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New comment by pestat0m in "Your phone is about to stop being yours"

pestat0m — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:15:32 +0000

It's probably worth mentioning that as far as i know this change does not affect AOSP phones[1]. I'm currently living with a Kyocera flip-phone[3] for the past few years. I even got F-droid installed, though it turned out to not work all that great on a flip. I wish more people wrote apps for flips. I keep intending to look into writing my own APK if i ever get the chance. As i understand it, it's a bit like The Wild West, though there are places where you can get flip-phone apps[2] like maps, media players, messengers, etc.. i just never seem to have time to look more into this(and i'm a little concerned about getting scammed). I did manage recently to successfully tether my old touch-phone to my flip for a car trip i took, so i could get data to the touch and run maps(i feel somewhat clever to have sidestepped Big Tech on that issue). Hopefully i'll get some time one day to look more into flip-apps.

[1] https://source.android.com/

[2] https://www.apkmirror.com/

[3] https://www.kyoceramobile.com/rugged-devices/duraxv-extreme-...

New comment by pestat0m in "Ask HN: YouTube Alts? (Sign in to confirm you're not a bot)"

pestat0m — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:39:58 +0000

It's a miracle! Youtube is working again! i knew complaining on HN was the answer. I guess i'm off now to watch more Denys Davydov and Combat Veteran News. ...it's so pathetic how we have gotten to this point where these rotten platforms hold so much power over public discourse. Someone needs to bring back snail-mail periodicals with included disk-media. ;)

New comment by pestat0m in "Ask HN: YouTube Alts? (Sign in to confirm you're not a bot)"

pestat0m — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:37:34 +0000

c-span.org works! sadly pbs.org loads mangled. archive.org/details/movies is accessible in pale moon!

Ask HN: YouTube Alts? (Sign in to confirm you're not a bot)

pestat0m — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:12:38 +0000

Well i can't watch youtube for the 2nd day in a row now. Trying to play a video results in a notice saying "Sign in to confirm you’re not a bot - This helps protect our community. Learn more (Sign In)". Embedded videos also do not work.

Note, i'm in firefox-esr(I am also not signed in in case it was not clear). if it makes any difference i'm on starlink however i don't think this is the problem, and i'm not going to test log-in since i don't have an google account at my starlink workstation.

I did test the problem in pale moon and basilisk(current versions), and i couldn't get past the youtube search function which loaded a mangled page and freezes the browser(same for both browsers). should i test seamonkey?

Perhaps i just need need to update to the latest firefox? I have been getting warning for awhile now telling me to update my browser to continue watching youtube. i guess they finally pulled the plug. Still, it kinda bugs me that the current versions of pale moon and the like don't seem to be supported by youtube anymore.

...In happy news, it looks like dalek.zone is back up and running today(no longer 502)!

I wish more people would use alt video platforms(like peertube).

Any suggestions on other places to consume video content(preferably long-form and somewhat intellectual)?

p.s. it looks like other people have had similar problems recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46829632

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47336683

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New comment by pestat0m in "Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties"

pestat0m — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 17:55:18 +0000

"Your browser is out of date. Update your browser to view this site properly."

it always makes me sad when i see this. you are not reaching your target audience. fyi this seems to be a cloudflare thing. i see it everywhere. The World Wide Web seems to be going down a dark path. perhaps i do need to update my browser, but why should that matter for just reading a news site. it's like someone wants you to not have access unless you buy a new macbook(or maybe a chromebook). maybe i should just install Chrome already? i just feel like this Big Tech has crossed the line with their customers a long time ago at this point.

btw, fair.org looks interesting. i never heard of them before. Thanks!

New comment by pestat0m in "Many countries that said no to ChatControl in 2024 are now undecided"

pestat0m — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:43:17 +0000

i know it's included in the toot, but it feels like this thread should have the link to the act now site: https://chatcontrol.eu/

"The EU Commission proposes... ...Mass surveillance by means of fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats and the end of privacy of digital correspondence... ...network blocking, screening of personal cloud storage including private photos, mandatory age verification resulting in the end of anonymous communication, appstore censorship and excluding minors from the digital world..."

New comment by pestat0m in "Debian switches to 64-bit time for everything"

pestat0m — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 15:36:56 +0000

Right, the problem appears to be more an issue of data-rep for time, rather than an issue with 32-bit vs 64-bit architectures. Correct me if I'm wrong, but i think there was long int well before 32 bit chips came around(and long long before 64). Does a system scheduler really need to know the number of seconds elapsed since midnight on Jan-1st-1970? There are only 86400 seconds in a day(31536000 sec/year, 2^32 = 4294967296 - seems like enough, why not split time in 2?). On a side note, i tried setting up a little compute station on my TV about a year ago using an old raspi i had laying around, and the latest version of raspbian-i386 is pretty rot-gut. I seemed to remember it being more snappy when i had done a similar job a few years prior. Also, i seem to remember it doing better at recognizing peripherals a few years prior. I guess this seems to be a trend now: if you don't buy the new tech you are toast, and your old stuff is likely kipple at this point. i think the word I'm looking for is designed-obsolescence. Perhaps a potential light at the end of the tunnel was that i discovered RISC OS, though the 3-button mouse thing sort crashed the party and then i ran out of time. I'm also contemplating SARPi(Slackware) as another contender if i ever get back to the project. Also maybe Plan 9? It seams that kids these days think old computers aren't sexy. Maybe that's fair, but they can be good for the environment(and your wallet).

New comment by pestat0m in "Firefox tab groups are here"

pestat0m — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:01:58 +0000

The link just tells me to download new firefox: """ blog.mozilla.org Your browser is out of date. Update your browser to view this site properly. Click here for more information """