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New comment by csmattryder in "Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to justify wider UK site-blocking?"

csmattryder — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:24:56 +0000

>And the parents that are worried about their children getting fucked up by hardcore porn and social media.

Rarely brought up during the OSA debate, but I think we all know every UK ISP has "Safety Shield" on to block access to adult entertainment - by default. When purchasing the service you're asked if you want it disabled.

If parents are disabling it, they can't be that worried.

New comment by csmattryder in "I hacked my washing machine"

csmattryder — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:26:04 +0000

One must imagine the washing machine user happy.

New comment by csmattryder in "Graphene OS: a security-enhanced Android build"

csmattryder — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 08:23:31 +0000

I got it installed last weekend, really powerful mobile OS.

I did do about three weeks of research, as I worried that maybe a number of apps wouldn't run on it or needed some form of deep attestation. Didn't find much, OpsGenie and other work apps are happy with the GOS level of attestation provided.

Great to have Google kicked off the phone. So nice to shut off the network permission for any apps that only require an internet connection to serve ads.

One tip from me, if you came from stock Pixel: You can download the default Pixel sounds and set them up like it was. Have a look for "Your New Adventure" online, the message sound is "Eureka".

New comment by csmattryder in "Peep Show is the most realistic portrayal of evil I have seen (2020)"

csmattryder — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:41:11 +0000

Chance'd be a fine thing, a fine thing indeed!

New comment by csmattryder in "DuckDuckGo Is Down"

csmattryder — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:06:25 +0000

Got DDG set as the default search engine in Firefox.

Saw the error, immediately typed "duckduckgo status" into the address bar and searched - in DDG.

Not my smartest moment.

Pornhub to introduce 'government approved' age checks in UK

csmattryder — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:32:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5v2lz5vl6o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44385682

Points: 6

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New comment by csmattryder in "Curate your shell history"

csmattryder — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:44:13 +0000

I use fish with the sponge plugin that omits any command that doesn't return an error code 0. Combined with ones like `z` to jump around directories, I reckon my history is pretty tidy.

Anything important and convoluted, I'll shove it in the fish config for quick access.

New comment by csmattryder in "CERN scientists find evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep"

csmattryder — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:38:25 +0000

I got to "Mary Little" before I realised my virtual leg was being pulled.

Deary me. Hope Mary Little's lamb is doing well.

New comment by csmattryder in "Show HN: I made a live multiplayer Minesweeper game"

csmattryder — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:18:15 +0000

Ok, that was fun. Pipped Ginko to the win by one point, they should've calculated the last square was a flag faster than I did.

It'd be cool to be able to put your own name in though, without signing in. Just a suggestion.

New comment by csmattryder in "U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts"

csmattryder — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:29:17 +0000

Ahh, I used to have that opinion, but I've encountered too many "It's fine if they want it, I've got nothing to hide" people. (They never give you their Facebook password if you ask, though. Funny, that.)

Change what you can, I say, VPN on the network device.

New comment by csmattryder in "U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts"

csmattryder — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:19:27 +0000

> I thought we were making progress in the anti-surveillance privacy na[rra]tive

What lead to to believe that? The Conservatives and Conservative-Continuity governments both agree that our data simply must be in the hands of the police, DEFRA, and your local council.

RIPA will never be repealed and only strengthened.

New comment by csmattryder in "UK's Online Safety Act comes into force"

csmattryder — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:07:16 +0000

> crisis response protocols for emergency events (such as last summer’s riots).

Or maybe the proles organising mass protests at the government. No, surely not.

New comment by csmattryder in "Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot"

csmattryder — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:39:38 +0000

Ah yes. That's what I get for touch-typing... Thanks.

New comment by csmattryder in "Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot"

csmattryder — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 15:09:23 +0000

Aye must be. Alt+Caps is just toggling Caps Lock here.

Shouldn't haven't modified anything for it, do my utmost best to just use WSL for work.

New comment by csmattryder in "Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot"

csmattryder — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:51:08 +0000

Alt+Space is currently used in Windows for the keyboard layout switcher if you've got 2+ configured, at least on my setup.

I use it to switch from UK layout to US (long story).

New comment by csmattryder in "Rim/Blackberry tales – reply all"

csmattryder — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:42:38 +0000

I'm teaching the chapter, "Why is everyone signing off with J? A crash course in email from Windows users"

New comment by csmattryder in "Walking in short bursts consume 20-60% more energy than walking continuously"

csmattryder — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 12:21:00 +0000

Yeah, that's a known training method, "High-Intensity Interval Training", HIIT.

New comment by csmattryder in "Show HN: Nextread.ai – AI-powered book recommendations with a twist"

csmattryder — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:15:16 +0000

I mean, you can just go and plug in the same prompt into ChatGPT and cut out the middleman, really.

Just did it for a laugh, and for "High Rise" it recommended "The Road" and "The Dispossessed". Sounds about right.

New comment by csmattryder in "Wordpress.org Login: "I am not affiliated with WP Engine in any way""

csmattryder — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:56:21 +0000

McCarthyism for the blogging generation.

New comment by csmattryder in "Has anyone noticed how overrun by bots Reddit has become?"

csmattryder — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 10:18:07 +0000

> They just post inane one line comments in response to the article headline. They often have some corny joke or something like that, but it's never anything more than two sentences, and those sentences never, ever say anything insightful or even controversial - it's just an incredibly surface level and uncontroversial reaction to the headline.

I haven't used Reddit in years, but this was Reddit pre-LLMs.