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Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by seabass-labrax »

sneak wrote: post #210
ynniv wrote: post #172

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As a developer my problem with the GPL is that it's less free than other licenses. It's an interesting legal hack, but it can only succeed in its goals by boiling the ocean. I just want to write things, and sometimes making money involves not publishing all of your source code. Having to choose between options and idealism limits the popularity of GPL projects.

> I just want to write things, and sometimes making money involves not publishing all of your source code. I've made lots of money and I publish every piece of code I've ever written to do it. What you are describing must have been written by someone who does not believe in software freedoms. Software freedom is an ideology, not a license. If you license part of your software as free software but not other parts of y…

> I've made lots of money and I publish every piece of code I've ever written to do it.

I'm curious to know what your personal method is. Consulting, paid support, proprietary dual-licensing maybe? There are indeed many ways to make money and still publish code as FOSS; the tricky thing, as always, is to work out which way is the right one for you.

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by maxwell »

pacifika wrote: post #184
nicce wrote: post #179

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Unfortunately, everyone who provides these big feeds (Reddit, Twitter, et al.) don't like that their content is being filtered by third parties and clients. Because they want to keep their users on their platform as long as possible, and their algorithms are designed for it. So they actively make it very difficult to do so, by banning these clients. On Instagram, you can't even fast forward videos because of that. Th…

Well, we only need a directory of resequenced feed definitions + some kind of resequencing program that runs the definitions onto a page in a decentralised manner. With resequenced I mean that when applied to a page of markup it can create a feed from it. So imagine it downloads the latest definitions periodically that fix compatibility for service X then everyone who creates feeds of X pages can do so again. If you…

Funny that it's now unclear if people are talking about the network formerly known as Twitter, or a hypothetical.

Seems like it would be possible to write a formal proof that "X" is the worst possible brand. It's like he just walked into Walmart and grabbed https://www.walmart.com/ip/Letter-X-Branding-Iron/485919721

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by seabass-labrax »

mgbmtl wrote: post #265
93po wrote: post #250

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It’s unfortunate that the message discussing enemies was flagged. Maybe it needed to be said in a better way? The US government is undeniably often working against the best interests of its citizens. Corporations, corporate news, and advertisers are also working against our best interests. Im not sure any mindful and reasonable person would refute this. However I will be charitable in saying that I don’t think they’r…

I didn't flag/mod the comment, but I think it errs towards conspiracy theories. I'm not American, and I understand the American government does evil things sometimes, but it also does a lot of good things for its citizens. It builds roads, keeps the skies clear, funds education, health systems, sues tech giants when they go too far, tries to manage the speculation/money markets, etc. To say "undeniably often working…

Perhaps part of the situation is that with all the magnificent technology available, it is hard not for governments to do good for the citizens, even accidentally. After all, even if you were the most corrupt and self-centered individual to hold the title of 'President', you'd still probably order a road be built anyway, and that road will still improve citizens' lives at least on an economical level.

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Post by jcpst »

rendall wrote: post #180
nicce wrote: post #168

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I think there have been already notifications in Google's services that this will fully work only in Chrome.

I use Firefox with Gmail every day and have never seen such a message.

Same. I even use gmail in the browser on Firefox/iOS, and all it does is give me a splash page saying the app is better, then I click through.

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by marginalia_nu »

halostatue wrote: post #281
marginalia_nu wrote: post #258

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It's fine to make atrocious shit though. Making something good takes practice. Often you need to see what sticks. Sometimes the only outcome is a lesson. The master has failed more times than a beginner has even tried.

I don't think that GP is talking about the quality of production, but the quality of the concept. There are things that people with any sense of shame would not produce.

I've literally only had success with software I built to satisfy my own curiosities and needs. Not all of it took off, granted, but I think that's fine. Not everything needs to succeed.

