Hacker News: Feniks

New comment by Feniks in "Microsoft has a dumb idea to make people use its web browser"

Feniks — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 22:00:52 +0000

Yep. Its not a bad idea at all, stuff like this is what made Chrome huge on Android. A lot of users will never change default settings.

I mean I would love to live in a world were people make informed decisions based on research but that's not happening. Meanwhile advanced users retain the freedom to use whatever browser they want so everyone wins.

New comment by Feniks in "Fallout 3 in Fallout 4 mod cancelled due to voice acting copyright"

Feniks — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:30:14 +0000

Its why dual audio is often missing and why undubs are illegal.

New comment by Feniks in "Navy Medics Get Prepared for Combat with Tour of Duty in Chicago"

Feniks — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:24:43 +0000

America in general. A surgeon in the Netherlands can wait DECADES for a kid with gunshot wounds. Its just textbook stuff but if you want to see it in action the US is a good place to learn.

New comment by Feniks in "Why Is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Some of the Reasons Turn Out to Be Myths"

Feniks — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 12:31:30 +0000

My healthcare provider always opts for the generic drugs. When that's not an option they negotiate hard with big pharma.

It amuses me how in the ostensibly capitalist US nobody cares about efficiency. You would think that the insurance companies in the US would care about profits, instead billions are being wasted every year. It wouldn't even be so bad if healthcare was actually the best in the world so people would get what they pay for but it is not even close...

New comment by Feniks in "Mozilla working on in-page popup blocker for Firefox"

Feniks — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 11:39:40 +0000

On a side note my ublock origin went into overdrive on androidpolice. How many trackers does a man need FFS?!

New comment by Feniks in "Unratified Amendments to the U.S. Constitution"

Feniks — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 09:48:21 +0000

Well most countries have living constitutions. I think its only natural to update the constitution every once in a while, a document from 1848 predates gay rights for instance.

New comment by Feniks in "Unratified Amendments to the U.S. Constitution"

Feniks — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:28:34 +0000

Or you could just do away with it all and go for a one man one vote system. Why a vote in Kansas needs to be tallied differently from a vote in New York in the 2020 elections is beyond me.

New comment by Feniks in "Fountain pen inks: the good, the bad, and the ugly (2011)"

Feniks — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 22:16:22 +0000

As someone who writes with his left hand I hate them with a vengeance. Haven't looked at them since primary school.

New comment by Feniks in "Ask HN: One tab on Chrome takes about 100MB memory, why?"

Feniks — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 14:10:25 +0000

This incidentally is why I chose a OnePlus: for its 6Gb of RAM.

New comment by Feniks in "Notes on Analytics and Tracking in Onavo Protect for iOS"

Feniks — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:51:46 +0000

"available free of charge" And that's the point were you become the product.

New comment by Feniks in "P&G and WPP: How shit hit the fan in digital marketing"

Feniks — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:52:32 +0000

Yep, I'm the one who decides when and what to buy. No manipulation needed.

New comment by Feniks in "History of the browser user-agent string (2008)"

Feniks — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:48:10 +0000

User agent sniffing is still around.

If you're uding something different from the approved four, Edge/Safari/FF/Chrome, lots of sites will nag you.

New comment by Feniks in "MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before and after movies"

Feniks — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:28:56 +0000

Reverse that trend by giving away tickets? Is that sustainable?

New comment by Feniks in "MoviePass CEO says the app tracks your location before and after movies"

Feniks — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 10:26:49 +0000

I never understood the concept behind this app anyway. You save money with tickets but are supposed to buy more overpriced food in the theatre? Thats not how you save money. Must be an American thing.

New comment by Feniks in "Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:59:39 +0000

Well I personally despise all tech companies selling out their users whether they are from the US, France or Peru. Its a fact on the ground many are from the US though.

New comment by Feniks in "Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:51:25 +0000

By all means name all the social media sites that are breaking the law on this scale and the EU is ignoring. I'll be sure to contact my local ombudsman.

New comment by Feniks in "InfoWars’ conspiracy theories have advertisers ditching YouTube channels"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:47:40 +0000

Outcasts and undesirables aren't invited to parties. Is that censorship or is that just how society works?

New comment by Feniks in "[dead]"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:31:58 +0000

Not true actually. There are many different forms of Islam. The Islam most people are familiar with today is the crappy one Saudi Arabia has been pushing. With Western oil money ironically.

New comment by Feniks in "Facebook’s tracking of non-users ruled illegal again in Europe"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:21:15 +0000

Its quite normal in my opinion for the police to invest more resources in pursuing a kidnapping case than a bicycle theft.

New comment by Feniks in "Eight Years On, Google Fiber Is a Faint Echo of the Disruption Promised"

Feniks — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:12:05 +0000

You clearly underestimate the cost of providing fibre to every house. This is why in the past electricity, water and phone lines were rolled out by the government.