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>A interesting question would be, if the degrading google search is responsible that it is harder nowdays to find them I was going to comment on this. Forums are probably cropping …

Hello HN, who here doesn't use a phone and what do you use as a replacement? I've been using my phone less and less these days, and it feels like a chore to use a modern phone now.…

>And its still the most private consumer grade browser out there >All other browsers require tweaks and changes, while with brave from your first click you are more private, I can …

>Since we're indulging in conspiracy theories here Are you Brave's native marketing arm at work? When I open up wireshark and I see telemetry sent back to Brave after I open the br…

>Does anybody find the constant promotion of Brave on HN annoying? Yes, its extremely annoying, and I do not trust anyone saying positive things about Brave or its other product of…

There are still ways to prod out good content from the SEO spam on search engines. I wrote a google search front end that does this [0], using search operators to remove some commo…

I'm actually optimistic on the programming language research that can come out of it. One implementation bug can collapse a whole blockchain or series of smart contracts, and I've …

Literally people like you and all these "marketers" (read: scumbags) are the reason I wont scan a single QR code ever. >For an extra few milliseconds of load time, why not find out…

Hello HN, recently I've been seeing more discussion about the declining quality of Google's search algorithm. So I put together this page with some tools and tricks for getting bet…

Here some people I follow: --- For commodore 64 news and projects @allc64@nerdculture.de --- For command line tips and tricks @climagic@mastodon.social --- For kubuntu news @Kubunt…

>I deleted Facebook some time around 08... I've abstained from almost all social media, and suffered the consequent damage to my social life. You're not alone, I deleted my Faceboo…

Wikipedia, such as simple yet effective design that's been working well for over a decade.

Inspired by an AskHN from a few days ago about working for "boring" companies. I really enjoy the process of optimizing software, making it more reliable, faster, smaller code size…

The timeline of web browsers on wikipedia [0] has a good list of browsers. Some notable browsers that are not just copies of Chromium or Firefox: * Palemoon (Goanna engine, derived…

I looked into MorphOS before, but IIRC you need PowerPC hardware to run it. Is there an x86 or ARM version I'm not aware of?

Recently I was thinking about older software that is either no longer maintained, deprecated, or effectively in maintenance mode, and it got me wondering: if I was able to revive a…

Great to see new updates! I run a mastodon instance [0] (themed to look like Windows XP). Overall I really enjoy mastodon (and the fediverse in general), it gives the user an oppor…

>What is the relationship between W3C and WHATWG these days? IIRC a few years ago W3C essentially handed over web standards to WHATWG, with the thinking being that it wasn't helpfu…

Check out both Ruffle[0] and Flashpoint[1]. Ruffle is an open source flash player emulator that compiles to WASM and has a browser plugin you can add that will allow you to run emb…

> Flash is terrible in retrospect Actually it has a good use case for videos and animation. Flash animation uses vector graphics, saving huge amounts of space for basic animations …

Hello HN, sharing a forked Mastodon instance I set up themed in a Windows XP style with a focus on retro tech. Brief overview if you haven't used Mastodon before, Mastodon[0] is a …

Nice project! This project, and a similar project called Monolith[0], was a bit of an inspiration for making my own single HTML file tool called Humble[1] to solve a few edges case…

Great implementation, looks identical to HN and is very responsive! HN is a great website for trying out web frameworks, given how simple it is in terms of features and design. I m…

One thing missed when talking about Firefox's market share is desktop versus mobile market share. If you look at Wikimedia's metrics, Firefox still has ~10% market share of the des…