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tarasmatsyk

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About tarasmatsyk

I break stuff for money

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Medium: https://towardsdatascience.com/@tarasmatsyk Twitter: https://twitter.com/tarasmatsyk

Recent public activity

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    Comment #25737284

    What you say makes sense, In any case, I am glad WhatsApp founder put some money into Signal, he's done an amazing job and deserves all the money. I am from another side of message…

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    Comment #25736703

    Here is what puzzles me every time about telegram (which is my primary messager so far) I can get the reasons behind not doing e2e encryption by default to reach more audience (msg…

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    Comment #25727001

    TL;DR A TG server was sending a "salt" to clients in order to randomize keys (telegram claim) when in fact the "salt" turned out useless in terms of encryption and the only reasona…

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    Comment #25701790

    what was the main reason that made you built it? Did you want to have a QR code generator that works locally on a mac?

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    Comment #25459866

    I really love what you are doing guys. Self-hosted option with SaaS model as an alternative - sweet, perfect pricing balance. I don't know about others but I am really tired of set…

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    Comment #25095412

    Sure, Dell XPS is an outstanding laptop, I've not found yet better laptop if you don't like macs However, Dell is not going to be my next machine because: - dev edition is hard to …

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    Comment #25084294

    you need to get Dev Edition for XPS, otherwise you are going to struggle PS. Ex-Dell XPS user

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    Comment #25083336

    Completely agree with all your points here, even though I bought a 2020 pro (big sur is badass). However, every time I read comments like that I feel like someone from the System76…

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    Comment #25056300

    yep, wearable, like a ring would be a clincher. I really like Yubico and fingerpring scanner is an awesome idea, would be really happy to bring my fingerprint instead of relying on…

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    Comment #25050999

    Almost exactly what I thought, however specs are too low for me to ditch the bar no matter how useless it is comparing to physical keys

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    Comment #24980473

    This is an awesome idea, I really love the writing and products presented (TLDR; SimpleAnalytics, BunnyCDN, Intergram). Good luck with LMA, this is an awesome product IMO, the "coo…

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    Comment #24601673

    I've tried it in the NextCloud and it's pretty usable. Of course formatting can be off if you need some advanced staff, but for basic formatting it's a pretty good alternative for …

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    Comment #24321676

    Architecture switch is not a question whether Apple can do it, I am pretty sure they are capable of releasing it asap. Think about all software that have to migrated, it’s not just…

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    Comment #24305312

    it looks very interesting, I came around purism a couple of times but never got to hardware switchers section, very nice. Is there anyone who has any experience with puri.sm?

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    Comment #24305271

    arm released is not going to happen in the next 2 years, IMO mpro 16" is going to get better and it is good enough to switch to it permanently. I was testing a few mpros before pur…

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    Comment #24305230

    I would put an asterisk near battery life as a downside, after switching to mpro 2020 13 realized that I overlooked batter life which is 7h at max, 5h if working aggressively (dock…

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    Comment #24258135

    Smart, what about using words (like a password phrase) instead of a hash? You can schedule title of the upcoming tweet, so people can like it and "subscribe" to notifications

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    Comment #24250650

    Perfect timing, was just about to start migration. My plan so far: - Gmail -> Fastmail + custom domain - GDrive -> Nextcloud + openoffice (it's really nice, includes notes and libr…

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    Comment #24250608

    I can confirm, internet in Ukraine (top 5) is super cheap, most people don't even realize how inexpensive it is comparing to other countries. Mobile traffic is so cheap that it get…

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    Comment #24238162

    Yep, I saw that, the feature I was trying to describe is a popup on a username that gives you a list of all accounts tied to this domain, which is quite handy. In Bitwarden I have …

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    Comment #24222729

    how is your experience in a browser? I honestly tried to use Bitwarden, paid for premium for one time key feature and browser extensions comparing to 1pass are much less convenient…

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    Comment #24184904

    The article seems to be too obvious, maybe I am missing some bits of info here. After I read "why we sleep" all these: "sleep faster", "you need 8 hours", "I wake up at 4am" seems …

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    Comment #24034681

    Always enjoy a good read, thank you Steve! Also, this thread has some gems too, glad I found it.

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    Comment #23867457

    It looks nice, however it feels like I am running one more browser, am I wrong here? I really like Thunderbird and that one of options for mail clients if I am on linux, however an…