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HurdsTimesNear··on Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store
You're paranoid, get help!
HurdsTimesNear··on Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store
If we had 20 friends we would be in sales.
HurdsTimesNear··on Android App Devs now require 20 people to test before publishing to Play Store
Maybe that is the exact problem this is meant to solve. Maybe all these countless apps cost too much to host for google?
HurdsTimesNear··on I’m taking some time away from Comma
You always wonder what Geohot will do next.
HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
SOMEBODY pls write a firefox extension that allows you to simulate high engagement for any feature you pick. that way we could ascertain only the stuff we like about websites get's to stay and everything else goes by the wayside...
HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
What do you do if you are in such org and your idea-less manager not only steals all your ideas but also sabotages you to the point where you never get to implement anything yourself?

Are there books on how to play the game?

HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
You are right sometimes it is all out in the open
HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
People who's search term history looks like this:

<funny videos> <cats> <harry styles new gf> <steroid cycle> <apple or pc>

HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
You can watch all your youtubes on vlc: just press open network stream and copy paste the link. this gives you more features through vlc than you can shake a stick at...
HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
or like so: !yt <your_searchterm> !gv <your_searchterm>
HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
do this instead:

site:youtube.com <your_searchterm>

HurdsTimesNear··on Tell HN: YouTube's web UI just got even worse
I block out all comments. Those are likely all bots or people indistinguishable from bots, I use grease monkey and a javascript script to block it out, I also use another one to be able to increase the playback speed beyond the arbitrary 2x limit.

But getting the clean google-videos layout which was just a video player and a search bar can be done entirely with ublock :D

HurdsTimesNear··on Ask HN: When will the industrial society deplete the energy resources on earth?
Never as our main energy source is the sun. Even fossil fuels are just stored solar energy. Of course there is other minor sources of energy like chemical or nucular energy, but even those came from some star/sun at some point.