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the author of that post was called out by the HN mod for engaging in vote manipulation in the past, and lying about several aspects of the GPT3 post [1]. I wouldn't put so much fai…

> Yeah, I'm pretty happy with how Google tends to follow Apple's better ideas they just innovate in different areas. and they borrow from each other all the time. Android introduce…

it's still crippled though. Try playing webm videos, like here https://www.base-n.de/webm/VP9%20Sample.html They won't play because all browsers on iOS use webkit, and webkit doesn…

Self-hosting on a reliable VPS is already $5+ per month. Github/Gitlab could easily undercut that. And frankly, users should start getting used to paying for software, at least it'…

is this built on top of HashCash[1]? [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash

While clearly bot spam is on the rise, we need to be very careful on how we choose to deal with it. Cloudflare has already introduced "proof-of-Apple" [1], where proven Apple devic…

my personal favorite is "proof-of-Apple" [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31751203

People are working on this. You've heard of proof-of-work and proof-of-stake right? Well my personal favorite is "proof of Apple" [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3175…

I wonder why more computers don't use the simple boot model that devices like the Raspberry Pi use. From what I've heard, the RPi is effectively immune from persistent malware. Fir…

> although of course Google will never tell you that or confirm or deny this this sounds like security by obscurity. Why are people ok with this?