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headasson Raytheon asks retirees for help making new Stinger anti-air missiles

not exactly. near peer doctrine called for aerial dominance. only recently (last few years) has the US bought back SHORAD. manpads are seen as unnecessary because there’s bigger and better weapons systems for them

headasson Microsoft Edge Pre-Installing Google Docs Offline Extension

google seem to be specialists at making people feel like that lol

headasson Single-chip processors have reached their limits

also all the other shit that’s on the chip ram etc.

headasson Ask HN: Why is the 5G rollout so problematic in the States but not Europe?

i mean if it’s for the radar altimeter you want it to be much quicker as it’s landing which is when it’s more prone to interference

headasson Simple passwordless authentication for web projects

i mean it’s not much different it’s just email code/link vs an all generating a code but 2fa is unphishable as well

headasson Live Streaming a Macintosh Plus

hdmi to vga adaptor?

i don’t think you can just do vga to usb as it’s analog to digital isn’t it?

headasson Why I will never buy another Samsung device

we have a samsung tv that is exclusively used with an apple tv and it’s seemed ok this far but i’m not sure how/if i can completely kill it trying to connect as we currently have no nearby open networks but if one pops up it’ll try and connect and i detest that

headasson Real Me and Fake Me

he calls people pedos for no reason and then bitched about being sued

headasson I cut the bite of the Apple logo out of my iPhone

worse still is using this on ios at least is a nightmare as swiping/scrolling sideways didn’t work so you have to click the numbers

headasson Programs that have saved Hacker News 100+ hours by automating repetitive tasks

personally i just upload to a self hosted bucket but if i don’t want it being uploaded at all i use a different thot key

ie print screen for ss and upload vs shift+ctrl+print screen for just a ss

headasson Running macOS in a Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon Macs

i mean it’s been pretty easy to run macos vm’s on macos hardware for ages either with ESXi or with parallels

headasson Despite the hype, iPhone security no match for NSO spyware (2021)

I’m curious to see an update since after pegasus broke apple put out patches to curb it

headasson A website hosted on a floppy disk (Be patient while it's loading)

this sounds really cool

headasson Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble

no one’s pulling out an iphone 3

but a 7 is £100 and still a solid phone that gets updates

headasson Why Apple’s iMessage is winning: teens dread the green text bubble

not at all

when i was in high school kids had iphones because they liked them and kids had androids because they liked them

everyone thinks kids do shit for status or clout and not just because we want to and make a choice of our own

lots of kids bought airpods because they work well not because they look cool or whatever

the kids who bragged about having the latest iphone were laughed at and the same went for android kids