cloudwizard
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3 years ago
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on: Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
I can't stand Apple's required software like iTunes. Apple HW is great. Just hoping Asahi Linux is ready soon. Until then, Linux Chromebook is my dev machine
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Asahi Linux alpha release
Excited about this. I like the Mac HW but hate MacOs. I can't delete iTunes, books, etc. Switched development to a Chromebook for a decent Linux experience.
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Barcode Detection API
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: SingleFile: Save a complete web page into a single HTML file
Is there a configuration for the zip version where I can avoid duplicating the static assets? Thanks
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Ukraine is a major producer of neon gas, critical for lasers used in chipmaking
China has 1 small Navy base in Africa. China is a long way away from having a blue water navy. There is a lot of fear mongering in the US from Admirals that want a bigger Navy. China has never conducted a Naval operation.
As of today, Beijing has just one overseas military base in Djibouti – a country which also hosts American, French, Italian and Japanese military bases, some of which also host British, German and Spanish troops.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2020/08/31/chinas-overseas-milita...
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Tell HN: Full macOS reinstall because Apple ID
I hate the fact that Apple kept asking me to accept the terms of service for Itunes. I have no intention of using Itunes. I would remove Itunes and many other Apple Crapware from my computer if I could.
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Their Baby Died in the Hospital. Then Came the $257,000 Bill
It is much more likely that Insurers will buy Congress and the Medicare age will go up and Republican states will opt out.
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: As a solo developer, I decided to offer phone support (2017)
Part of the problem is that many American companies deliberately give you the run around to stop you from cancelling service. Spaces, a Regus company, is the worst. You have to submit your issues to accounting in TX but they won't talk to you. You talk to Support which can't actually help you. They threatened to call the Police when I complained in person. It took months but I caught them in a lie and threatened charges. A full refund immediately.
cloudwizard
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4 years ago
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on: Linux Kernel Security Done Right
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]
Netscape was not selling their browser so that did not matter. I worked at a startup that used their server. We wanted to pay for it but they would not invoice us. Just sending money without an invoice would have been a donation. I sat for hours on their customer support line trying to get an invoice but they never sent one until they went out of business.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Bay Area restaurants consider closing due to outdoor dining ban
I think restaurant, retail ( non food), and hotel owners would feel like 2 weeks of harsh lockdown followed by complete masked opennings would be better than the current situation of months of non-stop partial measures.
Most of China has not had any lockdowns since July. I wish I could travel.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Bay Area restaurants consider closing due to outdoor dining ban
What do you mean quietly beat it? Whenever they had a small outbreak, they would test the entire city. Symptomatic, asymtomatic, everyone in the span of a week. They spent a ton of money on shutdowns, testing, and contact tracing.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Why Americans Have Been Deceived About Canada's Health Care System
My mother lives in BC. She is old and has had multiple problems. She has been in the hospital a few days every month for the last 4 yrs. She never pays anything.
My mother in law is in a similar situation in the US. It costs thousands for a hospital stay with insurance. My wife has spent a few hours every month arguing with the insurance company.
Our retirement plans are in Canada. There is no way that we can afford to retire in the US.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S.
It breaks against the least popular. Clinton was a known unpopular. Now that everyone knows Trump, he was the least popular.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
Hydroxychloroquine treats the flu now? Does it treat cancer too?
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Tell HN: Never search for domains on Godaddy.com
Whenever I talk to startups, I check their domain. If they are on GoDaddy, it means that they are technically incompetent.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Chrome is not the new IE
When IE6 was king, there was no hope on horizon. IE6 came out in 2001, Chrome did not come out until 2008.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: New Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor
The key difference is that the most families with boys have several thousand dollars worth of LEGO that they can use with the robot.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Lawmakers begin bipartisan push to cut off police access to military-style gear
I had a tire blowout in the fast lane of 101. The CHP ran a break and the policeman pushed my car to the slow where there was room for me to change my tire.
cloudwizard
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5 years ago
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on: Show HN: Python package to collect normalized news from almost any website
I think the biggest problem in US Society is the idea that there is just Left and Right. Often they are both idiots.
The idea that our options for Covid are:
1) open up the economy and let people die until we get herd immunity
2) Keep every one home until we starve or get a vaccine.
The correct answer may be complex like Taiwan's 124 point plan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Taiwan
