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ycuser2··on Ask HN: What old or deprecated software do you wish was still updated?
Google Cardboard
ycuser2··on New cars make me want to Saab (2020)
I drive a Dacia with LPG. The car is ok, but of course don't await it to be comfortable. It vibrates more, is loud especially at high speed. And there are many little "quirks" like: To let down the window at the back seats, the buttons to do so are in the middle console instead at the front door.

For my needs thats enough. The trick is to never buy a better car, so you don't get used to the more comfortable features. :)

ycuser2··on New cars make me want to Saab (2020)
> I have never understood why there isn't a low cost automaker that has only the bare minimum

In Europe we have Dacia which is exactly that.

ycuser2··on Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage browsing-over-Tor?
Yes, client authentification it is called.
ycuser2··on Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage browsing-over-Tor?
Are you sure? Don't an attacker need knowledge of the onion address, which is almost unguessable?

But with client authentification that wouldn't be a problem anyways because only chosen clients get access.

ycuser2··on Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage browsing-over-Tor?
Hidden services are very easy to configure (the basic config, if you want to be as anonym as possible you have to do more). Install tor, add a few lines to config, done. And: You don't have to change your firewall settings at all. Nothing is exposed to the clearnet.

You can also make your service be accessible only to certain clients which have a certificate. I consider this very secure.

ycuser2··on Why offer an Onion Address rather than just encourage browsing-over-Tor?
I'm using Tor to access my local network services through hidden services. Since I don't need to hide my IP address I'm going to follow your advice gratefully. Didn't know that's possible.
ycuser2··on SSH into private machines from anywhere using Cloudflare Tunnel
I am utilizing a Tor hidden service to access LAN services from the internet.

It is free, runs on my hardware (Raspi Zero) and I do not have to open ports.

With client authentification, only clients with a certain key can access the service.

ycuser2··on Poll HN: What operating system do you primarily develop on?
I develop on Windows and Linux, and I'm ok with Windows.

What are the main disadvantages to develop on Windows?

ycuser2··on Number of people on government websites now
3% of almost billions(?) of browser users are still a fews millions of Firefox users. Millions of users is not "dead".
ycuser2··on Expose server behind NAT with Tor
If the main goal is not anonymity this should not be a problem?
ycuser2··on Where is every IP Address?
As a freetime project I monitor my internet connections and display them on a world map. It's interesting to see where your traffic goes in the world and to what company. You can make statistics like "which company got the most traffic or most TCP connections from me".

I wonder if this will be still possible with IPv6.

ycuser2··on Ask HN: How did you move on from past experiences?
10 years seems to be a good estimate how long it take to deal with extreme experiences.

In my experience it also was 10 years since I could handle similar situations. I have also heard this number from others often.

ycuser2··on FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps
This is the coolest thing I have read in about a month.

Never heard of data diode before. The hardware setup gives such a peace for the paranoic mind. Love it!

ycuser2··on 5-dimensional analogue of Rubik's cube
Strange, you could try 4d then :) https://superliminal.com/cube/cube.htm
ycuser2··on Two lines of CSS that will improve HN on mobile (IMO)
I don't see a downvote button...?
ycuser2··on Tell HN: Lost then regained access to Google account, with correct credentials
The irony is that I have to verify my age on YouTube, but I heard that people don't need this on any porn site for example.
ycuser2··on FBI document shows what data can be obtained from encrypted messaging apps
What about contact lists? I always thought that info is available.
ycuser2··on Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse?
"random websites" is a great rabbit whole!
ycuser2··on Show HN: I made a free, ad-free and open source tool for sharing private notes
Related: https://temp.pm/
ycuser2··on Windows 11: Just say no
Where's Windows ME?
ycuser2··on Those who witnessed Castle Bravo looked into Armageddon
The Youtube video is not available here.
ycuser2··on YouTube starts to require a credit card or ID to verify the age in EU (2020)
Any ideas how to by pass this? I don't want to give Google my ID or credit card info.
ycuser2··on China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week
But they won't have as much money as rich organisations and not as much influence.
ycuser2··on China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week
> Lobbying is a beautiful mechanism of democracy.

I don't think so. Poor people have no lobby. Families have no lobby.

ycuser2··on My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019)
Why did you censor "gamers"?
ycuser2··on My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019)
Can't reach their website here.
ycuser2··on What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole? (2019)
I want to touch it.
ycuser2··on ZeroVer: 0-Based Versioning
Thank you... I couldn't understand the reason to use it.
ycuser2··on Thunderbird 91.0
Seems it still doesn't have automatic archives.

I want to copy my emails automatically to a defined location without an addon.

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