Hacker News: efraim

Reddit is moving on from R/all

efraim — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:35:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/tech/906314/reddit-r-all-deprecating

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47629600

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by efraim in "Chromium uses web search for .internal TLD instead of opening URL"

efraim — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 04:18:50 +0000

I have them separated in firefox because i find it superior.

New comment by efraim in "Apple hit with over 1.8B euro EU antitrust fine in Spotify case"

efraim — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 12:48:22 +0000

> Today, Spotify has a 56 percent share of Europe’s music streaming market — more than double their closest competitor’s — and pays Apple nothing for the services that have helped make them one of the most recognizable brands in the world.

And they shouldn't have to, users should be able to install whatever software they want on their devices without paying a gatekeeper for it. Spotify exists on the web as well, they don't have to pay Google or Mozilla for delivering the service to their users. They don't have to pay Microsoft when users downloads and installs desktop software for windows. So why should Apple get any money because users install Spotify on their iphones? I'm sure Spotify pays Google for their cloud services that actually helps make them successful.

Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera

efraim — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 13:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.androidauthority.com/google-photo-sphere-mode-pixel-8-3373610/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37856898

Points: 59

# Comments: 44

New comment by efraim in "Why isn't Titan classed? (2019)"

efraim — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 04:53:45 +0000

The report by the whistleblower David Lochridge is specifically about Cyclops 2, also called Titan, and the quality control of the carbon fiber cylinder. It also mentions the viewport only being certified to 1300 meters. Some of it can be read in the lawsuit that came from Oceangate firing David.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.26...

Twitch Star Signs $100M Deal with Rival Platform

efraim — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:23:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/business/twitch-kick-xqc.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36364104

Points: 16

# Comments: 6

New comment by efraim in "Wikipedia user edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”"

efraim — Sat, 06 May 2023 20:51:15 +0000

Why is it ok to be prescriptive with things like spelling of words but not grammar or the meaning of words? If people are using words in a way that doesn't make sense to the reader, such as changing the meaning of them to be the opposite like the word factoid, it's not the reader that is wrong by pointing out that the word has a different meaning than intended. I have no problem calling out such use as being wrong.

New comment by efraim in "What broke Sweden? Real estate bust exposes big divide"

efraim — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:23:34 +0000

Your source doesn't seem accurate. Swedish immigration has been decreasing for the last 7 years, it is now back at the same level as 2012 but it was increasing every year since the mid 90s before that at was at its peak in 2016.

https://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics/statistics-by-subje...

New comment by efraim in "Linus Tech Tips YouTube channel hijacked"

efraim — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:45:09 +0000

And now that the main channel is down they have moved on to Techquickie. edit: and TechLinked

New comment by efraim in "ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors"

efraim — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 19:29:42 +0000

There are many different boards with ESP32 on them and lots of old projects that use it. The extra speed and features of the S3 is often not needed, so the cheaper ESP32 is a good option. And they both support cameras. https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/stable/esp32s... https://github.com/espressif/esp32-camera

New comment by efraim in "ESP32 Buyer’s Guide: Different Chips, Firmware, Sensors"

efraim — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 17:32:33 +0000

If it's a guide maybe you should mention that the original ESP32 is still for sale and still faster than some of the newer alternatives. There is also a new faster risc-v based variant without wifi/bt that was recently presented called ESP32-P4.

All current variants: https://www.espressif.com/en/products/socs

New comment by efraim in "“tipflation” and “tip creep” are sparking a backlash"

efraim — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:52:33 +0000

In that case it's better to tip with the card so the money is taxed correctly. Taxes are necessary and everyone involved in providing the service should have a cut of the tip.

Spotify and Google Begin Rolling Out User Choice Billing

efraim — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 14:03:37 +0000

Article URL: https://newsroom.spotify.com/2022-11-10/spotify-and-google-begin-rolling-out-user-choice-billing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33560890

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A Letter from Twitch President Dan Clancy on Subscription Revenue Shares

efraim — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:59:28 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/09/21/a-letter-from-twitch-president-dan-clancy-on-subscription-revenue-shares/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32925257

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Health Connect

efraim — Mon, 16 May 2022 22:24:32 +0000

Article URL: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/05/introducing-health-connect.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31403843

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by efraim in "Nvidia Research Turns 2D Photos into 3D Scenes"

efraim — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 10:57:45 +0000

In a follow up tweet it looks like there was a leaf on a tree in the foreground that obscured her face, not an AI replacement.

New comment by efraim in "Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes"

efraim — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:21:18 +0000

You're off by one in the initial seed step. Change

for (let i = seedSteps + s.length; i >= seedSteps; i--) to for (let i = seedSteps + s.length - 1; i >= seedSteps; i--)

The original is not using the for loop in the usual way so i starts off one smaller than expected.

New comment by efraim in "Lets Get Arrested (2019)"

efraim — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 18:39:25 +0000

Webkit is not safari. It doesn't use the same ui or bookmarks for example.

New comment by efraim in "Apple will charge 27% commission for alternative payment systems in Netherlands"

efraim — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:19:07 +0000

Wouldn't 50 % provide an even stronger incentive? Why is it that 30 % is the perfect number?

Apples seems to have that right, but some people are saying that they shouldn't have that right. Laws are possible to change.

New comment by efraim in "Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround"

efraim — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:20:56 +0000

In windows, shift-clicking or middle clicking opens a new instance