Hacker News: undercut

Treat Extensions Like Apps

undercut — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 23:06:12 +0000

Article URL: https://firewallsdontstopdragons.com/treat-extensions-like-apps/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42690773

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

How hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions

undercut — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 00:29:18 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/01/googles-chrome-web-store-has-a-serious-spam-problem-promoting-shady-extensions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42640207

Points: 134

# Comments: 59

Social Media Has Ruined American Politics

undercut — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 12:32:35 +0000

Article URL: https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/social-media-has-ruined-american

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42633502

Points: 11

# Comments: 0

What's New for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 41

undercut — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:23:37 +0000

Article URL: https://tim.siosm.fr/blog/2024/10/30/fedora-atomic-desktops-41/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41997825

Points: 11

# Comments: 1

uBlock Origin works best on Firefox

undercut — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:22:24 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41863975

Points: 29

# Comments: 1

Optimizing the Ion compiler back end

undercut — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:15:24 +0000

Article URL: https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2024/10/16/75x-faster-optimizing-the-ion-compiler-backend.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41861442

Points: 164

# Comments: 40

IronNet Has Shut Down

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:31:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/10/ironnet-has-shut-down.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41810933

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Bill Gross wants to save media with AI

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:55:34 +0000

Article URL: https://crazystupidtech.com/archive/bill-gross-wants-to-save-media-with-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41810622

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by undercut in ""Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable""

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:50:30 +0000

It was a long time ago but I'm 99% sure that there was a banner for Chrome on Google.com since the first public release.

New comment by undercut in ""Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable""

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:04:31 +0000

>The widespread adoption of Chrome was largely driven by word of mouth

No, it was driven by having a banner in the most privileged spot of the Internet, Google.com (the most visited site in the world with 0 ads on the homepage) saying that was faster and more secure than the alternatives. In fact Firefox benefited from some free ads on Google.com against Internet Explorer before Google developed Chromium.

New comment by undercut in ""Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable""

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:53:00 +0000

There is something wrong with your Firefox installation (maybe try a new profile with vanilla settings). I use search shortcuts all the time (w + spacebar for wikipedia) and it's exactly the same behavior in Firefox than Chrome/Edge.

Nvidia Shares Wayland Driver Roadmap, Encourages Vulkan Wayland Compositors

undercut — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:51:33 +0000

Article URL: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Wayland-Roadmap-2024

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41808306

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

In the Trenches with State Policymakers Working to Pass Data Privacy Laws

undercut — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 20:03:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techpolicy.press/in-the-trenches-with-state-policymakers-working-to-pass-data-privacy-laws/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41802932

Points: 5

# Comments: 0