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fIREpOKon Ask HN: Has anyone here left the big city in pursue of a simpler life?

> I actually feel more anonymous and self sufficient in a city.

Do you even know that they track your gait? and face? wherever you go?

(of course they don't even need to since you carry a tracking device in your pocket)

fIREpOKon Ask HN: Best < $700 general purpose laptop with good heat management?

I try to avoid Apple devices because of the artificial restrictions ... it almost feels like a mobile OS (which also has lots of artificial restrictions)

fIREpOKon College students built a satellite with AA batteries and a $20 microprocessor

The hard part (expensive part) is to put it into orbit...

fIREpOKon Instructions unclear and impossible to verify my Google account

I have the correct password and google ask me to "get my" to verify that it is me... If I click Try Another Way, I find out that it meant Get My Phone... But Google isn't in the settings because I use LineageOS.

Is it possible to disable that extra "safety" for my Google account? i.e.: I don't want to have to verify because I use a different computer to login.

fIREpOKon Instead of paying adults more, states let companies hire kids for labor shortage

I thought that AMP was finally a thing of the past...

fIREpOKon Ask HN: ChatGPT vs. GitHub Copilot

You should try asking that question to ChatGPT

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God awful results when compared to what other search engine? Certainly not Google...

fIREpOKon The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data

Instead of doing it, the government should create laws to make it illegal (exactly what is up for debate)

fIREpOKon Next-gen mobile internet – 6G – will launch in 2030, telecom bosses say

Privacy will more than likely be totally gone around that time.

fIREpOKon U.S. corn-based ethanol worse for the climate than gasoline, study finds

I thought that corn-based ethanol exists solely for the purpose of taking advantages of government subversives and had nothing to do with climate or the environment...

fIREpOKon Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?

if nobody can see their comments anyways whats the point to not let them wast their time and post in the abyss?

fIREpOKon Ask Dang: What tools do you use for moderating HN?

I have noticed many of those too.

> their posts are rate limited

I don't like this one... if your comments are shadow banned or automatically hidden.. what's the point...

There's also a lot of editing going on, but most of the time, they let you know what was edited, which is nice, thanks.

When a "veteran" user flags a post, it apparently also gets a LOT of weight from what I heard... It might be why in some cases a post with a lot of momentum quickly falls off from the front page. There's probably other reasons too.

I know that if a user has multiple accounts, they also somehow connect them together to the same person (not sure if it is automatic). They connected multiple of my account but not all... Dang confirmed it (I try to increase privacy by switching account once in a while)

When you get 500 karma, you can down-vote...

fIREpOKon The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

Nice list.

I also like Awesome RSS to bring back Firefox's RSS feed finder, Old Reddit Reddirect (brings back old reddit), Search By Image, Theater Mode For Youtube, User-Agent Switcher, Youtube-shorts Blocker (you can still view them, but the layout is the same as a normal video), View Image Context Menu, Smart Referer (adds a bit of privacy)

fIREpOKon Albanian gangs have set up their own CCTV networks to spy on cops

It has the potential to be utilized for monitoring misconduct by police officers.

fIREpOKon Ask HN: What are these strange random strings spamming my blog?

> Kind of genius, as it doesn't matter what the user is

It's a good way to avoid tracking of your meta data too for legitimate encrypted messages.

fIREpOKon Creating a landing page using AI tools and no code

Maybe AI will be what will save US from copyright...

fIREpOKon CAD Sketcher, free and open-source project bringing CAD like tools to Blender3d

Blender is great when you get used to it... specially if you have a 3D printer... CAD is what is/was missing. You can even do similar to parametric editing aka non destructive editing workflow.

Geometric nodes are great too.

fIREpOKon Ask HN: How did you master the art of programming?

Probably practice? I haven't mastered it though.

fIREpOKon Apple gets a cut of search revenue from Chrome as part of secret Google deal

Maybe because they try to make it look like they care about privacy?

fIREpOKon Show HN: I made a Reddit-like way to browse Twitter's top content

Sorry, but how is that like Twitter? and why should it be?