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New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:48:38 +0000

Yeah they respond. `ping mdns.mcast.net`, shows responses from ip addresses I recognize on my LAN, `arp -a`, still no hostnames. Tried all the other suggestions online too. Tried on my Mac and Rpi, same network, just a single ethernet LAN.

Router is all default except that I port-forwarded something. Funny enough, it sees the hostnames. I'm guessing it's some problem with both my computers, but no real need to fix this because I memorized the addrs already.

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:38:23 +0000

Also even obfuscated JS code is easier to understand than machine code, if you're trying to tell what some non-open-source thing is doing

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:22:05 +0000

That's typical. I think it's mainly familiarity, which in turn comes from PWAs missing basic capabilities in the past or present so everyone made apps instead. Push notifications in PWAs is a recent thing. PWAs don't share cookies with browsers, which entirely breaks some auth flows like Firebase. It's still hard to tell users to install it as you mentioned. And PWAs didn't even exist at some point.

The other thing is, many websites have bad or broken PWAs. It's usually just the website without tabs or back arrow, which sometimes makes navigation awkward because they built it assuming a browser. I'll always use the browser over the PWA.

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:05:23 +0000

Would've left just from seeing a QR code on the table

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:41:57 +0000

Exactly. The only app-specific abuse I can think of is apps that wake in the background (Apple said this isn't the case, but it is), Android where apps get push by default, or apps that just hope the user will grant broad permissions that web can't do.

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:38:38 +0000

Apps can download code too, and often do

New comment by zadikian in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

zadikian — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:36:12 +0000

Besides users being more familiar with apps in the past, PWAs are still kneecapped in some subtle ways to make them want apps. I wish PWAs were the norm, so much easier.

New comment by zadikian in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:36:21 +0000

Ever since my phone's wifi broke and I'm on 1 bar LTE at home, I've been using HN more. The site even looks good and modern imo.

New comment by zadikian in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:32:09 +0000

I don't usually see this because it seems to require intentional design to work on mobile. The original post has an example that doesn't lay out well on mobile, or just a very tall and thin desktop window.

New comment by zadikian in "I prefer OG style websites – what are yours?"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:27:32 +0000

At least in 2014-2016, every important website you'd use as a student at Berkeley was old style. Starting with Telebears.

New comment by zadikian in "Names of Easter"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:25:24 +0000

There's a separate Armenian name not listed there

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:59:06 +0000

Default home router out of the box is not going to have DHCP issues. Custom config or bigger network, sure, I've dealt with it too.

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:55:58 +0000

Idk, just checked my LAN-connected Mac's arp tables now and none of the hostnames are there, even after I ping the multicast. Haven't messed with any settings.

New comment by zadikian in "Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year"

zadikian — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 21:08:08 +0000

Blockbuster did start offering mail in DVD rental subscriptions just like Netflix, in fact it was better because you could return it to a nearby store if you didn't want to wait for mail. But it was too late. (This was even before streaming.)

New comment by zadikian in "LinkedIn is searching your browser extensions"

zadikian — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:49:12 +0000

This sounds possibly better. Aligns the interest of the website more with the users.

Ads are a weird game. People say you're ripping off the website if you adblock, but aren't you ripping off the advertiser if you don't buy the product? If I leave YouTube music playing on a muted PC, someone is losing.

New comment by zadikian in "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"

zadikian — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:48:24 +0000

Microtransactions have been done in various ways, in fact the word refers to those more than a hypothetical.

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:44:36 +0000

That would be fine if it were default. My router doesn't even have that option.

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:38:59 +0000

I used to have it enabled long ago. It's insecure. Random cheap devices will open up ports with upnp without the user noticing. It doesn't work that well either, cause hosts will conflict on ports. P2P applications have better ways to establish connectivity.

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:19:51 +0000

It would've been less annoying to not do a breaking change from Py2 to 3. JS never had a breaking change like that.

New comment by zadikian in "New patches allow building Linux IPv6-only"

zadikian — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 20:15:23 +0000

I never have to debug why my dhcp server isn't handing out ipv4 addresses or deal with conflicts, but if I did, it'd break mdns too. mdns is an extra moving part to deal with.