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pseudalopex··on Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
And the not spam?
pseudalopex··on Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
> I have run this for years with very little problems. And I can honestly say that have not found anyone writing to addresses I did not give them at their domain. Simple as this is, it is way to niche for companies to figure it out and exploit it.

Someone I knew did this. Spammers used lists of common names.

pseudalopex··on Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
The announcement the article linked said Existing addresses on the legacy domains will continue to work and forward mail to users without interruption.
pseudalopex··on Apple is about to make Hide My Email useless
> They already require that you use Sign in with Apple, I would think that it working fully is also a requirement?

They require apps offer a service which meets their privacy requirements if they use any 3rd party or social login service.[1] And apps could block private.icloud.com for email and not Sign in with Apple.

[1] https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/27/sign-in-with-apple-rules-app-...

pseudalopex··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
Or certain elements.
pseudalopex··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
> Firefox is probably the most divisive topic on this website.

Firefox is more divisive than AI?

pseudalopex··on Google Chrome update will close the door on ad blockers
Mozilla advertised Firefox Focus to block tracking and ads before. And it blocks some ads.[1] It is not possible to block tracking effectively without blocking some ads at least. They could have stopped to advertise ad blocking because people who wanted ad blocking wanted better.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557156

pseudalopex··on Never talk to the police
The quoted guideline covered your false separation. The discouraged example called a statement idiotic.
pseudalopex··on UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts
> You’re taking my argument to it’s extreme and giving it the least charitable interpretation.

No. You believed it would be effective was the most charitable interpretation.

pseudalopex··on UK to require ID or face scan before you can make social media accounts
> Can anyone suggest a better way of protecting kids, other than age verification?

> People without teenagers often say that parents can restrict phone access and use parental controls. In reality most parents don’t do this because it’s very hard to get a teenager to accept something that is not “normal” in their friend group.

It would follow from your argument a solution would be to make this normal. A solution to make this normal would be to classify as child abuse to give an under 16 more than short access to a device without parental controls.

This would not be a good law. But it would be less bad.

pseudalopex··on Never talk to the police
When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

pseudalopex··on Iroh 1.0
This is true. But you could click the name in the top left. Or Docs.

IP addresses break, dial keys instead

Modular networking stack for direct, peer-to-peer connections between devices

iroh establishes direct connections whenever possible, falling back to relay servers if necessary. Get fast, efficient, reliable connections that are authenticated and encrypted end-to-end using QUIC.

pseudalopex··on How to earn a billion dollars
> What counts as 'doing something bad' and 'cheating' clearly is subjective. I suspect Graham's opinion on the behavior of a Zuckerberg or a Musk would be a little more flattering than mine.

Graham's admiration of scammer Austen Allred is evidence for this.[1]

[1] https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/2019770359830949961

pseudalopex··on Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau
> Strategic approval voting is simply setting a higher/lower threshold on your approval.

The strategy of this is no simpler than the strategy of a single vote system.

> Yes, but it specifically ends the "vote for a candidate you dislike instead of the one you do like" type.

> Your favorite is always included in your vote (assuming you like at least one candidate).

Ranking candidates would express preferences more than approval voting. But you advocated approval voting solely.

pseudalopex··on How to earn a billion dollars
> So the essay is not a reasoned retort but more an emotional self-defense to soothe a bruised ego.

No. It was to persuade future politicians not to redistribute his and his friends wealth.

pseudalopex··on Noise infusion banned from statistical products published by Census Bureau
> Which is why we really need approval voting, so we can actually vote for the candidates we like, rather than needing to "strategically" hold our noses.

Approval voting would not end strategic voting.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting#Strategic_voti...

pseudalopex··on Labor Is a Market Distortion, we need VAT and UBI
You submitted this article with another title 6 days ago.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434114

pseudalopex··on Leaving Mozilla
There are 3 web engines generally useful. Each produced by 100s of people. Small teams have not matched their output. How would you explain this?
pseudalopex··on Leaving Mozilla
> I didn't hear any enthusiasts complain about the new VPN integration, which helps fund the browser.

You did not read the comments of this submission?[1]

This is common.[2][3][4][5] And those were comments which were easy to find because they said Firefox and VPN. Many other comments said they should focus on Firefox solely. Or eliminate all side projects.

> People even want to donate money for browser development, but can't due to the foundation structure.

People can give money to Mozilla Corporation by purchasing Firefox Relay, Mozilla Monitor, Mozilla VPN, or MDN Plus.

Rules for businesses to solicit donations are strict. Mozilla would have to be more careful than most because people confuse non profit Mozilla Foundation and for profit Mozilla Corporation. It is well known in fund raising most people who say they would donate will not donate. And many of the small minority of Firefox users who said they would donate implied or said plainly a condition was Mozilla would abandon other income.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48515030

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225892

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47434873

[4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47065167

[5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46323661

pseudalopex··on Leaving Mozilla
Firefox's market share peaked in 2009. Eich was CEO for 2 weeks in 2014. He resigned and declined Mozilla's offer to remain in another C level position. The same lawyer lady Mitchell Baker had every top job from 1999 to 2008.
pseudalopex··on Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?
Gauntlet AI is a mask of Lambda School effectively. Y Combinator funded Lambda School in 2017.
pseudalopex··on Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?
Gauntlet AI was a mask of BloomTech initially at least.[1] BloomTech was a mask of Lambda School. Y Combinator funded Lambda School. And Paul Graham admired Austen Allred's persistence to scam people.[2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972

[2] https://xcancel.com/paulg/status/2019770359830949961

pseudalopex··on Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?
> Is this a YC company? I really doubt they would be funding a company like this.

Gauntlet AI was a mask of BloomTech initially at least.[1] BloomTech was a mask of Lambda School. Y Combinator funded Lambda School.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972

pseudalopex··on Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?
Gauntlet AI was a mask of BloomTech initially at least.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42761972

pseudalopex··on Ask HN: Why is there some sort of a scam website being advertised on HN?
Send it to hn@ycombinator.com.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

pseudalopex··on Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf]
13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
pseudalopex··on Sweet Jeebus, macOS 27 Golden Gate Removes the Dumb Icons from Menu Items
More people complained of Liquid Glass than menu icons. And many of these comments continued to complain of Liquid Glass.
pseudalopex··on Starfish by Peter Watts (1999)
> A company that treats us all like such goddamn children it doesn't even allow us to correctly spell an epithet with a venerable history going back 900 years or more?

This meant what?

pseudalopex··on [dead]
Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.

Don't post generated text or AI-edited text. HN is for conversation between humans.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

pseudalopex··on Policy on the AI Exponential
> all the objections you might have

My comment before corrected this straw man clearly.

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