Hacker News: ipidhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ipidHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:55:15 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by ipid in "Chinese app included malware to gain competitive advantage"]]>Upvoted because I think it's important for the world to know about this. Pinduoduo is using some sneaky tactics to get people to download their app, like offering popular products (e.g. iPhones) at prices that are really competitive (10% lower than other merchants). But the app contains malicious code that prevents users from even uninstalling it.

]]>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 07:22:47 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35271473ipidhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35271473https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35271473<![CDATA[New comment by ipid in "Show HN: A version control system based on rsync"]]>I wonder whether this system works for zip-compressed files, such as large .docx, .npz, etc. These are common large files, but it seems that rsync cannot handle compressed files.

Would Jamsync solve this problem?

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