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abhs··on Host a web app on Twitter in a single Tweet
Twitter applies lossy compression to images, you'd need to take that into account instead of the pixel perfect expectations.
abhs··on Tesla stock explodes higher again, topping $900 per share
Tesla will be the Apple of cars.
abhs··on Machine Unlearning
De-anonymising is possible because of the data via direct or indirect correlations.
abhs··on Towards a conversational agent that can chat about anything
The output was cherry picked.
abhs··on DuckDuckGo Traffic
Same, when I first tried DDG (2 yrs ago) the results were horrible. Now I've switched to DDG permanently 2 weeks ago as the results are good enough. Later I'm gonna change my parent's default search engine to DDG in a few days of more testing.

I love that DDG has almost no spam and the fact that it's so on point to the queries and doesnt perform the wide search. My dad has a few websites that he's visits daily, and he just goes to them directly. Since Google and DDG cant differentiate themselves much any more, I feel like the next direction for every tech company is a larger emphasis on user privacy and it's only going to be more important for already established markets as a differentiator.

Once DDG grows by 2x more, it'll become a significant competitor to Google. At the point, that additional data advantages likely approaches diminishing returns. Remember, network effects arent exponential in real life, they follow an "S" curve.

abhs··on Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?
Slashdot, The Verge, Vox, Tech Crunch, Ars Technica, TechJuice.pk (Pakistan).
abhs··on Working for a startup makes less sense
I like that username... :D
abhs··on Why we Forked Firefox and Not Chromium
I like the series and I didnt even upvote. Not sure why you're angry.
abhs··on A Billion Surveillance Cameras Forecast to Be Watching Within Two Years
What you're saying resonates with the plot of the movie "The Circle".