Hacker News: attendant3446

New comment by attendant3446 in "Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?"

attendant3446 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:15:26 +0000

My default browsing habits are in incognito mode. I only open normal browser for websites where I want a persistent session. I haven't noticed the "bubblification" with DDG. And I actually find DDG AI answers helpful (sometimes).

New comment by attendant3446 in "Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo?"

attendant3446 — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:12:39 +0000

StartPage doesn't only block VPN access, but also "regular" connections. And what's worse, it doesn't ask to solve some captcha, but blocks you completely and only shows the form where you can say why you think they are wrong.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Do I belong in tech anymore?"

attendant3446 — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:44:13 +0000

I'm going through something similar. All the symptoms described in the article are present in the company where I work. But I don't blame AI. AI is just a tool. I blame the company culture, because it's the source of those problems.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

attendant3446 — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 08:22:58 +0000

For starters, not sending a notification "he is now using this app!" to everyone who has my phone number.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

attendant3446 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 17:08:11 +0000

Tbh, anything that is not a proprietary closed garden. Why access to the clubs/interest groups now requires to compromise the privacy?

New comment by attendant3446 in "Android’s desktop interface leaks"

attendant3446 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:22:35 +0000

I don't get your point. Are you saying that Apple can sell more specialized iPhones?

But that's exactly what is the problem with modern Apple - software is shit. It's limited on purpose, so that the users are forced to buy more Apple devices. So no, they don't need to sell more iPhones, they need to make their software better, so it won't be like a cult where you need to keep buying a bunch of different devices. But then they won't get easy money from the followers, so they will never do this.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

attendant3446 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:54:46 +0000

But why does it always have to be a mobile app?

New comment by attendant3446 in "Finland looks to introduce Australia-style ban on social media"

attendant3446 — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:53:38 +0000

I'm a bit glad that it's no longer Facebook groups. But WhatsApp is also disappointing. I have to keep an account on my 'throwaway' phone for junk apps just to communicate with those groups and clubs. And usually WhatsApp is the only way with them.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Android’s desktop interface leaks"

attendant3446 — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:56:38 +0000

What is Apple doing to blur the line between desktop and mobile? Is it the abomination they call iPadOS? It's a joke, it's nothing more than iOS+.

They've made it perfectly clear that they want to keep desktop and mobile separate in order to convince their customers to buy all their devices.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet"

attendant3446 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:51:24 +0000

I didn't say there are none at all. And I've heard that internet from small internet providers can actually be good.

But after living in 3 different apartments there, I never had a luxury to be able to connect the internet from a small provider. Their coverage is very, very limited. So it always was Telekom/Vodafone/o2.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Deutsche Telekom is throttling the internet"

attendant3446 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 10:15:35 +0000

My experience was slightly different. I mean, yes, there pretty much no 'non crappy' German internet providers, but nothing was as bad as Vodafone.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Confer – End to end encrypted AI chat"

attendant3446 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:41:20 +0000

It's not perfect simply because it's a mobile-first app. That's Signal's main problem.

New comment by attendant3446 in "I doubt that anything resembling genuine AGI is within reach of current AI tools"

attendant3446 — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:55:29 +0000

Oh, I didn't mean the term "Artificial Intelligence" itself. I was talking about referring to what we have now as "AI".

New comment by attendant3446 in "Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn"

attendant3446 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:52:40 +0000

I was in a similar situation in Egypt once. At the specified time a train arrives, I board it. Only to see that my seat is occupied. We started to discuss the situation and the other passenger showed me his ticket - it was one of the previous delayed trains. We figured it just in time for me to jump out of the wrong train before it left the station :)

New comment by attendant3446 in "I doubt that anything resembling genuine AGI is within reach of current AI tools"

attendant3446 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 09:35:58 +0000

The term "AI" didn't make sense from the beginning, but I guess it sounded cool and that's why everything is "AI" now. And I doubt it will change, regardless of its correctness.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Valve is running Apple's playbook in reverse"

attendant3446 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:28:22 +0000

To be honest, I've never had any issues with 'Platinum' games on Proton. But I somewhat agree, starting with 'Gold' and below, it was a hit-or-miss situation.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Framework Sponsors CachyOS"

attendant3446 — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 21:32:27 +0000

I've been using CachyOS with Plasma desktop for a long time now. Including my gaming PC. Zero problems. But I don't play any online games.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Don't throw away your old PC–it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy"

attendant3446 — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:08:18 +0000

The problem with Synology type NAS is that they still treat you like a product. If you go this way, you have to accept the limitations. Or you have to do everything yourself.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Louvre to hike ticket prices for most non-EU tourists by 45%"

attendant3446 — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 21:51:54 +0000

They can still save 'Louvre' in 1Password =). Using strong passwords is a matter of mindset, not software.

New comment by attendant3446 in "Gnome is better macOS than macOS"

attendant3446 — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:12:16 +0000

Personally, I'm in a KDE camp. GNOME was never my cup of tea. But I completely agree that the Linux DE surpassed Windows/Mac some time ago. While Windows enshitified and MacOS stagnated, Linux on desktop kept evolving. And even though I've used Windows and Mac for a long time before fully switching to Linux, I now can't go back.