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> My pebble watch would call an app on my phone, in turn the app would make a request to the webserver and the webserver would then make a query to the wifi socket to toggle it Whe…

And once you reclaim your one finite shot at this planet, who's gonna pay for your dinner?

One of the sources you provided has only one, clear, obvious definition: one that applies 99% of the time, and aligns with how they (and me, and I can assure you, every single read…

That's nice :) I'm curious though - did you use tabs or spaces?

> for whatever reason If you pointed a gun to my head, I'm pretty sure I could think of a reason why someone would want to use Tinder.

Yup, "Be Right Back", S2E1 And possibly another one, but that would be a spoiler

> You're not just saying that because the word happens to end in "butt" are you? They're saying precisely that and they're 100% right, and it seems you're missing a lot of things. …

When it's a DB layer, sure. When it's a social network? "Hey guys, have you seen Dave's new post on Poopypants?"

I wanted to hate on it, but I just downloaded the latest version and I see that after like 20 years, they finally realized that each tool window doesn't have to be a separate appli…

Someone at last, thank you!!

I don't get why people who are so paranoid about someone associating their Telegram handle with their phone number simply don't go and grab a burner SIM at Tesco. I mean I'm all do…

If I follow a podcast, I follow that creator. If I follow a YouTuber, I follow that person's channel on a particular, closed, privately-owned platform. If YouTube decides to kick t…

For me as well, and I didn't even read the headline.

Pretty much this, end of thread.

I did not expect to read hantec on HN today. Enough internet and about time for a škopek I guess.

> It's for people who want to point and click, can't do a bash for/while loop, don't understand pipe chaining commands, and don't like using vim "Instagram filters are for people w…

For desktop, Avalonia, hands down. https://avaloniaui.net/ Open source, powered by Skia, backed by JetBrains, and quite battle-tested at this point for small to medium-sized apps. …

Isn't .NET Core pretty much what you're describing at this point?

> I get the impression Apple openly encourages (and maybe even requires) it. To take nudes?

> Let's say the French government decides that OpenAI must change something about their business practices if they want to continue operating in France. OpenAI says "nope", and blo…

If I can download and install Discord on my PC, I would describe it as a "desktop app". We have the desktop, we have mobile, and we have the web. The word "native" shouldn't even b…

> The account number should be just an ID, not authentication mechanism. Right? One of the many things (and I mean this without any hate whatsoever) I simply can't and will never u…

One could argue that it seems strange to charge X for anything when free alternatives exist. Ultimately, it is up to anyone to decide whether the "package looks pretty" and the pro…

Haha that's cool! For me, it correctly guessed Inception from [hourglass clock], [a pair of wide open eyes], [zzzz] Did anyone manage to make it guess Superbad?

> biometrics are usernames, they are not passwords While I see where you're coming from, they really aren't just usernames. It's not like I can log into your e-mail account by typi…