Hacker News: aucisson_masque

New comment by aucisson_masque in "GDID Windows – Cut the tracker that follows you even under VPN"

aucisson_masque — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:25:21 +0000

But I've got nothing to hide

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Firefox Containers Preview"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:13:36 +0000

For once, that's a great thing. I'm glad Firefox includes it directly into the app, but could we also use that opportunity to get it to work on Android ?

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:47:23 +0000

Since it's open, everyone can download and run it on their computer, it makes no sense to ban them. Everyone would still keep using them.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe"

aucisson_masque — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:20:45 +0000

I think at this point I'm ready to give up on Reddit, most of my questions are already answered by LLM.

And the discussions quality on Reddit are abysmal, its filled with bots.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Advertise in ChatGPT"

aucisson_masque — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:42:22 +0000

How long until advertisement impacts chatgpt answer, I mean not just adding a sponsored link at the end but changing it's answer.

We've seen it with Google, money is too hard to resist. Enshitification is coming !

Thanks god for the open Chinese models, they are the future. All hail the CCP.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "The Voice of Google"

aucisson_masque — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:14:24 +0000

Love Google for what it once was, hate it for what it became.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:46:11 +0000

Even on grapheneos you got to install the play store and play services to get most app to work, which mean connecting to a Google account.

Technically you can use fdroid, Aurora store, or only use stock applications but if we are serious, not all domestic abuse victims are also geeks that know how to do all these things.

They will need their apps, for instance for social security. Also, many people use their phone to pay nowadays, can't do on grapheneos.

Domestic abuse is a serious threat and people are motivated to stay away from their abusers, but if you give them something so barebone that they can't do 90% of their stuff, a significant percentage of them will revert to their old behavior and risk compromising themselves. For instance, buying a second phone and connecting it to the old Google account just to browse tiktok.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:39:34 +0000

It's mostly the app. Nothing come close to apple notes or reminder for instance.

Even safari... On Android, you get chromium that doesn't have any extension or Firefox that has incredibly frustrating UI and doesn't work well on some website.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:12:20 +0000

Why care about what Google know about you, in case of domestic abuse ?

It's not like Google is going to sell your tracking data to abuser.

There are many reasons to get rid of Google altogether, I just don't understand this one.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "GrapheneOS recommended for domestic abuse victims"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:11:10 +0000

Only in Google camera, which is usable on grapheneos: You get a live shot feature, it ain't exactly the same tho, look into that.

I run pixelos and the amount of stuff I miss from iphone is staggering, the difference between pixelos/grapheneos isn't as big as the difference between iphone/pixel.

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement wit

aucisson_masque — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:02:58 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play-next-week-as-epic-settlement-withdrawn/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927669

Points: 8

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New comment by aucisson_masque in "Croc: Securely transfer files and folders between two computers"

aucisson_masque — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:09:18 +0000

Unison is dead, this project is alive.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices"

aucisson_masque — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:50:35 +0000

I don't know what you are speaking about You have millions of competitors.

From small business to big shopping centers, online resellers,...

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices"

aucisson_masque — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:47:54 +0000

I don't mind paying a little more in exchange for good customer support. My internet provider has gone from having support in Arabic countries, that speak French good enough but don't really care about you, to support in France and it makes all the difference in the world.

I was astonished when I asked a question and the guy did actual research, called back and told me things that a simple Google search on my end wouldn't have find.

Usually it's very different, they either don't know/don't care or say things that are obviously false.

I believe it's also why Amazon took so much in popularity. If I got an issue with Amazon product, I know it well be dealt with swiftly, as long as it's sent by Amazon and not by a third party.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets"

aucisson_masque — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:12:15 +0000

Remember it's apple lawyer words, not established facts.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base"

aucisson_masque — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:35:31 +0000

Indeed

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base"

aucisson_masque — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:48:00 +0000

I'm a huge fan of recall, going to test this out. This looks very interesting.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years"

aucisson_masque — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:48:00 +0000

You don't increase T by lowering E2 or tricking your brain into it. It comes with too many sides effects and anyway the effect ain't strong.

New comment by aucisson_masque in "Men's average testosterone levels have halved in last 50 years"

aucisson_masque — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:05:32 +0000

America found the solution, put everyone on enhanced TRT and cash a shit load of bucks in the process :)

Others are trying to regulate pesticide, junk food (obesity, diabete). For instance nutriscore in Europe, also the recent change on pesticide allowed.

I'm not sure it will be enough, but at least they are attacking to the root cause. You're not just adding even more problem, like the increased cardiovascular event or erectile dysfunction with overdosed TRT.

Same for the semaglutides that everyone and their mother take in the usa, people wouldn't need them so much if they didn't eat absolute crap all the time.

We know that semaglutides have also side effects, and that rebound happen when you stop, but I guess it's better than just fixing the food lobby ?

New comment by aucisson_masque in "StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time"

aucisson_masque — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:56:31 +0000

I just downloaded it and launched it. It's very funny and somewhat addictive but it also feel overwhelming, just around me there are hundreds and hundreds of questions.

Some,I really don't care to answer, like "the Telephone pole, is it made of wood or steel ?!"

Who cares honestly.