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by tmtvl »

Ensorceled wrote: post #200
lijok wrote: post #166

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US makes up a mere ~4% of the worlds population

> US makes up a mere ~4% of the worlds population So you concede all the other points? "This revision represents 11 million more people living in extreme poverty, largely driven by South Asia (5 million) and the Middle East and North Africa (4 million)." World Bank is claiming there are 11 million more people living in extreme poverty in 2023[1]. [1] https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/march-2023-global-pover...

From your very own link, Figure 1 shows a very clear drop in poverty rate across the last 30 years for all regions except North Africa & the Middle East, even the global trend shows a clear decline. Quote:

> It is still the case that global poverty has been falling since the 1990s, and at a slower rate since 2014

There is no distinct trend line for the U.S.A., but it seems like it is part of the "Other High Income" group, which is hovering around the 0.5% mark. Your citation:

> This revision represents 11 million more people living in extreme poverty, largely driven by South Asia (5 million) and the Middle East and North Africa (4 million).

Is comparing 2022/2023 data to 2019, which is clearly less than a single generation difference, let alone two.

Looking at the article's cited source, https://www.worldbank.org/en/publication/poverty-and-shared-...>, the overview shows a massive drop from roughly 50% in 1980 to a mere 9.3% in 2020 (TBF, up from 8.4% in 2019).

Yes, the pandemic did cause a rise in poverty, but the rate is projected to recover. And even despite the pandemic the poverty rate is still far below what it was 25, let alone 50 years ago. It will be worth checking the data next year to see what effect the war in the Ukraine has, but it seems very unlikely that the poverty rate will shoot up to the level it was back at the turn of the millennium.

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Post by seabass-labrax »

Aeolun wrote: post #190
nonrandomstring wrote: post #72

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> I get angry about not being able to do anything about anything. And this is my way of trying to do something about it. It's the best I can do. This attitude is gold, and it's what changes the whole world. What you said about the misery of "news" resonates with me. In psyops we call it "sapping". Propaganda designed to demoralise, dispirit and corrode resistance used to come from our enemies . The classic example wa…

> [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Haw-Haw Honestly, my biggest takeaway from this article is that the guy was hanged for treason against a country he wasn’t even a citizen of…

It is terrifying to me how strong the public desire for retribution is. Despite over five years of conflict, the history books show that there will still many who wanted more bloodshed to 'get even'. As what might be considered an even greater tragedy, there were loyal members of the various French resistance groups who were summarily executed for their 'involvement' in Nazi or Vichy institutions, when in fact they were spying for the French against those very institutions.

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Post by eska »

jaytaph wrote: post #59

OP here. Thanks for the pos/neg/neutral comments everybody. Some remarks: Yes, there are a lot of browsers out there where I can contribute to which would be more efficient. But that would result in just a few browsers instead of a lot of browsers. I'm all for the last one, as this would give people options. This IS a pet project. I never told anyone otherwise. I would start writing it even when I wasn't fed up with…

This site is called hacker news after all, so this is the attitude I love and welcome on here. Ignore the high-karma-naysayers, they don’t really contribute to anything.

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by jcpst »

d--b wrote: post #30

Anyone doing this for cars? I feel cars are much worse than browsers in terms of screwing their buyers and much easier to topple. Way to go. Godspeed.

The difference with cars is it’s a lot easier to build yourself a vehicle. Used cars and parts and kits and how-tos are everywhere. It’s so much simpler than a web browser.

Re: I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser

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Post by jcpst »

robertlagrant wrote: post #57
d--b wrote: post #30

Anyone doing this for cars? I feel cars are much worse than browsers in terms of screwing their buyers and much easier to topple. Way to go. Godspeed.

> I feel cars are much worse than browsers in terms of screwing their buyers Feelings aside, why do you think this?

Modern cars. Older cars don’t spy in you or need subscriptions to bypass arbitrary hardware restrictions. But newer cars are ‘safer’, so it’s kind of a crappy tradeoff
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