Hacker News: dcdc123

New comment by dcdc123 in "LinkedIn is illegally searching your computer"

dcdc123 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:23:21 +0000

I use uBlock Origin with basically every filter list enabled on Brave with their default blocker enabled. I just confirmed that this does not prevent the script from loading and scanning extensions. The browser tools network tab on LinkedIn is absolutely frightening.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

dcdc123 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:59:07 +0000

"Forget the network" implies something to do with wifi though.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback"

dcdc123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:41:50 +0000

Oh damn I missed that detail.

New comment by dcdc123 in "JuiceSSH – Give me my pro features back"

dcdc123 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:48:13 +0000

The issue is people that already paid lost their pro features unless they pay _again_.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback"

dcdc123 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:48:16 +0000

From what I understand this does not prevent use of custom ROMs, it just means ROMs built before it was done will not work anymore. I assume they can re-package old versions to work with the new configuration, I am not entirely sure though. There are discussions elsewhere in this thread with more informed people.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback"

dcdc123 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:31:22 +0000

It was because a method was discovered to bypass the lockout of stolen devices.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Why does SSH send 100 packets per keystroke?"

dcdc123 — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:06:36 +0000

You’re absolutely right!

New comment by dcdc123 in "TerabyteDeals – Compare storage prices by $/TB"

dcdc123 — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:10:47 +0000

https://pricepergig.com/ is another one. Found that on r/datahoarder

New comment by dcdc123 in "iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan"

dcdc123 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:19:36 +0000

I don't think you get how it works. When you download a browser on iOS it does not have an engine _at all_, not even a "WebKit fork". The browser is just a UI and wrapper for one of the engines bundles in iOS. No modifications can be done to the engine whatsoever, it is part of the OS.

New comment by dcdc123 in "iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan"

dcdc123 — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:21:50 +0000

There are many browsers on the App Store but they all have to use one of two browser engines bundled with iOS.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Stardew Valley developer made a $125k donation to the FOSS C# framework MonoGame"

dcdc123 — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:04:10 +0000

They’ve also paid tons to Igalia to develop features for them in open source projects.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Helping Valve to power up Steam devices"

dcdc123 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:25:13 +0000

Nothing to contribute other than to say that article was an awesome read and now I wish I had the specific skills needed to work at Igalia. :)

New comment by dcdc123 in "Tabloid: The Clickbait Headline Programming Language"

dcdc123 — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 05:59:14 +0000

I love it.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Postman which I thought worked locally on my computer, is down"

dcdc123 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 22:41:21 +0000

You should consider updating your free license to allow some time period of professional use, otherwise it's not possible to evaluate it at work without violating the license.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61.5B valuation"

dcdc123 — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:42:55 +0000

I use agentic tooling when programming all the time and I can say for certain that Claude feels _several times better_ than any OpenAI model, despite what the benchmarks show.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Should managers still code?"

dcdc123 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 23:36:59 +0000

I don’t think you can answer this for all managers of all teams all at once. Most of the time the answer is probably no but sometimes it’s not. Sometimes good managers want to code and they need to in order to stay happy. Sometimes your team is fast moving and small and your manager needs to code to keep up. Sometimes your manager is so busy managing they can’t. It just depends.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Will Google Search Be the Next to Join Killed by Google?"

dcdc123 — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:07:48 +0000

Oof where is this guy finding an LLM that is a reliable source of information? Most times when I ask an LLM a question about something or bother to look at the AI results in Google I find a lot of incorrect information and linked sources that do not contain any part of the answer they were cited for.

New comment by dcdc123 in "1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds"

dcdc123 — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:26:46 +0000

I think another very common scenario is just eliminating the headcount. Companies cut headcount at a small scale all the time and the first one to go is usually the unhired.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Web apps built with Ruby on Rails"

dcdc123 — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:52:24 +0000

Canvas LMS is built on rails. It is open source, too.

New comment by dcdc123 in "Short-Term Rentals Are Hollowing Out Communities with Loose Restrictions"

dcdc123 — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:51:21 +0000

I’m a full time nomad and stay in airbnbs and similar almost full time going on four years now. I used to rent my house but finally sold it so I figure I’m a net zero on the housing issue. I also like to spend a few weeks to a month in a walkable residential neighborhood and get to know it a bit. You can’t usually do that in hotels.