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katsura··on Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
I wanted to use Thunderbird, but there is no Thunderbird for iOS (well, there is one in development, you can install it through TestFlight, but didn't work at all the last time I tried it). I try to use the same apps everywhere to have some consistency.
katsura··on EmDash: A Fresh Take on CMS
Neither the "Cloudflare’s own announcement" nor the "Joost’s take" links point to the right URL, should be lower case.
katsura··on Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act
As you suggested, the websites could send information about themselves and the browser then could decide locally. Then there is no data leak. Obviously not perfect, because just like how the cookie law is abused, people could abuse this system as well. But the browser passing around headers is not the solution.
katsura··on Meta Platforms: Lobbying, dark money, and the App Store Accountability Act
Then predators can show normal content to adults, while children are redirected. I'd rather the browser didn't leak this kind of information.
katsura··on Show HN: µJS, a 5KB alternative to Htmx and Turbo with zero dependencies
Quite impressive! I’ve been looking into Turbo alternatives so it showed up on my feed the right time.

One gripe with the name though is that I’m used to uTorrent’s and uws’s use of “u” for the “µ” character. So, my first guess would be to look for uJS to find this project, not muJS.

katsura··on Helix: A post-modern text editor
On macOS I use Karabiner-Elements to do the exact same thing. Also, my config is only applied in terminals, everywhere else the original functionality is kept. So, I'd say it is quite flexible.
katsura··on Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux
My solution to the nag screen was that I never turned off my computer, just put it to sleep, so Total Commander was always running.

Interestingly, TC was one of the few software that I considered paying for, but in the end I didn't because they asked for too much information at the time. Not long later I switched to Linux, and I couldn't use TC there.

katsura··on Stop Doom Scrolling, Start Doom Coding: Build via the terminal from your phone
And what's the recommendation for iOS? Because, as it turns out, the Termux app on the App Store is not the same as the one on the Play Store, just uses the same name.
katsura··on If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?
How will that work with local/offline agents? They are getting better and better.
katsura··on Show HN: Kraa – Writing App for Everything
On the home page the "News article" and the "Food recipe" samples point to the same page.
katsura··on SailfishOS: A Linux-based European alternative to dominant mobile OSes
Last I heard of them they filed for bankruptcy. Are they back then?
katsura··on Is It JavaScript?
With PHP you don't even have to deploy, just edit the files on the live server, save, and it is done. :D I'm not endorsing this way of doing things though.
katsura··on Show HN: I built an AI Agent that uses the iPhone
I've been thinking about building a robot that can use a camera to look around, use motors to go in different directions, and when it sees a human, it could also ask if they've seen John Connor, and if the person is being "difficult" then press a button to terminate them.

The interesting thing is that the three laws of robotics says that robots shouldn't harm humans, but I don't really see a way for an AI agent to understand that by "pressing a button" they actually hurt the human.

katsura··on Recent AI model progress feels mostly like bullshit
To be fair, I love that magicians can pull tricks on me even though I know it is fake.
katsura··on Polypane, The browser for ambitious web developers
M1 Pro here too, the page doesn't hang, but it's extremely slow to scroll on my end.
katsura··on Show HN: iOS app that corrects your form in real time using your phone's camera
The app store lists the prices (I think it might be mandatory to have the prices there), but here you go:

- 1 Month $9.99

- 6 Month $39.99

- Ultra 3 Month $24.99

- 12 Month $19.99

katsura··on Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions
You mean like https://zero.rocicorp.dev/ or https://electric-sql.com/ ?
katsura··on Microsoft open sources PostgreSQL extensions to muscle in on NoSQL
MongoDB imitators? Wasn't CouchDB before MongoDB? CouchDB also stores JSON documents. They did create an imitation of the Mongo query syntax, but the document model doesn't seem to originate from Mongo, as far as I can tell.
katsura··on CouchDB 3.4.1 Released
They also have QuickJS as an option in this release.
katsura··on Show HN: New Sync Engine of SignalDB
What's the difference between replication and synchronization in SignalDB?
katsura··on Show HN: New Sync Engine of SignalDB
The documentation mentions "last change wins", which makes more sense in my opinion.
katsura··on Project Oak: Meaningful control of data in distributed systems
At first I thought this is related to the Oak server: https://github.com/oakserver/oak
katsura··on EU data shows PHEVs emit 350% more CO2 than tested values
I made some back-of-the-napkin calculations, and based on the electric range and outside charging prices it didn't seem like electric cars are really that much cheaper. The only time they clearly come out on top is when you can charge them at home at off peak hours, at least around here. PHEVs are in an even worse situation because even though they have a small battery, they need to be charged for quite some time, so outside charging is kind of off the table.
katsura··on Opera becomes the first major browser with built-in access to local AI models
Based on some stats they are at more or less the same level as Firefox[0]. Obviously, you can't trust these 100%.

[0] https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

katsura··on EHTML Docs
Something huge like React or Vue? The linked ehtml[0] file seems to be 1.23 MB, that is considerably larger than React or Vue.

[0] https://github.com/Guseyn/EHTML/blob/77d14539d1a9b39785db6f3...

katsura··on Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 on new AMD Zen 4 Threadripper
Thank you for the detailed explanation! I didn't know about any of that. I either got "lucky" and switched to Mac before all these happened, or just didn't pay enough attention to see these changes.
katsura··on Ubuntu squeezes more performance than Windows 11 on new AMD Zen 4 Threadripper
Arch can be made easier if you use Manjaro[0], for example. I used Manjaro for years before switching to Mac, and it was rock stable. I had Timeshift[1] installed and set up to be able to roll back just in case I messed something up. In general though, I never felt like I had to mess around with the terminal and a bunch of commands, only if I really wanted to.

[0] https://manjaro.org/

[1] https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift

katsura··on YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox
The mentioned issue that can be seen on the video has been happening to me for a day or two while using Chrome.
katsura··on Mouse experiments reveal the brain-heart connections that cause fainting
All too familiar feeling. One time I was traveling by bus, I didn't sleep enough the night before, plus the sun was shining on me and people were talking loud around me, so I started to become anxious and just passed out. The doctors couldn't find anything, so they just told me to sleep more. But the worst part was that after my first episode I couldn't even sit in a car because I felt anxious and dizzy every single time even if I just thought about it.

It's been 2 years since my last episode and now I don't feel that anxious anymore, but it feels like there is something in the back of my mind telling me that it can happen again.

katsura··on Mouse experiments reveal the brain-heart connections that cause fainting
Interestingly, when they take my blood with a needle, I almost always faint. But if I have a nosebleed, I have no problem at all - I can look at it dripping, I can look in the mirror to clean myself, nothing happens.

So, there must be some other things at play here.

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