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connorgurney
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Comment #49015656
We used to have these back in the days of Windows XP in the form of “HTML Applications”, though I recall them being atrocious from a security perspective. https://en.wikipedia.org/…
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Comment #48475389
I did similar several years ago with the .services TLD. Lo-and-behold, I bought the .com not long afterwards!
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Comment #48145153
I think this is one of the few things as late that makes me feel genuinely proud to be British, because, beneath the hostility that feels so rife across our country recently, we’ve…
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Comment #48082627
Stripe handle this interestingly, with a prefix to the ID indicating the type of entity. https://dev.to/4thzoa/designing-apis-for-humans-object-ids-3...
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Comment #47931438
This is a really fascinating idea… Just another one for the list of side-projects I’d like to get around to but never will!
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Comment #47789570
It most certainly does in the UK.
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Comment #47606736
The same day that OnlyOffice ended its 8-year partnership with Nextcloud, no less. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47605831
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Comment #47606730
The same day that The Document Foundation ejected its core developers, including much of the LibreOffice team, no less. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47599305
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Comment #47606715
At least they could make landing on a flat, non-spherical surface would be much easier, I guess.
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Comment #47606710
Certainly not a headline that I had on my bingo card for 2026…
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Comment #47583484
Update: It turns out that I was wrong. Sorry! https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/30/github_copilot_ads_pu...
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Comment #47571220
Indeed. I can’t see why Copilot would promote an unrelated third-party service…
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Comment #47547131
Ah, sorry, my bad - assumed you were referring to a business use-case, given the context, but makes sense.
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Comment #47547124
I’ve been using a Clicks case since the early days and have personally loved every second of it but it’s definitely an acquired taste. Let us know how you find it.
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Comment #47547078
Not sure what difference the nationality of the copywriters makes…
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Comment #47521736
Doesn’t Shared iPad do exactly this?
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Comment #47520514
It’s definitely an option in the UK, as I’ve just used it, though it’s not particularly prominent. If you choose the option to verify with a credit card and scroll down the form, t…
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Comment #47519954
Doesn’t Shared iPad enable that already?
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Comment #47519944
Mac requires separate users as other have said. However, for iOS and iPadOS, the answer is “Sort of”. As taken from https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/deployment/dep4d9e9cd2... …
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Comment #47516632
I’ve been doing exactly this with Jamf Pro for my personal devices. I’ll be interested to see if I can scrap it now.
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Comment #47464792
It only took us 29 years but HTTP 402 Payment Required might finally mean something on a wider scale…
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Comment #47453898
As a European, you’re on your own there…
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Comment #47219104
Crapple, probably.