Hacker News: WarOnPrivacy

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Firefox Containers Preview"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:20:24 +0000

>I haven't seen similar functionality in any [other] browsers

Brave has been advertising their new containers but I haven't tried them yet. https://brave.com/blog/containers/

Given Google's hostility toward non-chromium browsers, it's on my check-it-out list

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Firefox Containers Preview"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:15:51 +0000

> use the same service with different accounts & identities

Last week, I needed to do Google Takeout on a doz different user accounts (hours between request and availability). In a few seconds, I had a doz temp containers to keep the sessions alive and isolated, until the downloads showed up.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "DOJ Probes Harvard Financial Aid, Alleging China Donor Influence"

WarOnPrivacy — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:52:42 +0000

Here are some of the previous attacks on Harvard by the current administration.

https://abcnews.com/amp/US/timeline-trump-administrations-ac...

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "GTX 1080s: Testing a Legend"

WarOnPrivacy — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:00:31 +0000

    the legendary Core i7-8700K

This might be a unique assessment. My perspective is that Intel's strong lines were 4th gen and then 12th gen.

I see a number 4770 and 4790 still doing the job they were bought for. I expect the same for 12th gen when they're 13yo. Not so for anything between 4th and 12th.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Even Microsoft couldn't make Windows 11 work well on 8GB of RAM"

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:24:33 +0000

It can depend a bit on the use. I'm watching content (Jellyfin) on a ThinkCentre M75n IoT Thin Client.

It's underpowered all around. Athlon Silver 3050e, 4GB DDR4 (3.4 avail & not upgraeable) but it's running Win11 enterprise IoT 24H2. The device would sometimes throttle the CPU for unknown reasons (not thermal, no throttle flags). Universal x86 Tuning Utility completely fixed that.

The experience is really good up to 1080p videos. It can choke on 4k but it's a bedroom TV; it's fine. Videos on Firefox are no trouble. I'm quite happy with it.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Prepaid Cellphone Plans – Comparison Site"

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:56:57 +0000

No affiliation, just fondness. I've used the site for years. It's perfect.

I find prepaid plans (USA) that are the best possible fit for me - plans I'd never find otherwise.

Most recently I needed a data only plan on the Verizon network for my travel notebook. I use it for a few hours, every month or three. I found a MobileX plan for $2/MO + $2/GB. Exactly what I was looking for.

Prepaid Cellphone Plans – Comparison Site

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:56:57 +0000

Article URL: https://prepaidcompare.net

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48963307

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Why X Is Not Our Ideal Window System"

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:13:58 +0000

1990 looks right for a post date

    ref: https://dblp.org/pid/m/MarkSManasse.html
    ref: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/spe.4380201409

It's a shame it's historical. I was hoping that X had been lurking around all this time and was about to stage a comeback.

I have fond memories of Quaterdeck's DESQview/X system.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Why X Is Not Our Ideal Window System"

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 03:08:56 +0000

I suggest stripping the tracking query from the url so it's just:

    https://people.freedesktop.org/~ajax/WhyX.pdf

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "TP-Link Kasa cameras leaked home GPS via unauthenticated UDP for 6 years"

WarOnPrivacy — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:42:38 +0000

> Pretty much all cheap, Chinese-made hardware of this kind has intentional or unintentional security holes waiting to be exploited.

Why single out bad Chinese coding? Bad US IoT coding has a longer history.

Most Supreme Court Rulings are Secretive Votes with Little Justification

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:33:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/supreme-court-shadow-docket-rulings-milestone

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48943364

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Chinese memory ban would cut off RAMpocalypse relief"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:14:29 +0000

    Two up-and-coming Chinese memory vendors, YMTC and CXMT, could offer
    customers relief from shortages and skyrocketing prices, but not if US
    Representatives John Moolenaar (R-MI) and George Whitesides (D-CA) have
    anything to say about it.

My longish life has conditioned me to brace myself for harm, if both parties are in agreement. It's not an exclusive thing - but there's not much daylight between occurrences.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Declassified Documents detailing Voting System Vulnerabilities 16-July-2026"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:07:01 +0000

per: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942679#48942821

    Key Judgment 1:
      We have no indications that any foreign actor attempted to alter any
      technical aspect of the voting process in the 2020 US elections,
      including voter registration, casting ballots, vote tabulation, or
      reporting results. 

    Foreign Threats to the 2020 US Federal Elections - 
    https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/ICA-declass-16MAR21.pdf

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Is the Browser Up to Date?"

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:58:26 +0000

Every time an update is posted, those browsers are out of date. I've had Firefox go out of date more than once a day.

In the same vein, Brave won't update once it's a bit behind. It'll refuse and stay downdated until it's reinstalled.

FCC Officials Took $$$ Gifts from Paramount as Company Needed Approval for Deals

WarOnPrivacy — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:52:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.propublica.org/article/paramount-mergers-fcc-kennedy-center-gala

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48942872

Points: 40

# Comments: 2

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not Cars"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:43:28 +0000

The article is available now but in case it isn't later: https://archive.fo/JLxyO

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Why standard time is better for your health than daylight saving time"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:53:39 +0000

I wanted DST until I passed 50yo. My sleep moved from bulletproof to affectable. I have much less insomnia during standard time.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:08:30 +0000

I rely on my kids for financial support. It takes four of us (earning typical wages) to afford basic bills + basic emergencies.

I don't believe the US will exit the 4-income economy in my lifetime.

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "WSJ: The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives"

WarOnPrivacy — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:18:47 +0000

https://archive.fo/i9R37

New comment by WarOnPrivacy in "Why recruiters can't find workers and new grads can't find jobs (it's not AI)"

WarOnPrivacy — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 04:46:39 +0000

>Far fewer students are majoring in health care fields than are needed to meet demand

High stress careers might find it tough attract new entrants w/o high pay.