Hacker News: aviraldg

New comment by aviraldg in "Apple to increase spend with Broadcom to produce billions more U.S. chips"

aviraldg — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:39:21 +0000

> https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/336478/is-it-rea...

I've mainly seen it used this way in business contexts

New comment by aviraldg in "Itch.io Taken Down by Funko"

aviraldg — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:41:21 +0000

What's the problem with Namecheap (I have my domains there right now)?

Secure Communication Channel for iOS App

aviraldg — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 03:12:04 +0000

Article URL: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/secure-communication-channel-for-ios-app/785129

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42225659

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by aviraldg in "Our Founder – Momofuku Ando"

aviraldg — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 08:47:32 +0000

Reminds me of one of my favourite ads, Nissin's 'Samurai Noodles "The Originator"': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNbb9qixsRQ

Lilygo T-Glass

aviraldg — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:51:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lilygo.cc/products/t-glass

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40723306

Points: 43

# Comments: 10

Programming and debugging tools at Tomorrow Corporation [video]

aviraldg — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:28:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72y2EC5fkcE

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34907843

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Twitter bans linking to alternative social media platforms

aviraldg — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 18:17:33 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1604531261791522817

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34040636

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by aviraldg in "GitHub Copilot is generally available"

aviraldg — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 16:53:08 +0000

Can't wait for someone to integrate this into a shell. Does anyone know if such a project exists?

New comment by aviraldg in "PipeWire: Bluetooth Support Status Update"

aviraldg — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:18:54 +0000

Do you mean mSBC?

New comment by aviraldg in "Apple silently fixes iOS zero-day, asks bug reporter to keep quiet"

aviraldg — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:24:20 +0000

Forcing Apple to do the right thing the next time.

New comment by aviraldg in "Facebook whistleblower says she wants to fix company, not harm it"

aviraldg — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:31:45 +0000

Please stop assuming everyone shares your values and beliefs. Personally, I think that while there is some mismanagement at Facebook (that can be fixed) most of the issues brought up can probably be expected from anyone in this problem space at this scale. Facebook has allowed me to discover a lot of opportunities and connect with some long lost friends, so I would say the cost is worth it.

New comment by aviraldg in "Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to displace traditional meat"

aviraldg — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 21:57:58 +0000

This is equivalent to saying: "paid labour may never be cost-competitive enough to replace slavery".

Sure, "traditional meat" is cheaper. But that's because it involves the torture and murder of animals.

The prospects for Apple’s on-device CSAM Detection system in Europe

aviraldg — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:52:04 +0000

Article URL: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/rhw8c

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28154193

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by aviraldg in "Affinity 1.10"

aviraldg — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 17:03:39 +0000

I am so glad this exists, and take every opportunity to encourage friends and family to switch to it and avoid alternatives from companies with exploitative and unfair business models (like Adobe.)

New comment by aviraldg in "Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery"

aviraldg — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:59:43 +0000

Presumably the verification that these false matches are not problematic is manual?

That's not good enough given how our media currently works. Imagine articles published when information about such a check leaks that say "celebrity X's phone checked by police for suspected CSAM." While that is the truth ("suspected") no one cares about that nuance and such a person would get cancelled very quickly, even if there was no evidence of wrongdoing.

New comment by aviraldg in "Facebook users said no to tracking, and now advertisers are panicking"

aviraldg — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:46:00 +0000

As soon as ad supported free services start shutting down because of ad blocking and lowered clickthrough rates on ads because of targeting being blocked, most people will probably start changing their minds. (The alternative being maintaining 10-20+ paid subscriptions.) For now, all this change means is that users who are opted-in to tracking are subsidising those who aren't.

New comment by aviraldg in "Jeff Bezos’ Dystopian Legacy Goes Far Beyond Amazon"

aviraldg — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:55:42 +0000

+1.The fact that most current tech unions are more about $POLITICAL_ISSUE_OF_THE_DAY (e.g. forcing the company to stop working with organization X) instead of just workers' rights and compensation is what turns me off of them. I believe they would be more successful if they split into goal-specific unions: most workers would have no issues joining the "real" union, and those who have specific opinions on political issues could join unions for related issues.

New comment by aviraldg in "Jeff Bezos’ Dystopian Legacy Goes Far Beyond Amazon"

aviraldg — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:13:50 +0000

Link should be updated to https://progressive.international/wire/2021-07-09-bezos-dyst... (The current article mentions that is where it was originally published)

New comment by aviraldg in "The Reign of Introverts Is Here"

aviraldg — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:53:01 +0000

One of the changes due to WFH that I'm happiest about is how all meetings are now online, which makes my inability* to find the right time to take a turn speaking in a conversation less of a problem (since it's possible to "raise a hand" in most online meeting apps, or just drop a message in chat.) Better still, most meetings can be converted to emails, so this situation doesn't arise in the first place. I don't think most people realise how much anxiety this kind of stuff causes "introverts".

* Also shared by most people with ADHD.

New comment by aviraldg in "Cuba′s Covid vaccine rivals Pfizer, Moderna"

aviraldg — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:53:52 +0000

Yeah, I was surprised USA was able to come up with a COVID vaccine too, given the recent reports of government corruption, armed insurrection and police brutality.