Hacker News: qxnqd

New comment by qxnqd in "AI Dungeon 2 costing over $10k/day to run on GCS/Colab"

qxnqd — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:08:12 +0000

Why justify it, when it's public money? It's free!

New comment by qxnqd in "Vulnerable Nations Call for Ecocide to Be Recognized as an International Crime"

qxnqd — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 02:31:33 +0000

I'd like to see a comparison of what you can get with $3000 in Tuvalu vs. what you can get with $30000 in Mississippi.

New comment by qxnqd in "Ask HN: What tech choices make “new” Reddit so unbearably slow?"

qxnqd — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:25:07 +0000

Both take more or less the same time to show a page, they just pushed it from the backend (old reddit) to the frontend (new reddit), but I'd say it is equally slow.

I'll stick to old reddit so they pay the bill (literally) for their ineptitude.

New comment by qxnqd in "Verizon/Yahoo Blocking Attempts to Archive Yahoo Groups – Deletion: Dec. 14"

qxnqd — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:15:00 +0000

Why does everything need to be archived? Why can't the stupid things I said 20 years ago in a forum just vanish someday?

(I never posted there but you get my point)

New comment by qxnqd in "An example of exploiting two fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox on Windows"

qxnqd — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:02:47 +0000

Even to bugs that have already been fixed?

New comment by qxnqd in "The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 19:50:44 +0000

Yes, they share the room with the Facebook executives who worry about the HN users who will quit the social network.

New comment by qxnqd in "FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:46:13 +0000

For the record, I didn't pretend to give medical advice at all.

New comment by qxnqd in "FDA Approving Drugs at Breakneck Speed, Raising Alarm"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:14:44 +0000

>Maxigesic. Tylenol and ibuprofen in one pill.

What's the point of this, compared to just having half a pill of tylenol and half a pill of ibuprofen?

New comment by qxnqd in "Systemd Opened Security Hole in Linux, VPNs Could Be Compromised"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 15:58:48 +0000

SystemD should not be as big as it is.

New comment by qxnqd in "Duolingo becomes first VC-funded $1B Pittsburgh tech startup"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 10:00:09 +0000

The thread is full of "Duolingo sucks, just use XXX instead", for a wide array of XXX alternatives. Now to pick a good XXX...

New comment by qxnqd in "Brave Passes 10M Monthly Active Users, Sees 19% Growth Since 1.0 Launch"

qxnqd — Sat, 07 Dec 2019 00:11:24 +0000

Don't forget to disable Javascript on your browser too.

New comment by qxnqd in "Brave Passes 10M Monthly Active Users, Sees 19% Growth Since 1.0 Launch"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:44:46 +0000

I don't think they can be compared. Brave profiles (well, Chrome profiles) are basically different browsers. They share nothing. They can have different settings, they can run a different set of addons, etc.

New comment by qxnqd in "Brave Passes 10M Monthly Active Users, Sees 19% Growth Since 1.0 Launch"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:48:28 +0000

Same. For me it combines the best of Chrome (speed) with the best of Firefox (privacy). In fact I'd argue it's like having "privacy.resistfingerprinting" on, but without as many sites breaking.

New comment by qxnqd in "Privacy analysis of Tiktok’s app and website"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:11:34 +0000

Brave blocks cross-site canvas by default under their "Device recognition" option. You can also block first-party canvas access.

New comment by qxnqd in "Jack Dorsey Needs to Step Down"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:54:23 +0000

What's wrong with Anthony Noto? Honest question as I am not American and I don't know him at all. His article on Wikipedia doesn't seem to show any controversies.

New comment by qxnqd in "Jack Dorsey Needs to Step Down"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:51:46 +0000

I don't blame them. I signed up in 2009 and I deleted my account a few years ago because, well... Twitter now is not what I signed up for. But I guess they have to move on. Things change, but that does not mean I have to like the changes.

New comment by qxnqd in "No to Chrome"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:47:52 +0000

That is opt-in.

Edge hasn't been released yet.

Vivaldi UI is a buggy and slow mess (I invite you to try it yourself)

New comment by qxnqd in "No to Chrome"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:11:17 +0000

I use it because I've written many filters for my favourite websites. Also you can use lists which can block even more things. In my case I've blocked all social network bullshit, including icons, share buttons, widgets, etc

New comment by qxnqd in "No to Chrome"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:25:16 +0000

Then go with Brave. They stripped out the Google bits, and they won't remove support for the current uBlock Origin ad blocker.

New comment by qxnqd in "No to Chrome"

qxnqd — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:20:41 +0000

Try Safari and/or Brave