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tabivon Manifestos, Fear, and 'Loser Thinking': Inside Proton's AI Reckoning

I just want to pay someone and then get a reliable email service in reuturn. Why do we need all of this velocity, productivity BS.

tabivon Proton to 'Re-Interview' Staff About AI to See Who Gets to Keep Their Job

The reddit thread on this topic has a response from Proton and it includes the text of the email. This seems like a very poor way to treat your employees.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1xg8nq9/proton_...

tabivon Where to buy a non-Apple, non-Google smartphone

A big issue for me was events that require digital only tickets. I haven't been able to work around that yet.

tabivon US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire

I thought Iran's nuclear capability was destroyed in the June 2025 bombings?

tabivon Animated Knots

*by Grog!

This website was so useful for Boy Scout rank advancement.

tabivon Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15

I prefer small trailers for this but if you don't have the space for a trailer, F150 it is.

tabivon The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from using any banking app

You may be intetested in this, if you haven't seen it already.

https://crackberry.com/clicks-communicator

tabivon Clicks Communicator

The "small" screen is supposed to deter social media and video use.

tabivon Automatic Content Recognition Tracking in Smart TVs

You'll take my 2010 Sony Bravia panel over my dead body.

tabivon Massachusetts 'Reviewing' Kei Car Ban After Uproar over Canceled Registrations

I always thought that the only reason motorcycles have survived in the US was to artifically preserve the Harley Davidson brand.

tabivon Proton is transitioning towards a non-profit structure

I think this is a good change for Proton. I hope it leads them to change some of their misleading privacy marketing.

tabivon Who makes the most reliable new cars?

What was your prior car?

tabivon Desmos 3D graphing calculator

This is my favorite online graphing calculator. It's been around for a while. It got me through pre-calculus.

tabivon The end of cool small cars

The closest thing we have these days is the Ford Maverick. It's a ute! They're not very available though.

tabivon Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

Recently my wife and I searched for a drinking water filter that would remove PFAS. We found one!

https://www.clearlyfiltered.com/pages/performance-data-for-t...

tabivon Caravaggio Was the Other Michelangelo of the Renaissance

Daniele Bolelli has a great podcast on Caravaggio http://historyonfirepodcast.com/episodes/2016/8/15/episode-1...

tabivon Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro

I've had certain wired headphones that last me 10+ years. Blutooth devices with small batteries would end up in a landfill in that time.

tabivon Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

Goose Game

tabivon I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

I've been looking into the Asus Zenfone 8 to replace my 4a eventually. It's expensive but it's compact.

tabivon I’m going to miss you, but I am taking a sabbatical

Maybe, like his tree, his pot is way to small and he is root-bound.

tabivon Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money

If you're reading this thread and wondering how to get started with a double edged safety razor, try this starter kit from Maggard. I wanted to try it for years but never knew where to start. I've solely been using this kit for about a year. https://maggardrazors.com/collections/kits/products/maggard-...

tabivon Tell HN: AT&T disabled phone numbers and accounts of users using the old phones

I'm on an MVNO that uses AT&T service, Redpocket. I had a phone (LG G8) that WAS on the whitelist and AT&T dissabled it after the 3G shutdown. I was without service for over a month until I gave up and bought a newer phone. Customer service had no clue what to do.

tabivon LineageOS 19

I have tried this in the past with Google Voice. It's just too inconvenient to not be able to make calls when I'm not near a wifi. I've learned that's the #1 feature I value in a phone.

tabivon LineageOS 19

No, I didn't mean to imply that. I've also used it more recently on a Pixel 4a and it was better than the out-of-the-box experience IMO.

tabivon LineageOS 19

It's nice to see that Lineage OS is still a prominent alternative OS. Back when I couldn't afford new smartphones, it would allow me to keep years old devices on relatively new software (these were the CyanogenMod days). Using it opened my eyes to tinkering and the possibility of a de-googled digital life. It's a shame that due to the ongoing 3G shutdown, people won't be able to keep old devices working.

tabivon Travel photos are underrated (2019)

I completely aggree with this. I also used to hate taking photos. I think it was because my grandmother would always take at least 100 photos at every gathering. No one would ever see them.

Thanks to smartphones, it's so simple to snap a quick photo and put your phone back in your pocket. It's also trivial to share that photo with everyone. I've never thought, "Man, I wish I had taken fewer photos."

I've been trying to simplify my digital life recently. I've seriously considered buying a dumb phone for calls, texts, and music only. Giving up my camera though...

tabivon LG has decided to pull out of the smartphone business

That's a huge bummer. They were the last manufacterer to care about audio quality. I'd love to not have to buy a dedicated audio player to listen to my music.

tabivon Speeduino: Open-Source Engine Management

I've been looking into this for my Miata. There are a few plug and play options for hardware that you can buy from small companies. This is all platform dependent of course. https://speedyefi.com/