Hacker News: aptwebapps

New comment by aptwebapps in "Google Workspace Updates: Send Gmail end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone"

aptwebapps — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 09:15:08 +0000

Good conversation threading first. For the rest it may just be that I'm used to it but I find it generally much easier to read than, say, Outlook.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Valuing Land: The Simplest Viable Method"

aptwebapps — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:38:48 +0000

The point of that section was not about the effect of land use restrictions on overall value but on local differences. If you are comparing the value of two different pieces of land with the same land use restrictions then they don't affect the value calculation. Deed restrictions are called out because they can affect the comparative value of two different pieces of land within the same zone.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Google Workspace Updates: Send Gmail end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone"

aptwebapps — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:38:24 +0000

What's the best Gmail alternative wrt UI features?

New comment by aptwebapps in "Indian Sign Painting: A typeface designer's take on the craft"

aptwebapps — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 09:44:23 +0000

So close ... https://cdn.qwenlm.ai/output/wV1bg6891b9b1082439d7000d439747...

New comment by aptwebapps in "String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'Zizians'"

aptwebapps — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:56:38 +0000

Here's another analysis which comes from a slightly different angle.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1361045568663945216.html

New comment by aptwebapps in "Ente: Open-Source, E2E Encrypted, Google Photos Alternative"

aptwebapps — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:06:29 +0000

deva.me being already taken, I guess.

New comment by aptwebapps in "'Mathematically perfect' star system being investigated for potential alien tech"

aptwebapps — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:40:10 +0000

The article does not claim anything like that even though the headline could be interpreted that way, and maybe that was not accidental.

Scientists are investigating the system simply because it has properties that might make it easier to detect signals from.

New comment by aptwebapps in "A Beginner's Guide to eBPF"

aptwebapps — Mon, 08 May 2023 06:42:30 +0000

Although the fact that Google puts the Wikipedia BPF article in the sidebar might confuse you a little.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Michael Lewis' next book is about Sam Bankman-Fried"

aptwebapps — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 05:30:41 +0000

If you're a reporter and a really good storyteller, which he definitely is, your reporting drive better be really, really good. At my most cynical, I would say that Gladwell writes non-fiction because it suits his style and makes for better stories, but that might be going too far.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Countries that have accepted the World Passport"

aptwebapps — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 12:24:02 +0000

Here's an interesting account by the originator meeting Nehru: https://www.news18.com/blogs/india/manu-bhagavan/an-intervie...

New comment by aptwebapps in "The patent troll that won a $308M jury trial against Apple"

aptwebapps — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 04:15:23 +0000

The problem isn't really NPEs. If it makes sense to have patents, then it probably makes sense to have a market in patents. The problem is mostly low-quality patents and the fact that the patent system is a poor fit for software.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Ask HN: What is the most complex concept you understand?"

aptwebapps — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 04:41:16 +0000

> the interaction between personal liberty, privacy, automation, encryption, state power, human psychology, and the feedback loops that connect them

Is that all? Let us know when you figure it out. I'm joking, but I really like your take on digital privacy and related matters.

New comment by aptwebapps in "A 'Lamborghini' of Chariots Is Discovered at Pompeii"

aptwebapps — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:16:25 +0000

My question was that while this particular chariot seems like it might have been used for ceremonial purposes, was that true for all chariots? The military context is interesting, but its surely only part of the picture.

To put it a different way, after its military significance faded, was it actually relegated to purely ceremonial uses or was it a popular means of transportation?

New comment by aptwebapps in "A 'Lamborghini' of Chariots Is Discovered at Pompeii"

aptwebapps — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:51:46 +0000

Aren't there non-military uses for transportation?

New comment by aptwebapps in "Sea Levels Are Rising Faster Than Most Pessimistic Forecasts"

aptwebapps — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:33:02 +0000

The commenter is from the Netherlands, not Florida. Also, I think you need to replace one instance of "Florida" in your comment with another state.

New comment by aptwebapps in "The Great Filter – Are We Almost Past It? (1998)"

aptwebapps — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 19:40:57 +0000

That was what I meant, yes.

New comment by aptwebapps in "The Great Filter – Are We Almost Past It? (1998)"

aptwebapps — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 18:54:23 +0000

Maybe by the time a civilization achieves the tech needed to really expand, they no longer want to.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Ultra High Resolution Photos of Snowflakes"

aptwebapps — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:50:01 +0000

Patent trolls suck, but the top comment was just wrong.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Who Were America’s Enslaved? New Database Humanizes the Names Behind the Numbers"

aptwebapps — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 04:31:11 +0000

If reparations for slavery ever happen in the US, it will be a political decision, not one resulting from a lawsuit. That isn't to say they courts won't be involved at one or more points, as you can certainly imagine challenges, but for it to happen it will have to come from Congress first.

New comment by aptwebapps in "Elon Musk moves to Texas"

aptwebapps — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 09:23:13 +0000

I think you are making some rather large assumptions. It's possible that you and 'techsupporter went to similar colleges in similar cities and around the same time, and the only difference is between your perspectives. But if those conditions aren't true, especially the last one, then your experiences may have been objectively very different.