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RunningDroid··on I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes before they're announced
Redlib typically has less aggressive restrictions: https://farside.link/redlib/r/OSINT/comments/1opjjyv/i_may_h...

(Farside.link just picks a random instance)

RunningDroid··on HyperRogue – A non-Euclidean roguelike
It's also available in the official F-Droid repo: https://f-droid.org/packages/com.roguetemple.hyperroid
RunningDroid··on 3-way FTP: Pushing files around with silly and unusual methods
Archive for anyone else having issues loading the page: https://archive.today/z47RV
RunningDroid··on Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org
> Told me to make a turn at an intersection that did not allow turns.

That's an OpenStreetMap bug, the intersection likely isn't marked as not allowing turns. If you put a note (OSMAnd calls them OSM Notes) on the map someone will fix it when they can.

RunningDroid··on Ring introducing new feature to allow police to live-stream access to cameras
Personally I'd look through the brands listed in the Home Assistant integrations, either Local Push or Local Polling :

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/?cat=camera&iot_c...

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/?cat=camera&iot_c...

The documentation for setting up the integrations should also indicate whether there's any cloud involved.

RunningDroid··on ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral
> Also a great honeypot to query out all the users of this app and schedule them for a visit.

In other threads people have noted that the Dev's decision to be iOS only means Apple has a complete list of users but the Dev does not.

RunningDroid··on Ask HN: How Are You Reading HN in June 2025?
I'm using Glider on Android: https://github.com/Mosc/Glider

It's pretty nice and handles network issues well

RunningDroid··on Unhooking from Amazon Ebooks
There's also OpenLibrary by the Internet Archive:

https://openlibrary.org/

RunningDroid··on LLM code generation may lead to an erosion of trust
> > Onboarding is a lot of random environment setup hitches > > Learning how to navigate these hitches is a really important process

To add to this, a barrier to contribution can reduce low quality/spam contributions. The downside is that a barrier to contribution that's too high reduces all contributions.

RunningDroid··on Kubuntu finally removes support for X11 in new installs
My understanding is that most of those issues stem from Xorg's core design not really being compatible with modern hardware and the only way to fix it requires breaking all clients.
RunningDroid··on DNA floating in the air tracks wildlife, viruses, even drugs
> Most new phones are trackable even if they are off, even.

For anyone wondering how this works: the cellular modem is a separate general-purpose computer that runs code from the manufacturer and the service provider, the only thing needed to allow tracking a phone that's off is circuitry to allow the modem to draw power independent of the rest of the phone.

RunningDroid··on Discover is now part of Capital One
> What's the Real Science™ then?

Monopolies and intense corporate consolidation are bad for everyone except shareholders and CEOs?

RunningDroid··on Harvard Law paid $27 for a copy of Magna Carta. It's an original
Works for me on Firefox Mobile w/ Ublock origin: https://i.imgur.com/8UAuXiu.jpeg
RunningDroid··on Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops
> I'm not sure what your point about "gender wars" is. Is this pole too effeminate for a man to be shaded by?

They were referring to this: >Its purpose was to assist female bus riders by offering shade during the hottest hours of the day and providing sidewalk lighting at night.

RunningDroid··on BART's Anime Mascots
That must be what Barty's profile is referencing here:

> Dislikes: Tight corners (screeches!)

RunningDroid··on Cars and Key Fobs: Attacks on Car Remotes
My family have both a Chrysler and a Subaru that try to do this, but they can't always keep up. (Sometimes I walk too fast and pull on the handle before it unlocks the door.)
RunningDroid··on Procedural Textures with Hash Functions
> Note, demo requires WebGL so won't show in Firefox.

Works for me in Firefox on mobile?

RunningDroid··on Scientists pioneer chemical process to repurpose rubber waste
It should be noted that vehicle design impacts the design (and therefore price) of tires, e.g. the 2012 Subaru Impreza is designed for a 15-18 inch rim and a low-profile tire, so the tires cost around $175 per
RunningDroid··on Microgravity 101
GP may have used superscript that got stripped, here's a test with normal numbers followed by the superscript version : 0⁰ 1¹ 2²
RunningDroid··on Browser extensions put 4M users at risk of cookie exposure
I think Firefox Desktop (but not Mobile) has this for all extensions but I'm not able to check right now
RunningDroid··on Hacker News Hug of Deaf
Watch also clears the terminal between runs
RunningDroid··on Man pages are great, man readers are the problem
> Some big programs split it, usually for the worse.

For some reason ZSH provides split manpages and a concatenated manpage (zshall, iirc.) I personally just use the concatenated manpage

RunningDroid··on Show HN: Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua
PenLight might count: https://lunarmodules.github.io/Penlight/
RunningDroid··on Generate autounattend.xml files for Windows 10/11
GP's just returning to the Unix style, though they typically had /usr on NAS (which is why some things were in /bin instead of /usr/bin, for example.)
RunningDroid··on We hacked Gemini's Python sandbox and leaked its source code (at least some)
I believe they were referring to the use of ZFS snapshots for a Copy-on-Write type setup
RunningDroid··on 'Sesame Street' Faces Uncertain Future Amid Funding Cuts and Layoffs
https://archive.today/1gEe0
RunningDroid··on How to Build a Thousand-Year-Old Tree
The site seems to have been HN'd:

https://archive.ph/xP8YB

RunningDroid··on Amazon is trying to stop people using AI to cheat in job interviews
Archive.Today to the rescue: https://archive.today/IAwB0
RunningDroid··on [dead]
Bad regex strikes again

  If paper.contains('diverse|diversity|…'); then; DEI_papers += paper; end
RunningDroid··on DOGE puts $1 spending limit on government employee credit cards
https://xkcd.com/1217 aka "just remove the cancer"
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