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rbinv··on Instructions around the usage of meta robot tags and robots.txt files
Nice. They should probably add HTTP headers (X-Robots-Tag) to the list. Cloaking, too.
rbinv··on The US dollar’s hegemony is looking fragile
GPT-3, is that you?
rbinv··on Ask HN: What was the biggest contributor to your happiness in the past year?
So do you work 20 hours total per week (2.5*8) or do you actually work more hours per workday to make up for it?
rbinv··on Stompenberg FX: Demo and play over 150 pedals live via the internet
More details here: https://www.thomann.de/blog/en/stompenberg-fx-speaker-simula...
rbinv··on Flutter 2
> flutter apps embedded in classical websites.

Sounds like Java applets.

rbinv··on Always Bet on Text (2014)
> [edit: unfortunately hackernews doesn't display the unicode character U+1F426]

That got a good chuckle out of me. It actually shows how there's not just "text".

rbinv··on Zuckerberg wants to 'inflict pain' on Apple for privacy changes
Reminds me of Jobs wanting to "go thermonuclear" on Google, which Apple's aggressive pro-privacy stance kind of does.
rbinv··on Show HN: Screenstab – A tool to turn screenshots into image assets
Cool idea. I wonder if the effect(s) could be achieved solely with CSS?

edit: the page says the transforms are done locally, but maybe you could also offer a hosted API so screenshots can be replaced automatically.

rbinv··on Requests dropped when using Cloudflare’s free tier for a commercial project
Hmm, we've been experiencing vastly reduced throughput as well (something like 100 kB/s on images >100 kB in size, cache hit). We're on the free plan, though. Makes me wonder if there's actually some throttling going on behind the scenes.
rbinv··on Losing faith in UX
Even checking your balance from your non-mobile device is quite a pain now. It's much more likely for me to miss a fraudulent transaction now since I no longer login on a daily basis.
rbinv··on Setting User-Agent Field? (1996)
Today, Google even crawls, renders and indexes URLs sent from Chrome browsers via dial-up IPs using regular browser User-agents, so... no. Other than that, Googlebot seems to obey most of the time.

I don't blame them. Cloaking couldn't be detected otherwise.

rbinv··on M1 Macs cannot support dual Extended displays through their Thunderbolt 3 ports
+1 for Spectacle: https://www.spectacleapp.com/
rbinv··on Interview with Morris Chang, founder of TSMC (2014) [video]
Jen-Hsun Huang (NVIDIA), too.
rbinv··on Cyberpunk 2077 removed from PS Store and refunded
Link to actual page: https://www.playstation.com/cyberpunk-2077-refunds/
rbinv··on Vercel raise $40M Series B
The term "serverless", to me, makes as much sense as "No Software" (Salesforce) did back then: none. I do get the point of "you're not managing any actual servers", but still.
rbinv··on Messenger API Updates for Europe
That doesn't really say very much. What new rules? Why the API?
rbinv··on Transparency Report
"High volume of device requests predominantly due to stolen device investigations": https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/de.html
rbinv··on EU hits Amazon with antitrust charges over merchant data
Non-paywall: https://archive.is/VAECo
rbinv··on Google Chrome is preparing a widget with shopping ads on the new tab page?
I was going to recommend Netvibes as a viable iGoogle alternative, but it seems that it has become quite "enterprisey". I, too, miss iGoogle (which ironically would be much better suited for ads like these).
rbinv··on Retool Raises $50M from Sequoia
Congrats! Well deserved - Retool is an excellent product in my opinion. So much CRUD code saved.
rbinv··on How to waste your career, one comfortable year at a time
More like uncomfortable.
rbinv··on Nvidia Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls
Agreed, it's especially visible on the shoulders.
rbinv··on Windows XP source code has leaked
Would love to see the actual compile/build process for this. I don't think we'll see bootable ISOs (from this).
rbinv··on Try Svelte
It'd be interesting to see how many sites actually honor custom settings. I have my doubts.
rbinv··on Logic board with 20 USB3 ports
I'm curious: what kind of devices? Seems like a lot.
rbinv··on When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport number
Here's a list: https://gist.github.com/numberwhun/d85075f4f63411bafa1c6e40e...
rbinv··on Leaked UI A/B Tests from Major Websites
That's actually not a login but a signup form. More people will probably enter anything at all with only one field showing. And since they've already interacted with the site, they might feel inclined to complete the process even after they find out it's multi-step. Some will of course bounce because of it, but it should be net positive overall.
rbinv··on Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200RPM drives
Windows had (has?) a defrag tool for this purpose. With SSDs, it's not an issue.
rbinv··on Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200RPM drives
Yeah, I came to the same conclusion after thinking about it some more. Looks like a faulty memory.
rbinv··on Multiple Western Digital 5400RPM drives are actually 7200RPM drives
If my memory serves me right, 7200 rpm result in higher spinning but reduced seeking/head noise (which I personally dislike more).

edit: I'm probably wrong

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