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kzhe··on Your phone is about to stop being yours
doesn't waydroid already do this? is that how sailfish does it?
kzhe··on LineageOS 23
I'm using Graphene but honestly the biggest thing is that Lineage devs wouldn't care if you root, while Graphene devs obviously do because it screws the whole point of Graphene
kzhe··on Human writers have always used the em dash
No, its a hyphen you used. - vs – vs — (hyphen, en, em). Most android keyboards make typing the em dash easy, and there are plenty of ways to set it up on desktop
kzhe··on Human writers have always used the em dash
Only after, not before.
kzhe··on Human writers have always used the em dash
Espanso can be set up to make it easier, along with Powertoys on Windows and alt+shift+dash on the mac keyboard layout
kzhe··on Human writers have always used the em dash
I set up espanso to replace -= with the em dash when I type because I like its aesthetic. I used to use the compose key, and on Windows I'd had an AHK shortcut for it. On Android GBoard has the em dash as an option which long pressing on the dash, while FUTO makes it available just from the letter g.
kzhe··on Human writers have always used the em dash
but that looks worse, it's horrible.

i have espanso set up to quick replace "-=" with — on desktop and on my phone i use futo keyboard, which has the aesthetically inspring em dash one hold and swipe on the h key away.

kzhe··on Roblox executive says children making money on the platform is 'a gift'
I think they did fix Linux support intentionally for Linux users iirc
kzhe··on Why I use Firefox
Mostly agree but Firefox does not have the best Android extensions. Kiwi thrashes Firefox and Iceraven is better too with support for custom ones
kzhe··on The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6
I disagree. For me, it's superior.
kzhe··on The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6
GNOME is better than macos imo
kzhe··on Google has removed Conversations_im from the Play Store
I think you can remove it by disabling play protect, no?
kzhe··on Google Chrome goes native for Windows on Arm
Linux-dedicated hardware is growing so I do think this will be avoidable. They might not be on ARM but they will likely still be sold and exist (unlike with mobile where say a Linux phone is unusable).
kzhe··on Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too
Brave is homophobic (to slightly oversimplify). Why not Vivaldi?
kzhe··on Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone
There's no PM function on HN, but I'm interested.
kzhe··on Orion Browser by Kagi
But they are going after google maps. There's a beta "Kagi maps" on their maps tab
kzhe··on YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers
I'n a proud adblock user but that makes no sense. High quality video storage & streaming is costly.
kzhe··on YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers
Smarttube fir Android TV?
kzhe··on YouTube punishes ad-blocker users with slower videos on non-Chrome browsers
Piped & Libretube here, Lighttube also has awesome UI
kzhe··on Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years (2019)
This. I'm on EndeavorOS on crappy hardware as my only device, and I daily drive Firefox, but sometimes, Firefox simply doesn't load a website (i.e. coveragemap), and for this reason I have Chromium on the device in case. Also, Firefox crashes when I have too many tabs open.
kzhe··on Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years (2019)
…use Librewolf, then?
kzhe··on Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
Invidious and piped do not require an ad blocker and do not use an ad blocker
kzhe··on Tell HN: "Ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube”
I guess something could detect if the frame shown is a frame from the video and if not skip
kzhe··on Metric Time
It's been explicitly highlighted to me before that the calendar in the French Revolution is called the French Republican Clendar and not the French Revolutionary Calendar, so I'd assum the same is true and it would be French Republican Time
kzhe··on Scrollbars are becoming a problem
That's the point of stuff like alt dragging or super dragging
kzhe··on No Google Topics in Vivaldi
Can't we also enable random data
kzhe··on A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions
Tasky
kzhe··on A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions
F droid does this already
kzhe··on A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions
I try to avoid them as much as possible. On play store people using the free version were essentially blackmailed to switching to pro calendar (or lose their data), and even if I use F Droid version that's unethical. Pity there's no other FOSS Material you Calendar. I don't use any of their other apps.
kzhe··on YouTube no longer suggests videos if your ‘watch history’ is turned off
Libretube, Newpipe
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