remains inaccessible" and "You are in charge of your data" cookie banner on the same page.
Croftengea··on Over 600 job openings at Apple for Vision Pro
Even quoted search is not representative because some ads just mention Vision Pro as one of the many products Apple is known for:

> "The Manufacturing Design team enables the mass production of Apple's entire product line from iPhones, iPads and MacBooks to the Mac Pro, AppleTV, Apple Watch and Vision Pro."

Croftengea··on Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?
Right? This is what all these MBAs and supply chain efficiency experts never get.
Croftengea··on Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?
You don't have to be very bright to figure killing adblockers in FF is a suicide.
Croftengea··on GPT-5.2
Is this another GPT-4.5?
Croftengea··on Days since last GitHub incident
Genuinely curios, what shift?
Croftengea··on How Google Maps allocates survival across London's restaurants
However, market makers have some leverage on the market they operate in, that's what the author probably meant.
Croftengea··on A look at Firefox forks
I use two forks on a daily basis - Floorp and Waterfox. Both sync FF accounts just fine.
Croftengea··on DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next
Alphabet
Croftengea··on Ask HN: With trust in Firefox gone, is Chrome-ish the only option?
Right now: Waterfox and Florp, both based on FF.

In long run: I hope Ladybird will become usable in the next couple of years.

Croftengea··on Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
> Security.

Ironically, TPM requirement comes from the same company that invented logging your screen every few seconds and storing it unencrypted and without your consent.

Croftengea··on I Switched to Firefox and Never Looked Back
Imagine your local cafe notices and starts feeding you poisoned food instead of asking to pay.
Croftengea··on Time-Series Anomaly Detection: A Decade Review
MP is one of the best univariate methods, but it's actually mentioned in the article.
Croftengea··on Time-Series Anomaly Detection: A Decade Review
I don't think it's being updated. Latest blog posts are from 2020, and Github repos haven't seen commits for the last 5-6 years. MP went a long way since then.
Croftengea··on Xiaomi Home Integration for Home Assistant
Thanks anyway :)
Croftengea··on Xiaomi Home Integration for Home Assistant
> At this point the hardware side of things was fine but my Zigbee network was gone.

How come the hardware was ok but the network was gone? Did some Z2M config files go wrong because of two dongles? Did you try to restore VM from snapshots?

Losing the network and having to re-pair everything would be a nightmare for me given the number of Zigbee devices I run (~35) and that some of them are mounted in switch boxes in the walls.

Croftengea··on Dear OAuth Providers
Also, the OAuth RFC does not use "MUST" for 400 response and allows some freedom in this regard:

> The authorization server responds with an HTTP 400 (Bad Request) status code (unless specified otherwise)

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-5.2

Croftengea··on I Stopped Using OpenBSD
TL;DR: OpenBSD is bad as a desktop (no bluetooth, limited gamepad support, etc).
Croftengea··on Show HN: Replacicon – Create and customize app icons on macOS
I'm using a free app Pictogram (https://pictogramapp.com). It's not as feature rich as Replacicon (e.g. no online search from the app), but it works well if you just need to change an icon or two. Services like https://macosicons.com/ help you to find a good icons online.
Croftengea··on Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox engine
Thank you!
Croftengea··on Zen, a Arc-like open-source browser based on the Firefox engine
Native vertical tabs in vanilla FF? Whoohoo! Imho, the killer feature is automatic group assignment based on URL patters. Will the vanilla implementation support it?
Croftengea··on Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch
> Parser-generators were always academic projects

Were they? GCC abandoned bison in favour of their own parser relatively recently.

Croftengea··on Writing a C Compiler: Build a Real Programming Language from Scratch
OCaml? Thanks for saving me a click!
Croftengea··on Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out
For me, the killer feature in vertical tab extensions (STG, Sidebery) is the ability to distribute tabs in groups by URLs automatically. I wonder if FF is going to support this natively.
Croftengea··on For advertising, Firefox now collects user data by default
AGPL is the way.
Croftengea··on Windows Recall sounds like a privacy nightmare
You can't block a screenshot on iOS, can you?
Croftengea··on Firefox Proton UI userChrome.css fixes. (2021)
When FF released Proton (which seemed to prefer visual candy over function) I switched to Waterfox. Never looked back.
Croftengea··on Ask HN: What are your oldest "online" accounts still in use?
Oh, I didn't know MUDs are still a thing. Memories...
Croftengea··on Hetzner GEX44 with Nvidia GPU
Many hosters banned all kind of crypto after advent of file coins, which wear out ssds too quicky.
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